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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
Oh jeez at least remake something that isn't one of the most revered and influential sci-fi movies ever made. Well hopefully it'll be completely different in storyline and creature design, keep the two seperate. And please call it Star Beast, which was the working title for Alien.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
Well, I'm as big of an Alien fan as anyone, but this project can't be any worse than the "Alien" projects we've been getting recently. And if Ridley is involved somehow, that can't hurt either. Although it was some time ago, in his original commentary, he did actually say that we was interested in the idea of doing another one which involved the "Space Jockey" race. But yeah, the danger there is that they would have to somehow retro-fit the story to involve human characters.
But I think if a new "Alien" is going to work, it has to be a "back to basics" approach which means making it about horror again, no trying to one up the other films by adding new biological aspects to the Alien. No excessive fake looking CGI and actual good characterization which is what made "Alien" and "Aliens" so great.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
Well, I don't think it is necessarily fair to totally impugn the idea of remakes of reboots (even though it does speak volumes about Hollywood's lack of creativity lately) because every once and awhile a truly good to great remake does come along, especially in the Sci-Fi/Horror genre. Take "The Thing", "The Fly" "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" "Batman Begins" "Star Trek" etc. So I'm not automatically opposed to the idea of a remake or reboot. And even if it does suck, it's not like the original goes away. But as I alluded to, I'm way more intrigued about this idea than another awful AvP film. Actually, I think you even have a better chance with a reboot because it would seem to me that a reboot would be given more care than a cheap, cash in sequel.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
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Actually, I think you even have a better chance with a reboot because it would seem to me that a reboot would be given more care than a cheap, cash in sequel.
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This is 20th Century Fox we're talking about. Chances for the suits to screw this up are phenomenally high.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
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The only prequel idea that makes sense to me would be how the derelict spaceship in the original came to grief. Not much chance of having human characters in that though.
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Then you run the risk of of WOLVERINE : ORIGINS in that you get a 90 minute movie dealing with a story that was handled in about 10 minutes in the original movies. Who cares how that derelict ship got the Alien whammy, the only point is to set up the story that is Alien.
I remember a rumour that Ridley Scott was interested i directing an Alien film with James Cameron producing where the Aliens would end up on Earth. This supposedly got scuttled when the AvsP movies went forward. Probably fanboy invention, but a take on the scenario that made sense to the series of films that came before it would be pretty good.
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1. Please, no more prequels. They just aren't interesting.
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For me the most entertaining film of 2009 so far is a prequel, and by coincidence it's currently the most successful film of the year too.
They should remake Blade Runner (who fainted?) and do a proper job of it this time, give it the original book title, make it more faithful to Dick's story and get Paul Verhoeven to direct, mmmm [smiles wistfully]
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
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They should remake Blade Runner (who fainted?) and do a proper job of it this time, give it the original book title, make it more faithful to Dick's story and get Paul Verhoeven to direct, mmmm [smiles wistfully] |
Seriously? Verhoeven? Worst idea I've heard in weeks...
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Seriously? Verhoeven? Worst idea I've heard in weeks...
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Having Just seen the new Terminator, I think McG would be a great choice for both an Alien or (better yet) a Blade Runner remake. He really knows how to do both a convincing futuristic story, while staying true to the original story it was based on. I'm sure he could make a version of Blade Runner that wasn't so confusing!
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Having Just seen the new Terminator, I think McG would be a great choice for both an Alien or (better yet) a Blade Runner remake. He really knows how to do both a convincing futuristic story, while staying true to the original story it was based on. I'm sure he could make a version of Blade Runner that wasn't so confusing!
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Well I haven't seen Terminator 4 yet but McG did direct some pretty good music videos before getting into movies. Good choice Russ. I'm a huge Verhoeven fan and he could remake everything and I wouldn't complain. I am a fan of Ridley Scott's flawed sci-fi classic, it's at no.439 on my 1000 favourite films list, which is quite high.
Philip K.Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' could do with a more faithful adaptation. Timur Bekmambetov is another good choice for director. Anyone agree?
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I'll second that condemnation. I absolutely hate Paul Verhoeven's films. I can really do without the not-so-subtle fascist subtexts, and I do not want it applied to one of my favorite movies. Ditto the over-the-top ludicrous sexuality.
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With Starship Troopers being essentially a propaganda film, it's supposed to be not so subtle. I think he made some great films, especially in the Netherlands. But being Dutch, I'm probably biased.
If only he could have done a more faithful adaptation of H.G. Wells' Invisible Man instead of the crapfest Hollow Men we got. That could've been a great film.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
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I think it has more to do with execs wanting to make safe fiscal choices.
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Re: Another one: 'Alien' prepares to be rebooted
A remake or prequel to Alien is fine, but it'd better be rated "R" and liken unto the original, not at all like 2, 3, 4 or how ever many joke sequels there were.
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