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07-09-2003, 10:35 PM
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I'm with the ones who say to just create a who new storyline, no Weaver, no returning characters. Though I do love the first 2 and like the last 2. I think the Ripley saga should have ended with Alien 3. Her dying at the end of 3 really ended that well, though I thought AR was fun, it was totally unnecessary(sp?) storywise IMO.
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07-10-2003, 12:33 AM
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sheldon M. wrote (post #88):
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There is really nothing of interest left to do with any more Alien movies.
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i don't know about you, but there are a lot of war movies that i find compelling, compulsively watchable, and deeply tragic....why not a war movie with aliens?
there are still so many cool things that can be done with the alien species. so, so many....
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Oh, man, have we been through this before! Please see"Sci-Fi topic - Aliens vs Humans in films" post #43, "Alien films - An interesting observation... " post #17, and "Alien films - An interesting observation... " post #20.
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07-10-2003, 12:57 AM
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What? Maybe I watched a different movie, but ONE marine made it off the planet. ONE
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07-10-2003, 07:31 AM
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07-10-2003, 03:37 PM
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john doran wrote (post #94):
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yeah. i guess there's just nothing left to say about it....
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There seems to be nothing compelling---or ORIGINAL---on offer here. That's for sure.
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07-10-2003, 03:51 PM
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There seems to be nothing compelling---or ORIGINAL---on offer here. That's for sure.
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nothing compelling to you.
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07-10-2003, 04:05 PM
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john doran wrote (post #96):
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You're right. I don't feel compelled by what is essentially a lot a jabber about the rehashing of the first two Alien movies. I think Mr. Cameron had it right when, shortly after the successful release of Aliens (1986), he was asked about doing a second Alien sequel (paraphrasis): "I have nothing more to add to the Alien saga." (And I believe that applies still, even if he's changed his mind now.)
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07-10-2003, 04:13 PM
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"I have nothing more to add to the Alien saga."
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he very well may not. but that doesn't mean there's nothing to be added.
for instance, almost any one of the dark horse alien mini-series is an addition to what is arguably the alien apologue, as well as an interesting (dare i say compelling and ORIGINAL) accretion to the literature of I-D-E-A-S you (rightly, i think) believe science fiction to be. |
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07-10-2003, 04:32 PM
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john doran wrote (post #98):
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he very well may not. but that doesn't mean there's nothing to be added.
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Actually, if you've read my other (linked) posts carefully you should have been able to pick up on the fact that I do believe that there are some interesting things that could still be done with the material. (What I consider "unfinished business".) However, I remain unconvinced that big-time Hollywood movie-makers are willing to take those risks and do those things. And, judging by a lot of the ideas expressed here and in the MANY other previous HTF threads on this topic---if we may assume the ideas expressed there to be representative of the tastes and expectations of the likely movie-going audience for such films---I can understand why they wouldn't be willing to take such risks.
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07-10-2003, 06:06 PM
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Actually, if you've read my other (linked) posts carefully you should have been able to pick up on the fact that I do believe that there are some interesting things that could still be done with the material. (What I consider "unfinished business".)
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yeah, i really only read one of them carefully. and even so, you use big words in long sentences; bigger words in longer sentences than i am used to processing... 
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However, I remain unconvinced that big-time Hollywood movie-makers are willing to take those risks and do those things. And, judging by a lot of the ideas expressed here and in the MANY other previous HTF threads on this topic---if we may assume the ideas expressed there to be representative of the tastes and expectations of the likely movie-going audience for such films---I can understand why they wouldn't be willing to take such risks.
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this, on the other hand, is beautifully succinct; truer words have perhaps never been spoken.
i could have sworn i was the only person around here who thought like this.
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07-11-2003, 08:40 AM
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| there are still so many cool things that can be done with the alien species. |
| Oh, man, have we been through this before! Please see... post #43,... post #17, and post #20. |
Let me guess, all posts by you, right?!
There seems to be nothing compelling---or ORIGINAL---on offer here. That's for sure.
You're right. I don't feel compelled by what is essentially a lot a jabber...
...judging by a lot of the ideas expressed here... ---if we may assume the ideas expressed... to be representative of the tastes and expectations of the likely movie-going audience for such films---I can understand why they wouldn't be willing to take such risks. |
Sheesh, Rex, get off of it. I mean this thread really hasn't been about offering scenarios for possible Alien sequels, just that Cameron might be interested in continuing the franchise.
"I just pre-ordered I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, even though I have no job."
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07-12-2003, 12:34 AM
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john doran wrote (post #89):
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. . . . there are still so many cool things that can be done with the alien species.
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Oh, man, have we been through this before! Please see... post #43,... post #17, and post #20.
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Let me guess, all posts by you, right?!
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Yes, all that I specifically designated are by me, but they are sandwiched between other posts of people with contrasting ideas a | |
