Ridely Scott quits on new Alien project (2011)

[GoldenRivet]

i think an Alien prequel would be great given the right story and directing... problem is with such a film it is very easy to produce a turd.

Ridely Scott walking away from it speaks volumes.




unfortunate.

[STEED]

Just email a friend to break the bad news, his answer was.....

Hmmm, well you get the picture.

Well it would have been nice to see the back story but this is now not the case.

[Jimbuna]

Would have liked to see another face hugger movie

[papa_smurf]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

i think an Alien prequel would be great given the right story and directing... problem is with such a film it is very easy to produce a turd.

Ridely Scott walking away from it speaks volumes.




unfortunate.

I too would of like to see a Alien prequel, but with Scott now leaving, there's no point someone else picking it up.

[Catfish]

After running out of numbers with the sequels, it is only logical Hollywood will then produce prequels, maybe starting with Rocky -17 ?

But really apart from sequels Hollywood seems to run out of ideas. They should maybe quit concocted history loe U-571 or Pearl Harbour and make realistic historical films, like the flight of the Vimy from England to Australia, and such.
I love Science Fiction from books to films, but there are very few good SF books lately, and gaaawwwd SF is all about imagination and fiction. Why would they do the umpteenth sequel of Alien ?! They really seem to suffer from a lack of imagination and ideas

There is so much real good SF to make films from, from "The Forever War" to "Ringworld" to the "Gateway" trilogy ...

Greetings,
Catfish

[Dowly]

http://radiopopaction.blogspot.com/2...have-link.html

Just recently, director Ridley Scott announced that the Alien prequel he was set to direct and penned by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, had taken a life of its own and will now be conceived as an original project named Prometheus.

However, according to Sky Movies, Prometheus will still have a storyline that ties in directly with the Alien franchise, and this will include the popular H.R. Giger designed creatures. Giger has been previously linked to being involved in the prequel so the possibility of him being involved in this new project is strong.

Sources say that "despite that press release that seemed to indicate there were no aliens in the movie, the familiar H.R. Giger-style aliens do appear. Big ones apparently. They've built the 'space jockey' cockpit at Pinewood as seen in the original Alien film, so it definitely takes place in the same world as Alien "

Insiders also confirm that the plot centres around a space crew and the discovery of alien DNA on an archeological expedition, which will eventually lead them to an alien world.

Rumours also state that the film is said to involve "biochemical technology" and the spacecraft may be piloted by a giant CGI head.

The release date for Prometheus is June 8, 2012. Are you happy with Scott´s return to the science fiction genre?

If true, I approve.

Tho, frankly, I don't see why not just make an Alien prequel, big aliens = born from space jockeys (the chestburster hole is huge on the SJ in ALIEN), same planet, Giger aliens. I mean, all the ingredients are there, so why not?

Original Sky Movies article:
http://movies.sky.com/exclusive-prom...iens-are-in-it

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Speaking of Scott, would love to see him finally make a movie about 'Gunpowder Plot' he has been planning for 30+ years.

[Growler]

Gods, why do you torment us so?

They should have quit after ALIENS. Alien3 looked up to dog turds, and I needn't bother going into the travesties of movies that followed.

I would have trusted Scott or Cameron to do a prequel justice - moreso Scott, but Cameron mighta done OK - it's not like he hasn't worked with Sigourney Weaver before.

Ah, well.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Growler

Alien3 looked up to dog turds

Alien turds actually


(tho, in all seriousness, I liked Alien 3 )

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Alien turds actually


(tho, in all seriousness, I liked Alien 3 )

Hehe... I was... disappointed with A3. After the well-crafted story of the first and second movie, 3 seemed too... pat.

Awww -.-

[STEED]

Ridley Scott

[STEED]

ALIEN 5 looks like its dead in the water.

Alien 5: Neill Blomkamp casts fresh doubt on sequel with Sigourney Weaver

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...6.html#gallery

In some ways I am happy this will never see the light of day. Ripley is to old and Hicks is dead so live with it and move on and lets see a fresh new idea.

[Skybird]

The first two Alien movies were good. Different, chamber play versus action rollercoaster, but each of them good in its own way.

Everything coming after that, was unnecessary, if not even crap. Don't need and don't want another fifth crappy Alien movie.

Predator: the same. First movie was okay for what it was. The others: uaaahhhh.

Coin milking at its worst.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The first two Alien movies were good. Different, chamber play versus action rollercoaster, but each of them good in its own way.

Everything coming after that, was unnecessary, if not even crap. Don't need and don't want another fifth crappy Alien movie.

You're wrong and smell like poop.