Quote from: newagescamartist on Jan 20, 2017, 07:05:23 PM
That's not entirely true. If anything, it makes the series even more complex. The xenomorphs being reduced to cannon fodder bugs almost killed the series imo. This would add some complexity. Prometheus has opened the door for more creative ideas going forward imo.
*sigh* They were always intended to be "cannon fodder" in that sense. That's why they bleed acid in the first place.
That was a problem O'bannon wracked his head over for days and days while writing. "Why don't they just shoot the f*cking thing?!" Because he wanted to avoid the cliche "bullets cannot stop it!" He wanted a believable creature. An actual, honest-to-God organism.
So when the marines arrive with their rifles and start pulverizing the aliens, that is as O'Bannon always intended. And even with that, Camereon still made them tough-as-shit. "We can't afford to let even one of those bastards in here." Handguns having little to no effect unless used as point blank range. There ability to change tactics, to circumvent defenses.
Also, ALIENS was a huuuuuuuge success and catapulted the series into an actual franchise. I would not say it "starts" there at all. The series would not be nearly as big if they had just done another gothic-horror in space.