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I do wish we had got Ridley Scott's and James Cameron's Alien V they planned instead of AVP.
Personally? I think it would have been great if Ridley and Cameron had done a collab for Alien 3. Jim writing, Ridley directing. I could see that turning out as a solid end to the trilogy, depending on what they did with it.
On the other hand there are a lot of things to like with the Alien 3 we got. Which is why I liken it to being in an abusive relationship. It's not all bad, but the bad hurts me.
I really hope the movie turns out well but f**k me I could go for hours on their marketing.
I guess kind of more like a visual-take on the Minute-by-Minute podcasts that we've seen for various movies. It's not going to be like their other features they've done.
I always ask that "what are you going to do new" question of things like this. It doesn't always have to be some new tidbit from behind-the-scenes, as I enjoy the new approaches to exploring the content. Memory wasn't some enlightening new experience, but it at least had this focused exploration going on, even if it was a bit reaching in some of the analytic aspects of it. I wasn't the biggest fan of it, but it was trying to do something new and was certainly worth my time.
Besides, Rinzler proved there's always something new about the films buried in terms of behind-the-scenes anyway (because yet again, we asked the same question of the announcement of those books), and I know there's still drafts and details locked away that we still don't have access to.
It's a shame their advertisement has put some of you off, but I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do do with the approach they're taking. I'm quite excited for it actually, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to get involved.
The last ALIEN doc offered little that was new, if anything? I don't expect this new ALIENS doc to be any different.
The amount of hyperbole, the sycophantic praise, and the strange touches of alienating members of the fandom with comments like "Aliens is undoubtedly the high watermark of the franchise" are just really unappealing.
I love documentaries that look at the cultural and industry impact of stories but when you're saying James Cameron is "the most hands on director in history", you're not setting yourself up as having a particularly good enough grasp of the subject matter to make an insightful point, y'know?
Just because it's a celebration of the film doesn't mean it should be characterized as fan wanking back padding which just feels cynical for the sake of it. Shouldn't be anything wrong with fans exclaiming "OH MY GOD ITS AWESOME!!!"" about a film they like. Although it rubs a lot of people the wrong way I guess I don't really see the issue.
Anyway that's all I got, I didn't put my money in on this one so it's not likely I'll see it anyway.
Okay, but i'm not the one using the word "documentary." They are. If it's a celebration and tribute to Aliens, fine, that's fair enough. But if it's supposed to be a documentary and instead its just an hour of people saying "OH MY GOD ITS AWESOME!!!!" That's... I don't know. It's just not fitting what they're selling.
All of CreatorVC's promotions for their stuff is annoying as hell on YouTube. With the In Search of Darkness docs it felt like they had half the channels I subscribe to all posting the same damn ad every other day.
It's more of a celebration of the film with fans and the cast/crew/guests. The purpose is not specifically to uncover or learn more about the making of, which has been pretty exhausted already.
Basically, if you love aliens this is something to collectively celebrate that love. If you're not interesting in gushing over Aliens then this is really not something you will be interested in.
Considering the quality and success of their previous efforts I'm sure this will be fun.
He's definitely one hands on director in history.
I think the scope of the hype on this thing is going to lead to dissappointment. I kept seeing it pop up, too, and the only thing I can think is "Wow, they're selling this like it's the next Alien movie."
I can already see a lot of "S'alright." Reviews/reactions to it. No offense to anyone who has put in the hours of work on it... But it is still supposed to be a documentary. Gotta know your lane.
I'm still pissed at them calling James Cameron the "most hands on director in history".
But since the fundraising is now over it will probably be comparatively quiet for the next year or more while they work on it.
It's not just them.
But, yes.
Extremely irritating.
I was thinking about doing my actual name with my username after. Except i'll have to take out the space inbetween to make it fit the character limit (CosmicIncubation).
I enjoyed the "In Search of.." documentaries so I'm sure I'll like this too.
I have no problem with nerding out on Aliens.