Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 25, 2016, 04:28:22 PM
Neither is the quality of Alien 3 or Resurrection's quality based on a lack of Hicks or Newt. They need the right people behind these films, the right team. Alien is more than just Ripley and more than just Weaver.
Perhaps this whole passing of the torch thing that Biehn keeps talking about (and I've heard it elsewhere too) might finally be the move on from Fox's relance on that name. It's just a shame it takes a retcon to get there.
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quality of Alien3 - no, I'd have to agree, but as I've been banging on about is that the characters and situations were just poorly handled in 3. But as you say, you need the right people behind the films.
The passing the torch thing I agree with - I'm sure neither Ripley or Hicks will make it out of 5 - they shouldn't (or if they do have it made clear that they're not coming back in anyway shape or form).
It IS a shame that it has to be retconned, though. I think my point is - if Hicks and Newt were handled properly in 3, Rippers died in 3... I don't think that A:R matters so much in the continuity because that's in the future and much more easily retconned or just... not dealt with.
But to go back a step - right people / right team is essential. Blomkammp has all the right credentials - as did, I have to say, Paul WS Anderson. He gave a shit. Blomkamp gives a shit. It's really now what Fox will let him do.
Say what you will - Event Horizon might as well sit along side Outland as "unofficial alien verse movie" - it was brilliant. But Fox wanted a cheap movie made in a Prauge warehouse that they KNEW WS could turn in. I wish AvP had been R-Rated, I wish that Anderson's original concepts (which from the Special Features seem far more wide reaching than what the studio actually approved) were borne out - I think he's a great Alienverse candidate. Or would have been, given some latitude.
Enter Blomkaamp, a chappie (see what I did there) with similar credentials and similar fannish love for the series. So - on circumstantial evidence... the right man for the job. BUT... will he be allowed to write the story he - and many - want to tell?
My guess is that with Covenant admitting that the "real" Alien is back, perhaps the success of that film will have a bearing on 5 (am I right in thinking its Covenant - then Covenant sequel - THEN Alien 5). If the audience desire for Alien movies is proven, he may be given the budget and the levity do what he wants.
But I'll eat my metaphorical hat if the 3 and A:R aren't hypersleep dreams as we've discussed many times. It's shit, I agree... but for me, its the only way to be sure.