Quote from: TZR on Apr 19, 2022, 09:07:01 PM
Less of Dave the robot walking around in flip-flops
Quote from: TZR on Apr 19, 2022, 09:07:01 PM
More of the tension, the cold emptiness of space, the large ship environments, the xenomorph and it's killer nature.
That's true, I mean maybe sci-fi cinematic futurology tends to be more stylish and full of touch screens these days, but when it comes to horror movies in space that doesn't always work. We need the dark and gritty environments, something that is not exclusive to the first
Alien, as is the case with the ships of
Event Horizon or
Pandorum. Although most likely the Ridley Scott movie was a touch stone that made the concept possible in future movies not related to the franchise. This type of setting makes it seem as if danger lurks for the characters not only in the otherworldly realms, so to speak, but also in their own chambers.
Back to
Alien, there's no escape from its space haunted house formula. Everything is terrifying: the skeleton derelict ship, the bleak and hostile planetoid, the Nostromo with its refinery that looks like a cathedral floating in the darkness of space. No characters getting cozy and safe in Appletopia.
HAL 9000 from
2001: A Space Odyssey is the perfect AI villain, and MU-TH-UR 6000 is not far from being just as ominous. The original MOTHER room was pretty creepy in my opinion, from the set design to the sounds. I think it would be great to see something like that again in a new Alien movie/series.
So yeah, we have to go back to basics, but not only with Giger's Alien, but with everything!