Quote from: evolution_rex on Mar 06, 2015, 12:16:38 AM
Based on writer's view on ghosbusters fans and their opinion on the new reboot alone, I can't take what the article says seriously.
Sure, we might get disappointed by Alien 5. But that's always a risk in movie making. So I don't get the point. And if it's worse than Alien 3 or 4? Then Alien 3 and 4 still exist. So honestly I have no idea what the guy is trying to say other than that Blomkamp is pandering to fans or something, which isn't true because people are now writing articles about why it's bad idea.
I think the general point is that fans want things that aren't possible and then whine when they don't get after cheering that its being attempted in the first place. And I mean... He is using this franchise as an example, and fairly stating that its a disappointment machine because what people want from it is impossible to attain.
Look at the reaction to PROMETHEUS. I remember a few weeks prior when Damon Lindeloff saw the writing on the wall, he tried to warn fans to temper their expectations. Consider this article another FAIR warning and ask yourself if what you want actually makes any sense. Its a win/win for Blomkamp, because he is basically one of us with the ability to make this movie. But look around here. How many of these people's ideas would you actually be satisfied with if they became the next Alien movie?
Would you side with EVERYONE who wants to retcon ALIEN 3 and bring back HICKS just because, a forget whatever other thing they want to do, if they just do that it's bound to be better?
To further this, I'd ask one of you to come up w/ a way to continue this from ALIENS with Hicks and Ripley 30 years older and I truly want to hear ideas... And then consider if any of them sound good to you all. Seriously, I have yet to hear any from people that are both interesting enough to build on Aliens the way Aliens built on Alien and satisfy all the fan needs as laid out in the first two. It's not easy is it?