Aliens vs. Alien 3

[Local Trouble]

If Newt had lived, she could have easily been recast after a time jump for a hypothetical Alien 4.  It happens all the time with child characters who grow up.  I generally hate recastings and even that sort of recasting doesn't bother me.

And I'm not sure her survival in the scenario I proposed would have been any more of a distraction to the audience than either her death or the baffling presence of an egg on the Sulaco.

[oduodu]

i sometimes wonder why they just can t make an animated(to cut down on costs) series on an alternate timeline where they explore an aliens sequel where newt and hicks lived?

or maybe a novel at the very least? there are many takeawys(ideas for newt and hicks) from the alien 3 scripts isn t there?

[Local Trouble]

The comics handled it quite well, barring the last third of the story.

[oduodu]

The comics handled it quite well, barring the last third of the story.

local

generally speaking do you know what comics were considered the most satisfying in the way they handled the newt hicks issue post aliens?

if this is a too broad question in what section could i ask a question about this ?

[BlueMarsalis79]

Handled it quite well. f**king lol

The Pat Cadigan Alien³ comes the closest to being good and variations thereupon but not as well generally, the Aliens Original Series, good overall on a conceptual level- f**king awful characterisation of returning characters.

If Newt had lived, could have easily been recast after a time jump for a hypothetical Alien 4.

You are right that probably would have happened. Thank God they killed Newt then, I can not stand legacy sequels, or passing of the torch stories- they are literally never ever good.

[Local Trouble]

I'd prefer that Newt simply survived and lived happily ever after off-screen.  I could easily live without turning her into another Amanda Ripley.

[SiL]

We can only imagine possibilities that we can get disgusted by to reinforce why what we think is good is the best possible option.

[Local Trouble]

The comics also gave us elephant man.  Checkmate.

[SiL]

I'm not sure what part of it growing out of the chair people struggled with.

[Local Trouble]

How does it go to the bathroom?

[SiL]

What do you think the chair is?

[Kimarhi]

I like the Alien 3 SE probably more than the Aliens SE.  But I prefer the Aliens TC to both of them. 

Sentry guns, while a cool gameplay mechanic, are kind of a mood stopper. 

[BlueMarsalis79]

Real talk.

Also I do not have to imagine possibilities, I just look at literally every other legacy sequel that currently exists, and base my conclusion on that.

[SM]

The comics handled it quite well, barring the last third of the story.

And the fact that Newt was abandoned to a mental hospital for a decade.

[Local Trouble]

The comics handled it quite well, barring the last third of the story.

And the fact that Newt was abandoned to a mental hospital for a decade.

Yeah, that was kinda naff.

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Did I use "naff" correctly?

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