Posted by The Old One
- Aug 05, 2019, 02:42:23 PMPerhaps it is, I last read it upon release alongside the others and obviously don't care for it, but I also agree.
The clone connection
is much more sensible.
For the storyline, abilities and the tone of the novel,
Or no inclusion of any connection for all three novels is also a solution.
The clone connection
is much more sensible.
For the storyline, abilities and the tone of the novel,
Or no inclusion of any connection for all three novels is also a solution.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Aug 05, 2019, 02:16:09 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Aug 05, 2019, 02:02:00 PM
I still maintain all those things would've worked a lot better if he'd been descended from the Ripley clone rather than O.G. Rippers.
Oh I completely agree 100%. It would have worked far better. But that said, this kind of mental connection has been a part of the franchise since the 80s so it didn't feel out of place to me at all. Pretty sure it wasn't straight telepathy though, but empathic.
Posted by The Old One
- Aug 05, 2019, 02:12:07 PMYeah, part of why I don't consider the novel Trilogy part of continuity.
Posted by Local Trouble
- Aug 05, 2019, 02:10:51 PMTelepathy is a thing now? 
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Aug 05, 2019, 02:02:00 PMI still maintain all those things would've worked a lot better if he'd been descended from the Ripley clone rather than O.G. Rippers.
Posted by The Old One
- Aug 05, 2019, 01:55:03 PMI would, the blood recognising, telepathy and descendant aspects eradicate my suspension of disbelief.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Aug 05, 2019, 11:53:52 AMI wouldn't say that was one of Sea of Sorrow's problems, personally.
Posted by Local Trouble
- Aug 05, 2019, 11:44:23 AMDoes that include Alan Decker?
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Aug 05, 2019, 10:08:38 AMQuote from: SM on Aug 05, 2019, 09:42:18 AMQuoteBut that's to do with the quality of said entries. It's nothing to do with a lack of Sigourney
Which just goes to show that the 'no more Ripley' argument doesn't mean you're going to get anything necessarily better.
True. Can't deny that. But I think it's also fair to say that the entries that have included Ripley lately have done so at the stories own detriment. It's safer to not throw her in there for the sake of the name/character.
Posted by Local Trouble
- Aug 05, 2019, 10:04:09 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 05, 2019, 08:09:44 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2019, 03:02:58 AMI also think choosing a different protagonist would have given them more creative flexibility. After all, we know from Aliens that Amanda lives through it all (unless Fox intends on retconning that).
Honestly, at this point, I can quite easily buy the whole thing about her records not actually being accurate or simply Burke lying.
Nothing would surprise me at this point. Maybe she winds up being a Predator killer.
Posted by SM
- Aug 05, 2019, 09:42:18 AMQuoteBut that's to do with the quality of said entries. It's nothing to do with a lack of Sigourney
Which just goes to show that the 'no more Ripley' argument doesn't mean you're going to get anything necessarily better.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Aug 05, 2019, 08:09:44 AMQuote from: SM on Aug 03, 2019, 10:20:24 PM
We have Alien without Sigourney and people moan about that too.
But that's to do with the quality of said entries. It's nothing to do with a lack of Sigourney.
Quote from: SM on Aug 05, 2019, 01:50:25 AM
Searching for and finding the flight recorder wouldn't have had the same impact if it was just some rando.
I was very against them using Amanda when Isolation was announced, but did a 180 once the game came out and I saw how they handled it.
Likewise. I absolutely hated the idea of Amanda being used as a main character but once I experienced the game, I had turned around completely. Sure, a lot of it had to do with how effective the game itself was as a game, but that emotional connection to the story through Amanda was a huge part of it.
Even I was choked up when she finally came across the flight recorder and that extra message.
Quote from: Huggs on Aug 05, 2019, 01:58:08 AM
I still have a hard time believing a flight recorder survived that blast. Unless it was jettisoned early as an automated function included in the self destruct program.
That is the point of them after all. To survive.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2019, 03:02:58 AM
I also think choosing a different protagonist would have given them more creative flexibility. After all, we know from Aliens that Amanda lives through it all (unless Fox intends on retconning that).
Honestly, at this point, I can quite easily buy the whole thing about her records not actually being accurate or simply Burke lying.
Posted by SM
- Aug 05, 2019, 07:27:20 AMI'd rather she played her age.
If you want the Ripley we all know and love - there's a bunch of movies all 20+ years old to watch.
If you want the Ripley we all know and love - there's a bunch of movies all 20+ years old to watch.
Posted by Ash 937
- Aug 05, 2019, 07:14:22 AMSigourney Weaver looks younger in that concept art. I bet they could de-age her for Alien 5 like they just did with Robert De Niro in Scorsese's "The Irishman." That way she can be the Ripley we all remember and love. I'd much rather prefer that to the woman who literally played "Grandma" in A Monster Calls.
Posted by Kimarhi
- Aug 05, 2019, 04:50:45 AMBlomkamp is alright, District 9 is still the bees knees, but NOBODY should wear any kind of helmet like that in any Alien movie ever.
The University of Kentucky. I was back in the States when it was released.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2019, 02:42:34 AMQuote from: Kimarhi on Aug 05, 2019, 01:54:34 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2019, 12:08:19 AM
Where were you when you played Isolation?
UK.
You certainly get around. Was that during leave?
The University of Kentucky. I was back in the States when it was released.
