Quote from: The Alien Predator on Apr 27, 2016, 06:41:59 PMI just don't understand... why can't they honestly just continue the story? It's a big universe with many characters to introduce and explore. Why is Alien limited to Ripley? It's one of this franchise's glaring flaws to be honest. For a sci fi that grounds itself in lots of realism, it sure suspends tons of belief by having one character encounter Aliens 238024830843 times in her lifetime. What was so great about Weaver's suggestion to Blomkamp to make him change his original script which was going to explore a new character?
This.
Burke had to resort to downright bribery and hollow promises to get Ripley to go back to LV-426, and even then only as an adviser.
Alien 3 gave us a magic egg on the Sulaco so she was forced into facing the alien again. Alien Resurrection's way of bringing her back was ridiculously contrived, but at least it made sense from the standpoint that Ripley was once again stuck on a ship infested with the aliens.
Assuming Ripley, Hicks and Newt survived the three week trip back to Earth and lived normal lives for 30 years, what sort of plot device would any self-respecting writer use to convince us that she'd willingly go anywhere near the aliens again?
Unless it's some sort of Rolland Emmerich-style disaster movie that focuses on how "the old gang" handles an infestation of Earth along with the rest of humanity, I just don't see it.
That
could be awesome, but the last thing I want is Sigourney Weaver exerting any creative control over the story.
Quote from: Kelgaard on May 30, 2016, 03:01:26 AM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 06, 2016, 09:01:19 AM
It never got reported on but according to Ross Poulter, one of the admins at WY-Bulletin, at London Film and Comic Con last year he spoke to Carrie Henn who said she would be in the film but only through something like a video link call.
Wonderful! I would've been happy enough just to hear her name mentioned in a few lines of dialogue. To see Carrie herself reappear as Newt will really be a treat.
It's always nice to see the original actors reprise their old roles. I hate re-casting. That said, she's not an actor. If she gets the part, I sure as shit hope it isn't big enough to make or break the movie.
They should only give her enough screen time to appease the fans, but not enough to make us regret that they brought her back. Kinda like Carrie Fisher in The Force Awakens.