Quote from: SiL on Jan 07, 2023, 10:49:40 PMOver the years after learning more about insects I've started saying the problem wasn't "turning" Aliens into insects - it's not going far enough into the horrors that actually presents. Insects are f**ked up.
Sure, but there's the implication that the aliens in Labyrinth are working differently anyway on a number of levels, which was something I'd bring up and bridge between Prometheus and the Alien director's cut. The horrors of what nature does to other things in it isn't remotely lost on me, but I'm just personally of the opinion that the creatures are scarier when they DO that horrific shit and you don't have a solid reason for it. The more you demystify the thing the more it just kinda becomes mundane. Personally, I think eggmorphing is a way more horrific thing than the "sting, coccoon, impregnate" cycle, but I've never had any intention of negating one or the other, simply presenting another way of looking at how those things fit together.
There are three very key things you see in Labyrinth that I think make the alien more interesting than almost anything else, which I'd planned on bringing back up sort of quietly. And even leaning into that, and the things from Prometheus or Covenant or Isolation or even the footnotes for Aliens and Alien 3 -- the key thing about the whole pitch was that all I needed anyone to have seen was Alien. The intention would be that someone completely cold to the expanded universes or whatever else could just pick it up, follow along, then MAYBE if they pick up Prometheus, Covenant, Isolation, Aliens, 3 or Resurrection, Labryinth, Salvation and f**k, even any of the Predator films, there would be things were you'd go "oh shit!" and HOPEFULLY make you think about them differently without affecting the narratives per se.
I'm not in the business of trying to please everyone, I know I never will. I just put forward what I found interesting and challenging, the guy at Fox at the time loved it, Dark Horse were on board, but as evidenced, it didn't happen. My biggest problem with so many franchise or legacy narratives these days is the insistence on everything being connected or referencing another text in a direct sense. Just find interesting stories and tell them.
Quote from: SiL on Jan 05, 2023, 10:49:35 PMRipley's superhuman arm would be a better example of a lazy out. She can suddenly hold up a 14 foot Alien being dragged by the escaping atmosphere? Come on.
Yeah, that bugs me every time. I feel like even half-Bishop would have been able to hold on to her, especially after they sort of set up him having somewhat above average abilities as a synth. But even that feels sort of trite.
Quote from: SiL on Jan 05, 2023, 10:49:35 PMAnd for what it's worth I didn't accuse Tristan of being lazy, that was directed elsewhere.
I never read it as that, so hopefully you don't think I did!! I appreciate you saying it though...
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Jan 05, 2023, 03:08:01 PMThank you for taking the time to address some of our comments! 😁
So, ballpark figure, what's it gonna set us back to commission this as a complete story / unofficial fan comic? 😂😂😂😂
I'd be lying if I said I hadn't seriously considered it, but I work two jobs right now so time is not on my side at all (ask anyone wanting commissions...)!