Alien Prequel No Longer An Alien Film

[TheMonolith]

I can say I wanted a pre Res but post 3 movie.
A prequel just wouldn't have been right since the first one introduced everything so well.
But I was interested in seeing what Scott would have cooked up.

But Alien will never die, because good films don't die. Alien and Aliens (and arguably Alien3) will remain prime examples of Sci-Fi-Horror-Action for decades, perhaps even centuries to come.
The AvP films on the other hand are fast on their way to disappearing, like all bad sequels and spin-offs do.
It never needed redeeming in the first place because those first films are so good that nothing can touch them.

[randy4321]

Im soooooooo glad I wasn't attached to this film and it's development like most of the people on the forum was.

[Stalker]

It seems like we can't f**king get a break with the Alien series, they delay Colonial Marines forever & hardly release any info at all, & now Ridley Scott's film which we were all anticipating to blow our minds is no more, like it was all some sort of elaborate practical joke. This is a huge disappointment, no matter how good Prometheus is, it will always bear the burden of being the film that killed the Alien prequel.

[Vulhala]

Bah!

the script details we were given stinked.

did you people Really wanted a prequel to alien?

I agree with chupa, if the script that was leaked was even half true, I didn't want it.

Should this news be true, maybe it's a good thing. I know this is a bad example, but 'The Phantom Menace' had f**k all to do with Luke, and it still came full circle in the end. Albeit shoddily.

[Kimo]

Well at least ive got The THING Prequel to look forward to. (just hope it is good)

[chupacabras acheronsis]

look, the movie was getting far too deep into explotation territory. it didn't sound we were getting an Alien movie, rather a body horror/fetish porn with Aliens in the middle.

so the best thing is to take the aliens off the equation.

[Sharp Sticks]

Aye. You're probably right. I'm still pissed about the whole thing.

One less thing to look forward to - that's right, Ridley, I sat through Robin Hood...

[MrsSpaceJockey]

i'm really disappointed by this news, i guess this means no space jockeys aswell??? don't think i'm going to be intrested in this Prometheus now  hope this is some sort of wind up... prehaps its for the best keeping the mystery of the alien/space jockey origins

[Kimo]

posted on aintitcool as well
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48084

[Mr. Yutani]

This is just so sad...

[Neon_Knight]

I think it's better this way.  These days, it's so rare to find original films that aren't remakes, prequels, or "reboots".  An alien prequel would have sucked.  I don't think the best director in the world could make an alien prequel that wouldn't be a disappointment. The fact that there is no backstory to Alien is part of the package. It's a surreal fantasy, and trying to "explain it" would totally, totally wreck it. It would be like having a Dali painting accompanied by a backstory.  Why do it?

[Alexa Chung]

yeah i'm pretty relieved. alien doesn't need a prequel.

[DoomRulz]

At the risk of being called a heretic, I'm kind of glad. No origins will be f**ked with.

[SiL]

f**k.

Yes.

[yaujta]

this is bullshit! i was expectin so much more, what a let down.alien needs either a real suspense follow up ... back  to its roots...or a reboot (with the same creatures).