It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from Sigourney Weaver about a potential Alien 5 movie. There’s a new report over on MTV Movies Blog where Sigourney mentioned Alien 5 and the Ripley character.
“The last time [Ridley and I] saw each other we talked about it. The character is still interesting [and] I’d love to work with Ridley again,” Weaver said, raising our hopes to their absolute apex before immediately dashing them against the rocks of reality. “But Fox has effectively killed it because of ‘Alien vs. Predator.’ What else can you do with the creature? You can take the situation, you can go back to where they came from. “To play someone who ages a couple hundred years was fascinating,” she added. “[But] let [Ripley] rest.”
I agree with her about AvP killing any chance of Alien 5. That’s what the series did to both franchises if you ask me. I wonder if she’s seen AvP2 yet. Thanks to JK for the news.
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Both the alien and the predator were movie villains in their movies, but because of the first avp the general public looks at the preds in a different way now. They're more popular than aliens because they're "heroes" now. Therefore, I think that the pred character would sell more than the alien, and the chances of a new pred-movie is greater than an alien one... which sucks.. :(
There will never be a alien 5 or predator 3. All we will get is another monster romp with action action and action but nothing more. For some reason that makes me sad... :(
We need you back Sigourney! Yes the AvP trash have spolied both creatures, but a true 'Resurrction' is still possible!!
I'm really sad about this news :( She's right. Only hope that, Fox gonna do AvP 3, a good movie :'( :'( :'( :( :( :(
No its not, she´s still angry and you know it when you hear her talk or reading her quotes. She was getting bitter when she and ridley were turned down and they decided to do avp. Dont you all understand? She wont do it because of dourness alone.
I think she's back if James Cameron make AVP3.
Hell will freeze over before Cameron touches AvP.
After the abomination that was Alien Ressurection, Ripley couldnt even rest in death. they brought her back to a story that probably most people didnt care about. (I thought AR sucked) and the aliens future already looked forgettable, or at least something to put on the side. But then along came AVP and just about ran the Aliens idea into the ground, and overdid it to where its a familiar face and spoiled any UNIQUENESS of the Aliens without the preds involved. That goes DOUBLE for a Ripley "Ressurection." It would be awsome. But from how it looks, there wont be a Alien 5, and if there might be. there wont be a Ripley to go with it. Poor Ripley Shes stuck in limbo... :\
Great! Another "Yeah, Ridley and I talked about it but no."-whining from Weaver. What a surprise. That's the same stuff that we hear from her everytime for years now and you know I'm tired of it. Lets just forget Alien 5. It'll never happen. Never. Scott won't do it. Cameron won't do it. Fox doesn't want it. The sooner everyone accepts that the better.
I wouldn't take her word for it. Considering she thinks AvP is a bad concept but willingly did Resurrection, she could be wrong.
avp,and avp2 ,this films arent very good ,in this century we have perfect visual efects ,but they cant make perfect film, you know they cant make perfect story ,that is the problem ,yea we need Sigourney back! :-[
I don't want ANYTHING to do with Sigourney Weaver in another Alien movie! I'm completely and totally over her and her character. As far as I'm concerned, Ripley died at the end of Alien 3 and that god-aweful tripe Resurrection never happened. If another Alien film is ever made they need to bring in a new face.....someone that hasen't had anything to do with the franchise in the past.
someone said earlier that people see the preds like "heroes" because of avp and avp2. and a pred 3 movie will be a success. Well, if they make a predator 3 movie, the predator will be again a villain, and the people who saw avp but not a predator movie, will say: why does he kill humans? he has to battle with the "serpants" (f**king dumb ideea, aliens=serpants) . Wolf is a hero now, and they expect all the preds to be like that. I hate this ideea. If they make another Avp movie, i want the predator to be a villain, like it should be! I want it to kill humans, and aliens, and I want to be a horror movie, not an action movie, even if it is with a predator. I want more horror! I want to see something like, the company, trying to fnd the predator homeworld, and they send a ship with scientists and army guys. and some captured aliens to eliminate the predators. And predators to start to kill the humans, and as a last resort to send the aliens out, but when they do that, they have to fight the aliens as well, the predators have to fight humans and aliens, and aliens have to fight humans and predators. every species for themselves!
in every avp movie there was: humans+predators against aliens. that was dumb idea! the predators kill humans and aliens! i don't want to see that in another avp movie.
Lets be honest, she would do an Alien 5 if the money was right and the right people were involved and if there's a good interesting script. Thats all Fox needs.
you got that right ,very nice idea semaka ;D ;)
I would agree with this news statement. AVP ruined both franchises. Way to go Fox!
Its true. Fox new it, fans new, and many others too. AVP has effectively killed ALIEN 5. Nice going fox. You started down a wrong path since 1990 and now look where you have gotten us. As for all the CAMERON and SCOTT fans with a hardon for them to make another movie, face the facts they ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. :'(
We need ALIEN5. I thing it could be great movie speciality with Sigourney Weaver and director Ridley Scott. I think FOX sometimes in feature do this film and it could be great movie. The best of 21st age.
Would Fox REALLY turn down a fifth Alien movie if Ridley Scott was doing it? Most of Scott's movies are blockbusters, and Alien 5 would sell very well. Look at the reception of the AvP movies, both were hated by fans and general audiences, and there was a huge box office drop between AvP and AVPR. Alien 5 would be the smart thing to do, but if she's right and the Alien series is over, then a big f**k YOU to Fox.
I think there is too much dreaming. ALIEN 5 was already turned down once. It will happen again. Scott and Cameron won't revisit a FAILED FRANHCISE. Fox has a good reputation at ruining good things. Even in TV, with Family Guy and Futurama, they got rid of them and brought back 1 for its channel, and put Futurama in the pathetic cartoon network. The Alien Franchise has been bled since 1991. YUP since ALIEN 3, noting but a downhill death dive. Why would iconic oscar directors and actors go back to a failed franchise? :'(
kind of expected it its like having your children all grown up and leaving to become big corprate douche bags
AvP is a failed franchise, not the Alien franchise. They only had one misstep, AR, and Alien 5 can easily fix that.
The 4th, Alien Resurrection wasn't all great, and it was only a marginal success. Alien 3 garners more respect because of its director and its assembly cut on dvd. The 4th had enough made, but still less success and failed profit to call the franchise into question. When you talk about 3 and 4, people get very squeemish. They only like the first 2, after that they don't even want to talk about 3 and 4.
Look, I loved ripley in the alien series, but just because Sigourney says ripley is done, doesnt mean that Alien 5 wont happen. There could be something else done, like a prequel i guess. Or a possibly different line of characters that occur after resurrection. Who knows, but its probably not going to end. Just we wont see Ripley....
ok first off avp didnt kill the alien franchise i blame alien resurrection because if you look at it all the alien movies took place in space and in the future, the predator movies they took place on earth and in present time so basicly its like avp and avp r is predator 3 and predator 4 so it is possible for an alien 5 even a predator 5 ( if people consider avp 1&2 as predator 3&4)
I think alien vs. predator movies are getting pretty interesting. Because of the predator sequels and alien prequels it all makes since. I hope they do make avp3 in order to complete the saga.
I'll have to agree with #12, Ripley's gone. There are definite paths that all three movies can go. If you start with a good story, get corporate to spend a little more money$$$, keep the shmucks on a short leash and out of the way, all will be fine.
In lot ways I agree with Sigourney Weaver as far as Ridley Scott is concerned the guys lasts few films have not lasted that long at the movie chains and have been almost direct to DVD affairs, I think the guy crazy if does not do an Alien sequel with Sigourney....
i dont believe it. in time alien 5 will be made, and it might be a long time but it will happen.
Just plain sucks
Fox....everyone who works there....drop dead.
seriously, on their way home just like...get hit by a car.....please.
i think it would be the best, if they would make films of books. for example the great Earth War trilogy by Steve Perry. (unfortunatly Ripley is in it too). Or the Avp trilogy with Noguchi, or i dont know. the storys of the books are greater, than the storys of the movies. i think, it wasnt the avp franchise, that ruined the other 2 franchises, it was FOX. or if it was one of the movies, than it was the crap by Anderson. AVPR made a lot more things better. and i ask you, when the hell was Wolf like this asshole Scar? Wolf isnt a hero, he did kill humans. he is the best predator of all. All predators were cool, except those 3 pieces of shit in avp. they sucked. i hate fox for theyr mistakes, but i wouldnt wish theyr deaths. what the hell doe you write? >:(
one thing that really bothers me is that why cant they just do alien 5 already if you think about avp and avp r were based in present time so when the alien movies started avp already happened so why not just countinue the alien franchise. Its not like its going to effect any of the alien movies unless avp3 is going to be based in the future, but even if that happens there will be a chance for alien 5 only if avp 3 will be based before alien or between alien and aliens when ripley was floating in space. But if avp 3 is going to be based after alien resurrection then there might be a problem.
Im sure she said that after alien3. if they offer her enough money she will do it.
me got to thinking as long as they have good script,director, ect. weaver doesn't have to play ripley for the new alien movie if it is made don't get me wrong she played the part very well but they can always find someone new to play her role. i realize some of you might think i'm crazy for saying this but its true weaver had her shot oh so many years ago and made the alien franchise i'll give you an example of what i'm talking about they didn't have peter weller play robocop in robocop 3 movie robo was played by robert burke this is all i'm saying
on a side note this goes for sigourney weaver go watch both avp movies you might enjoy them!
the funniest thing is that she realises Fox has royally screwed up :D
There's always a way back from the brink, people. You only have to read the Dark Horse comics/GNs to realise there's life in the old beast yet. As for Ripley returning to our screens, after seeing Resurrection (less said the better), I'm certainly not against the idea of Siggy appearing in Alien V, but surely there's enough room for a newer (possibly better - who knows?) hero/ine. :-\
Alien 5 won't be made, now that fox has royally screwed up the AvP franchise. If another movie is going to be made it's going to be AvP 3. As long as FOX makes more then the movie's budget, they don't care if the movie is crap or not.
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:o Fox should have made a Alien 5 before AVP, that way the story could fit in better... >:( 8)
Thats total BS about AVP/AVP-R killing the franchises.
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you got that right Purebreedalien ;D
I am sure that they could place Avp 3 after Resurrection in the timeline and make it work.
BS about AvP killing the Alien franchise. If anything, AvP actually perked peoples interest. Weaver's full of it.
@Rotaderp. Yes,they can,but they're too lazy to do it,so all they do is bitch.A$$-holes. @MoBiUGeArSkIn. Ya,now people (including me) want to see AVP-3 take place in the future with Ripley."AVP killed it" my a$$. PEACE GUYS!!!! ;D .
Well you know...what more can you get if there was an Alien 5. She has a point but without AVP, what more could you get? AR ended it all, and we all know that. The aliens are all dead after AR. And ya know, she hates AVP but she decided to do AR. Well if AVP was just for money, she should not talk casue thats all AR was. I read up that someone said a Predator 3 movie has a better chance...and thats true. Becasue of AVP, the Pred is a hero, becasue of AVPR the Pred is a badass, who kills anyone he damn well wants to (even though he wasn't hunting) and I saw someone not get what was really said. Becasue of AVP movies, the Pred is not a hero. He never really was "evil" like we all know evil to be. He hunts. End of story. And Predatos and humans were together in AVP to stop aliens, while this same person said Pred should kill both, well what the hell do you think AVPR had?! He blew 2 guys heads off, he blew the guy at the cemetary's head off, he killed and skinned a cop, he killed a girl. Or did that person not see any of that.
Gort Predator, if Sigourney shooted A:R that's maybe cos she had imagine that ridley could go back and shoot a final alien movie. She didn't expect that avp will come and kill Alien & Predator franchise at same time... SHAME ON YOU FOX!
AVP and AVP-R did not kill the Alien franchise. Alien Resurrection killed the franchise. Sigourney Weaver was the first woman to command $1Million for a film which was Aliens. She had Ripley killed off in Alien 3 to stop any shoddy sequels from spoiling her character. Then in 1996 when Fox wanted to make another film with the Alien instead of following a story that had no Ripley they offered Weaver a ton of cash and she jumped at it. It must pain Weaver that AVP made more money than Alien Resurrection and that her character has been proven to be unneccesary now. Dont get me wrong Ripley was great in the first three but Ripley 8 was poor and in no way any better than the characters in the AVP films. If Fox wanted Weaver and Ridley Scott it would cost far too much to get them and even though Scott can be a great director he doesnt always hit the mark I mean look at Hannibal. Also Sigourney Weaver is now 30 years older than she was back when they made Alien. Technically Ripley should still look around that age given the fact that she's in Cryo-Statis until the events of Aliens which encompass a few weeks not counting the trip in Cryo-Stasis to LV-426 and the events in Alien 3 happen over a couple of days. The only way to explain her appearance in AR is that the cloning and or genetic cross over made her look older. Personally I dont think Weaver is a big enough name to spend the money you'd need to get her. The Alien franchise needs new faces not Sigourney Weaver.
@Gort Pred Just because the military is cloning the xenomorphs does'nt mean that they're extinct,it just means that if they succeded they would have a back-up source.Just saying is all ;D .You also brought up many good points ;D ;D .
I think it's funny that when Sigourney says she won't be involved with the Alien franchise people accuse her of being a baby and being bitter. Wouldn't it make you a bitter baby to call her names because she doesn't want to contribute to a franchise that was murdered by its own fan base? She's making the right choice. AR was bad enough and she obviously could tell it was down hill from there as could anyone with any taste.
Someone said that the preds have to kill humans but that isnt necessarily what i've read. I love the preds and i have seen it all over that they fight honorably and will blood humans who kill aliens. And serpents=aliens was probably the Aztecs' view on it. I think the preds are cool and the aliens are deadly. I'd like aliens 5 and pred 3 and AvP 3. But the MUST be scarier.
She's right, you know. Ripley is as much a box office draw as the aliens. I can't see an Alien movie being made in the forseeable future without either Ripley or predators being in it. :-\
I've heard a lot of people saying "PREDATORS ARE P***IES COMPARED TO RIPLEY" and vice versa.Thats why they should have AVP-3 in the future with Ripley,to see who's right.I personaly think it would be a tie.Then she can retire.And YautjaFan has a good point.But they'd have to get John McTiernan AND James Cameron to make it right.Also P3 should be like a western and P4 should take place in the futur.WHO'S WITH ME!!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
There were actually plenty of preds killing humans in the first avp if anyone remembers. Avp certainly didnt ruin anything(other than some pred culture) Weaver's too old to do another movie. She may have been synoynomus wiht aliens,but now they preds are as they rightly should be. Aliens and Preds are intertwined and i wouldnt have it any other way.
@demonicfirefly AVP did'nt ruin pred culture,it just showed that some preds have different customs then others,and anyone who say's that there was'nt much human killing obviously never saw those bodies hanging in that shed.I'm guessing you saw them too ;) ;D .
Also,Weaver is'nt too old to act.Just look at Rutger Hauer,he's 64 and still acting in action movies (Well,sorta: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/ ). PEACE DEMONICFIREFLY!!!!! ,,V. ;D .V,,
@ zen It totally ruined the blooding experience(at least with what else ive read and seen). i do love the story though and it does make good sense. Though im not too fond of the preds look in avp. They look like football players rather than the preds they were sposed to be.
they should make a predator 3 then a alien 5 then aliens vs predator 3 and predator 4 and one final movie that shows both lives of predators and aliens on how it all started from the very beginning to the end.
@demonicfirefly Ya,the preds were a bit sub-par looking,but I just imagen that they're a different race.As for the blooding,I just asume Its a slightly different culture thats still based off the hunt.I'd like to see the blooding of the elder from P2,THAT WOULD BE SWEET!!!.Or it could be very lame and simple.Not every hunt is super fantastic.As for the AVP/AVP-R story,they could have done a bit better,but I thought they did really good.Some guy a while back ago said that Wolf should have just nuked the site from orbit and left,but what if an alien was missed?.I liked it,it was good.Gotta get going,BYE!!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
Man, the predator did not killed a girl! That was an accident. And the cop was killed because the cop saw the predator cleaning up the mess. And if you see 2 guys with their weapons pointed at you, you won't kill them? And the guy at the cemetery, that scene sucked hard! It supposed to be like a funny moment, but it was shit! So, Wolf, didn't came to kill humans. He came to clean up the mess. In AvP, the 3 predators didn't came to kill the humans, but they did it, which was cool, but, seeing the last predator teaming up with a human, that screw up the entire movie. I mean, I saw in the comics a predator protecting humans, and killing another predator, but not teaming up with a girl. Come on, he is a predator, he doesn't need humans! This movie is called Aliens vs Predator, that means, aliens against predators, and humans are getting f**ked,either killed by aliens or predators. That was my point, that s why I want to see something different, like the company, trying to find the predator homeworld, now that they have Wolf's plasmagun, and, let's say they have some aliens in hypersleep, sent with the humans to the predworld. And there, at first, the predators start to kill humans, to hunt them, but the humans to release the aliens, thinking that the aliens are like bioweapons, and kill the predators. But the aliens start to kill both predators and humans, and every species is on their own. That is what i want to see, it's my opinion.
by the way, my post is a reply to Gort Pred's post, the last on the first page.
How in the world would a story show the elder's blooding and somehow convey it was the same creature from that film in the nineties, precisely?
@ Semaka: i think, your right. i would lik to see a big Aliens vs Preds vs Humans war. i expected that from the avp movies.
make a pred movieeee
AVP has a life to it, if they will bring a smart writer to the table and grab up the very first AVP comic that Dark horse put out. Great story, Character development, Action galore, and both creatures really show their stuff. I used to have the novels for all of the predator and alien movies and I think they need to look at ideas from those to advance the alien and predators independent franchises. It seems that the comics and books have turned out great stories and really interested a lot of fans. As far as Weaver is concerned who cares if she does another one. Bring in a fresh face and get it going. All of these movies had pros and cons, For me Predator 1& 2, alien, aliens, AVPR are my favorites others have their faves. But if they want to get a slam dunk with fans and at the box office look at that first series and say who cares about the cost or length of the film and lets do it.
I loved the books of avp. I know not every hunt is fantastic or score killing. Im just asking for consistency. Though ill be happy to see more lore added to everything.
DAMN THEM!!! I need alien 5... after avp its hard to say im an alien fan when the are alwys getting pwnd by preds... DAMN YOU FOX! >:( >:( >:( :'(
You know what would be nice to see? CAMERON VS RIDLEY! But as someone before me said... FOX doesn't give a shit about A5 as long as it can profit from crap...like AVP "soontobeseries"...
OK, so Fox could care less about making Alien 5. Still, I'd love to see Dark Horse approach Ridley Scott or Jim Cameron (or both) to pen an Alien 5 graphic novel. It won't be a movie, but I'd rather see what Scott/Cameron would do on paper than not see it at all. BTW, didn't Cameron do a treatment for an Alien 5 and give it to Scott and Weaver to review? Was it ever released online, or was this just a rumor?
Semaka Yo I know. I know everything you just said. You proved my point more. I was saying that Wolf did kill humans, accident or not, there dead right?! And the company now has the stuff to go out in the world and collonize like in Aleins. We know now why anf how the company knew about the aliens in Alien before we and the cahracters did. And you proved another point and alot of other peoples point too. Its called Aliens vs Predator right? where aliens fight predator and the humans get f**ked? Well what did AVPR have?!!! and I loved the cemetary scene. I laughed my ass off. I love any scene with the Predator in it. AVPR showed alot of Wolf and I loved all of it.
I see what she means, but I agree with what has been said: what else could be done with the Alien franchise? Anything else done would just be an attempt to make money, in my opinion. I don't think that AVP killed it. If they wanted to make Alien 5, then they would anyway, regardless of what AVP or AVPR did.
I think that will be the signal to all of the original directors to leave the franchise be, and keep the original greatness of the films. And hopefully not having the legend of the creatures too tarnished; from terrifying creatures to toys in 'action' movies that deliver all style, but no substance.
that really makes you think avp sucks... and it does. we couldve still be seeing alien and predator movies if it wasnt for fox. all fox wanted to do was make $$$ so they just through those two together and got shit. f**king fox sucks now. >:(
yeah Gort Pred, you really loved every predator scene, because, as you said:
QuoteI laughed my ass off. I love any scene with the Predator in it. AVPR showed alot of Wolf and I loved all of it.
this movie was like a Predator 3 movie, with aliens in it! This movie was clearly a predator movie, come on, one single predator, fighting lots of aliens, even in the real life, if you have lots of guns, and fight with lots of people with knifes i their hands, and they are masters at stealth like the aliens are, you can't beat them all, eventually you will be killed. But no, Wolf raises from the water with 2 aliens in his hands, that was f**king crap! The marines were many than the predator and still got wacked ...that is why I'm complaining, because I want to see something like in the second game, AvP2, it had a story way better than the 2 films. Why can't they do something like that? Because FOX sucks! and it will suck my friends, and another Avp movie will be like: "hey, let's make a movie, and show the fans the predator homeworld, and put some aliens i it, oh yeah, and some humans"
Why let Ripley rest now?! They dragged her corpse out and paraded it around for that abomination of a movie Alien Resurrection. If anything they should have just stopped the franchise at Alien3 so we wouldn't have been left with the possibility of a sequel.
I think the best thing to do is this, for Superman Returns, Superman 3 and 4 were wiped out. And if there is a bright future ahead, Doctors 9 and 10 will be wiped out and we will finally get a fantastic 8th Doctor series of Doctor Who. The same thing could be done with the terrible AVP movies (the first one was alright, the second one was complete shit, especially the god awfull ending that ruins the Alien series!!), just ignore both AVP 1 AND 2 and just make a cool Alien 5 with Weaver and Predator 3.
I do not, I repeat, DO NOT WANT AN AVP 3, AVP 2 sucked donkey balls, avp 1 was passable! Alien 5 (only if Sigourney Weaver is in it) and Predator 3 on the other hand would be quite welcomed.
Semaka ok wait a min...are you the alien fan who hated everything going on? Ya know...we all know that the excuss for Wolf being able to kill 4 just born aliens and hold 2 by the neck is becasue...well...1 He's an elder who has done this job for a while now hence why he's only 1. Reason 2....there was 1 PREDATOR! what are they going to kill him off in the middle of the movie. Ya know one alien knocked him down and stabbed him, another made him lose both his cannons! Com on. All the marines died...well would you know what is going on when it comes to aliens? And he didn't the marines get there asses kicked in Aliens. Something that makes aliens cool is the number will take you out. But I don't think 4 aliens will get you if your a predator. The only way Wolf would have been killed by aliens is if they kept on coming, like 30 or more. Alot of aliens, not 4 at a time. The number went down. He killed 4, then 1, then 2, then 3, then 1 again and then got killed by the Predalien. You want the second game? Why not the first one? I like both, but the second one had, i had more probloms with
I...love...you all! Mostly anyway. Woot! Pred rocks! Wolf was an elder, yes. And I agree with Gort that he'd only be killed by massive waves of Xenos. Also, someone said that Wolf didnt come to kill humans. EXACTLY! My dad said, "This stupid predator is doing a very good job at killing them." And then I went on about their customs and why he was sent there. I think my dad had an aneurism and I also think one could only understand the movies after reading the books. The books explain things, while the movies (try to) back them up. The AvP movies didnt ruin things.....for a devout fan. If you were looking at every single aspect and detail of the movie, then OF COURSE you're going to find some flaws. Overall, WOOT predators! Ahhhhh! Aliens! Predator 3 shouldnt be a western....or Predator 4...and no future crap. They do need a good writer. I agree with that.
Correction, "...predator isN'T...
Noguchi should totally be in a movie! Ah! I love her! Who else could single-handedly take down a clan of Yautja AND escape from a queen AND kill a queen AND be accepted into a clan? Ripley maybe, but she's DEAD. Anyway, Machiko Noguchi is the hottest Ice Queen ever! And...she should be played by Lucy Liu ;D
Semaka...leave Gort Alone! Leave gort alone! All he/she does is speak for you! Sorry...Leave Britnet Alone moment, Anyway, leave him alone, Wolf was the bomb. He was the bombiest bomb I have ever seen. Even if the movie stunk, Wolf was soooooo awesome. I dont necessarily thing AvPR was just a predator movie, but the predalien SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD dreads. Gir. But, back to the point, it was just continuing AvP.
I keep saying this over and over, hoping that, someday, somebody will actually GET this. The shot in arm the Alien series needs is an origin story, something they should have done a long time ago. Where did the Aliens come from? Where did the Space Jockey come from? Are they from the same planet? Did the Space Jockey harvest the Alien? You don't need Ripley, or any of the characters we know, to tell an origin story. I fear we'll never get this story, however, because every movie that has come out since Aliens has pretty much hurt, not helped, the franchise, in my opinion.
I think the mystery is fun...intriguing. An explanation would ruin the hypothesis that are running around. It would be no fun to say: Hey, the Aliens were a bio weapon used in a Space Jockey civil war... Boo! No fun, I like how they are shrouded in mystery. In the books, a space jockey just comes out of nowhere and starts killing the aliens. That was cool.
@YautjaFan I basicaly get the same response when I tell my family about pred customs,then I get "Obsessed much?" and other stuff like that.As for the western,I just thought it might be cool,but they should make P3 take place in the desert.As for a pred movie taking place in the future,it might be cool (might).I like to think that the Space-jockies created the aliens as a terraforming (or whatever they call their planet,being since ours is Terra [Earth]) weapon (killing off any inhabitants on it) and sending down a gasious form of what Wolf was using to get rid of the aliens.But its just a theory. BYE FOR NOW!!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
Even if AVP was not made there still wouldn't be an Alien 5 case she wants like a billion dollars to be in it and Fox being too scarred to make a movie without her will pay that. I think we should get another actress to play Ripley cause as much as I'm a fan of Sigourney and how much I love he way she plays the character she is too old to play Ripley.
i think Sigourney should make a SHORT appearance on the movie. Maybe not one with so much action. Maybe an informer or something. Predator + western just doesnt sound right. A desert reminds me of AVP: Prey.
@ YautjaFan Ya a western does sound weird,but I do have AVP:Prey and its awesome! ;D .
cryto: No way, nothing pisses me off more then changing actors to play old characters. I say get Ron Pearlman in there or any survivors from previous installments. Peace Zen
Well the timeline wouldnt work, so any surviors from AR for A5 with Ripley cameo???
I need to study the timeline more...but Yautja ROCK! ZEN: PREY ROCKS! But, explain to me why Hunter's Planet and War are confuzzled. Like, Hunter's War took place after War, but War is explaining things more clearly? Gir! It makes me angry because the beginning of Hunter's War is in War and in War Machiko killed Topknot (or Shorty....I think...or both)
Sorry, but I don't agree with her, or this article. If a Alien 5 is ever made, the LAST THING I want is for Sigourney Weaver to be in it. As far as I'm concerned, the studio's obsession with putting her in parts 3 & 4 is what killed the franchise. These movies were not about her...they were about the creatures. Coming up with a ridiculous cloning story just to bring back her character (and then make a BAD movie at that) is what destroyed the Alien franchise...not the AVP movies.
Well I would like to see A5 but it has to go in a different direction without Weaver. The Aliens franchise needs a reboot, like Batman begins with a different crew and director. As for the preds being heroes? Are you kidding me? Is this the first time you guys ever seen a predator in action? They will kill anything that gets in their way. If they spare you, it means you're not worthy for them to fight. You get in their way, they will kill you, threat or not. Wolf was there for one reason and one reason only, to clean up the mess the other predators left behind. Anyone who got in his way simply died. He was there to get rid of the aliens first, and any human witnesses afterwards. Semaka, Broken Tusk didn't protect the doctor, he simply repaid the favor because she saved his life. Would it be honorable to let one of the preds kill the person who saved you??? As for him teaming with Machiko at the end, it's very simple, he sees the warrior in her, and thinks she's worthy to wear his clan's emblem. She did kick ass, and showed him she was worthy. Anderson simply tried his best to copy the ending of AvP the comic, and failed.
@YautjaFan She killed shorty (not topknot),but i have a theory:She thought she killed him,but he just passed out,thats why he was in the other book ;D .Makes sense to me anyways ;D ;D .
Daddy: I think Dachande did protect the doctor to a certain extent. I'd have to think that by repaying her for saving him and killing the bad blood is saving her!
ZEN: I thought she killed Shorty with her android's help in Hunter's Planet...but that was probably War.
Is it important that I read Concrete Jungle before Cold War? Or does it do nothing if I read the former after.
read it in order
@YautjaFan Its weird how they released the books out of order,but WAR came before HUNTERS PLANET,but after PREY.Also,its best to read COLD WAR after CONCRETE JUNGLE being since it takes place 6 months after P:CJ ;) ;D .
I would so like to see an Alien 5 with Weaver, and don't really need Ridley scott, might as well go with a different director to follow the tradition of the Alien movies, a different director with each new movie, also Ridley Scott has like 5 movies he is going to be doing, so he would not have time to do Alien 5.
ZEN and monkeyracer: Okay, thanks. Now I need to go find Concrete Jungle... :(
It's the fans fault for making the AvP franchise an average success. Now FOX will continue making more of them with untalented film makers and crap actors. Well done idiots!
to: you-asked-for-it I'm a fan of the AVP movies, but I'm also willing to acknowledge how ridiculous they are and how much better they should have been. Well...the same could be said for Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. While they were definitely better "films," and both movies had a lot of positives...they effectively killed the Alien franchise. I honestly think it was a choice by 20th Century Fox between: "OK, we either try the AVP franchise, or we give up completely on the Alien movies." I agree that the AVP movies have probably ruined any chance of Alien 5...but did we really have much of a shot before they came along?
Yeah, I agree. I am a giant AvP fan and a big predophile and I will say that AvP:R had bad: lighting dialogue But still, FOX probably made the decision to make it on their own. "If you build it they will come" No true fan could resist seeing the next installment to their favorite franchise EVER!
There probably will be an Alien 5 and Predator 3 after Aliens Vs. Predator 2 (I like discount AVP-R as a sequel to Alien vs. Predator). Shame, though, I woulda like to see Ripley in Aliens Vs. Predator 2...Oh, well maybe she'll appear in AVP 3 (the game.).
I have to agree with Yautja Fan and spinner7478,it wasnt we who ruined them,it was the fault of those individuals who did'nt demand more.
please no AVP 3 but Alien 5 and Predator 3, yes I want to see those made
AvP:3!!!!!!!!!! But only with a good writer and director. They should just discount everything brought on by AvPR and make fun of the directors of AvPR in some way...boo! No predalien dreads! GAH! No. Bad. Controversial. So P3 A5 and AvP3 but only with good directors and writers...not necessarily well known actors though. I like Sanaa Lathan and I'd never heard of her.
^^^^^^^^AVP 3 only if it ignores the ending to AVP 2 and strause brothers are not apart of it and only if it is completely in space, no origin story, no spcae jockeys, no alien planet, and it is written well, made well, and acted well But I would rather have a Alien 5 and Predator 3
I Want To See A AVP3.Only AVP 3,No More AVP4 Or More,I Want It To Connect The Alien Story And Then Do A Best Predator3 And Alien 5
I think the origin story and space jockies are intruiging.
^^^^^^^having space jockey's and origin story and connecting AVP 3 to the Alien story would absolutely kill any interest I have left in an Avp 3, Alien 5 and Predator 3, what a complete shitty idea that would be for an AVP 3, assholes
^^^^^^^^^^^ Ditto Simon, ditto, asshole ideas and would dig a grave for the Alien franchise, don't give a rat's ass about predator franchise
^^ I agree simon!
common, alien 5 makes sense, even predator 3 does.......avp3 on the other hand......does not make any f**king sense, avp 2 killed that pathetic franchise
why the f**king hell do people want an origin story?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want the mystery of the space jockey's, the alien planet to remain a MYSTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS WHY AVP 2 SUCKS SHIT, BECAUSE OF THE ENDING, YOU DAMN f**kING TWATS, STUPID FOX AND FAT STRAUSE BROTHERS. AVP 1 WAS SO MUCH BETTER, YEAH IT HAD SOME STUFF WRONG WITH IT, BUT AVP 2 HAD A LOT OF THINGS WRONG WITH IT. AVP 3 SHOULD BE IT'S OWN MOVIE, NO CONNECTION TO THE OTHER MOVIES. ALIEN 5 SHOULD BE ANOTHER ALIEN ADVENTURE, NO ORIGIN STORY DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
^^dang starwars, calm down, they are just movies but I agree with what you say.
^^^^^agree with starwars as well
I agree with starwars! yay! Only by writing in all capital letters and adding superfluous puncuation can one deliver a message. Good Job! (PS. I am YautjaFan, for anyone who wants to address me from previous comments)
play predator concrete jungle...itll answer some questions about BOTH timelines including where mother came from....and if they dont make a movie...ill make a full length fan fic.:Pso f**k you fox.
@Everyone, Sounds good, I like the sound of an Alien 5 movie. I personally liked the ALIENS movie {second of the series} the most. They should revert back to the "military grunt" style storyline. More suspense, nothing like those PG-13 rated AVP movies. They were good, but not quite "Alien, Predator quality" if you ask me, but I liked them either way. I look forward to seeing which way this goes. *Chris* or {cppsp}. 8)
@starwars, Slow down buddy! clam yourself! you don't know if they are going to blow everyone away with the next movie, so don't be so judjemental! I'm sure the "CREATORS" of the original Alien series know of this flaw in the story line, and i'm sure they will fix it. All in good time. Be patiant, it will come soon enough. *Chris* or {cppsp}. 8)
there is just way too many negative people in here....Can someone enlighten me with their opinion as to why they think AVP and AVP-R killed off any chance of a ALIEN 5 or how it has generally messed up the Alien and Predator Franchises.....