Quote from: BishopShouldGo on Aug 26, 2016, 04:54:01 AM
Aliens 2. Ya gotta give us that proper Ripley send-off. Just one movie for a nice, correct trilogy. Then go nuts with new storylines.
They went "nuts" with Alien: Resurrection...
Like literally, you can't go anymore nuts than cloning back a character and extracting its mutated Xeno which eventually gives birth to an even freakier version. Plus all them messed up failed clones.
Really, how much more "nuts" can they go lol? You got exactly that, a PROPER send off (to a fiery doom) for Ripley, an end to her chapter. And finally, a new chapter set centuries later in a new era that was totally NUTS!
Why ask for it again? Instead of something new or continue exploring this new future even further? I mean honestly dude, you STILL get your precious Ripley in it, she's called "RIpley-8" She can easily meet a new badass marine and rescue another girl. Don't worry, humans haven't stopped procreating by 2381, there's plenty more Newts out there.
Ripley-8 could very easily "pass on the torch" to a new character in this post A:R film. Blomkamp's idea could very easily fit here too. Just add "8" to his Ripley and change the date to past 2381, ditch Biehn and probably bring back someone like Johnner. Then find another child actress for your new Newt. YAY! We all win!
Plus Blomkamp could use his creativity in world building to expand upon the A:R era future, I love his work on the Prawn technology in District 9. And his world building in other films looked interesting, especially the technologies. He could really go wild with working on A:R technologies.
But NOOOOooooo.... life's never that easy.
He was almost on the right track with his original idea, where his sequel was RIpley free as it should be. I don't think he realizes how much these three characters shackle and limit his ideas when he could literally go totally nuts without them and bring us another masterpiece like District 9.
I really hate hearing "proper send off" because no one adequately defends this idea, it's always something opinion based (which is fine), but the way they say it belittles the other film which other people already consider a "proper send off". And "go nuts with the next films" already happened as I said, it's called Alien: Resurrection. Do you want another Alien: Resurrection?
I loved it, but eh... did the fandom? Not so much.
You are gonna have to define "proper send off" here mate, because Alien 3 could be classed as one. And also "go nuts", because as I mentioned.... last time they went DEEZ NUTS, it didn't get received very well.