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Posted by Aliensfanboy
 - Apr 06, 2017, 03:49:37 PM
To be honest I'm glad I'm not a fan of the idea of it being a direct sequel to Aliens and retconning Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection both of which I love I would much rather it was a stand alone sequel to the previous 4 films
Posted by Scorpio
 - Feb 02, 2017, 11:29:36 AM
My estimation, 20th Century Fox release about 2 Alien films per decade, so Alien 5 will come out late 2020s after Ridley's final prequel is made.  Unless Alien Covenant performs below expectations (it won't bomb)
Posted by D. Compton Ambrose
 - Feb 01, 2017, 01:37:58 AM
Quote from: Kurai on Jan 31, 2017, 01:20:44 PM
Quote from: LCpl. D. Grant on Jan 31, 2017, 08:01:02 AM
Quote from: Kurai on Jan 31, 2017, 12:15:09 AM

What? That would be wholly unnecessary. Just bring back the slow, foreboding, ominous sense of dread from Alien. Suspense is key.

I agree whole-heartedly, but history is cruel to sci-fi with wholly inhuman appearences. Look at the Stargate series after the first movie, look at Falling Skys... Heck, look at the Starship Troopers sequels. They'll find a way to replace the Aliens with actors and they'll feature a lot to get the money's worth out of the actors. It would take someone really dedicated to helm the project and chances are they'd be given the sack by executives for going against stupid decisions.  :'(

Quote from: Russ on Jan 31, 2017, 09:40:37 AM
I thought a Wey-Yu Files thing would work. Where two company agents start to uncover stuff and get more and more involved. You could have all sorts of fun with that, I reckon, and you could expand the universe beyond Xenos and Predators (so you could also have your cheaper body snatcher guys  as well)

Bloody hell, why don't we combine these ideas and start a petition of our own? 8)
Posted by Kurai
 - Jan 31, 2017, 01:20:44 PM
Quote from: LCpl. D. Grant on Jan 31, 2017, 08:01:02 AM
Quote from: Kurai on Jan 31, 2017, 12:15:09 AM

What? That would be wholly unnecessary. Just bring back the slow, foreboding, ominous sense of dread from Alien. Suspense is key.

I agree whole-heartedly, but history is cruel to sci-fi with wholly inhuman appearences. Look at the Stargate series after the first movie, look at Falling Skys... Heck, look at the Starship Troopers sequels. They'll find a way to replace the Aliens with actors and they'll feature a lot to get the money's worth out of the actors. It would take someone really dedicated to helm the project and chances are they'd be given the sack by executives for going against stupid decisions.  :'(

Quote from: Russ on Jan 31, 2017, 09:40:37 AM
I thought a Wey-Yu Files thing would work. Where two company agents start to uncover stuff and get more and more involved. You could have all sorts of fun with that, I reckon, and you could expand the universe beyond Xenos and Predators (so you could also have your cheaper body snatcher guys  as well)

That could actually work bloody well, they could even call it "the Company". XD

I'm against the Aliens "2"/ Alien 3.2/ Alienkamp. Which is strange because I'd love to see it as well, I just hate the core idea of it. Blomkamp should definitely direct a future Alien film as well as oversee all the visual stuff but keep him away from the writing, please, that isn't his strong point.
Posted by Russ
 - Jan 31, 2017, 09:40:37 AM
I thought a Wey-Yu Files thing would work. Where two company agents start to uncover stuff and get more and more involved. You could have all sorts of fun with that, I reckon, and you could expand the universe beyond Xenos and Predators (so you could also have your cheaper body snatcher guys  as well)
Posted by D. Compton Ambrose
 - Jan 31, 2017, 08:01:02 AM
Quote from: Kurai on Jan 31, 2017, 12:15:09 AM
A TV show based on Aliens would have to be high budget to work, even then it could still come off unintentionally cheesy. That... And we all know some studio exec will just go "Well... Having Aliens on screen costs a lot... How about we make them telepathically posess humans instead, or shapeshift into people and only revert back on season finales?" It always goes that way... :'(

What? That would be wholly unnecessary. Just bring back the slow, foreboding, ominous sense of dread from Alien. Suspense is key.
Posted by windebieste
 - Jan 31, 2017, 05:20:36 AM
Quote from: Necronomicon II on Jan 31, 2017, 05:05:56 AM
Quote from: SiL on Jan 30, 2017, 02:40:30 AM
Is there a petition to stop the project?
:D ;D
Now, where's that Goddammed 'LIKE!' Button?

-Windebieste.
Posted by Necronomicon II
 - Jan 31, 2017, 05:05:56 AM
Quote from: SiL on Jan 30, 2017, 02:40:30 AM
Is there a petition to stop the project?
:D ;D
Posted by FiorinaFury161
 - Jan 31, 2017, 12:21:51 AM
Quote from: Kurai on Jan 31, 2017, 12:15:09 AM
... we all know some studio exec will just go "Well... Having Aliens on screen costs a lot... How about we make them telepathically posess humans instead, or shapeshift into people and only revert back on season finales?"
Sign me up.
Posted by Kurai
 - Jan 31, 2017, 12:15:09 AM
A TV show based on Aliens would have to be high budget to work, even then it could still come off unintentionally cheesy. That... And we all know some studio exec will just go "Well... Having Aliens on screen costs a lot... How about we make them telepathically posess humans instead, or shapeshift into people and only revert back on season finales?" It always goes that way... :'(
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Jan 30, 2017, 03:35:31 PM
Quote from: LCpl. D. Grant on Jan 30, 2017, 01:06:22 PM
I think a TV Series based around Hicks and Newt and loosely around the Aliens novels by Steve and S.D. Perry would be ideal. I'm sure that, even if this project fell through, Biehn and Sigourney would be all about doing one in the future - of course, due to her age, Ripley would only play a cameo role in the series. But, a Series with Hicks and Newt as the male and female leads respectively with a dark/horror bent to it that preserved the mystery and Lovecraftian beastliness of the Alien would be most ideal.

That would work.  A loose adaptation of the major themes in Verheiden's graphic novels would be ideal...
Posted by D. Compton Ambrose
 - Jan 30, 2017, 01:06:22 PM
I think a TV Series based around Hicks and Newt and loosely around the Aliens novels by Steve and S.D. Perry would be ideal. I'm sure that, even if this project fell through, Biehn and Sigourney would be all about doing one in the future - of course, due to her age, Ripley would only play a cameo role in the series. But, a Series with Hicks and Newt as the male and female leads respectively with a dark/horror bent to it that preserved the mystery and Lovecraftian beastliness of the Alien would be most ideal.
Posted by Pvt. Himmel
 - Jan 30, 2017, 11:50:57 AM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 30, 2017, 11:41:59 AM
Originally he was going to do Covenant first and then they'd work on Alien 3.2. Ridley wanted to take a more hands-on role with executive producing roles on 3.2 and he couldn't do that while working on Covenant and Blade Runner at the same time. I still think there was also a concern about market saturation and seeing how well Covvie performed too.

I think the delay has just meant that timing is now going to get in the way. Blomkamp obviously wasn't going to just sit around and wait and is now working on a new project and Weaver has her Avatar commitments.

Yeah figured as much. It will take awhile before she's done with Avatar so if Covvie is a hit then let him finish up his story.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 30, 2017, 11:41:59 AM
Originally he was going to do Covenant first and then they'd work on Alien 3.2. Ridley wanted to take a more hands-on role with executive producing roles on 3.2 and he couldn't do that while working on Covenant and Blade Runner at the same time. I still think there was also a concern about market saturation and seeing how well Covvie performed too.

I think the delay has just meant that timing is now going to get in the way. Blomkamp obviously wasn't going to just sit around and wait and is now working on a new project and Weaver has her Avatar commitments.
Posted by Pvt. Himmel
 - Jan 30, 2017, 11:38:45 AM
I thought when he made announcement that Fox seemed ok with it, and that they were going to wait till after Covvie comes out??

Unless they liked what they seen with A:C that they've decided to stick with the rest of his trilogy??
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