Quote from: windebieste on Jun 09, 2016, 10:22:59 AM
That would be fine if EVERYONE agreed that the last 2 films suck. That's just not the case, though. You won't get everyone to agree to that. Both the 3rd and 4rth movie have their fans, and they are legion.*
Personally, this is what I want to see:
Within this scenario, the currently long established main extant story arc is not interfered with. 'ALIEN' through 'ALIEN: Resurrection' and beyond is possible. Also present is another branching series based off of 'ALIENS'.
Presented this way, it's clear there's room for 2 entire series happening here, co-existing side by side. Fresh characters and situations in the 'ALIENS' time line and a 5th movie taking place after 'ALIEN: Resurrection' would be highly desirable. Just about everyone would be happy with that.
...but no, Blomkamp offers this scenario:
Where resurrecting deceased characters not only wipes out half of the extant series, but also diminishes the potential for future stories based on the current time line.
This eradication is out to reduce the capabilities of this Universe supporting multiple valid story arcs. All this for the sake of reintroducing 3 deceased characters to be played by actors that haven't played these roles in decades. It's almost a form of bigotry to pursue this path.
Characters die in these movies. It's what makes them valuable. Conversely, it's what makes the Aliens such a threat. If we lose the diversity that this series has established over the past decades, then we start investing in mediocrity with banal overwrought heroes that really should be dead. Ripley, Hicks and Newt shouldn't be exempt. They will become meaningless as characters. It's not like other characters aren't permitted to be developed within a branching story line.
I'm all for an 'ALIENS' spin off story - and an entire 'ALIENS' themed series to stem from that. As far as I am concerned, if Blomkamp were to embrace this philosophy, I'd be ecstatic! I'd much rather see that happen than lose the diversity this series has established for itself.
-Windebieste.
*Unlike 'A:CM'. No one will give a shit if that was retconned. Fox wants to, anyway, from what I understand. That's just about granted.
What if
Alien Resurrection - the plot, setting, everything - was a massive government cover-up? It's simple, no hamfisted explanation as to how Newt and Hicks are back (Hicks can be an android, and the girl in the cryo-tube in
Alien 3 can simply be someone else) or how the Colonial Marines and the Company are back.
If you recall, only Call mentions '200 years ago' in the entire film.
She's also "Way too trusting". Perhaps she was working for whomever Perez was working for, and she was sent in to 'clean up' per se. Why is Call so interested in Ripley? Also, if you recall, Ripley wasn't even supposed to exist. They brought her back for the sole purpose of getting the embryonic Queen inside her.
So, basically:
1) Call is either fed misinformation, or is given orders to misconstrue the facts as much as possible (maybe it wasn't 200 years ago, maybe it was only 30. Maybe she wasn't sent there to kill the Aliens in the first place. Maybe she was sent there to kill Ripley. To bring Ripley back to Weyland-Yutani. The possibilities are endless.) and gain her trust.
2) The
Auriga was a controlled experiment, one that the crew of the
Betty (Except Call) and Ripley were not in on.
3) The events in
Alien Resurrection take place a few decades after
Aliens and
Alien 3 4) Plus, if you add up the 57 years in cryo, plus 30, you get
87 years. That's
almost a century. Perhaps Call even thought it was 100 years MORE than what it was. Perhaps government/corporate propaganda. An experiment with Call/Ripley, etc. Maybe the mainstream media thinks she died with the
Nostromo? Maybe the events in
Aliens and
Alien 3 were ALSO part of the experiment? THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
Simply pretending
Resurrection and
Alien 3 never happened is one of the laziest, most idiotic things the director for the Fifth Film can do.
In fact, it is so lazy and idiotic it is painful to think about.
Quote from: The Alien Predator on Jun 09, 2016, 10:58:53 AM
Winde for director 2019. Someone please give this man a small loan of a million dollars, I believe he can pull it off better than what Blomkamp has proposed.
I AGREE! (Btw, nice Trump jab xD)
