Ridley Scott Alludes to Ripley's Mother in Alien: Covenant Sequel

Started by RidgeTop, Jul 08, 2017, 10:12:18 AM

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Ridley Scott Alludes to Ripley's Mother in Alien: Covenant Sequel (Read 38,913 times)

OmegaZilla

Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: Highland on Jul 10, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 06:28:48 AM
Seventeen years, five months, eight days.

Give or take.

So that would rule out the whole mum thing anyway wouldn't it? Unless Ripleys a robot...

Or some other mission happened with other people.



As things stand, it would rule out a connection with Covenant and Ripley.  She is already 12 years old by the time Covenant happens.
cue in the main char in Awakening saying "oh my poor 12 year old daughter on LV-789..."

echobbase79

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 10, 2017, 10:11:21 AM
Quote from: Highland on Jul 10, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 06:28:48 AM
Seventeen years, five months, eight days.

Give or take.

So that would rule out the whole mum thing anyway wouldn't it? Unless Ripleys a robot...

Or some other mission happened with other people.

It should do. Ridley might not be paying that close attention to the timeline, though.

While I appreciate he's talking about ideas for later films that may or may not happen, I don't blame people for not wanting the idea. I certainly don't want this kind of thing to come into fruition. I think Isolation was the exception and wouldn't expect Ridley to pull it off with that kind of care. Without really knowing more, it strikes me more as arbitrary connection than anything meaningful.

It's weird reading comments like this, but I can understand them. He's made some silly mistakes in both Prometheus and Covenant.

PierreVW

Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: Highland on Jul 10, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 06:28:48 AM
Seventeen years, five months, eight days.

Give or take.

So that would rule out the whole mum thing anyway wouldn't it? Unless Ripleys a robot...

Or some other mission happened with other people.



As things stand, it would rule out a connection with Covenant and Ripley.  She is already 12 years old by the time Covenant happens.

So, Ripley was 29 or 30 in ALIEN.

I don't sure.

kwisatz

Ridley is not the only problem though. It would help the franchise immensely to start working with competent writers. I mean seriously John Logan for Alien? Dante Harper one effin script, one: AC.

Bring on more novices ignorants wannabes, F O X, like i care anymore. Wonder Ridley surely will compensate for Dante Harpers writing skills, or not, too bad. Who couldve foreseen this failure, wheres our money... the fans they didnt get it, we have to dumb it down again, not our fault blabla --

SM

Quote from: PierreVW on Jul 10, 2017, 11:34:56 PM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: Highland on Jul 10, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 06:28:48 AM
Seventeen years, five months, eight days.

Give or take.

So that would rule out the whole mum thing anyway wouldn't it? Unless Ripleys a robot...

Or some other mission happened with other people.



As things stand, it would rule out a connection with Covenant and Ripley.  She is already 12 years old by the time Covenant happens.

So, Ripley was 29 or 30 in ALIEN.

I don't sure.

30.

Scorpio

Quote from: SM on Jul 11, 2017, 12:07:58 AM
Quote from: PierreVW on Jul 10, 2017, 11:34:56 PM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: Highland on Jul 10, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2017, 06:28:48 AM
Seventeen years, five months, eight days.

Give or take.

So that would rule out the whole mum thing anyway wouldn't it? Unless Ripleys a robot...

Or some other mission happened with other people.



As things stand, it would rule out a connection with Covenant and Ripley.  She is already 12 years old by the time Covenant happens.

So, Ripley was 29 or 30 in ALIEN.

I don't sure.

30.

Sigourney Weaver was 28/29 during filming.

SM

Born Jan 7 2092.  Alien is in June 2122 after she's turned 30.

Scorpio

Don't know where that lore comes from.  She looks late 20s, so I'll go with that.

SM

It comes from Fox.

Highland

Quote from: Scorpio on Jul 11, 2017, 02:48:54 AM
Don't know where that lore comes from.  She looks late 20s, so I'll go with that.

Those 2 years really blowing the doors off the lore!

Olde

But don't you not age in cryo-sleep? Surely you wouldn't say she's 87 in Aliens, would you? Wouldn't it matter how long the space expedition is? What if the trip was 5, or even 10 years long both ways?

Corporal Hicks

I suppose with cryo you'd have real age and physical age.

Scorpio

I don't think it's cryo, it's more like hibernation.  It would slow down the body's processes, but not stop them.

SM

It slows them down to a point where for all intents and purposes they've stopped.

Quote from: Highland on Jul 11, 2017, 09:10:05 AM
Quote from: Scorpio on Jul 11, 2017, 02:48:54 AM
Don't know where that lore comes from.  She looks late 20s, so I'll go with that.

Those 2 years really blowing the doors off the lore!

:laugh:

SiL

If y'all wanna get real nitpicky you could say you age 8.14 times as slowly since Ripley only ages 7 years after spending 57 in cryosleep :P

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