Quote from: RakaiThwei on Feb 19, 2015, 02:14:42 AM
But the idea of retconning Alien 3 and Resurrection as a bad dream in the way Dallas did it seems like nothing more than just pandering to bitter fans.. fans who haven't gotten over those movies in the last twenty two years. Do we need a retcon if that's the worst case scenario?
I don't think most people,
the general audience, will care either way. As long as the story is done well and entertaining. It very easily could be done well, too. A malfunction in hypersleep is entirely plausible for any number of reasons. You don't even have to dwell on the notion of what is taking place.
EX: Superman Returns had many problems to be sure, but one of them
was not that it retconned III and IV. It actually did that part quite well. The real concern is that whatever reason you do this retcon for, it better be a damn compelling story.
Alternatively, you set the story after the events of Resurrection, which doesn't really interest me very much personally. It's so far removed from what made the series interesting to me, and that version of Ripley has little to do with the woman I cared about for the three previous films. If there's a Ripley to show the audience, it's the Ripley who survived the first two films, not the Ripley who had very little of her humanity.
Now, those two options of course hinge on the notion that Weaver/Ripley must return. Now, personally, I don't think they do, but if you're going to do it, then i'd rather they go the Superman Returns route rather than following on or "soft" rebooting after the events of Resurrection.
Besides, this is shallow, but I really like the idea of seeing a PTSD suffering, alcoholic, and older Hicks fighting the aliens again. There's just something about exploring that character in those terms, especially if they get Michael Biehn back to do the role, that appeals to me.