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Posted by AhabPredator
 - Feb 06, 2019, 06:15:17 PM
So giving it some thought, if I get the green light...I might do it in the time after Ahab got wounded, but before the events of the comic book. Perhaps an earth hunt? Or a colony?

https://youtu.be/mgd23dtSgMY
Posted by AhabPredator
 - Jan 30, 2019, 10:27:59 PM
Quote from: Vermillion on Jan 30, 2019, 10:12:10 PM
Good luck Ahab!  I'm looking forward to it!

Thank you! Haven't heard from Fox since the first email. I'll assume that I'll eventually get some kind of an answer

QuoteThere's a pretty big stereotype around fanfiction and the like. It's not exactly wrong, but it's also not cool to automatically assume that it's going to be bad without actually looking at it. I'm quite proud of the stuff I work on.

I guess I've had a lot of inspiration of many Star Wars fan films... most of them are "meh" but a few really are gems. All for different reasons mind you. I keep going back to the Vader fan film, as that's something I look up to as inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIakUIIbj3Q
Posted by Vermillion
 - Jan 30, 2019, 10:12:10 PM
Good luck Ahab!  I'm looking forward to it!
Posted by SiL
 - Jan 30, 2019, 09:37:40 PM
Quote from: The Cruentus on Jan 30, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
I honestly don't understand the logic in that though, a fan film, no matter how good shouldn't affect the sales of an official product. I mean most audiences would still go to see an official movie in theatre or buy the bluray/book/comic/game. At least I would have thought so.
It's not about sales, it's usually about copyright and lawsuits. If a fan is developing something similar to an idea they have - and the fan gets it out first - they could attempt to sue Fox.
Posted by TheSailingRabbit
 - Jan 30, 2019, 08:48:22 PM
Quote from: AhabPredator on Jan 30, 2019, 08:30:11 PM
Quote from: Samhain13 on Jan 30, 2019, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: The Cruentus on Jan 30, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
I honestly don't understand the logic in that though, a fan film, no matter how good shouldn't affect the sales of an official product. I mean most audiences would still go to see an official movie in theatre or buy the bluray/book/comic/game. At least I would have thought so.

Maybe fanfilms... but fan games? Anyone remember that Aliens vs Marines mod for the AVP Classic? It looked insane, hell I can't find it on youtube anymore since Fox seems to have purged all traces of it but I remember thinking how the "official work" looked a shame next to it.

But back to fanfilms the fights on AVP Redemption were more creative/interesting than the ones on movies. Plus despite being CGI, the aliens were biomechanical which already makes them more pleasant for me to look at than the ADI ones.

Fanmade stuff can have a lot of potential.


Thank you for having an open mind. I can't tell you how many times I've had people say it's a stupid idea and that I (or other fans) could never write or produce anything of value.

There's a pretty big stereotype around fanfiction and the like. It's not exactly wrong, but it's also not cool to automatically assume that it's going to be bad without actually looking at it. I'm quite proud of the stuff I work on.
Posted by AhabPredator
 - Jan 30, 2019, 08:30:11 PM
Quote from: Samhain13 on Jan 30, 2019, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: The Cruentus on Jan 30, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
I honestly don't understand the logic in that though, a fan film, no matter how good shouldn't affect the sales of an official product. I mean most audiences would still go to see an official movie in theatre or buy the bluray/book/comic/game. At least I would have thought so.

Maybe fanfilms... but fan games? Anyone remember that Aliens vs Marines mod for the AVP Classic? It looked insane, hell I can't find it on youtube anymore since Fox seems to have purged all traces of it but I remember thinking how the "official work" looked a shame next to it.

But back to fanfilms the fights on AVP Redemption were more creative/interesting than the ones on movies. Plus despite being CGI, the aliens were biomechanical which already makes them more pleasant for me to look at than the ADI ones.

Fanmade stuff can have a lot of potential.


Thank you for having an open mind. I can't tell you how many times I've had people say it's a stupid idea and that I (or other fans) could never write or produce anything of value.
Posted by Samhain13
 - Jan 30, 2019, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: The Cruentus on Jan 30, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
I honestly don't understand the logic in that though, a fan film, no matter how good shouldn't affect the sales of an official product. I mean most audiences would still go to see an official movie in theatre or buy the bluray/book/comic/game. At least I would have thought so.

Maybe fanfilms... but fan games? Anyone remember that Aliens vs Marines mod for the AVP Classic? It looked insane, hell I can't find it on youtube anymore since Fox seems to have purged all traces of it but I remember thinking how the "official work" looked a shame next to it.

But back to fanfilms the fights on AVP Redemption were more creative/interesting than the ones on movies. Plus despite being CGI, the aliens were biomechanical which already makes them more pleasant for me to look at than the ADI ones.

Fanmade stuff can have a lot of potential.
Posted by JokersWarPig
 - Jan 30, 2019, 04:15:44 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 30, 2019, 04:05:15 PM
It's about playing to your means, though. What kind of locations do you have nearby, Ahab?

I taken that into consideration...Being in Florida its really easy to replicate most tropical settings so that's instantly what my mind goes to
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 30, 2019, 04:05:15 PM
It's about playing to your means, though. What kind of locations do you have nearby, Ahab?
Posted by JokersWarPig
 - Jan 30, 2019, 04:01:35 PM
If Ahab was on Earth I'd say throw him into the jungle during Vietnam or the mountainous regions of Afghanistan. Plenty of forgotten caves in either of those places for some Engineer cave art to be hiding.
Posted by The Kurgan
 - Jan 30, 2019, 03:24:44 PM
I think a prequel to the FaS/LaD story would be the easiest to realize.

You could even have it be set on earth without aliens to save on the cash.

Before his obsession with the engineers Ahab probably went after humans at some point of his long life, so he knows about earth and its inhabitants.
Your suit has the face damage already, so he roughly knows about the engineers by that point, but he has to spend his time somehow until he got more clues on them.

Maybe have him search for engineer traces on earth. He found them on the four armed humanoids planet, maybe he made the connection that there are also traces on other humanoid's planets, like earth.

There he could run into trouble. Maybe have him search places of ancient civilizations for clues. This leads him into some crisis area where some armed militia/terrorists/goons try their luck with illegal excavation to fund their cause. This way you could use a mix of dated equipment\weapons/uniforms, again doing some saving on coin.

Sure Ahab vs militia does not sound very fancy or big scale/epic, but I think it would be more doable than something in space with aliens, colonial marines, engineers and all that.
Posted by JokersWarPig
 - Jan 30, 2019, 03:00:26 PM
Following this thread till I have anything of value to say
Posted by AhabPredator
 - Jan 30, 2019, 01:46:29 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 30, 2019, 11:28:41 AM
The passionate help is what really makes all the difference. I will say now do not get hopes up about any form of crowd-funding. The Alien & Predator crowd are not very open to that kind of thing.

I already know I will lose money on this. That is okay though as I have invested big money on the suit already.
Posted by The Cruentus
 - Jan 30, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
I honestly don't understand the logic in that though, a fan film, no matter how good shouldn't affect the sales of an official product. I mean most audiences would still go to see an official movie in theatre or buy the bluray/book/comic/game. At least I would have thought so.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 30, 2019, 12:19:00 PM
Not usually. My experience is that they usually go after things that are similar or could "compete" with whatever they're currently working on.
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