Quote from: SiL on Jul 16, 2019, 11:16:41 AM
The film doesn't seem to take anything it does terribly seriously. [There's always some Whedon quip or jab to highlight the ludicrousness of any given situation, amplified by Jeunet's off-kilter style.
I don't think you'd get a consensus that the problem with the Newborn scene is taking itself too seriously.
No, lol, not using those words, no.
I think the Newborn consensus would be "it's stupid." You follow up asking if the Newborn is stupid because of the humor earlier and they would reply "No, it's just stupid." You follow that up asking if the childlike looks and tenderness between Ripley and the Newborn was a big part of the "stupid" and we'd hear "Oh yeah! For sure!"
So if you have to keep the eyeroll enducing Newborn in the movie, you make it work by cutting all the serious weighty mother & child cringe out of it. Make the Newborn a deadly, smart hybrid threat monstrosity that will rip everyone to shreads. That's it. No loving painful meaningful gazes. None of that. For this ridiculous premise to work, you make it less weighty, less seriously and it will play better in my opinion.
I think they should have also capitalized more on Alien Sensing Super Soldier Ripley's abilities too. If you're going there, really go there, but I digress.