Quote from: Cvalda on Jun 02, 2013, 11:08:32 PM
The dialogue in his script was terrible.
I do believe that he mentioned writing the treatment/script vague on character and dialogue purposely.
So that it could be tooled after it got sold and he found out what actors he would be working with and their attributes.
Hill polished the car before Dan was ever allowed to.
Quote from: Cvalda on Jun 02, 2013, 11:08:32 PM
Even the names were terrible.
I completely and utterly disagree withy you here.
I though Melkonis and the other names Dan made where awesome.
You could be right, a matter of opinion I suppose.
I thought Hills were just as interesting,
and now classic,
but not an IMPROVEMENT.
Quote from: Cvalda on Jun 02, 2013, 11:08:32 PMIt reads exactly like a gorier version of the tacky 1950s B-movies it borrows from.
Thats how the final Alien script reads also.
Except for Hills corporate 70's aesthetic.
I'll have to read it again.
Did Hill add any of the scare punchlines himself?
Also have you read the Hill's "Cylinder" script?
You thought it was better?
Before Dan made a nuisance of himself and they reinserted an Alien into Alien.
Quote from: Cvalda on Jun 02, 2013, 11:08:32 PM
Aside from the basic story, the script that made the film was mostly Hill & Giler's work.
Have Hill and Giler ever wrote another sci-fi movie?
Other then Alien 3?
(Once again swooping in at the last second.)
The reason for the only plot holes in Alien is smooshing Hill/Gilers army man script onto Dans.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Jun 02, 2013, 11:12:21 PM
Alien isn't a one man show.
I agree.
It was a time and place.
I've heard that the British film industry that enabled Alien and Star Wars collapsed soon afterwards.
But as far as specific inputs,
its was a friggen tribe effort!
Everybody involved in that one off deserves credit for being there.