Quote from: whiterabbit on Apr 27, 2016, 10:00:30 AM
They're just going to start another timeline from the end of Aliens. Simply put they'll be two parallel line of events after Aliens. The one where AlienĀ³ and A|R happened and the one with the new Alien 5 movie heading off into another direction from the same starting point. Like one, like neither or love both; It's all up to you.
I really like the part about picking up Jonsey. Cat's probably live to 150 in they're time. Not counting hyper sleep time.
About that 4th human, maybe they find Shaw out in the void somewhere... this movie does take place after the Prometheus|A:C events.
Wait. Hold on. Rumor control. She didn't say they pick up Jonesy. She said she imagines that after all is said and done the three, or MAYBE four of them now... Go back and get Jonesy... Heh.
Quote from: Buster Highman on Apr 27, 2016, 10:20:22 AM
Quote from: Alienon. on Apr 27, 2016, 09:52:46 AM
Bishop is not a human. Fourth human - Hudson! He's alive! I always knew it!
Given the context perhaps Ripley is pregnant (with child, not alien). A family of four.
Its funny that you say this, because despite not having any real context apart from her talk about Ripley's daughter and her elevated relations with Hicks, I did get the idea somehow that she meant either another person we haven't met or a child. My gut has been wrong before.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 27, 2016, 11:19:16 AM
Both of which I really do not want. The scary thing is the nightmare thing would work - it's been a thing in Alien since the first film and ADF had professional "dreamers" whose dreams are recorded for entertainment.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Apr 27, 2016, 11:15:19 AM
I'm fairly certain Halloween was a continuous series until they did the remake/reboot. And the Godzilla restarts have been just that - restarts. In fact they're a pretty relevant example - the 1984 film was an alternative sequel to the 1954 original. The '84 film then spawned its own line of sequels, none of which had any relation to the many sequels made between '54 and '84. The original series was essentially moved aside and left.
Fair enough. I didn't really know.
Are you familiar with the Enhancement Pod on the FURIOUS GODS Documentary where Ridley Scott explains that, in order to keep the brain functioning during hypersleep, they actually implant dreams of your choosing. I liked this. But what I can't stand about the dream thing (the alien franchise is not the only culprit) is that dreams do not occur in the 3rd person. You would not see yourself in the dream! Heh. That's kinda a pet-peeve that drives me up the wall. Haha.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 27, 2016, 01:35:02 PM
Depends on how you look at it. He's getting paid to do it for Fox so it's not really fanfiction. People might use the term fanwank but I don't want to judge yet. It's just...an alternate sequel with a new continuity, I guess. Hard to be sure of the implications at this point.
Weaver seemed to make the point - and I think she said this before as well - that it's a proper ending and I suppose, I want that for the character. I think it would be best for everyone, if they come up with some POTENTIAL way to include ALIEN 3 and 4, if you want to.
Similar to the way PROMETHEUS kinda explains the DERELICT in ALIEN without explicitly saying what happened. An answer is there if you want to find it.
At the end of the day - I think saying "Wouldnt you want a proper ending?" is a valid point. The trouble is - in this case, I like Alien 3, but hate where A:R left off. So it's tricky for me. I have no problem with forgetting part 4, cause its a big mess.
This made me think of something else she said, last night.
She said (to paraphrase): "Scripts are always better when the director is the writer. And that writer has to take inspiration where it comes from for them." This was sorta more confirmation for me to think both, that the script is very good, and that she was making a plea for why the ending for Ripley and fans in this script is much better. She drew comparisons to ALIENS and ALIEN by stating it was very similar to those scripts, because both had (for the most part) been written on spec, and not by the studio, deliberately producing a script.
She seems very confident in it and sort of as if she already considers it the character's ultimate fate, in her mind.