Quote from: Xenomorphine on Sep 04, 2016, 02:14:25 AM
Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Sep 03, 2016, 04:38:46 AM
Quote from: Xenomorphine on Sep 03, 2016, 02:28:41 AM
It's technically Weaver's proposal. She's the one who doesn't want to reprise Ripley 8 and convinced him to go down the route of ignoring the two previous films.
And she's been the one person on the production side who's consistently praised and defended the both of them - and apparently still does.
Wait, wait...Sorry for being so dense, but you're saying that she doesn't want to play the character of Ripley 8 again and that she has no objections against retconning A3 and A:R, but at the same time she has always defended and praised A3 and A:R?
Kind of confusing.
We know Weaver's said she doesn't want to reprise the clone.
We know Blomkamp's said she was the one responsible for convincing him to ignore the third film, because before that, his story took account of - and was set after - it.
We also know Weaver has actively defended and praised the third and fourth films whenever she's been asked about them.
Therfore, the decision to ignore the third/fourth films should be labelled as Weaver's proposal, not his (he just liked her spin on it sufficiently to think it improved whatever he already had in mind). The one person involved in the production of all the original films, who has consistently defended every single one of them.
Well, that sucks. I've heard rumors before that Sigorney has a greedy streak but never took it that seriously, but reading this maybe there is some truth to it. I mean, A:R was not necessary as A3 was in fact
the perfect ending. Sure Ripley 8 is a new character, but at the same time she isn't - especially not to Weaver as she is making bank no matter what. Sigorney Weaver knows that there is a huge and zealous fan base and following of ALIENS, and she knows that the gaming industry loves anything that has to do with soldiers in space with futuristic weapons shooting up bug-like monsters in space, and it doesn't get better than ALIENS, right?
Like SM said, no one has gotten the green light to continue where A:R ended because FOX knows that A:R has bad rep and they don't dare to invest in it unless they know it will make big bucks worldwide. With an ALIENS-based sequel they know there is at least a solid fan base to cash in on as well as most of the gamers out there. But they also know that 30 years have passed and that many other franchises have taken over the torch Cameron once handed to them, especially in the video game industry, which means that the interest in a fan service ALIENS sequel might not attract as many people as it used to. That's why they're going with Prometheus, A:C (Alien: Covenant) and an A:C sequel to see what the response will be like.
Sigorney Weaver, of course, probably pushes this A5 idea that Blomkamp is working on as it guarantees her a big check, and if lucky it will spawn sequels on its own. I take it from a money standpoint and a career standpoint she believes in Blomkamp's sequel, but not so much when it comes to a sequel based on A3/A:R - I mean, it's been waiting there, in the water, for almost 20 years now, with no one daring to pick it up. However, if it turns out that A:C nullifies the concept and premise of A2, and we end up with a story taking place in the era of Ripley 8, I'm sure Sigorney will gladly accept the offer to play Ripley 8 as this is probably her last chance to reprise the Ripley character, with or without an 8 in the end.
