Quote from: PAS Spinelli on Jul 27, 2020, 07:30:59 PM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 27, 2020, 07:10:13 PM
Quote from: PAS Spinelli on Jul 27, 2020, 04:20:14 PM
I don't think Ridley is that reliable to say stuff like that, Alien is what it is today thanks to Giger and O'bannon and Ronald Shusett aswel as Ridley, Ridley didn't make the alien, he directed it, don't give all the credit to him, specially since he doesn't know what to do with this franchise beyond using it to tell a completely different story
Giler and Hill too. Didn't they invent the aspects of the lore that Ridley is so keen on exploring now?
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Exactly! Alien wasn't only Ridley's, Alien came to be because it was an amalgamation of great writers, a great director and a great artist coming together, I really dislike when people try to say "Ridley made Alien so he knows what's best for it" (specially when they try to defend the retcons in Covenant) cuz it's basically untrue
Ridley has a way too much credit for the movie, I would rank them:
Dan o bannon: the main key person in making the movie and coming up with the main plots and the mythical themes.
Giger: for the designs of the derelight and the space jockey and the xenomorph itself.
Giler and hill: for making the final adjustments on the script and story and adding the ash android and some more world building.
Ridley for shoting the movie and make it look bigger budget than it was and the acting and minor adjustments.
But all of these people worked together and none had a veto, unlike today where ridley like george lucas do whatever he feels like and hasnt to obey the other idea makers.
