Ridley Scott not promising but *possible* Alien 5....

Man, I hope Ridley bites eventually (but an Alien sequel he makes should be DONE WITHOUT THE NOW OVERUSED AND RUINED RIPLEY, obviously...). From Dark Horizons.com:

"Alien 5: Some more storyline potential ideas from the man himself Ridley Scott in an interview with DVD Rama and disappointment for those hoping for a fast answer - "Fox and Sigourney Weaver have contacted me, they want to conclude this series with the one who has begun it. [...] But there are not even serious talks. I don't really know what I could do…unless I go back to the questions stated in the first episode. Where does the crashed ship on the planet with this mysterious extra-terrestrial come from ? We could wonder wether massive destruction weapons (which could threaten the Earth) had been used or not. I could be inspired by THE WAR OF THE WORLDS…"

Doesn't sound promising, I can only imagine he'd like to make it but without Weaver no doubt as Ripley is now a useless character IMHO. Send some new characters to the Alien homeworld, have a vicious encounter with the real Spacejockey race (assuming they're still around), something cool. Weaver and Ripley will water it down. But it will probably never happen, Scott even says he doesn't know what'd he do. Oh if only Alien 3 had never happened. And my thoughts on AvP...

Paul HACK Anderdson is directing, the Hive is in a Pyramid and the aliens have been messing with humanity for centuries (so they're like Grays now, haha), and I want my Samurai chick teaming up with a Predator action! 'nuff said.

Regarding A5, it would be an interesting twist if the crashed ship genetically engineered the Alien species (experiment goes arye, thus the crashed ship) much like how the humans wanted to domesticate and control them for military use in Aliens.

Do you mean what if the Alien spacejockeys were killed by the Aliens which they made? Actually that was confirmed by Ridley in interviews to be exactly the case. Ridley said the spacejockeys genetically created the Aliens, used the eggs as "bombs" which they'd send down to enemy worlds, the aliens would gradually overrun and destroy the planet but eventually they killed the Jockeys themselves (at least the ship in Alien, maybe there are still some jockeys around and they could threaten Earth, that'd make for a sweet conclusion IF and only IF Ridley and nobody else directed, UNLESS Ridley wrote and Cameron directed. But it'll all never happen. :( )

You know, I've always wondered what the story was with the pilots of the crashed alien ship in the first movie. I'd like to see a movie where that was revealed.

And I wish Alien 3 and 4 were never made.

I used to be of the school of thought that the Spacejockey was better left as a cool mystery (and it wasn't really even a mystery, it was obvious after analyzing that they made the aliens which turned on them) that should be left alone but the very thought that Ridley Scott is even *loosely considering* diving into the whole idea ala War of the Worlds makes me DROOL.

Boo to all Alien 3&4 hate. I happen to like those too :)

I also heard Kosh_h Space Jokey history explanation before, and it pretty much fills some of the backstory.

I actually DO like Alien 3 and 4 but they're total garbage compared to 1 and 2.

That said, me, my dad and brother get together every October and watch Alien 1 and 2 on either FX or the Fox Movie Channel, annual tradition. And my dad's fave after all this time is 3. Go figure.

I don't hate 3 or 4 at all. They each have their good points and can be entertaining. However, compared to the awesome movies that are 1 and 2 they're crap and tarnish the entire franchise.

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Originally Posted by Kosh_H

Do you mean what if the Alien spacejockeys were killed by the Aliens which they made? Actually that was confirmed by Ridley in interviews to be exactly the case.

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Well good, then. Means I don't have to speculate. :chick:

I like alot that was seen in 3&4, but sadly they drift further away from what the first 2 are established upon. If the series were to have a conclusion, get 5 to take place on earth and keep the aliens feel, while part 6 should be like the original on a grand scale.

And bring Giger back!

Alien 3 was really cool, infact, I'm watching right now. Alien 4 was good, until I saw the Alien/Human Hybrid.

As for Alien 5, I would like see:
1. Marines Vs Aliens (All out war)
2. Prequel to Alien (space jockey making the Aliens)
3. A plot in which going to the Alien homeworld

They should make Alien 5 as the Alien vs Predator movie. Make it intense like Alien 2 and we'd have a winner. Alien 2 is probably the scariest and most intense movie I've ever seen. If Alien 5 is like that I think we'd all be happy.

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Originally Posted by Megatron

2. Prequel to Alien (space jockey making the Aliens)

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Actually, I'd like to see one to Aliens with Riply's daughter taking the role. The way I see it, I'm pretty sure Weyland covered her history as she's likely to have encountered the same horror her mother did (think about it, she gives up trying to figure out what happened to her and pretty much ends up in the same line of work, but also discovers the same planet.... and dissapears.).

See with this idea, it can lead into something that'll happen in the later film and hopefully take it deeper into what the original alien was all about.

This is interesting, because Ridley Scott is the only person who should touch this franchise.

Giger worked on Alien 3. Best reason why it's the second-best film in the series - that and David Fincher. Alien is supposed to be about mood, not action.

I really want to see the Alien 3 workprint. Any official word on the DVD set coming to the States yet?

Aliens vs. Predator = :yuck: No matter who works on it.

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Originally Posted by BioMechanic

Aliens vs. Predator = :yuck: No matter who works on it.

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Actually, I think the predators fit in nicely with the franchise. The way they'd work best is to "fit" them in with the storyline while keeping the film centered on the style that worked with aliens and nothing like the last two.

Only thing that could f*** this up is Paul Anderson and I'm praying to god this doesn't happen.

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Originally Posted by voltz

Actually, I'd like to see one to Aliens with Riply's daughter taking the role. The way I see it, I'm pretty sure Weyland covered her history as she's likely to have encountered the same horror her mother did (think about it, she gives up trying to figure out what happened to her and pretty much ends up in the same line of work, but also discovers the same planet.... and dissapears.).

See with this idea, it can lead into something that'll happen in the later film and hopefully take it deeper into what the original alien was all about.

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ummmmm interesting.....

The Newborn could have been designed so much more cooler in so many more ways. I've heard many people on other sites call it a drool faced muppet and I couldn't agree more. It also really didn't seem to have any special abilities besides a super hard jaw-bite, otherwise it didn't even look like a creature that'd be hard to kill.

Aliens was the perfect end to Ripley's story. Too bad Sigourney had to be in 3. They could have continued the story without killing Newt and Hicks. And then Ripley dies and they STILL bring back Ripley as a clone. I love Ripley but she shouldn't be the be all end all of the saga, stop worrying about star dollars and just give us a great new set of characters. Ripley is spent.

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Originally Posted by Kosh_H

Aliens was the perfect end to Ripley's story. Too bad Sigourney had to be in 3. They could have continued the story without killing Newt and Hicks. And then Ripley dies and they STILL bring back Ripley as a clone. I love Ripley but she shouldn't be the be all end all of the saga, stop worrying about star dollars and just give us a great new set of characters. Ripley is spent.

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Exactly, the creators of Aliens think that what brings people to see the movies are Ripley. What brings me to the movie is The Aliens, thats all.

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Originally Posted by BioMechanic

I really want to see the Alien 3 workprint. Any official word on the DVD set coming to the States yet?

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I thought that was confirmed a long time ago?

I just want to see Dark Horse's Aliens graphic novels done as a movie. The concept of the Aliens turning large cities on Earth into breeding grounds, darting in and out of decayed buildings seems like it would be very cool on film.

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Originally Posted by Icepick

I thought that was confirmed a long time ago?

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Yeah, but I haven't come across anything regarding a release date....

That's Sir Ridley Scott to you philistines.

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This is interesting, because Ridley Scott is the only person who should touch this franchise.

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What about James Cameron?

I'm most likely in the minority here, Dolemite, but as action-packed as it is, Aliens disappointed me as a sequel to Alien. Cameron's not one of my favorite directors to begin with (I find his style to be pretty flat), and I didn't really care for many of the expansions & additions he made to the creatures' mythos. As a stand-alone film, it's great, but as a sequel, it didn't feel right to me for many reasons.

I am a huge fan of mood and atmosphere, and I find the best examples of that in the series to be Alien and Alien3....which also only sported a single creature each. (thank god Clive Barker or Vincent Ward didn't get their mitts on A3)

Alien 4 was complete shit. I can let 3 slide, and it even had a pretty good ending and the guy from Roc in it, but 4 is goddamned miserable in every way. I would not look kindly upon a new Alien movie.

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Originally Posted by voltz

Actually, I'd like to see one to Aliens with Riply's daughter taking the role. The way I see it, I'm pretty sure Weyland covered her history as she's likely to have encountered the same horror her mother did (think about it, she gives up trying to figure out what happened to her and pretty much ends up in the same line of work, but also discovers the same planet.... and dissapears.).

See with this idea, it can lead into something that'll happen in the later film and hopefully take it deeper into what the original alien was all about.

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According to the Aliens SE, Ripley's daughter died alone and without any children, so there's not much of a chance they'd use her at all.

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Originally Posted by Melf

According to the Aliens SE, Ripley's daughter died alone and without any children, so there's not much of a chance they'd use her at all.

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Originally Posted by voltz

The way I see it, I'm pretty sure Weyland covered her history

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The way I see it, I'm pretty sure Weyland covered her history as she's likely to have encountered the same horror her mother did (think about it, she gives up trying to figure out what happened to her and pretty much ends up in the same line of work, but also discovers the same planet.... and dissapears.).

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I was referring to that, just in case. :p