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There's a rumour going around that Twentieth Century Fox plans to revisit the original Alien. Blogger Jamie Starbuck is not happy:
A remake for Alien?
Today a little part of me died. Here lies my respect.
Everyday I hold out hope that I won't be disappointed, that examples of the scorn with which humanity treats itself won't pile up in front of me but today I learned of the Giant Killer. The one single piece of news of such Godzilla mated with the Kraken proportions that my happy memories shall forever be scarred.
They're talking about remaking Alien.
www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16328
Well, I say remaking. There's actually a bit of confusion over whether it's a remake or a prequel. Either way is this really what the franchise needs? Hmm? The answer is NO!
Further update: At Collider.com, Tony Scott confirms Carl Rinsch is going to direct an Alien prequel.
The article above is a personal piece by Jamie Starbuck. What do you make of all this Alien talk?
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Posted by farenheit jesus (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 05:44 PM BST #
Posted by Mr Cairo (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 05:51 PM BST #
You should read the trade NEWTS TALE.
Posted by Son Of Solo (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 06:17 PM BST #
Posted by Rick (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 06:25 PM BST #
So if Ridley himself has thought it could work as an idea, then a prequel isn't probably such a bad idea...
Posted by Matthew (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 07:04 PM BST
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Signed,
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
Posted by Lee Harris (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 08:27 PM BST
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Posted by Christopher Teague (127.0.0.1) on May 28, 2009 at 08:47 PM BST
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Posted by mark van Vollenhoven (127.0.0.1) on May 29, 2009 at 07:13 AM BST #
if you read what Ridley Scott has said himself you'll see he wants to do a prequel and he hates the idea of a remake
Posted by daft aider (127.0.0.1) on May 29, 2009 at 08:56 AM BST #
Posted by Thing (127.0.0.1) on May 29, 2009 at 09:09 AM BST #
Posted by 127.0.0.1 on May 29, 2009 at 12:33 PM BST #
Damn you Hollywood. Why can't you know when to leave something alone?
Posted by Bob (127.0.0.1) on May 29, 2009 at 01:08 PM BST #
Posted by JokerPenTrick79 (127.0.0.1) on May 29, 2009 at 01:25 PM BST #
Prequel: not seeing the need. The aliens don't have an origin, they're just intelligent animals who evolved on a harsh planet somewhere. Finding out they were genetically engineered super-soliders by the space jockey elephant aliens wouldn't really add anything to the mythology, and I think would strip away the 'force of nature' element that makes the aliens scary. Or used to make them scary before Lame Sequelitis kicked in.
Full-scale alien war on Earth is probably the only real place left to take the franchise, and given the movie market today it would probably be a 12-rated lameass pice of cack with the screen washed in CGI. Going by Ridley Scott's recent work, it would also feature pointless retreds of his earlier work and he may feel compelled to recast Ripley with Russell Crowe. So, no.
"I always though the story of what happened at Hadley's Hope after newts parents were infected and before the marines turned up might be pretty interesting"
It was covered well enough in the special edition.
Short version: everyone but Newt died.
Long version: everyone but Newt died screaming with aliens bursting out of their chests.
I'm not seeing a vast narrative gap that needs to be filled here.
Posted by Adam Whitehead (127.0.0.1) on May 30, 2009 at 01:01 AM BST
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Really not sure what the point of that would be. The backstory of the Aliens are best left unclear, IMHO. That's kinda why the film was called Alien - the title doesn't just refer to the monster running loose aboard The Nostromo, it sums up everything about the creature, it's nature, it's biology and it's origin. Same goes for the Space Jockeys. Soon as you make them more than a fleeting appearance of a fossil glued to a chair, it rather robs them of their mystery.
It's a bit like the god awful Psycho sequels and prequel they made. The audience don't really need to know WHY Norman Bates is a knife-wielding loon, it's enough to know that he IS.
Unless we're all wrong and this prequel turns out to be a sedate boardroom drama set at Weyland Yutani, where an evil middle manager plots to have The Nostromo redirected on its way home.
Posted by Bob (127.0.0.1) on May 30, 2009 at 04:46 PM BST #
thing: No.
Posted by Jamie Starbuck (127.0.0.1) on May 30, 2009 at 07:25 PM BST
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Are they serious
Small brains no ideas.
Posted by DrillerBoy (127.0.0.1) on May 31, 2009 at 09:52 AM BST #
Just get Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver back on board and make a proper sequel!
Posted by mubhceeb (127.0.0.1) on May 31, 2009 at 07:33 PM BST #
http://www.collider.com/2009/05/29/exclusive-tony-scott-confirms-carl-rinsch-is-directing-alien-and-its-a-prequel/
and don't judge before hearing any concrete information about the story and tone of the film. It may turn out to be amazing..
Posted by Kyle Harker (127.0.0.1) on June 01, 2009 at 03:49 PM BST #