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| The "Alien" Quadrilogy of Films(1979-1997); Discuss all the "Alien" movies here! | |
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| crowmagnumman | Dec 11 2008, 05:24 PM Post #31 |
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If it were possible, I might like one final Alien movie that does it right. But I'm going to leery of any new Alien film after Resurrection and the AVP movies. If they can't do a final Alien film as good as Alien and Aliens, then they should just let it die. I'm done seeing the franchise get trashed. |
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| Godzillaheisei546 | Jan 13 2009, 08:24 PM Post #32 |
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besides godzilla, my other favorite sc-fi series is alien, just the best, i always go for him in the AVP films, now in honesty of my favorite film, of this series, i have to say aliens, but i really wanted to pick alien, its so scary to this day and so chilling, but aliens like started it, the queen the egg center. thats kinda why i must say its better. |
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| packmule | Jan 13 2009, 09:47 PM Post #33 |
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How would you rank the "Alien" films, not including the AVP movies, as your favorites? |
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| Godzillaheisei546 | Jan 13 2009, 10:16 PM Post #34 |
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not sure what you meen but here it gos. #1 aliens #2 alien #3 alien ressurection #4 alien 3. why i pick 4 over 3 is because i found 3 a little boreing. |
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| packmule | Jan 13 2009, 10:22 PM Post #35 |
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Actually, you interpreted my question correctly. Thanks.  How I would rank the "Alien" quadrilogy of films, with #1 being my favorite: 1. Alien(1979) 2. Aliens(1986) 3. Alien 3(1992) 4. Alien Resurrection(1997) The 1986 sequel is IMO outstanding and I enjoy it nearly as much as the original. It took me a little while to warm up to the third film in the installment but I've actually come to like it slightly more than the fourth movie. |
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| Godzillaheisei546 | Jan 13 2009, 11:09 PM Post #36 |
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dont get me wrong, alien is one of my favorite movies ever! but aliens got the story started and what xenomorph was about.so iust prefer aliens more but believe me it was a really hard desition. |
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| packmule | May 1 2009, 06:32 PM Post #37 |
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There's apparently some discussion going on at Twentieth Century Fox about making a "prequel" film to Aliens(1986): http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_15039.html The article mentions that Ridley Scott, who directed Alien(1979), might end up directing this "prequel" movie which I think would be great. 
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| Syphen | May 4 2009, 12:39 AM Post #38 |
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Alien was good, it had a few good moments and jumps. |
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| packmule | May 28 2009, 09:45 AM Post #39 |
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A rumor has surfaced that Twentieth Century Fox is going to produce, or is at least considering producing, a remake of Alien. Source: http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31876/alien-vs-remake-whoever-wins-we-lose All I can say is this: I don't think any remake would be better than the 1979 film. 
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| josh TX | May 28 2009, 10:42 AM Post #40 |
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It would be extremely tough to top, that's for damn sure. |
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| Godzillaheisei546 | May 28 2009, 11:33 AM Post #41 |
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You say there thinking about a Prequal and remake. Well I understand Prequal, I'm 100% Thumbs down for remake, there classics that shouldn't be tampered with. |
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| packmule | May 28 2009, 11:42 AM Post #42 |
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The article, as I read it, suggested the remake would be some kind of "prequel". Regardless of whether the studio opted to go with the "prequel" story, or not, I am opposed to any redo of the 1979 film. |
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| crowmagnumman | May 28 2009, 11:39 PM Post #43 |
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As am I. I think that if they wanted to do anything, they should do one final Alien film with Sigourney Weaver to make up for Alien 4 and the AVP movies. Something to let the franchise go out with dignity. I've got a few ideas about how it could go. |
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| packmule | Jun 1 2009, 09:41 PM Post #44 |
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Care to post them here? 
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| crowmagnumman | Jun 2 2009, 09:52 PM Post #45 |
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Sure. I never really ironed it out completely. But here's the basic idea. You've got your crew of space marines, scientists, and maybe Ripley herself. I always tried to imagine it as a film that could work without her. But her presence would add a lot to the film. Basically they go to a dark and desolate planet that may be the alien homeworld. And there they find this massive massive ancient ship. Maybe built by the other aliens from the first film. So they start exploring the ship. Of course, there's an evil presence lurking around the planet, watching from the shadows. And things start to go horribly wrong. Then the gigantic ship takes off with most of the crew on it. They're trapped on-board. Now they must continue to explore the ship and try to determine where it's going or who built it and stuff like that. But what they don't know is that a xenomorph made it on-board. So again, it's a desperate game of survival as they wander the eerie ship, trying to avoid getting killed by the alien. And maybe they have to try to kill it before it breeds. This would be sort of based on the alien of the original film. Something so terrible, we don't really understand how intelligent it is or what it's capable of. In a deleted scene from the original film we see that it's capable of capturing humans and gradually morphing them into more xenomorphs. I would really want to get back to that creeping horror of the unknown from the first film. Doesn't mean there can't be some marines vs. xeno action in certain parts. But I want to make the individual alien much more like the one in the first film. The one that may have actually raped Lambert. Then towards the end of the film, the passengers realize that the ship is headed directly for Earth. |
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