Comments on: An “Aliens” Movie Without Aliens?

By: sauron

sauron — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:19:48 +0000

I think this movie is a dumb idea come on a aliens movie with no aliens that will only bastardiz the aliens franchise more

By: Ed P.

Ed P. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:50:58 +0000

Why not ditch Ripley, create a new and even more intriguing character and tell a new Sci-Fi story? There are thousands of talented film folk out there just waiting for the chance at a potentially big project – work the farm, work it.

By: The Burg

The Burg — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:32:00 +0000

well to be fair… the movie was never called Xenomorph… it was called Alien… therefore if a good enough design is put on the table for a new alien… im all for it….Lord knows the aliens have been dragged over the coals enough times….ask giger for a new design… through in Ripley, add in Sigourney and Scott and I’m sold…..

By: Matt aka gigan300

Matt aka gigan300 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:20:42 +0000

it makes the story better when the aliens origins are kept a mystery

By: AndyS

AndyS — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:34 +0000

I’d prefer if the series stopped, Alien is a great trilogy that continues to be raped by terrible additions. The AVP format is geared towards Predator fans and mindless teenagers. Yes I’m basically saying predator fans have the same tastes as mindless teenagers.

The worst thing another alien film could do (besides existing) would be to try to explain the origins of the alien, do some sort of backstory on the spacejockey. The beauty of the alien series is the mystery behind them.

By: DG Music

DG Music — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:25:50 +0000

By: BobaFett

BobaFett — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:04:45 +0000

As long as Ridley Scott and Sigourney are down so be it.

However, I’d rather them do something original. Or maybe they could remake Outland with Ripley as the O’Neill character (Connery) this time…

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:54:23 +0000

ya ripley is through….they pretty much took all the hard work dark horse did and screwed it all up with the latter ….there are so many great stories in the series that literally u could pick just about anyones story and make it happen with out ripley….personally fanboys like me are in agreement with phill gee….and the space jockey concept is great but the fact is they are pretty much a dead race do to infection and that earth would need to be in it….think blade runner with aliens 2

By: fritzilla

fritzilla — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:45:46 +0000

Phil Gee said:

“there are only two things that people want to see from an Alien 5:

1. Aliens on Earth
2. The Alien Planet

Either way, ALIENS are required i’m afraid.”

To that I must say, DAMN RIGHT!

Most Alien fans (that is fans of the universe not just movie critics that liked the first two movies) really wanted to see Aliens on Earth in Alien 3. It was hinted at in the original Press as well. But alas, dissapointment ensued when it was yet anohter small band of people chased in coridoors, with no weapons and then they killed Ripley.

Yeah, dissapointment is a soft word for it.

There is so much rich story telling to do that fans would like to see:

1) As mentioned, Alien homeworld
2) What role do the Predators have in the Alien/Aliens timeframe?
Have we gone to war with the Predators? Do we know of their existence?
3) Why are the Colonial Marines there? Did they have to put down colonial civil unrest? Did they actually fight another alien race? How about some of thier stories of “bug hunts”?
4) What is the origin of the “Space Jockey”?
5) More on the corporation and how it interferes with government and people’s lives.
6) Why does the government want Aliens so bad? I mean really, if they have all this technology, who cares about Acid for blood unless they want to use it as a covert way to wipe out a colony or perhaps an enemy/other alien race?

What fans don’t want are:

1) more Aliens in our timeframe movies.
2) More cloned Ripley stories
3) More coridoor chase movies

Frankly I wouldn’t mind seeing an Alien movie (Alien/Aliens timeframe) with Colonial Marines going up against Predators and throw in some Aliens for good measure. In fact just like the video games.

And for me, Ripley has done her part. I don’t need a 60 year old Ripley to make me watch an Aliens movie.

By: AndyS

AndyS — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:48:53 +0000

@Darren J Seeley

I’m aware that in Aliens the word “Xenomorph” exists.

It is uttered by Lt. Gorman during his attempt to come off as a strong character and leader. He came up with the word, in actuality the term “xenomorph” is far more vague than the word “alien” and simply because an idiot like Gorman chooses to throw some random word towards his solders does not mean it is the chosen word for the creatures.