Y'know, I've still not seen the original Alien. I really need to get to it soon.
Prequels are ALWAYS lame, there isn't a single sequel that isn't lame.
Name one that doesn't?
The Last of the Mohicans.Name one that doesn't?
Ok, can ANYONE come up with an "Alien" prequel plot that sounds remotely interesting? I've been giving it some serious thought, but I've got nothing... I suppose The Company knew that the warning signal was there, maybe an earlier vessel encountered it and no-one survived, so they sent The Nostromo, but it seems totally unnecessary.
This idea, about an earlier crew discovering the alien xenomorph, is probably the basis of the planned prequel. But I sincerely doubt the "no survivors" angle. Someone survived long enough to bring back the data that convinced the company that sending another ship to investigate (the Nostromo) was in their best interest. And maybe not just data, but perhaps even a specimen.
I figure that this earlier mission probably wouldn't get a whole lot of screen time, as its primary purpose would be delivering the suspended xenomorph specimen to a Company space station in Earth orbit. The specimen is revived, but before The Company learns much of anything of value about it, the xenomorph escapes from quarantine. Dozens die, and The Company finally opts to "sacrifice" the station, and all aboard, to prevent the xenomorph from reaching Earth. (Not to save Earth, mind you, but to prevent a possible asset to fall into the hands of a competitor.)They figure that they'll simply send another ship to acquire a new specimen.
The film would then end with a secret meeting where The Company decides to replace the Nostromo's science officer with an android pre-programmed to obtain a new specimen on the planet where the xenomorph was first encountered.
Speculating further: Maybe that first group to stumble upon the "Space Jockey" ship didn't just bring back a living specimen of the xenomorph, but some space-jockey technology as well. Like maybe that strange vessel's flight recorder, which contains the location of the xenomorph's probable planet of origin. This would set the stage for a later sequel, which might even take place at the same time as the original film, (a plan "B") where another unsuspecting ship is sent to obtain specimens from the alien homeworld itself.
there isn't a single sequel that isn't lame.
Prequels are ALWAYS lame, there isn't a single sequel that isn't lame.
I am trying to wrap my mind around this statement...are you talking about sequels or prequels? There is a difference. Or maybe you mean a movie that is both a sequel and a prequel.
Name one that doesn't?
Godfather, Part II - it is both a prequel and a sequel!
Jebus, haven't the studios raped the corpses of the first two movies enough?
Yup. And now the guys who made the first Alien intend to un-rape it, and breathe new life into those corpses, by essentially rebooting the franchise ala Trek, in a way that permits them to essentially ignore the existing spin-offs, to tell new stories that exist in an "arc" that's separate of the existing spin-offs.
They'd do this by introducing story elements in a prequel which would establish a second story foundation upon which additional stories could be based, in a way which neither violates, nor actually acknowledges, the "canon" of the existing spin-offs.
As I suggested in an earlier post, one way of doing this is for The Company to learn the location of the xenomorph's planet of origin, and to not only send The Nostromo off to explore the derelict "space jockey" ship on LV-426, but also sending a second ship to the alien homeworld itself, as a back-up plan of sorts. This would establish a heretofore unexplored B-plot from which additional stories could be based, which will hopefully be less... stupid... than the current crop of spin-offs has managed.
Carl Rinsch isn't Ridley Scott's brother, that would be Tony Scott (who is involved as an executive producer on this, I think).
Unless I'm mistaken.
AVP and PRED 2 already did!PLEASE!..... don't make the derelict ship a Predator ship. I don't really know how this is gonna work. There can't be any Human contact with the Alien species, otherwise it would contradict the original Alien.
Didn't Cameron direct aliens?Im more optimistic of this because Ridley Scott seems to be involved if anyone can capture the atmosphere of the first 2 films he can.
DUDE! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?Y'know, I've still not seen the original Alien. I really need to get to it soon.
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