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md
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Alien 4
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Mar 24 18:40 UTC 1996 |
I'm a fan of the first two Alien movies. I keep hearing about a new
Alien movie, to be released this year. It will star Sigourney Weaver
again. Apart from one rather surprising piece of casting in the
android role, I haven't heard much about it. Has anyone heard any
details?
Re Alien^3: an article in Entertainment Weekly has the same complaints
about Alien^3 that I've always had: its trendy nihilism may have
served the director in his other efforts with other audiences, but it
fell flat in Alien^3. The moral, they conclude, is: never, ever, mess
with a franchise. The next Alien movie will right things by in effect
ignoring the plot lines of Alien^3 and starting with Ripley alive and
well (albeit cloned), making Alien^3 a cinematic cul-de-sac.
Anyway, what do you hear about the new one?
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robh
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response 1 of 45:
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Mar 24 19:43 UTC 1996 |
This item has been linked to SciFi 79.
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matthew
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response 2 of 45:
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Mar 25 04:34 UTC 1996 |
All I've really heard is that they are either going to write off #3 as a
nightmare, or just ignore it entirely.
Does anyone know who is going to produce/direct it ?
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md
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response 3 of 45:
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Mar 25 13:43 UTC 1996 |
I don't know who's producing or directing. I heard that the
movie won't ignore Ripley's death in Alien^3, but it will bring
her back as a clone. I *think* I heard somewhere that the
alien's DNA gets mixed up with Ripley's, but I don't remember
what effect that's supposed to have on Ripley's body or soul.
I just hope she doesn't start laying eggs.
The android part this time around will be played by Winona Ryder.
"We finally got her out of corsets," commented her manager. She
and Sigourney Weaver were publicizing the movie together at
Sundance, or someplace. For all I know, it's already in post-
production.
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janc
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response 4 of 45:
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Mar 25 15:25 UTC 1996 |
Sounds cool.
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krj
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response 5 of 45:
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Mar 29 18:10 UTC 1996 |
Been there, done that. Jeez. Two Alien movies were enough.
Try something new.
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md
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response 6 of 45:
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Mar 29 19:10 UTC 1996 |
Good point.
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kerouac
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response 7 of 45:
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Apr 7 00:23 UTC 1996 |
Its called Alien: Resurrection (no IV after it meaning it may not
be considered a sequel) I think they are just going to say she didnt
die at the end of the last film, but somehow survived (and that the
birth of the alien while she was falling was a hallucination)
Originally the next Star Trek movie was to be called Star Trek:
Resurrections, but the name was appropriated for the Alien movie.
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bru
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response 8 of 45:
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Apr 16 15:56 UTC 1996 |
The "Aliens" movies should just move on adn leave ripley dead. Except, what
really ticked most people off was that Newt and the soldier died senslessly.
A movie of aliens taking over a planet would be good, in fact, I have a good st
story already written. (almost)
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krj
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response 9 of 45:
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Jun 20 00:06 UTC 1996 |
The problem is that Ripley *is* the draw.
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albaugh
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response 10 of 45:
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Jan 18 00:03 UTC 1997 |
I don't recall seeing any ads or pub about this movie. Is it really going
to happen?
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scott
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response 11 of 45:
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Jan 18 00:32 UTC 1997 |
I saw some reference to it recently, still supposed to happen.
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ripley
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response 12 of 45:
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Feb 23 04:32 UTC 1997 |
You're talking about me?? =^>
I also think that ripley should have been left dead.
Of course I never wished her dead, and cried when I saw Alien 3 first
time. I guess this movie, Alien: Resurrection, will not have a good
scenario as the other three have.
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bru
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response 13 of 45:
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Feb 23 20:44 UTC 1997 |
the third one had a very bad scenario. Bad, bad, movie script.
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remmers
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response 14 of 45:
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Feb 24 12:04 UTC 1997 |
I wonder if anybody besides me noticed that Alien 3 was based
on the Joan of Arc story, complete with a fanatical shaved-head
Ripley donning men's clothes and leading a troup of men in battle,
and of course the death by fire at the end.
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remmers
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response 15 of 45:
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Feb 25 01:40 UTC 1997 |
Well, *I* noticed it.
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mary
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response 16 of 45:
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Feb 25 02:44 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, well, you're just go at spotting clever rip-offs.
Like, I just found out yesterday but you've known since
always that the movie "Forbidden Planet" is _The Tempest_
in outer space.
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remmers
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response 17 of 45:
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Feb 25 22:19 UTC 1997 |
Well yeah, but I wasn't the first one to notice it.
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matthew
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response 18 of 45:
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Mar 4 15:01 UTC 1997 |
I think we should just chalk Alien 3 up to a nightmare and leave it at that.
Kind of like Highlander 2, the movie that shouldn't really exists within the
storyline.
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krj
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response 19 of 45:
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Aug 29 07:22 UTC 1997 |
I just thought I'd give this item a kick, since the Alien movie appears
to be on the schedule for a fall (?) release.
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bru
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response 20 of 45:
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Aug 29 16:14 UTC 1997 |
Yea, and the premise is gonna make me sicker than three did.
Ripley is cloned adn comes back as a half human/half alien creaturefighting
the aliens and the other humans don't know which side shes on half the time.
God save us from sequels
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anderyn
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response 21 of 45:
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Aug 30 21:43 UTC 1997 |
Saw a promo on one of those Entertainment shows, and Ripley is definitely
a clone, wiht Alien DNA, though I don't know if she'll have any, um,
physical signs of that. (I hope not!) It's due out in Late November, Early
December, from what they said.
I still will never go see Alien 3, since I will never believe those char-
acters are dead.
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matthew
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response 22 of 45:
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Dec 30 23:20 UTC 1997 |
So has anyone seen and have comments on 4 now that it's been out for w bit
?
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lumen
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response 23 of 45:
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Nov 5 02:50 UTC 1998 |
Geez, no one's responded?
I never saw any of the previous films, but I read _Alien_ as a novel-- very,
very creepy.
I saw _Resurrection_ and Ripley was indeed dead. Cloning her had been a very
time-consuming, costly, and frustrating procedure. Because the DNA had been
so intermingled, the movie presented all the other failed attempts later in
the movie. All but one were in holding tanks-- most twisted in obvious ways
by Alien features. The last was still alive and looked almost mangled. She
begged the crew to slay her and her miserable existance.
What happened with the successful clone was that she gave birth (and lived)
to a Alien that had slightly more human features. It rejected the Queen, but
bonded with Ripley. It was killed when she opened a hole to open space and
it was sucked out.
I'm sure you knew all that-- anyway, I thought it was good.
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krj
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response 24 of 45:
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Nov 6 05:38 UTC 1998 |
Heh. I never did get around to seeing it. O well.
I still treasure my opening-weekend trip to see the first ALIEN
movie, at the 70mm Americana Theatre in suburban Detroit, as one of
the greatest movie experiences of my life.
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