tegan Posted February 14, 2015 I feel like a lot of these aren't just trying to appeal to nostalgia; but pull in new audiences into known, safe franchises by abandoning canon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted February 14, 2015 I'm surprisingly okay with them rebooting Terminator so that it can work as a franchise, because it is and they'll keep making them and I'm certainly okay in theory with the idea, but Terminator was a one-and-done and Terminator 2 made it clear that a Terminator 3 couldn't work. An Alien reboot, on the other hand... there's no reason why new Alien stories can't be made, it's just that making them good is hard enough that people shouldn't try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted February 15, 2015 The new Terminator also feels like kind of a transparent way to get Schwarzenegger back, even though he was always a terrible actor and will contribute nothing now that he's no longer as physically imposing as he once was. I'd prefer it if they didn't make more Alien; because the more details you learn about the Alien, the less scary it gets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.C. Posted February 19, 2015 This is apparently officially confirmed now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 26, 2015 Yessss, head-canon vindicated. Really hope it starts with Ripley waking up from a bad hypersleep dream looking confused and disappointed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted February 26, 2015 I still like Alien 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 28, 2015 Okay, now he's said that he doesn't want "to undo 3 and Resuurection", just stay close spiritually to the first two. So it's unclear what he's going to do... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted October 30, 2015 "Alien is kinda holding/pending Prometheus 2," tweets Blomkamp. Article posits that as The Martian did well and Chappie was shit, studio favour has swung back over to Scott. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted October 30, 2015 That's a shame. District 9 was one of the best movies I've ever seen, but his follow ups haven't interested me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted October 31, 2015 So what we're hearing here is that movie studios aren't as dumb as they look: if Ridley Scott gets a good script he'll deliver a good movie, but Neill Blomkamp had one good movie in him and everyone was wary about giving him Alien. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawd Posted October 31, 2015 I'm still buying the narrative that Blomkamp has some really good ideas and abilities. He just needs a Peter Jackson or a Del Toro to hang around and give him advice. Kinda like what some people are saying about David Cage right now. I mean District 9 is great and this sci fi focus on Johannesburg has been really cool but I feel like if Halo the movie hadn't tanked and PJ + Wingnut Films + Weta weren't sitting around wanting to make a sci fi film District 9 could have just been another almost good sci fi film. Slightly related I got to see the Weta workshop tour and they have a stuffed Sam Niell sitting in a fully functional Warthog that can go 50kph sideways (it might have been mph actually). Oh and all the District 9 guns were really cool to look at/hold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namman siggins Posted October 31, 2015 Good. Blomkamp has been in a downhill slope since District 9 and his recon of Aliens 3 would have pissed me off. 3 is criminally underrated and I think they should just have a new character with history of the alien franchise looming over the new protagonist. Leave Ripely dead, I enjoyed her death I. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted November 1, 2015 Apparently he wasn't going to retcon Alien3 so much as circumvent it, though I don't know how the hell he was planning on that. I won't get back into arguments about whether 3 was good or not, but Resurrection already shit the bed with regards to Ripley's death, the franchise, etc. So I'm with Moddy - Blomkamp just needs a good script and producer to focus him and he could turn out some (more, after District Nine) top-notch sci-fi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites