[–] SkepticalMartian 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Ridley isn't exactly telling us anything surprising with that. I'm not sure how an Alien movie could be rated anything other than R. How exactly would you do an Alien movie without someone's chest exploding? The only Alien movie to receive less than an R rating was AVP (PG-13), and we'd do well to forget it existed anyway.
[–] SkepticalMartian 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is an AVP, and it was pretty much DOA.
[–] Porphyrogennetos 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
That doesn't mean a fucking thing.
Look at Prometheus. It was rated R and it was a piece of shit!
[–] Tecktonik 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
The Alien franchise. Ugh.
You know what I would like to see? An Alien movie that wasn't about Xenomorphs! Think about it, when the series was new the audience didn't know about Xenomorph biology, it was truly alien, but now it is all old hat. There are a million possibilities for alien creatures, small furry aliens that like to eat cats, flat mattress-like aliens that live in swamps, robot aliens out to exterminate humanity, so many options.
[–] GimmeTheUsual ago
The one that always got me was "The Thing". And I'm talking the original and the remakes. Just the idea of something taking over and converting your body into... something else, well, it gives me the creeping heebie-jeebies just thinking about it.
I think the only other one that is equally horrifying is something all-consuming like "The Blob", where the remake made it look like a super-virus on methamphetamine, however improbable that was.
[–] 3964368? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I love Ridley Scott (and I know this is not gonna happen) but it would be cool to see James Cameron do another Aliens. Cameron seems to have a better knack for action, while Scott seems better at uncomfortably tense situations and the realistic side of sci-fi. Am I wrong in that assessment? I'd like to hear your thoughts.
[–] GimmeTheUsual 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I totally agree. Cameron may have a reputation for being a a-hole on the set, but man he gets results. If you doubt it, take a look at the scenes they cut from Aliens to keep the pacing. There's one I recall that got cut which shows more of the auto-sentry firing at the aliens, but it totally stalls the tension from the scene versus the final theatrical cut.
I'd watch a Cameron alien movie, no doubt. I'm sure he wouldn't have ships rotating like hubcaps as a plot device, either. (God that was awful.)
[–] GumbyTM 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Hey Ridley, (What kind of bitch name is Ridley anyway?)
How about you just tie the franchise together the correct way? Prometheus should have ended with an engineer in the pilot seat and an exploded chest.
Get this one right or we'll have to take your movie from you like we did with George.
Sincerely, Sci-Fi fans.
[–] Novius 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Just make art that sells well enough to make a profit, don't sell-out for a pat on the head from studios. Movies are both art and business, but the balance is too business right now.
[–] 3964379? 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Yeah I agree, make something that's inspired and genuine. I have high hopes for it.
[–] aristotle07 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think Scott's already sold out. He has stated in the past he was done with the Alien franchise. He makes Prometheus (which was reall really bad, btw...), which focuses on the Engineers and that was his road map for the sequel.
Then Neill Blomkamp started getting traction on his Alien continuation, then all of a sudden Scott is reviving the Alien franchise again with a tie into the original franchise.
I really think this new alien movie is going to be a pile of poo. He needs to give the reins over to someone whose got some creative juices left running through their veins.