Insane Metal
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Well thank goodness that was canned. Seriously.
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Neil Blomkamp (District 9) shares art of recently(?) canned ALIEN film
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pants
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Guy, she made Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection.
triplestation
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ive lost faith in blomkamp after elysium
Yup, seems like it was a good thing this was trashed.
Yeah and Chappie doesn't look too great either.
whatever77
Banned
Both were made with credible first-tier directors. It was just that not all things fall into the right places. All the more reason for her to hold out for the right director and right time. Blomkamp is clearly not up to the task. Blomkamp is basically Sega-tier.
pants
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Guy you complain about Prometheus, a film that is better than both Alien 3 and Resurrection and has a director (that you like!) at least better than the director of Alien Resurrection. In short, you're weird.
Agree that Blomkamp is poop though. But you're still weird.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
But you're arguing that she's going to make sure things will fall into the right places while admitting the two films in which she had a modicum of creative control didn't go to those places.
She had more say over Alien Resurrection than she did any other Alien movie she'd appeared in.
Also - people are like "Glad this got canned" but do we still even know if this was placed in front of a studio and rejected, or that Blomkamp himself decided to cease pursuing this particular line on his own?
It's such a weird thing, seeing these works. It's kinda like when Joe Carnahan's Daredevil "Sizzle Reel" was released.
whatever77
Banned
Well my simple explanation is that She made the mistakes with 3 and 4 and she is not going to make the same mistake again.
Plus, she still has a reputation to protect in the movie business. Ridley Scott kind of threw it away and let it rip in the last few years.
p.s. I like 4 and I like it much better than Prometheus.
MagnaderAlpha
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I like the idea of retconning Alien 3 and onward. That seems to be a trend some franchises are doing(not all are doing well, though), but instead of doing a full reboot, they revisit the classic canon/continuity and attempt to retcon crap sequels by branching the continuity into a NEW direction. I'm for that if it ends well(plus, love classic continuities) and is done with respect and dedication(not like the Texas Chainsaw movies... urgh).
That said, love living(scarred) Hicks! And being a collector back in the day, seeing Ripley in that Alien/Space Jockey suit, I totally got reminded of this:
That said, love living(scarred) Hicks! And being a collector back in the day, seeing Ripley in that Alien/Space Jockey suit, I totally got reminded of this:
Garrett Hawke
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I liked it until I saw that tbh
Miles Quaritch
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What the fuck is this shit.
Seriously, what the fuck is shit supposed to be?
Weyland Yutani's battle armour influenced by the Xeno?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
The way it inserts itself under the skin seems like it'd be pretty painful, too.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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The problem with the alien movies was that they became about Ripley and not about the aliens. It was cool in the first one when she was just some space trader running for her life but she started to become some kind of super hero in the second one. I love aliens but the moment she said "get away from her you bitch" and started fighting the queen in a giant mech suit was the moment the aliens stopped being scary
Rodney McKay
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What the fuck is this shit.
Seriously, what the fuck is shit supposed to be?
Weyland Yutani's battle armour influenced by the Xeno?
Well one of the drawings is of the Space Jockey ship in a human hanger and I'd guess it's being taken apart and studied.
Wouldn't be surprised if Weyland Yutani backward engineered the some of the organic tech they used.
I think this seems like an awesome concept and I really hope this is still something that'll happen. Maybe Blomkamp just got the boot from the project, but the fact that he'd just go ahead and leak pics makes it seem like the whole project might have gotten scrapped.
rokkerkory
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Halo helmet?
How About No
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I like the idea of retconning Alien 3 and onward. That seems to be a trend some franchises are doing(not all are doing well, though), but instead of doing a full reboot, they revisit the classic canon/continuity and attempt to retcon crap sequels by branching the continuity into a NEW direction. I'm for that if it ends well(plus, love classic continuities) and is done with respect and dedication(not like the Texas Chainsaw movies... urgh).
That said, love living(scarred) Hicks! And being a collector back in the day, seeing Ripley in that Alien/Space Jockey suit, I totally got reminded of this:
OMG I had this toy
Nikodemos
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Why not? It's not like Weyland-Yutani wanted the xenos because they made interesting pets or whatever. They wanted their biotech.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I miss Michael Biehn being in big movies.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I think this seems like an awesome concept and I really hope this is still something that'll happen. Maybe Blomkamp just got the boot from the project, but the fact that he'd just go ahead and leak pics makes it seem like the whole project might have gotten scrapped.
It's still up in the air as to whether it was even a project, or just a pitch Blomkamp put together on his own.
I don't mind the idea of some advanced bio suit that they reversed engineered, but that the helmet imitates the Alien skull form is just way too tacky to me.
Ether_Snake
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What the fuck is this shit.
Seriously, what the fuck is shit supposed to be?
Weyland Yutani's battle armour influenced by the Xeno?
It's probably a suit so she can fly that spaceships.
Also, anyone else think Sigourney's face was just used as a replacement for Rapace? Seems to me it's Prometheus 2.
Death Metalist
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Yeah, I don't get it. Many are mising the point apparently, shit looks dope especially if it evolves or some shit kind of like Guyver.
Aliens don't seem stupid enough that a suit & hormones would fool them into thinking the human inside a suit is one of them....... But that could be what the idea behind it is. I figure if WY back engineered it, you wouldn't have to literally be in a close physical 'shape' to the thing to operate it... ?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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What if Prometheus 2 is also Alien 3 Retcon where Noomi Rapace and David go into deep space hibernation and run into Old Ripley and Old Hicks trying to survive in some nightmarish Weyland Yutani complex that's orbiting the dead Engineer world, Paradise
WHO HATH SUMMONED ME?
They dont need hormons, when I recall Resurrection correctly.
Wasnt Ripley 9 a human/Xenomorph hybrid and unattacked by Xenos?
SuperStiltzkin
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? People say it's a space jockey helmet, but it's clearly a xenomorph head. Unless I'm missing something? Only the mask part is like the Space Jockey helmet.
The concept of Ripley in xenomorph armor that looks like a xenomorph sounds like fan fiction to me. Even if Ridley Scott himself came up with that, I'd still think that.
She was attacked. Remember that a Facehugger went after her.
POS film BTW but most already know about that.
TheSadRanger
Banned
Guys Sigourney Weaver is 65 years old...................
Sylvester Stallone was 59 and 61 when he repriesed his legacy roles. How old is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
I am sure Sigourney can still be a good Ripley. And she is still looking good.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
if I had to choose a 65 year old to get with...
Elysium is about Apartheid, like all of Blomkamp's work, not Mexican (or other) immigration
Well it says Space Jockey right there
I'm sure they would come up with some reason for it to look like a xenomorph head.
Werewolf Jones
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lol. That Alien armour or whatever it is. I was game but that's crazy. Trying to out do the cross light saber.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Looks like a fan project.
But then so did Resurrection.
Anyway, I'd rather have Prometheus 2 from somebody else than this from Blomkamp.
But then so did Resurrection.
Anyway, I'd rather have Prometheus 2 from somebody else than this from Blomkamp.
Or maybe the company had their way with the alien DNA and XenoTech based on their biology is common in the future
Forsaken82
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Looks like Michael Biehn to me
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Ripley/Hicks after this long would be such a mistake.
Besides, it'll be like the Terminator sequels. What made the characters work was like 10% Weaver/Ripley and 90% Cameron. After Elysium, I'd shudder to think of these characters being written by Blomkamp.
Besides, it'll be like the Terminator sequels. What made the characters work was like 10% Weaver/Ripley and 90% Cameron. After Elysium, I'd shudder to think of these characters being written by Blomkamp.
Nappuccino
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So . . . Weaver didn't do shit in Alien?
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