Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Originally posted by: tboo
I posted this info on the forum already. You have an old link. The director is going to be Ridley Scott-the director of the original Alien movie.
Yep. I've never seen Aliens or any of the subsequent movies, but Alien was great and with Scott attached and if they can do up a decent script, it may be worth watching.
Um, see Aliens. It is not only one of the greatest sequels of all time, it's an absolutely top-notch action movie. Get the extended edition cut if you have a choice.
Originally posted by: surfsatwerk
Originally posted by: spidey07
I'd love the idea of the story. I don't think we ever learned where the original ship came from or what it was doing there in the first one.
I used to read the comics... I can't for the life of me remember what happened but I'm positive they addressed the original ship in a story line. God I'm going to have to raid my parent's attic this weekend.
Yeah, it was addressed in the first B&W series of Aliens comics Dark Horse did. One of the dead alien's race shows up towards the end. I can't recall much beyond it either, have to dig out the books myself.
I really want to know what they think they're doing to do for this. Obviously we can't have the encounter that brought down the alien craft in the first place, no way Fox would spring for that kind of budget, and WTF kind of story would that be anyway.
So, what does that leave? A different crew picks up the signal in the first place, visits the planet, reenacts the first movie, but manages to get back successfully to the company (or at least a transmission or black box gets back) to give them enough info about the alien so they'll put Ash on board the Nostromo and divert it in the original movie? Seems retarded.
Hell, you'd have a better movie if you made Alien 1.5, chronicling the downfall of the colony on LV426 from the start of Aliens.