Ridley Scott directing another Alien movie

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At first i thought it was a bad idea as remakes/sequels of classics are usually crap in this day & age but as soon as i heard what it was going to be about, i'm looking forward to it.

Remember that big weird alien thingy sitting in the chair in the original Alien? Didn't really explain anything about it but the movie is going to revolve around that, the 'Space Jockey'.

I think if they can resist filling it with CGI & pointless explosions with flat characters just to attract a crowd, it'll be good. I'd rather see a slow paced film like the original then all out action like Resurrection.

This was the Space Jockey from the 1979 Alien. It's quite interesting, i read the Jockey was actually a pilot who picked up a cargo of alien eggs who infected him

https://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5348/spacejockey.jpg
https://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6772/spacejockeyalien2119939.jpg

[Silver]

I read about it a few weeks ago. Definitely interesting and (hopefully) as it's Ridley Scott, it'll be done well.

On slight tangent, I'm a touch worried that the new Predator film will be crap. It looks rammed full of cliched characters (in the trailer).

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Was always weary about any kind of remake of a cult classic, Predator has always had the cliched characters but back in then it worked perfectly, today i can't see it. I think it'll be a fun film but one you soon forget straight after, like AVP but without the fun.

As for cult classic remakes. Mad Max 4 & The Warriors are meant to be going ahead, currently on IMDB but nothing concrete. It's pretty bad really, in the past several years how many remakes have we seen & how many have been good?

Some films should be left alone. But i really wouldn't be surprised if The Godfather got remade.

[Nai]

Loved the original Alien films (I even quite liked 3), both the original Predator films were cool too. Totally lost interest in the whole series after Resurrection and AVP1. Never saw AVP2. Not remotely excited about Predator 3.

This Ridley Scott coming back thing... This could deffo be a good thing!

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[MonkeyKnuckle]

Some pointless Predator trivia for you. The black guy at the end who is flying the helicopter is the same bloke who's inside the Predator suit. He died from aids a year after Predator 2 was released. He got aids through a dodgy blood transfusion.
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IMDb actually lists two Alien prequels...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645939/

[Nai]

I think there's a sort of problem with action films nowadays in the respect that we don't have as many good action hero's out there in cinema land any more. Back then we had stacks of tough guys. Arnie, Glover, Kurt Russel, Stallone, Gibson, et al. They could all play cliches and be good at it. Nowadays we have.... Who?... Vin Diesel... He is a good action hero, Riddick films were cool. Liked him in Fast and Furious too. Everyone else who is meant to be a action hero now feels to... poster boyish... So they cant play them roles like Arnie and that used to be be able to play.

On top of that, directors seem to actively hunt cliche's too. Avatar for all its used storyline and that was one of the first original and good action films I had seen in a long time. Lets be honest it was a flippin Fern Gully remake.

Unless we get some more Vin's into acting, the days of good Predator like films are done.

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As long as it got Xenomorphs/Colonial marines/pulse rifles/smart guns in it l,ll be happy.
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The Aliens saga has always been a firm favourite of mine also - Even Ressurection. The problem with Ressurection is that the story and plot are a load of pish. However, the cinematography is excellent and it is worth watching just for that.

If you are going to go into the cinema with high expectations, then chances are it won't reach these expectation. But, if we were to compare, then I think that Predators looks alot better than the AvP pish they churned out a couple of years ago.

[Nai]

[killa]

I agree that right now I can’t really see the ‘action hero’s in the industry. I think Sam Worthington was great in Avatar and Terminator, I hope he doesn’t sell out too badly he’s a good lad.

Predator was on screen magic because of the charisma all the of characters held, they were all friends and you really felt like you were watching something epic, not just a expensive romp.
It does seem like now with AVP and similar remakes of classics, you have a mental tick list which is being marked up as you watch.
Suspense/music seems to be cut and paste ideas from past flicks.
Guns, lots + explosions
Small amount of tit
Meat head
Science guy
Spiritual ‘person’
Token
Joker/s
Usually the plot twist is something so blatant and predictable you have to be shocked and awed by the SFX and sound.

Kill them all, don’t kill them all, either way we don’t care. No proper build, usually to entertain mum, dad and the of the troop.
I almost, almost switched off AVP the first time I watched it, the action sequences were played out as if a group of year 11 kids had a 6million budget and just ran around with cameras strap to their foreheads. I cringed at most part near the end with that twat of a woman and started to dislike the Predator franchise. Thankfully i own the special edition of Predator and watched that the next day. BILLY!!!
....GED TO DA CHOPAA!!
KNOCK, KNOCK.

Yay.
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Hi

While I liked both the first 2 Predator films (despite them being very different films), AVP much such an impression that I had totally forgotten about it.

Another Alien film could be good, if they can work out how to do it while avoiding cloning Ripley or any other silly ideas.

All the best

Keith
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If you read the first draft of the script for Alien 3 it is a lot better than the one they ended up making. (it's all about Hicks, they get back to a space station and there's an outbreak of xenomorphs there...)
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[Nai]

i quite liked alien 3.

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