Comments on: The Alien Prequel: Can it fix a broken franchise?

By: Magua

Magua — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:46:51 +0000

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

By: Dan Schonhaar

Dan Schonhaar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:22:22 +0000

Hell yes! Joel Schumacher is a good film maker but his interpretation of Batman was just wrong. We know Ridley Scott’s interpretation of Alien is good. If it wasn’t none of the sequels would have happened. I’m kind of with Rick on this in that I need to see the first trailer to get really excited about it but I do hold out high hopes given the director.

By: Sam Hardacre

Sam Hardacre — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:56:41 +0000

I agree that a franchise can be revived. Look at Batman, the first two Tim Burton treatments were great but the rest just became an embarrassing mess. I think the series is back on top of it’s game. I know it’s taken a completely different approach to revive Batman but just goes to show that with the right people, it can be done.

By: Dan Schonhaar

Dan Schonhaar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:44:25 +0000

Hmm, I dunno man. I think, given the right treatment, any franchise can be revived. They need to be careful about who they get to star in it and realise that lowering the violence and gore to secure a lower certificate ruins movies. That said I think Ridley Scott would walk before he let that happen.

By: Luke Jones

Luke Jones — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:20:20 +0000

I’m going to for thumbs down. I really like Ridley Scott’s films, particularly Blade Runner, but I’m pretty certain the Alien franchise has run it’s course.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:31:20 +0000

I’d love to get excited about this film, I really would but I am going to stop myself and hold judgement until I see at least the first trailer. It could be so awesome having Scott in the driving seat again. He wont let us down… will he?

By: Dan Schonhaar

Dan Schonhaar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:43 +0000

I hear you.

I’ve toyed with the idea of actually writing Alien 3 how I think it should have been done. I’ve always enjoyed writing fiction but my short attention span rarely allows me to write very much before I’m on to the next thing.

I might give it another go soon.

By: Sam Hardacre

Sam Hardacre — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:57 +0000

Hmmmmm I’m always rather worried when the word ‘prequel’ is uttered. I’m one of the Alien fans who loves the first two but cringes at the thought of A3 and Resurrection. Both I felt were sucking the franchise dry and didn’t really rate where they took Ripley as a character.

I’m eager to remain open minded with this one. I have a lot of faith in Ridley Scott as both story teller and a director so I too am hoping that this pays off otherwise it could be a messy debacle difficult to recover from.