Oh no. No no no. I sincerely hope the movie won't involve an archaeological dig site on EARTH with alien DNA. I have a feeling that would destroy the fact that we're talking about "aliens", ya know.... Actual STRANGERS to this world...

But hey, he does what he wants with his movie.

Sixcess:
I so want this to be a proper Alien movie, not some shared universe spin-off thing.

If anyone can repair the damage done to the franchise by those terrible AvP movies, Ridley Scott can do it. Make them scary again, Ridley!

I still cant inmagine how they got two of the most iconic movie monsters of Science Fiction in one movie and it still sucked balls. Both Alien and Predator where rated R and werent that gory but still enough to justify its rating.

Giving it a PG-13 rating was just horrid. Did they think Alien and Predator where kids movies? Honestly most kids probably never heard of Alien nor Predator since both movies are pretty damn old. (But still classics!)

Ridley Scott is the only saving grace for the Alien franchise right now. But after Robert Rodriguez butchered the Predator franchise with his Predators movie. (Dont tell me its good it sucked balls) I want to keep my expetations low so I wont be severly dissapointed like I was with Predator/AVP/AVPR.

This looks like it's going to be pretty epic. Wonder what it's going to actually end up as... :D

If they've built the 'space jockey' then the Aliens have to be involved. I'm sure the movie will chronicle the ship as it picks up or grows the Alien species and its subsequent spiral into chaos and crash on LV-426.

If so, it should be pretty good. Also I thought Giger's wife confirmed he was going to be working with Ridley on the movie, surely this is some indication its going to be Alien related?

I'm banking on it being an Alien movie even if it takes 3/4 of the film for them to actually appear.

Ugh. Please. Don't. That franchise was already murdered from Alien:Resurrection and those godawful AvP.

Crazy_Dude:
But after Robert Rodriguez butchered the Predator franchise with his Predators movie. (Dont tell me its good it sucked balls)

It was good.
Certainly better then Predator 2 and the AVP's

OP: but yeah I wish Mr. Scott well with the movie. He is one of my favorite directors, and I have faith that he will deliver.

RedRussian:

Crazy_Dude:
But after Robert Rodriguez butchered the Predator franchise with his Predators movie. (Dont tell me its good it sucked balls)

It was good.
Certainly better then Predator 2 and the AVP's

OP: but yeah I wish Mr. Scott well with the movie. He is one of my favorite directors, and I have faith that he will deliver.

A few flaws with the Predators movie.
- The soundtrack was basicly copied from the original while it did fit well I would have loved to see some originality. (Except for the Classic Predator gearing up the Techno/Rock was just aweful and ruined a potential great scene)
- The "Super" Predators seem rather weak atleast the "Falconeer" and the "Dog Handler" they didnt fufill really good roles and had like 5 minutes screentime combined.
-The modelwork of the new Predators isnt that good. The Falconeer looks more like batman and the Golden Jawbone on the main super predator... I did like the Dog Handlers model though the tusks looked great
-The Classic vs Super Predator fight was pretty weak. It lasted for 30 seconds max and you could hardly see what was going on. I dont mind that the Classic lost its supposed to be weaker then the Super Predator. But atleast give me a decent fight to look at and not some quick hacks and slashes and its over.

I must admit though the acting was quite decent and the characters were likeable. The screenset was also pretty great. The forest had a nice feel to it.

All in all they did some things right but most of it was a dissapointment to me. If there ever is a sequel I hope RR has learned from these mistakes and can give a truly great Predator movie.

I have to admit the acting was decent though and the characters

Crazy_Dude:

RedRussian:

Crazy_Dude:
But after Robert Rodriguez butchered the Predator franchise with his Predators movie. (Dont tell me its good it sucked balls)

It was good.
Certainly better then Predator 2 and the AVP's

OP: but yeah I wish Mr. Scott well with the movie. He is one of my favorite directors, and I have faith that he will deliver.

A few flaws with the Predators movie.
- The soundtrack was basicly copied from the original while it did fit well I would have loved to see some originality. (Except for the Classic Predator gearing up the Techno/Rock was just aweful and ruined a potential great scene)
- The "Super" Predators seem rather weak atleast the "Falconeer" and the "Dog Handler" they didnt fufill really good roles and had like 5 minutes screentime combined.
-The modelwork of the new Predators isnt that good. The Falconeer looks more like batman and the Golden Jawbone on the main super predator... I did like the Dog Handlers model though the tusks looked great
-The Classic vs Super Predator fight was pretty weak. It lasted for 30 seconds max and you could hardly see what was going on. I dont mind that the Classic lost its supposed to be weaker then the Super Predator. But atleast give me a decent fight to look at and not some quick hacks and slashes and its over.

I must admit though the acting was quite decent and the characters were likeable. The screenset was also pretty great. The forest had a nice feel to it.

All in all they did some things right but most of it was a dissapointment to me. If there ever is a sequel I hope RR has learned from these mistakes and can give a truly great Predator movie.

I have to admit the acting was decent though and the characters

Yeah fair enough. I wish there was more pred on pred fighting then there was. And the super pred was a bit odd looking.
I mostly enjoyed it because I actually enjoyed the characters instead of the standard list of people who get picked off.

I remember watching Alien when I was 8. I didn't sleep properly for days, it scared the holy crap out of me. I even tend to not watch horror in general these days.

But it was a an awesome film, utterly amazing, the modeling on the spaceships, the Alien designs were truly alien and most certainly gave the desired effect on my colon. The biggest question in my head after watching it again recently was "WTF is that giant alien in the seat?" I MUST KNOW. Hearing that this new film may answer that question has amplified my anticipation massively, I don't care if Predators are there or not.

Tim Latshaw:

vansau:

Tim Latshaw:
Ridley Will Be in Scott's New Aliens Movie

I want this headline.

You mean Ripley, right?

Nope.

I heard somewhere that Ridley from Metroid was named after the director. For the fun of completing the circle, I would endorse a Ridley-esque creature appearing in an Alien film, but nothing so outlandish as the fire-breathing pterodactyl himself.

vansau:
I'm calling it: There are too many rumors surrounding this film project to figure out what's true and what's not. Ridley Scott clearly needs to just sit down with me for a chat so we can clear everything up and I can get about half my movie collection autographed by the man.

Hilarious. You and John Funk are my favorite writers on the staff. Good stuff. As for these rumors, eh I'm reminded of the matrix rumors from a few days ago. I think you're taking the smart stance not getting too excited one way or the other.

As long as James Cameron keeps his sticky, fumbling, inept fingers away from the project, I shan't complain.
I do think this concept has been done and dealt with however, so unless Scott intends to renew the formula, I don't see myself rushing to see it.

HellspawnCandy:
Ugh. Please. Don't. That franchise was already murdered from Alien:Resurrection and those godawful AvP.

I'd say Resurrection is the second-best film in that franchise.
But eh. To each his own.

I believe the xenomorph is constantly evolving depending on it's host (Re: Alien 3).
Therefore, the creature that we're all used to is generally based on human hosts, but evolved from the Space Jockey DNA.
Besides, what happened to what laid the eggs on that ship - where did the eggs on LV-426 come from? Were they cargo, or were they 'introduced'?

I think any 'Alien' in the new movies (if this is intended to be a prequel) will be of an earlier evolutionary state than what we're used to and, therefore, different.

There seems to be more of reporting on Rumours recently around here, slow news times? I don't believe any film rumours until they come straight from the peoples mouthes.

I don't even care if it has Aliens or not, I want them to stop throwing all this info around and just go make a movie.

Also, I liked Predators a lot, it gave me some hope for the future of the franchise.

"Dear God, I may not believe in you 99% of the time, but if you are there, please convince Ridley that aliens can still be cool (just so long as he or Cameron are making the movie)"

I'd really love this, since the xenomorphs are about the coolest interpretation of near-human aliens I've ever seen, and the series has been kinda funky ever since the abortions that the prequels were, so... please please please let this be true.