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    Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background

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    Image of screemname screemname
    10/30/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    I'd rather see a bladerunner prequel or sequel. #alien
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    SJ_Edwards promoted this comment screemname was starred screemname was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    He could make a movie about the ship that was found in the first movie or go even further back to when the Preditors started hunting them long long ago. #alien
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/29/09

    @reddingofish: As cool as that would be, the studio would never approve a script without a human p.o.v character. The story will likely be about the corporation's first discovery of the Xenomorphs and the decision to program the computers on their ships to stop at planets where these creatures have been detected. #alien
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    10/29/09

    @Bill-Lee:

    Which if the AvP movies actually hold any weight at all means sometime, possibly a few years after, the first AvP movie since there Weyland made first contact with the Xenomorphs in the artic temple. Which of course would make no possible sense.

    Judging by Scott's little background quote this won't be the case, and I think we can all be thankful for that. #alien
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment BoomingEchoes was starred BoomingEchoes was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @BoomingEchoes: Don't quote me on this but I doubt Ridley Scott considers the AvP movies "canon" in the Alien universe. I certainly don't. #alien
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    "Alien progenitor Ridley Scott"

    Wow... if Scott is the father, the creature's mother must be one hell of an ugly woman but, hey, to each his own. Maybe he likes really really really ugly women. Or maybe it wasn't a woman but some farm animal. #alien
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    10/30/09

    @Roklimber: HR Giger is the mother. If you don't know how this works, refer to any Giger artwork. #alien
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    10/30/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: I thought Giger was a man. #alien
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    10/30/09

    @Roklimber: That's my point, yes. #alien
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedure. Twenty-four hours for decontamination. #alien
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    Image of GarjaWhchi GarjaWhchi
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    "I wonder if this prequel will recreate the super old technology and green screen computers that ran everything on the futuristic space ships, if so the crew if going to have to buy up a load of old school computer screens"

    No, that would make too much sense. I'm sure we'll see ultra-modern looking ships with touch screens and holograms and shit. A-la Star Wars ep I-III.

    Im being snarky, but honestly not sure how I feel about it. Its obviously more true to the original to leave its retro look intact. However, the green text, super "clicky" keyboards and a ship running on DOS with like 32kb of RAM is really going to grate on modern audiences. #alien
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    Image of Kitradu Kitradu
    10/29/09

    @GarjaWhchi: Remember, it was a mining vessel that could have been a hodge-podge of things rammed together. Maybe there's a technilogical dark age, a return to basics between now and then. I wouldn't mind seeing sleekness in the WY offices as long as the grunts still get crap computers. Hell it's like that at most car dealerships now. #alien
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Kitradu was starred Kitradu was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    SPOILER!!! THE ALIENS ARE MADE OUT OF CHOCOLATE!
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    10/29/09

    @jc7851: Bastard! #alien
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    Do we have any solid evidence that humans (and their technology) will be involved in the prequel?

    The mission directive in the original may be an attempt to explore and contact life in that area of space at the possible cost of the crew... #alien
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    TemporalSword promoted this comment Golf_Nut was starred Golf_Nut was unstarred
    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/29/09

    @Golf_Nut: You'll never have a movie like this without humans. The audience needs to sympathize with someone, and it would be nigh imposssible with only other aliens.
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    Edited by TemporalSword at 10/29/09 1:09 PM TemporalSword was starred TemporalSword was unstarred
    Image of rachaeljean rachaeljean
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    "I wonder if this prequel will recreate the super old technology and green screen computers that ran everything on the futuristic space ships, if so the crew if going to have to buy up a load of old school computer screens."

    YES. OMG I hope they do this. It would make it feel so authentic, like a real prequel!!!!

    Also, since we have cyber-punk, steam-punk, and stictch-punk... it could be retro-punk!
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    Trystero promoted this comment Edited by rachaeljean at 10/29/09 12:45 PM rachaeljean was starred rachaeljean was unstarred
    Image of 1Grand_Marquis 1Grand_Marquis
    10/29/09

    @rachaeljean: I call it "CRT-Punk" #alien
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    It's going to be LAME if we find out Weyland-Yutani ended up just bio-engineering the species all along. I think it's best if their origins are left as a mystery. They simply ARE, and just finding a way to survive and spread through the galaxy, like we would be. #alien
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    10/29/09

    @TemporalSword: I hope you just invented that scenario out of whole cloth, because if it's true the "we bioengineered them all along" twist would be to the Alien series what the midichlorians were to Star Wars.
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    TemporalSword promoted this comment Edited by Barnabus at 10/29/09 12:28 PM Barnabus was starred Barnabus was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/29/09

    @TemporalSword: well, yes it would be for a number of reason not the least of which that it would conflict with the plot of every other alien film. if weyland-yutani bio-engineered the species all along then why would they need to bring back a speciemin of it in every other film? #alien
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/29/09

    @Barnabus: Agreed. Unfortunately, the idea came from this:
    [www.slashfilm.com] #alien
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    Image of Cenobite Cenobite
    10/29/09

    @TemporalSword: Not possible... Dallas said the Space Jockey looked 'fossilized'. So apparently the alien had been there far longer than just 30 years. I think this will be about the failed team who originally found the signal before the Nostromo was ordered to go to the planet. #alien
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    TemporalSword promoted this comment Cenobite was starred Cenobite was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @Cenobite: Not to nitpick (I hope you're right that it's about the other team), but if the atmosphere conditions were right (i.e. dry and cold), that body could easily look "fossilized" in 30 years. #alien
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    10/29/09

    Duplicate.
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    Edited by TemporalSword at 10/29/09 1:06 PM TemporalSword was starred TemporalSword was unstarred
    Image of karpar karpar
    10/29/09

    @TemporalSword: Yeah, but that's just a lot of speculation based on very little info. Hopefully it won't pan out that way. I always loved the idea that the xenomorphs evolved naturally, especially because it implies that their home world would be a remarkably unpleasant place to spend an afternoon. It would seem fairly easy to explain that the space jockey was in pretty much the same spot as the crew of the Nostromo - it was sent by its bosses to collect/transport this life form as a wondrous new potential weapon/product and not given any of the information it needed to survive. How WY gets involved is the big question. Also, it's never been all that clear if humankind has had much interaction with other aliens during the time we've spent with Ripley. Given the casual way the suits toss off "It's a rock - no indigenous life," it seems likely that other colony worlds weren't so boring. Maybe the prequel will address that. #alien
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment karpar was starred karpar was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/29/09

    @karpar: The Dark Horse comic series, now available in convenient omnibus format, did a lot to fill in the "Aliens" universe. It's not "canon" for whatever that word is worth, but they're worth a read. Unfortunately, the Xenomorph homeworld depicted in the comic is rather generic.
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    Image of karpar karpar
    11/02/09

    @Trystero: I've read a Dark Horse Aliens compilation ages ago and quite liked it, and it hinted at some elements of their home world (and I do remember it being somewhat blander than I expected). Great comics, though - their AvP treatment was actually worth filming, unlike what we ended up getting. #alien
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    "I wonder if this prequel will recreate the super old technology and green screen computers that ran everything on the futuristic space ships, if so the crew if going to have to buy up a load of old school computer screens."

    That's the problem I have with a lot of prequels. continuity is way off. I know it's hard to backdate tech because the producers wouldn't think the public would like it. But, still, at least make an attempt. #alien
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/29/09

    @FrankenPC: why create an alternate past for an alternate future when it makes so much more sense to make a different alternate future closer to the present? #alien
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    Image of TomSkylark TomSkylark
    10/29/09

    @FrankenPC: Would we call this "future retroism?" #alien
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    10/29/09

    @tetracycloide: because it makes the different alternate future incompatible with its own future events? #alien
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    10/29/09

    @TomSkylark: Exactly! I still love the original Alien. What great style! #alien
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/29/09

    @1Grand_Marquis: continuity is, as always, highly overrated and nowhere is this more true than between films. #alien
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    10/29/09

    @FrankenPC: George Lucas, we're looking at you! The Star Wars prequels are the epitome of this - it didn't even feel like they were set in the universe as the original trilogy.

    With Alien, a big part of the effectiveness was the look, and the claustrophobic feel of the ships; if they mess with that continuity, it will ruin so much of what worked. #alien
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    FrankenPC promoted this comment RavenNemain was starred RavenNemain was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @RavenNemain: Well, that was Ridley Scott. He's a genius. Unfortunately, Ridley has moved on. I doubt he could make a movie that gritty now a days. #alien
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    10/29/09

    @FrankenPC: I can dream... #alien
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/30/09

    @RavenNemain: actually there are numerous reasons why teh technology looks more modern in the prequels and not in the films that come later. but you probably ignored that while bashing lucas and i understand. #alien
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    10/30/09

    @GreyHammer: Whoa, did you get whiplash with jumping to those conclusions? I understand the reasons that the technology would be superior in the prequels, but there is a difference between superior technology and no possible relation between the two.

    I never said Lucas should be shot or anything like that, i just said that it felt like there was a lack of continuity between the two. But thanks for being so understanding. #alien
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    I eager look forward to a return to Fiore 6 #alien
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets A Little Background
    I really hope they use the old Weylan-Yutani logo from the first movie, but I'm kind of a dork that way. #alien
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    Excellent, excellent, excellent.
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    10/06/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    As cool as the posters are in general, I'd still have to say the coolest thing about them is that these were actually used as real movie posters. Yeah, it was for a showing at a local library, but they had a legitimate purpose for creating these, and not just because it seemed like a fun hobby.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    I want these in wallpaper size, please.
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