catbarf on 8/1/2014 at 07:45
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Not too worried about any flaws that will come, I've never played a perfect video game. Day one buy.
Y'know, that's what I said about Colonial Marines, and one $40 pre-order later I've learned my lesson.
Thirith on 8/1/2014 at 09:01
They definitely seem to be doing a number of things right - and I'm more excited about this than I ever was about Colonial Marines, seeing how I like Aliens but love Alien.
I hope they're reasonably honest about what the game is and isn't, rather than pulling a bait-and-switch and going all out on action and guns later in the game.
EvaUnit02 on 8/1/2014 at 09:40
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Wonder if they'll incorporate the original lifecycle, with the egg-morphing and all.
It isn't canon in the slightest, just the Aliens lifecycle involving the Queen.
The Dallas cocoon scene was a deleted scene and the supposed 2003 "Director's Cut" which restores it isn't endorsed by Ridley Scott.
june gloom on 8/1/2014 at 10:18
That scene alone is the big #1 reason why I don't like the Director's Cut.
Chimpy Chompy on 8/1/2014 at 10:51
I only know Abnett from his Horus Heresy (40k) stuff. Yeh he's churning out pulp to a large extent, but pretty exciting pulp with engaging worlds and characters. He's IMO a cut above the usual tie-in\Expand Universe quality of writing anyway.
Muzman on 8/1/2014 at 11:12
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
The Dallas cocoon scene was a deleted scene and the supposed 2003 "Director's Cut" which restores it isn't endorsed by Ridley Scott.
Ummm, what? Despite his explicit endorsement at the start of the film and discussion in the commentary you mean?
(It's one reason I love the directors cut, for the sake of it. You could completely orphan Aliens as far as I'm concerned. Of course you can't really, but the continuity is a joke at this point so who really cares - was I think the thinking. So why not show how it might have been.)
SubJeff on 8/1/2014 at 11:39
There's a Directors Cut of Alien?
I didn't know this and I've never seen it? What else extra is in it?
FWIW - I thought the extra scenes at the start of Aliens in the extended/directors version were totally unnecessary. I actually groaned when I Newt screamed.
Vivian on 8/1/2014 at 11:42
I liked that scene. It was scary. Camerons whole 'oh they're eusocial insects' reduced the things from proper eldritch horrors to just kind of big bug-men. I'll take ridleys poorly-defined semi-magical (or at least ridiculously high-tech) bioweapon (I even dig the black goop as a precursor from Prometheus, although the film in general sucked) over camerons bug-things. The ability of the alien to just arbitrarily transform our bodies into whatever it wanted was part of that.
Nu - it's the 2003 cinematic release. There is a bit where Ripley slaps Lambert, a bit with the alien signal getting translated, and the cocoon scene. I think that's about it? It's actually shorter than the original run.
EvaUnit02 on 8/1/2014 at 12:25
Quote Posted by Muzman
Ummm, what? Despite his explicit endorsement at the start of the film and discussion in the commentary you mean?
You've got the Quadrilogy DVD release? Watch Scott's video introduction. The original 1977 cut remains is his preferred version, the alternative 2003 cut was called "Director's Cut" entirely for marketing purposes.
WingedKagouti on 8/1/2014 at 13:52
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I wonder how much they'll be able to avoid anything Aliens outside of the first film.
Seeing as they acknowledge that Ripley had/has a daughter, they're already ventured into the territory of Aliens as that information doesn't exist until the second movie. Also, the daughter had died of old age in Aliens.
