Vivian on 7/7/2008 at 21:16
I bothered to read the script for A:R and I can verify that it also is pretty crap. I can't imagine what could have been done to make it really good except rewrite a great deal of it. Joss Whedon isn't a great writer.
Queue on 7/7/2008 at 21:22
Quote Posted by Dia
...Cameron is a sarcastic bastard with whom a lot of actors have had serious problems working. He's a great director, but his ego inevitably ends up getting in the way every time.
Yes. Cameron-- This is the same guy who helped pen the abysmal dialog (along with Stallone) that is Rambo: First Blood part II. I can barely stomach Titanic because his name is attached to it, and am frankly amazed that it turned out as good as it did. Other than that, blehck!!
Muzman on 8/7/2008 at 00:13
Quote Posted by Kolya
k, no cgi but you definitely see the trick there and I found it disturbing even though I'm usually not too picky about stuff like that.
The worst one, I find, is the shot where it's on the ceiling and they light it up with a flare.
But it's a technical distinction is all. CGI was very rare when it came out.
The_Raven on 8/7/2008 at 04:57
Funny, I think that interview segment is from the same one I commented on earlier.
Rogue Keeper on 8/7/2008 at 07:51
Quote Posted by Kolya
This is rumour control. Here are the facts:
The moving aliens were filmed against bluescreen and optically composited into the live-action footage which explains why they look so out of place.
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http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1937/vlcsnap50132uq7.png)
k, no cgi but you definitely see the trick there and I found it disturbing even though I'm usually not too picky about stuff like that.
The alien in the shot you have posted is probably Tom Woodruff in Alien costume, which was used for all close-ups and contact scenes.
They even used a dog in Alien costume for bambi-burster scene but it looked so funny on camera that they discarded the idea.
Quote Posted by Brethren
Seconded. And thirded. Fourthed. Good lord, that thing is so awful. How/why did anyone ever think it looked good, and how did it make it out of the early sketch stage?
They wanted it to have visible male/female hybrid genitals but "it was too much even for a Frenchman."
Quote Posted by The_Raven
Those are two other good examples of series that have been rebooted midway through.
Terminator was re-booted? (the TV series don't seem to be considered as universal canon, right?)
Kolya on 8/7/2008 at 21:20
Quote Posted by BR796164
The alien in the shot you have posted is probably Tom Woodruff in Alien costume, which was used for all close-ups and contact scenes.
No, in this take the alien is moving towards Ripley. If you watch it you'll notice the copy-effect. It's the rod puppet they filmed vs. blue screen.
Just one take later there's a closeup which looks completely different and not faked at all. That might be the costume or an animatronic alien.
the_grip on 9/7/2008 at 03:38
i like all the Alien movies, but even the second doesn't capture the atmosphere of the first. Aliens is more Predator style action movie. Alien 3 was okay, and i even thought Resurrection was fun but certainly not the best.
A fifth would be great. What's wrong with more face huggers and acid blood?
Rogue Keeper on 9/7/2008 at 07:23
Quote Posted by Kolya
No, in this take the alien is moving towards Ripley. If you watch it you'll notice the copy-effect. It's the rod puppet they filmed vs. blue screen.
Just one take later there's a closeup which looks completely different and not faked at all. That might be the costume or an animatronic alien.
Yeah, could be. But I'm positive they used Woodruff in costume in few shots in that infimary scene, I don't think there was a complete animatronic model in A3, except for the head itself.
Kolya on 9/7/2008 at 08:07
It's only the head in the closeup.
SD on 31/7/2009 at 13:27
Ridley Scott to direct Alien 5(
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562)
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Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its "Alien" franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel that has Ridley Scott attached to return as director.
The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed. It will precede that film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them.
The deal gives Fox another chance to keep the "Alien" franchise alive. There were three sequels to Scott's original, but it is the first time the director has set his mind on directing one.
