Alien prequel

[p2p_productions]

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[Dave]

>It?s B, obviously.

Well, obviously. I only said “a sort of sense”.

[pfm]

> undeserved

The knife thing alone.

[Andrew]

He’s got real presence, the poor guy. An old-America, gravel-voiced thing, yet at the same time he can pull something as empathy-filled as Bishop out of the bag. But he got stuck in the genre rut and, really, hasn’t had to stretch himself to make a living. A shame, because I still think he has a ‘where did that come from?!’ performance in him.

Anderson – Paul Thomas, not Paul W.S. – if you’re listening…

[peas_and_corn]

As a fan of Millennium, I really think it’s a shame he hasn’t had more good roles- he was fantastic as Frank Black.

[hummingbird]

What Andrew said.

[p2p_productions]

>d) Bishop 2 is a human descendant of Weyland rather than a clone or droid, who rather looks like his ancestor.

Maybe he’s his time twin like in Kappatoo. Remember that? On CITV? With Denise (Van) Outen? And Andrew O’Connor? And Rula Lenska? No? Just me, then? Okay.

Actually, I always liked the ambiguity of whether A3’s Bishop II was human or not.

At best, it’s a question that needs no answer – just like ‘is Deckard a replicant? – the REAL answer to the question would just let the gas out of the balloon.

Though, I think the script for 3 stated that Bishop II was human, and there’s even a deleted clip of him screaming “I’m not a droid” after 85 hits him with the pipe/wrench/whatever. It’s more than likely he was intended to be human, but the reason why just got lost in translation:

“Bishop II turns. No wires. No milk. Real blood.”

…Oh, and yes. Henriksen is great in both Aliens and AvP. Met him at Memorabilia when he was promoting the latter. Nice guy.

[ChrisM]

>As a fan of Millennium, I really think it?s a shame he hasn?t had more good roles- he was fantastic as Frank Black.

I liked that show too, although I haven’t seen all of it. And yeah Henricksen was great in it.

Speaking of AvP I came across this link on another site…

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=42780

Bad news for many if true (although I liked AvP and I’ve yet to see the second one.) Good news is… it looks like it’ll be in space. Not that that makes a good film, but going back to the AvP roots might not be a bad thing.

[p2p_productions]

If I recall, the ‘AvP III in space’ idea was to be the follow up from the guys who directed Requiem, but seeing as their film wasn’t exactly spectacular, it looks like Fox has decided to go a different direction with Scott Free.

IMO, a third AvP movie probably won’t happen for a while. If ever.

[JamesTC]

Hopefully never.

[Dessie]

Why did they ever think it was a good idea to have AvP set on earth? I’m guessing either budget reasons or writer stupidity. I did enjoy them at the time but looking back they are awful. Even the Predators home world in Requiem disappointed me.

[p2p_productions]

>Why did they ever think it was a good idea to have AvP set on earth?

$$$

>Hopefully never.

The comics are frighteningly superior. But then, I’ve always likes the Dark Horse series. Might blog about Aliens Labyrinth one of these days…

[JamesTC]

I am not a fan of Predator so that is why I don’t want another Alien film, I just want the Aliens, plus I hated how the Predators were made out to sort of be the good guy in AvP.

[p2p_productions]

I would still love to see an anthology Aliens TV series – sorta like The Outer Limits with some stories set in the future, some in present day – just lots of variety in general.

[ChrisM]

A space marines type series could be good. Dealt with in the right way without being to repetitive (i.e. infested planet of the week etc.) of course. Multipart story arcs, perhaps other species (there were indications in Aliens they exist) android issues, Company machinations, etc, etc.

Remember Space Above and Beyond? (I liked that show) Those aliens were sentient of course but that kind of thing. (Actually SAaB probably got the concept from Aliens. Heh.)

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