Jay 37,287 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Pretty neat stuff here, check it out!http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/395985-is-this-alien-sequel-concept-art-from-a-now-defunct-neill-blomkamp-projectand lots more pictures in the above link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The one where Ripley looks like the Borg Queen is quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Anything that rids the world of Fincher's abomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I was really hoping this was announcing a Neill Blomkamp project. The concept art kicks ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 It's very Artistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 My favorite film of all time is ‘Aliens’. Period.Now I know why I don't like Blomkamp. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Blomkamp rules! ALIENS is one of my alltime favourite movies too. Then again, I like all ALIEN films for different reasons.The concept art for this abandoned project looks kinda intriguing, but also a bit worrying. These things live their own life once it's being filmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,301 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm tired of the constant Alien vs Aliens fanboy arguing across the internet. Why can't people just love both?The reason they're such excellent movies is because they're so radically different. Most sequels just copy the original's format and structure, but change the location. Aliens went in an entirely different direction and told the next story for Ripley, rather than taking the easy route by regurgitating the "haunted spaceship" schtick. It's why it's so revered as a sequel.Anyway, this looks fantastic. I wanna see a proper conclusion to Ripley's storyline. Resurrection is the only flop of the series, I really dig Alien 3 (despite its nihilism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Interesting how this is being treated as actual news around the Internet.A director makes some concept art without having been asked to by the studio, without there being any kind of film in the pipeline.Basically this is so much about nothing that Seinfeld could have thought it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,301 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Interesting how this is being treated as actual news around the Internet.A director makes some concept art without having been asked to by the studio, without there being any kind of film in the pipeline.Basically this is so much about nothing that Seinfeld could have thought it up!It strikes me as Blomkamp using the internet to put pressure on Fox about approaching him to do it as his next film. He's worked with Sigourney recently so they would've discussed Alien 5; he's an unabashed fanboy that Neill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm tired of the constant Alien vs Aliens fanboy arguing across the internet. Why can't people just love both?The reason they're such excellent movies is because they're so radically different. Most sequels just copy the original's format and structure, but change the location. Aliens went in an entirely different direction and told the next story for Ripley, rather than taking the easy route by regurgitating the "haunted spaceship" schtick. It's why it's so revered as a sequel.Aliens is fucking badass, it's a beast of a movie. One of the purest action movies ever made, Cameron's entry is a textbook example of action suspense technique and an ABC of how to build thrilling amounts of cinematic peril. I couldn't give a shite about an alleged snobbery which doesn't really exist anyway. That myth is just another case of the age-old JWFan echo chamber that's all, take no notice of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm tired of the constant Alien vs Aliens fanboy arguing across the internet. Why can't people just love both?The reason they're such excellent movies is because they're so radically different. Most sequels just copy the original's format and structure, but change the location. Aliens went in an entirely different direction and told the next story for Ripley, rather than taking the easy route by regurgitating the "haunted spaceship" schtick. It's why it's so revered as a sequel.To think I once agreed with this. How people (and thus movies) can change, eh? Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Oh and I forgot to mention the major contribution Horner's score made to Aliens. It's marvelous! Like Jaws, much of the movie absolutely relies upon it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Aliens is a fantastic roller coaster ride of a movie. It lacks the pure aristry of Alien, but makes up for it in many other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I don't really even consider Aliens to be a continuation of Scott's original spartan horror. They're two very different takes on the xenomorph universe which happen to feature Ellen Ripley. When she signs off into the flight recorder at the end of Alien, I don't think about the future events which take place in the sequel - the same as I don't think about Brody being tormented by a second shark in Jaws 2, as he gently paddles inland with Hooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 That future, that space colony, all those people, they EXIST in here...in my mind! It's REAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Aliens > Alien much like 4 > 3.9999 Horner's Aliens > Goldsmith's Alien much like 4 > 3.000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Each Alien movie was better than the one before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Assuming they ended at 'S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 If you insist. I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Neil Blomkamp says Fox wants to make his Alien 5. http://www.slashfilm.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-movie/ Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Saw that last night.... will be crazy if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I believe it when I see it. But I'm game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Blomkamp's style is a bit worrying for me. I can't say his movies look good. Perhaps he was more of an Aliens than an Alien fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Aliens is his favorite movie, remember? Followed by Alien, he says.Basically, he's a fanboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 There's a kind of youtube/news footage quality to his movies, especially the FX scenes. He probably was inspired by The Host (2006). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 One thing is certain: it'd probably be more interesting than Prometheus 2.0: The Search For Paradise.I like the artworks. Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Oh I'll be all over this should it actually happen. District 9 was quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 I enjoyed District 9 a lot, and Elysium less so. Chappie looks like more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yeah I saw it at the cinema, was unsure at first but by the end I really enjoyed it. After seeing District 9 I definitely rate Blomkamp as a director. I loved his Halo 'Landfall' short back in the day. Haven't seen Elysium.I reckon he's ideal for rebooting Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Elysium features the main lead from District 9 in a bad guy role, and odd performances from Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. It was kind of a weird movie. Tons of inspired ideas in it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I just never fancied it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Was it?I hated the second part but 99% of the population adored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 As of now Blomkamp is still nothing but a one-hit-wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Was it?Nah, it was bollocks. Unintentional comedy, complete with an idiotic apartheid allegory. How it got lionised by fanboys and critics is beyond me, though maybe its aggressive marketing campaign had something to do with it.ALIENS is decent, despite its problematic fetishising of the military industrial complex, the half-arsed 'Nam allegory, cardboard characters, and Horner's clunky, generic action cues (love the quieter stuff though). Cameron's editing should be examined in film schools--masterfully done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I remember the comedy moments, they were laugh out loud. Yeah, a healthy amount of black comedy really added to the off-beat feel the movie had. That's when I noticed Blomkamp was smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 As of now Blomkamp is still nothing but a one-hit-wonder.That's why he's making a fifth movie in a franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Well it got Fincher's career started.... So....the two AvP films and Prometheus aren't part of the franchise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Sam Mendes is such a shameless failure for making Bond 23. He wasn't the toast of Hollywood at all when Skyfall was a smash, nope. Didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 You can't compare the two.The Alien franchise has been dying on its arse for decades now!While there has never been a Bond film that lost money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Well it got Fincher's career started....So....the two AvP films and Prometheus aren't part of the franchise?Prometheus is a new franchise ... Scott's way to avoid being the director of the umteenth sequel.Fincher was a newcomer when he did Alien3. Blomkamp was once seen as a great promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm not buying that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 You can't compare the two.The Alien franchise has been dying on its arse for decades now!But there have been Bond entries which were every bit the turkeys Alien 3 was!And boxoffice is irrelevant here. This new Alien movie would be every bit the 'reboot' Casino Royale was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Alien 3 is a flawed masterpiece! I thought you were talking about the fifth (or eight) Alien film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Fuck knows mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 And boxoffice is irrelevant here. This new Alien movie would be every bit the reboot Casino Royale was.Really? I thought judging from the artwork that he was planning a direct sequel to Aliens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Prometheus is a new franchise ... Scott's way to avoid being the director of the umteenth sequelTough shit on Scott then that plenty myself included don't see it in that cushy way. Promo is another Alien movie in the series albeit an origin one but a Xenomorph movie all the same.And boxoffice is irrelevant here. This new Alien movie would be every bit the reboot Casino Royale was.Really? I thought judging from the artwork that he was planning a direct sequel to Aliens?Do you agree that Abrams Star Wars is a reboot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 He might have gotten away with it it he didn't feature Xenomorphs!Fucker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm not buying that!That Prometheus is a new franchise? It's how Scott sees it. That's why Blomkamp's film is called Alien 5 and the sequel to Prometheus is named Prometheus 2. It's no longer about the monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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