Alien Prequel

[Domo]

Someone at work mentioned this to me earlier so I checked it out on IMDb.

"In the year 2085, the Yutani Corporation meets with Weyland Corporation to discuss terraforming." Directed by Ridley Scott.

All sounds good but then some of the posts on IMDb suggest it's going to be 3D and a PG13. Could be an opportunity to restore some faith in the Alien franchise if those bits are untrue!

 

[Domo]

Pretty big thread on this right here...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18037952

Thanks

 

[Domo]

I haven't watched Resurrection since I got the Blu Ray boxset but how anyone can love Alien 3 is beyond me - rubbish rubbish film that!

Couldn't disagree more. Very atmospheric, more of a horror flick like Alien was.
Anything which followed Aliens was going to disappoint lots of people. I remember watching a documentary about the making of Alien3 and the writer/director said marines and guns had been done so well in Aliens it would be an injustice to continue that theme as it was unlikley to measure up.

Apparently there's a pre-theatrical version of Alien3 which is an entirely different film. Different beginning and ending, more of what the director wanted as opposed to what the studio wanted (and got) in the end.

The director didn't endorse it. I'm yet to see it, but an Alien purist I work with has been telling me all about it.

 

[Domo]

The Alien 3 directors cut which has Moxey (Christopher Fairbank) off of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet in it and the alien comes from a cow not a dog and some other bits added, i think up to 20-30 mins added on to the film.

I understand it's a little bit 'unfinished' in parts, mainly around effects?