The Future Of The Alien Franchise

[Narcissus]

What would you like to happen and why?

[ravenus]

Shouldn't this be in the general Movies thread?

[Narcissus]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Shouldn't this be in the general Movies thread?

That is probably a great call and I didn't consider that. Can this please be moved?

[Narcissus]

I am having a hard time choosing one. Good arguments can be made for all of them.

If Ridley could stay focused, and I feel he lost the plot and tried to please too many people with Covenant, he had an idea of where he wanted to go. I think the critique of Prometheus stung him a lot.

[jayman3]

I know they're terrible movies, but I would like a well made AvP3. At least finish the trilogy.

[imsounoriginal]

I'll just reiterate what I said in another thread:

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The nostalgia machine that is Disney would love to prey on everyone's love for Ripley and the first two Alien movies by giving us [Blomkamp's proposed Aliens] sequel. As long as it's R, I'd give it a shot. Don't really care if Blomkamp is involved.

But I'd rather let Scott try and give us some kind of conclusion to this Prometheus/Covenant prequel or whatever the hell it's gonna end up being lol. Good or bad, it's so bonkers at this point that I wanna see where he ends up taking it.

Having said that, if Disney realized they didn't know what to do with this and simply let it die, I'd be OK with that. Even though living the rest of my life with no new Alien movies would suck....

The idea of a soft-reboot set WAY into the future, so it takes place in the same universe as Alien 1-4 and Prometheus/Covenant but has no real attachment to them whatsoever, is also fine. But I'd rather let Ridley Scott try to finish what he started before we resort to the soft reboot.

[Cremildo]

As a fan, I voted: Let Ridley Finish His Prequels

From a sensible standpoint, I'd have chosen: Let It Rest For Awhile, Then Reboot: Canon Acknowledged

[drush9999]

Since there's stuff left over from Covenant, and even though I didn't like it, I voted for Ridley to finish his prequels

[jacobsever]

I hated Covenant, and if they keep progressing by using so much CGI, I just hope they stop all together.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Join the MCU.

[MifuneFan]

Covenant was hugely disappointing, but I want Scott to finish the bridge to Alien. Beyond that, I wouldn't mind another film in the Alien universe, but not related to either the prequels, or Ridley.

[Zillamon51]

Another Scott prequel will not make any money, and will kill the franchise.

I think a soft reboot like Blomkamp's "Alien 5 / Aliens 2" that ignores everything else, and picks up after the second film, could be a hit. A good "Chewie, we're home" trailer would get butts in seats. That gets my vote.

So c'mon Di$ney, nostalgia sells, you know it to be true.

[AaronJ]

Let Sir Ridley do his thing. But let him do what he wants to do, not what a bunch of loudmouthed fanboys and irritating suits want to do.

Then, when that's done, wait a bit and start with something fresh. You'd have to acknowledge the canonical work, though. It could be a tenuous acknowledgment, but it needs to be there somehow.

[octagon]

I liked Prometheus and I really liked Covenant so yeah, keep em coming, Scotty.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Just make an Aliens vs. X-Men film.

[Al_The_Strange]

I distinctly remember reading an Alien / Batman crossover once as a comic. Turns out it was a chestburster that took out Bruce's parents when he was a kid.

Hollywood, make it happen.

[Talleyrand]

I voted The First Two Were The Only Good Films Anyway, Let The Franchise End but I think the expression should be the first THREE not the first TWO.

Honestly, however, 2 & 3 are so much worse than 1 (still pretty good though) that they don't even really need to exist. Alien is a a classic example of a movie that was very good and should have been left alone, rather than having a franchise grafted to it.

[Al_The_Strange]

For real though, I've been very forgiving of every Alien film up until the last one. Chances are I might warm up to Covenant, but the first two and Prometheus are the only ones that truly wow me. Don't mind seeing more in any form (even another AvP one), but if the franchise just ended it wouldn't hurt my feelings either.

[brooks101189]

I say just reboot the films either from scratch or set a film between Alien and Aliens, possibly focusing on an expanded version of the fall of Hadleys Hope

[don3663]

Tough one. Alien may have been Ridleys baby, but he was only a piece of the puzzle. He alone can not be trusted, which is why he has hired idiotic screenwriters for the last two movies.

Ridleys version of creative control is "get me a script and a budget and i'll make the damn thing". No thought was put into the script for AC. Completely disregarding Prometheus and even the Original.

Having said that, they have their moments and if Ridley can get a good screenwriter on board and really focus on making the Alien / David a compelling threat, then he should be allowed to shoot another movie. He is a magician of a filmmakers but has completely lost the plot when it comes to Alien.

If not, then make a movie based on Alien Isolation. That game was perfect. Like Creed, its a sequel/spinoff/reboot that honours the original in every single way. Get Alex Garland to direct it too.