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@dk

Yes! Do check it out! It's a collection of 19 stories. But, skip straight to "Broken" because it's great!

Yes i definitely can see Ridley Scott go this route.

I think he will be just the Perfect Size by the time we do 2-3 more Sequels....  Taking account the Normality of Space Jockey/Engineer Size reduction per Movie.

This is how he may look as the Space Jockey

@IRaptus

No Android in River of Pain, eh? That's actually probably why I didn't get it. My friend and I were in B&N and I was literally flipping through the Alien books and comics saying "Does this one have an Android?" And if the answer was "Nope." I'd put it back...

Defiance has a pretty cool Android called "Davis."

Just read up on "Out of the Shadows", looks like it has Ash in it?? Awesome! I'd love to learn more about his nature and motives. I'll definitely check it out! Thanks!

He might make an interesting robot

joylitt OT, but I checked out an episode of Natural Curiosities last night and that is right up our alleys here at home. Fantastic show.Thanks for mentioning- will definitely watch more! 

Melanie Laurent

Laura Prepon

it's not David/Walter either

Ridley Scott did say 6 more Alien Movies... if thats even just 3 more before we get to Alien and the Space Jockey... going by the Current Trend... Movie to Movie...

Then this has to be my pick for the Space Jockey ;)

VivisectedEngineer River of Pain does not have a android. BUT the first book in the trilogy Out of the Shadows has an android in it that we are all very familiar with.....

Great book too If i could recommend any of the Alien books it would be that one!

@IRaptus

River of Pain, haven't read it but I think I may have spotted it there at Barnes and Noble. Luckily I get a teacher discount there!

I'll have to check it out! But, my plate's a little full right now, because I'm also reading Bug Hunt and the Aliens: Defiance comic series.

Wait, does River of Pain have an Android? Actually...I don't want to read anything that doesn't have an Android.

@I Moon Girl

This is pretty cool! That's too bad about NASA rejecting the cryo-sleep research. No worries, I'm sure some pioneering entrepreneur like Elon Musk will pick it up!

Now, BigDave. Don't go spreading some  vague Chinese propaganda around here. The Chinese do you that enough for themselves. Explain yourself. Please explain yourself.

Oh man, one of my favorite past times is imagining my favorite/preferred actors/actresses in an Alien movie! My current list mostly comes from my favorite shows and movies, but here it is: 

Daisy Ridley

Peter Capaldi

Jared Padalecki

Jennifer Lawrence

I can't really think of anyone else at the moemnt... I don't really pay much attention to actors to be hoenst! I know lots of names and who I like or not if they are brought up, but I don't really think of them outside of when watching the films they are in, you know? 

So, I'm not totally sure how these actors would be in Ridley's next installment [although someone to truly rival Fassbender would be nice, as some have mentioned here, specifically IRaptus :) would be nice,] but my wish came true when Franco (sort of) was in Covenant, so I would LOVE to see any of the people I mentioned star or have a supporting role in a future Alien film!

Interesting indeed.....  However at the current going rate i think we will be looking at THIS!

Yes, a spinoff can put a series into a halt. But it won't change the course of the series or your perception about the series.

Ummm AVP hurted the alien franchise. Remember we where going to have an ALIEN 5 but it was canceled because Paul Fuck Head Anderson pitched AVP and it was all down hill from there.

I also read something on NASA's website that they rejected to fund research for cyrosleep.  I can't remember why they did reject it though.  Still, someone or some group put that information out there during one of NASA's research solicitations for technology that could benefit space exploration.  They picked 15 to fund.

I think they rejected cryosleep because of ethics.  I am going by memory here though and it has been maybe 7 months since I read that article on NASA.gov.  I wish I would have kept it!

Aiden Gillen as a counterpart to Fassbender 

Thomas Jane as a downcast protagonist 

Morena Baccarin just because Im a huge Firefly fan.

Katee Sackhoff as a female lead

ATI - Oh, I know, my friend. While I do not mind seeing Mr. Worthington as a bear-chested, blue giant, I would very much enjoy seeing him battling against alien nightmares in Colonial Marine armor! A girl can have dreams. ;)

The European Space Agency is wanting to set up a colony on Earth's moon.  One big incentive is minerals.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a24427/europe-plan-moon-base/

https://www.space.com/28189-moon-mining-economic-feasibility.html

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Something Real - I think your dream won't come true since he joined Cameron's blue universe. :) But there will be at least four new Avatar movies, so no problemo. :)

ATI - I would greatly enjoy seeing Sam Worthington in an Alien film! He is such a handsome and excellent actor! :)

DK - I take offense to neither art nor description. The Alien universe is permeated with subtle sensuality which I find most compelling and natural. Life and death, conception and birth, are all parts of a beautiful design refined by the universe for countless billions of years. It might make me less "ladylike" to say it, but I enjoy honest, real expression of desires and dreams. This is what makes us human - free-thinking and autonomous. :)

Ha Ha   Dr Connor thats potentially just ONE WORD ;)

Edit...

Or indeed 3 Words

1) Three

2) Words

3) Ha

So i take it back lol

As a Geochemist I want to be on that first prospecting mission!

Hopefully Bruce Willis will be there to save the day too :P 

Lawrence of Arabia - Just for you! Not the best, but... :)

Its size is huge. If you can't copy it, I'll send it to you in pm - if you want.

VivisectedEngineer no i haven't read Bug Hunt yet, just curious if it is any good, maybe some good little backstories, or new information :) 

The last Alien book i read was River of Pain. It gave an interesting perspective and backstory to the Hadley's Hope colony!! Have you read it, or that trilogy?

Three words, ha ha ha

I totally agree that the Prequels need to be finished first, and then any movie set after would be better if it did not deal with Ripley but something else.

And certainly trying to Ret-con Alien or Aliens would be a mistake, even Alien 3...  as far as Alien Resurrection i think that is nothing major if its Ret-conned...

A think to remember is after Alien R, Prometheus introduced the Black Goo, or even the Sacrificial Goo.... as if the company had the Black Goo then why would they need the hassle of cloning Ripley.... which i found was a major flaw for Alien R

If they got some Sacrificial Goo, and had Ripleys DNA but failed to get a Clone.... surely introducing the Sacrificial Goo to Ripleys DNA and then the results of this to a Human would give some Results.

They do not need to Ret-con nothing though.... as clearly its shown that the experiments on LV-223 lead to a Xenomorph or are connected, regardless if the Black Goo used by David created the Xenomorph or the Black Goo used by the Engineers did and David just Re-creates it... or regardless if the Xenomorph predates the Black Goo.

The Black Goo is still THE KEY to exploring a Future movie, they indeed have options.... because from Alien it was shown the Eggs were only located on the Derelict, and after Aliens we can safely assume there are no Eggs to Harvest from LV-223 Hence the reason the company was interesting in Ripley in Alien 3 and then attempts to Clone her in Alien R.

Why if they can obtain the Xenomorph elsewhere?

But as of Alien R and prior to Prometheus, we did not know where the Xenomorph came from, where those Eggs came from.. and so it was open that where ever those Eggs had came from, there could be MORE out there.

Since the First TWO prequels...  we are left with the following possibilities.

*LV-223 this place still has Black Goo

*Paradise/Planet 4 this place still has Eggs and the Spores and maybe Black Goo

*The Covenant Ship and Origae-6 surely these connect to David and how the Xenomorph evolves from just TWO Xenomorph Face Hugger Embryos to Thousands of Eggs on the Derelict. And so by Alien are the only remains of those Eggs on LV-426? what happened to the Rest.

NEVER-MIND.... the other things the Franchise has expanded upon which includes the Companies, AI and Engineers etc

The Scope for something Fresh is there.... But i feel FOX will only be interesting in Feeding us More XENOMORPHS with a dash of Ripley ;)

joylitt

I understand that lol I'm saying Neil's film would erase 3&4. I'd be cool with a soft reboot after the properly finish David's tale.

BigDave

That's a great idea. Ripley doesn't necessarily need to be de-aged. Clones usually have short lifespans anyways ala Metal Gear and yes to the Xeno DNA playing a factor as well. 

I might have to look at that if I ever get time. Sounds interesting.

Canon is pretty much personal choice. It only gets sticky with debates on the forum. Some only consider the Qudrilogy, Prometheus and AC as canon while others consider only RS films as canon.

Yes, I've heard about that, but... We don't have a base on Moon, or there is but it is a secret one... so... What do I want to say? I think we are far away from that.

I simply adore the cover from the 6-Film collection. Wish we could have a poster of it lol 

I had never heard of this and it sounds really interesting. It reminds of planet cracking in Dead Space.

"Essentially this would be a soft reboot of the entire franchise, while maintaining the history established by the previous Alienfilms. This is also probably why Blomkamp's Alien 5 has been placed in cryo-sleep for the time being, while Fox figure out their next move for the franchise."

I don't think this analysis suggests Fox plans to erase anything.

@Lawrence of Arabia

Totally agree...  the Question is HOW do we do this?

If they have a Movie set after Alien Resurrection, no doubt FOX will want to make sure it makes a Good Return and no Doubt would want to Introduce the Xenomorph ...Once Again.... and Ripley 8... and as you said Ripley 8 would have to Look Younger?

Not necessarily

Not if they explore the Xenomorph Life Cycle as after a length of time they simply Die Out... it has been said the Xenomorph had a 4-5 Day Life Span.... Maybe Ripley 8 inherited this Trait?

They simply could do a Miss Weaver with some CGI De-aging for  a few Scenes, but then have her given similar effect to what was happening to Holloway

They could get away with this and her Age as being a affect of Shutting Down/Breaking Down.....

Which if Ripley 8 is caught up by the Company or Call (as Winona Ryder still looks very young for her age) decide to try and protect Ripley 8 by putting her into Cryo-Sleep and then conduct some experiment or something that is able to Halt the Breaking Down/Death Mechanism of the Xenomorph DNA.

Then Ripley 8 could be revived at a latter point and be played by a older Miss Weaver, i would like to see her Sacrificed though as i dont want to see her being used for Movie after Movie.

And so maybe the company find a LV-223 Urn or some other way Ripley 8 ends up being exposed and her DNA then broken down and Harvested so the Company can then make some Super Humans from.

I think this would work as a Fresh Take on a Sequel.... have it that this Process however also leads to some Hybrid that is more Xeno DNA than Human....

So we end up with Super Human like Ripley 8 clones that do not have to be 100% in her likeness especially if her broken down DNA is used to Create a Hybrid or Infect a Human Egg or even a Human.

It also allows for a Hybrid Xenomorph that is like a cross between a Neomorph and a Human, which could have a procreation Method that passes on more Xeno DNA instead of Human so its off-spring look more closer to say a Neomorph.

This ^^^^ i think could work.... and this actually would be something i would consider if i was to make a Alien 5 myself.

'Each film adds another layer to the franchise and it would be a shame to just erase them.' - True.