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Blackwinter-witch having read the story first I was very disappointed by that episode.

SuperAlien

Saw the Outer Limits episode of The Sandkings, so kinda-close...yeah I'll be looking up his work!!

The Sandkings is another good short story by George R.R. Martin. From his time before Game of Thrones, that's my introduction to his sci fi period, when I was younger and had a lot more time to read And somehow written in the same spirit with Martian Chronicles.

Dhogmeat you are welcome to share your ideas with us.

If you want to get notified about replies to your posts just go to Settings and turn on notifications, it should work.

If it doesn't, you could check this forum more often to be sure you don't miss anything Alien :)

SuperAlien

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

Thank-you for the compliments!!

The champagne, well...if you survive a climb like that, you have earned it, and it helps impress the woman you have your sights set on too. :D

I haven't read anything by George R.R. Martin as yet, but with your reference above, I'll start with that story 'A Song for Lya' as you have me curious. :)

I can relate, in a way... My parents are long since gone, and my grandparents before them. I read The Martian Chronicles and I hear their voices 'narrating' for me. :)

That project was abandoned some time ago, butbafter the succes of Raised by Wolves it is a good chance it will be reconsidered.

As long as it does not imply marines shooting xenomorphs it should be a step forward. 

 My grandmother would tell me over and over the story of Three Little Pigs at bedtime and sometimes she got distracted by some thoughts and omitted some detail that I immediately corrected. That story kept me awake but it was the only story she told me, I don't know the reason why and now it is too late to ask.

When I heard Mother telling the same story to the children in Raised by Wolves it brought up the memory of my grandmother and the happy days of childhood.

 Blackwinter-witch that's a powerful first impression. A beginning of a beautiful relationship. 

I like climbing, but never thought bringing champagne. Thanks for the tip.

Without any connection to Introduction, have you read A Song for Lya, a short story by George R.R. Martin?

'INTRODUCTION' is just a fun little piece that gives a sense of the depth of relationship between Sinjihnn and Selinaehra.

They say you only have one chance to make a first impression...

...and how a relationship starts sets tone for it thereafter.

:-D ! :-D !

@DK

Indeed Sexually Frustrated ... a CHIP of the OLD BLOCK would you not say ;) (in David that is).

I think Basically it comes down to Aesthetically to make them APPEAR to NOT be Human, so its always that PLOT DEVICE to know your NOT seeing a Human but a Android.

If Bishop had RED BLOOD then Ripley would maybe have NOT Discovered for some Time that he was a Fricken Robot ;)

So Indeed without that then a Human and Android would be HARD to Distinguish Apart and so WHILE they look like us on the Outside they are Different Internally and i think having WHITE BLOOD plays the Part and Looks the Part.

WHY would a ANDROID need BLOOD?

Now thats a another Question, to a Degree.. we can only Speculate that its NOT just for Aesthetics, but is maybe something that the Androids require to Operate Efficiently, like a Android Oil/Lubrication. 

David must have LOST a Lot of this Fluid in Prometheus and maybe this is WHY he went a BIT BONKERS LOL

Maybe Walter could have been so KIND as to TOP HIM UP?

Sure, I get what You mean BigDave... (i.e.) WEYLAND . . . or WEYLAND: BUILDING BETTER WORLDS . . . or just BUILDING BETTER WORLDS.

You know Me, I love that idea of using WEYLAND as a backdrop to get started with & potentially have spins-offs emmenate from that such-as what apparantly is going to continue with The Mandalorian regarding Asoka mini-series, Boba Fett mini-series & so-on.

Regarding the OT.

I Joined at the NEWS that a Prequel to ALIEN was in the Works, and so to Discus the Prequel as WHILE indeed the Alien Franchise does interest me.

It was the Potential that we could Uncover who the SPACE JOCKEY Race were that Really Interested me.

But i still like to Discus/Debate and Speculate on ALL THINGS within Context or Not to the ALIEN Franchise.

Been some Interesting Discussions on here over the 8+ Years i have been here, and HERE is to Many More.

Hopefully in 1-2 Years we can get some NEWS on a New Project within the Franchise ;)

"There are so many other sci-fi movies...I just do not understand why we cannot talk about some other movies...even every once in a while"

Certainly i think a Problem comes with POSTING to the General SCIFIED board that Topics can become LOST a bit.

As FAR as me being a ALIEN... erm?

Moon Cat

"The Disney-Fox merger may have ended those hopes for now, but we’re hoping for a potential return based on Hawley’s angle in. Namely: it’s about the people, not the xenomorphs."

Well there was Rumors of a TV Show back in 2018/2019 so maybe it had some Foundation, i think the DISNEY Merger had meant some STUFF had been Canned or on Hold.

We have talked on here before about a TV Series and HOW there is MORE to the ALIEN Franchise than Xenomorphs and Ripley.

So you could have a TV Show that covers some STUFF from the Franchise that is within the SAME UNIVERSE as ALIEN but have to NOT be a ALIEN TV Show if you get what i mean as the ALIEN is sometimes too Synonymous with the Xenomorph.

So EVEN if they dont Explore the Engineers or anything they have Created their is PLENTY to Cover in a SPIN OFF.

Weyland and Yutani were ONCE separate Companies and we had a BIT of History/Information with Weyland Industries via the Prometheus Website, and seen Peter Weyland.   But there is still SO MUCH that could be Covered by Weyland-Yutani.

With Potentially 100 Years of History prior to ALIEN for the Weyland Company and WHO KNOWS as to HOW OLD the Yutani Corporation are.

Those Companies have NOT spend all their TIME in the Pursuit of the Xenomorph or making Flute Playing Androids.

Also the Colonial Marines are NOT around to purely BUG HUNT the Xenomorph.

And so YES i think you can have TV Show especially that is SET in the same Universe as ALIEN but either has NO XENOMORPH or they Play a SMALL Part only.

But it depends on DISNEY and what they would want and WHAT they Feel will Make $$$$ and Views/Subscriptions....  so maybe it be about Xenomorphs or Ripley then lol

Hmmm....

it'll be interesting to see how this develops, if it's given a go-ahead.

Dhogmeat

Things get a bit glitchy around here from time to time, also I think new members have to have their topics approved by admin/mods...not sure about that/don't remember.

I like your idea, NEW direction!!

Also, I like;

"I also wanted a story not to include marines or any of the ‘hurrah’ macho crap that seems to make it int o alien stories. It 50/50 action and horror."

and

"because I wanted the characters to get away from finding an egg and peering inside acting like idiots."

I think you'll find your ideas and direction quite welcome here!! And it'd be nice to see some work done focusing on the engineers, that approach seems to be one that few attempt.

Script format sounds good, people here would happily read script-format if it's a good story, NP there.

Here is a link, ok people:

https://observer.com/2020/09/noah-hawley-star-trek-movie-details-alien-miniseries-pitch-fx/

Hi I'm Mike.

Iv been reading posts on here and desired it was time to join in. Unfortunately I think I'm having problems with the forum atm as I can see what iv writen nor see the topic I started. I just noticed it had been replied to while reading today

I'll go with BlackAnt on this one. :D

Did you say milk and androids???? 

It is for the COOKIES!!!!

Well, RS at least partially backs up the clame less than 2 minutes in. Just so you don't think I'm a sick bastard lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2hAOkOjL8

Roger G

There's that, yes, but as Freud said;

'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar'.

I think they were just going for something 'jarringly-foreshadowing' of Ash's true nature that gets revealed when Parker takes his head off.

A 'wtf?' thing to get the audience's attention and get them wondering what's up with Ash.

dk

Good points, and I TOTALLY understand how you mean regarding 'shuffle'!! Can't stand it myself.

So, I will keep that in mind regarding this idea of a Collected Works project.

The order found here is in-universe chronological, just to say.

I'll be giving this some thought, as a Collected Works piece would make things more convenient for the audience I think.

I think the white blood from Ash was representing semen- sexually suggestive as was his trying to basically rape Ripley with a rolled magazine- imitating the face hugger that also represented a form of rape. It tied in with the sexually suggestive works of Giger. I cannot find the source, but am sure it was a reason given by a reputable source- many people are saying it!

SuperAlien

yeah, I was afraid of that, screen size on phones...no real way around that limitation.

Thank-You for downloading them and I am very glad you are enjoying them!!

You are also very welcome!! :D

I have also seen Ray Bradbury Theatre, that short-lived series akin to Twilight Zone...loved his writing-room!!

Martian Chronicles was the very first book given me by my parents, and I still have it, safely retired-from-service of course. My parents would read to me from The Martian Chronicles at bedtime also. :D

I would dream of chessboard-perfect Martian cities...and still do now and then.

I've encountered other stories of his as well, some in school books for english class surprisingly...cannot recall the titles, but I remember one specifically, it had to do with humans being replaced by machines wearing their skins...

SuperAlien

Thank-you for the 'nod' :D

dk

PERSPECTIVE seems to have gotten some good traction, which is a relief, as it was a Experiment. I'm glad folks are enjoying it, a little bit of story to keep ALIEN alive and well. :)

BlackAnt

Well said! You managed to encapsulate how it is for many of us here relating to this forum!

I always thought it had to do with movie ratings and the amount of blood they could show.

Knowing it was a genuine idea to make things creepier...i like that!

I had read somewhere that it may have represented semen back in the Alien days. There is a lot to it but that's the quick down and dirty.

Like everyone else I enjoy coming here to talk about everything Alien. I also come here for some of the drama....to be honest I enjoy a good debate about how these intricate things in the alien universe all fit together.

All that being said there are so many other interesting movies out there and I also miss very much not being able to just go to another part of the web site and talk about this new movie TENET. It just does not exist as part of this platform....I had another log in from about 7 years ago that I lost the login credentials for. I had taken this job and I could not post on here for a few years. 

However my career path is a little bit closer to the arts and I need a forum like this more than ever.....one of my goals for the next five years is to write a screen play to shop and get made into a movie.

So like a lot of people I had to start over with the site and create a new login. 

I said this before and I want to say it again...I think a lot of us have been absolutely obsessed with Alien....can we play with other toys?????? There are so many other sci-fi movies...I just do not understand why we cannot talk about some other movies...even every once in a while.

Another thing I brought up is that we could do an Alien viewing over Zoom....and hey if you did not really want to join in you could at least point the web cam at your TV and still maintain your privacy....We could still all get wild and crazy and have a good laugh at each other. 5 years or more is long time to be chatting with other people and not have some kind of Skype conference or teamspeak chat where we all get into a real group conversation....we have so many people here that would really enjoy a richer experience. 

And for anyone that would want or needs to maintain confidentiality...you can all sign in with fictitious credentials. These are servers with firewalls at corporations....if you do not wish to ever go on camera or say your real name....then that is that we all respect each other but you all know what I mean....I mean we dont even have a facebook or twitter page that we could all log into that is set to private....you all get what I am saying.....

Why are a lot of us coming here for years at a time typing all this stuff when we can have chat conversations on just about any platform and still maintain complete privacy.

Like I said I have been coming here for years but I never asked anyone here ever....where they work, how much they earn, right!!!! I am just here to chat about movies and talk with friends.....and I know not all us even live in the same country......we are global!!!!

Now if I had to guess, of course I can not be sure BD could be a space alien!!! LOL

This was picked up recently on a security cam!!! So if you do not want BD reading your thoughts I suggest plenty of tinfoil!!!!

I grew up with Martian Chronicles and fell in love with Ray Bradbury's stories, all of them, with no exemption.

How fortunate to have such readings at an early age!

Blackwinter-witch I tried to read from Issuu, it is the same as reading a pdf. I need to zoom in quite a lot for my tired eyes.

Nevertheless, I have downloaded all all them.

Keep writing, if you can write from an Alien perspective, you can write about anything.

Thanks again.

LOL Perspective is getting a lot of mileage around here!

Yeah, I was looking forward to Predator but was pretty disappointed.