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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

"This sounds like egg morphing.....and I like this far better than a queen and JC story"

Actually MonsterZero this is just an updated explanation in how chestbursters are made, Its nothing like egg morphing because its just good old fashion chestburster with a minor tweek in terminologies so nothing new was added so the Queen is still canon in the new EU.

Also the Earth War storyline requires a Queen caste xenomorph to kick off a world wide xenomorph outbreak

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MonsterZeroAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

 "NEW SPORES/EGGS would Surface from the Remains of the Xenomorph"

 

Awesome! That works for me.

 

Once xenomorphs infest your planet you won't get rid of them! (Without an Engineer level reboot! )

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MonsterZeroAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

"Since the new "EU canon" has facehuggers carry a specialized variant of the black goo inside them to make xenomorphs, the black goo rewrites the host DNA to build chestbursters out of their genetic material."

 

This sounds like egg morphing.....and I like this far better than a queen and JC story.

 

War on Earth:

Maybe the Earth ( after the nukes and bioweapons ) is so toxic and irradiated that even xeno's have a hard time? Their DNA is even breaking down and causing abnormalities. Can't even get a 'normal' xenomorph. lol!

 

Facehuggers born with birth defects...unable to hug anything. 

 

Have to go off-world to find decent alien DNA ( Ripley 8 Alien:R)?

 

Mutant xenomorphs roaming Earth...I'd pay to see that!

 

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

"I USE this as a Example to show that Cloning of Ripley to get to Ripley 8 who Gestated a Xenomorph is a more UNREALISTIC PLOT, that say trying to Extract DNA from Ripley 8."

I was always under the impression that the xenomorph's DNA was infectious to its host.

In the more recent expanded universe material depicts that even if you successfully remove a chestburster from its host, your not out of the woods.

Since the new "EU canon" has facehuggers carry a specialized variant of the black goo inside them to make xenomorphs, the black goo rewrites the host DNA to build chestbursters out of their genetic material.

The aftermath of surviving a medical chestburster extraction, the host would lived for a few more days before succumb to a deadly cancer-like illness due to the residual black goo left behind by the chestburster.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

"I don't think you can remove the xenomorph bits from Ripley's DNA"

I can see your POINT..... but the PLOT for AR was just as Flawed if NOT more so, i think you have Realistically more Chance of Cloning a Hybrid DNA and Attempting to Modify it to gain more Xeno-DNA or Attempt to Extract that DNA...  The COMPLETELY SILLY PLOT that we given were with just DNA you can CLONE a Person who is Carrying a Xeno-Queen and have that Clone also have a Queen Gestating inside them...

If you Cloned a Pregnant Female... you would get a Clone of that Female and you WOULD-NOT get that Clone to be Pregnant... if you Cloned someone who had LOST their Arms and Legs say in a Accident then the Clone would HAVE their Arms and Legs.

I USE this as a Example to show that Cloning of Ripley to get to Ripley 8 who Gestated a Xenomorph is a more UNREALISTIC PLOT, that say trying to Extract DNA from Ripley 8.

I would add that the Xenomorphs in this Idea are Different they are LESS than the Vanilla Version from say Alien/Aliens, AVP/AVPR.

But i came up with these Ideas when the Discussions about Blomkamps Alien V came about and HOW it would BRING BACK her and the Gang.... where i said i think you Leave the Canon alone..... Ripley is Dead... but maybe you can Continue with Ripley 8?

Going back to a Earth War.... i think you could Explore it, but i think you will Eventually come Across the FACT that the Xenomorph (as JC Envisioned it) is MORE LIMITED than the Bugs of Starship Troopers), but i GUESS this is where you can TRY and UPLIFT and EVOLVE the Xenomorph... but you do KIND OF get it to become like the TYRANIDS from Warhammer 40K

Again this does-not mean you cant have it where Xenomorphs have Overran the Earth..... in the Years 2240-2350 we can ASK.. as to HOW MANY of us (Humans) are in the Galaxy, have we Colonized Many Worlds? and Have we FOUND more Earth-like Worlds?

The Earth is a Rotting Paradise..... Hundreds of Years and Population Explosion and our Effect on the Environment could have PLACED the Earth in a Position where it would NEVER become a Paradise like it was say in the Year 1500.  So maybe when WE have Discovered Worlds that are like Earth... Most People would Favor moving to these Worlds?

so you could do a Earth War Scenario on other Worlds... that we have Populated for like 100 Years, or Indeed have it on Earth some Time Between say 2250-2350 and the After-Math is the Earth has been NUKED a LOT in Order to RID of the Xenomorph?

My Preference would be a Animated TV Series or Movie.....  Lower Risk/Budget.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

I don't think you can remove the xenomorph bits from Ripley's DNA since the hybrid DNA would be perfectly blended that removing any sequences would make her DNA structure unstable which would reduce Ripley into a puddle of goo. Like what happens to this guy in End of Evangelion
 
The only way to continue the story after Alien Resurrection is to turn Ripley into a secondary antagonist after she metamorphosis into a new species of xenomorph.

 

Me personally, I would like to see ALIEN V takes place in an alternate continuity or if we did have to follow A3 and AR, take place between these events, with something like the Earth War happening but involving new characters.

I would completely drop Ripley from the story should we go this route due to Alien Resurrection's attenpt to make the story heavily Ripley-centric. 20th Century and Joss Weadon lack of creativity and confidence in the series lead to the franchise being limited.

I think the writers can come up with creative ways on the reason why they couldn't find xenomorphs elsewhere, maybe the easiest way was to use Ripley's DNA or maybe pure strain xenomorphs were too much of a hassle to control so they saw the opportunity to create hybrid ones.

As for later ALIEN comics, they attempt to expand the universe by showing other alien races that encountered the xenomorphs; which either ended as you expect from the series or ended on some star wars-esque alien's dinner plate.

They had a few comics based around the importance of harvesting a xenomorph substance called royal jelly

One of my favorite post-Earth War comics was this one where some colonists accidentally stumbled upon a forest planet were they spotted a seemingly abanonded colony then they are ambushed by a dying hive of Xenomorphs that make several attempts to reproduce but end in failure. I believe the name of the comic is ALIENS LABRYINTH

 PS I agree that an ANIME of ALIEN would be super cool, however it must be done by a japanese studio, I don't trust disney's animation talent could capture the essence of the alien series.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

"Not sure if I am a fan of the xenomorphs being on earth 100 years after Alien Resurrection since Earth is already a wasteland at this point in Alienverse History."

I can see the Point/Problem... what i was saying is that IF say we had a Story where Xenomorphs had GOT on Earth prior to Alien Resurrection then you NEED to be Careful to HOW-MUCH of the Infestation there was..... BECAUSE the Basic Premise of Alien Resurrection would Indicate there was NO OTHER WAY that they could Obtain a Xenomorph apart from to CLONE our Ripley..

We have to ASSUME that all other Avenues are a BUST....

IF However the Xenomorphs become Isolated to a Certain Area... say Europe, and then Mankind had to NUKE a Few CITIES etc.... to DESTROY the Xenomorphs... then YES maybe they would be LESS LIKELY to Obtain a Specimen and INDEED the Aftermath of this NUKE LAST RESORT could Explain as to WHY we saw a Ruined Paris at the END of Alien Resurrection.

The CULT Idea is Interesting as i had Put on here a Number of Times about IDEAS i had for a ALIEN V that takes Place after Alien R, where it would Indicate that CALL could take Ripley to some Auton Scientist who could FIX HER (i had Two Different Ideas).

1) Ripley was Changing into a Hybrid and the Auton's actually do-not HELP they just Extract her DNA.

2) Ripley is Starting to AGE FAST... the Auton's Manage to make a Serum that can SLOW DOWN the Age Process.... but they also Extract her DNA.

The Revelation is that the Auton's are NOT here to HELP they just want a Specimen of Xenomorph and Ripley DNA, and that CALL was on a Secret Mission to Obtain a Specimen but make sure that USM has NO Specimen.

So the Auton's can USE IT against the Humans......  it is also Revealed that the Auton's Worship the Xenomorph and its Creator David..

The END of this Movie Idea or its Sequel..... would Depend on Option 1/2.

A) With OPTION ONE what we have is that Ripley eventually Defeats the Auton's Plan, but she is Wrestling with her Humanity as a Hybrid and she Fears she will soon Become Too Much Xenomorph (Losing her Humanity)and Become BOTH a THREAT.. but also something that some Scientist would LIKE to Obtain and so she SACRIFICES herself.

B) with OPTION TWO..... after again she Successfully gets Rid of the Xenomorph and the Auton's Plan... she is Soon Running out of Serum and she then Faces the Inevitable Fate of Death..... her Memories as Ripley offer her some Comfort.... and Thoughts of her Daughter... as she Passes Away.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

BigDave

Ah I see, well post-EARTH WAR Alien comics were mostly independent stories following many different characters and interesting concepts about the nature of the xenomorphs and the company's goals or just plan old survival stories since xenomorphs were oddly common among the frontier worlds

Not sure if I am a fan of the xenomorphs being on earth 100 years after Alien Resurrection since Earth is already a wasteland at this point in Alienverse History.

Btw the EARTH WAR trilogy is the last time we see Newt, Hicks, and Ripley in the comics (not counting the William Gibson Alien 3 comic)

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BigDaveAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

I think its Interesting to had Considered the Xenomorph as FAR as WHAT would Happen after they Die?

Its seemed the Eggs could have remained Dormant for Thousands of Years for some Reason.... (Star Beast implied this).  But with AC it seems those Eggs as of 2122 (ALIEN) are No-More than say 25-27 Years Old... the Originals and those on LV-426 like up to 17 Years Old.

But i dont want to TURN this Topic into the David could NOT have Created them Debate as we done this a LOT... much like the Queen cant have been HOW we get Eggs because in ALIEN and Starbeast we had the Egg Morph.... i think IF something is NOT Answered and then gets Answered in a Different way in Sequels we Accept what we are Shown.. but Each Person is Entitled to what they Choose to Believe or like.

But back to the Point i want to look at.... Ridley Scott had Suggested the Xenomorphs can Regenerate... the ONE that was KILLED on Planet 4 would Regenerate..

I think to HEAL in a Limited way i can BUY... but to Regenerate when they Suffer Heavy Damage and are Basically Pulverized into Many Pieces... than NAH!

I am NOT a Fan of having the Xenomorph be as Indestructible as a T-800 and its a NO to them being like a T-1000 (Terminators)

The Xenmomorph should be a Survivor... something like a Virus, in that it can Find Ways to Replicate and Survive and Evolve Different ways to Survive/Procreate....it can become Dormant.... but then Arise again...

To me a INTERESTING WAY to do this would be that WHEN we see a Xenomorph is KILLED or Dies... then Eventually its Remains would Decompose to a Degree, but then Procreate from this Matter and have it that NEW SPORES/EGGS would Surface from the Remains of the Xenomorph.

You have the Xenomorph also able to Infect a Host with something that would TURN them into a Egg or a Blob of Genetic Matter that a Number of Eggs then begins to GROW from.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

I have NOT seen those Comics, it seems they have SOME Interesting things and i Totally Understand as they were MADE before ALIEN 3 then they had Every Right to Continue with Ripley, Hicks and Newt.

I am NOT 100% sure of having Xenomorphs running Rampant on Earth in the Franchise Time-Line, maybe it would WORK if it was set say 100 Years after ALIENS?  Or maybe they could do it as a Continuation after Alien Resurrection?

I view Comics as a Alternative Reality to the Alien Movies they can Connect in Part but they SHOULD NOT be Taken as Theatrical Canon, but Everyone is Entitled to View whatever they WANT as Canon ;)

I think when doing anything that you WANT to be 100% Canon to the Movies you have to BE CAREFUL to NOT go and Conflict or Contradict the Theatrical Franchise, but i Understand these Comics came out when ALIEN 3 had Never Existed, does this mean that Alien 3 should NOT be counted as Canon?  Thats up to each FAN on IF they wish to Ignore Alien 3..... to be Fair it this is WHAT would have been with Blomkamps Alien V and Brandywines Alien V too they BOTH would have Offered a Alternative Sequels.

SHOULD we see such a Earth War... made into a Set of Movies?

I would NOT be a Fan, but i am ONLY just One Fan.... i dont OWN the Franchise, so its NOT up to me, and so in that Context.... i think MAYBE it could WORK if you had it as a Sequel to Alien Resurrection.... or SET AFTER that Movie...

To have it SET like Prior to Alien R would Raise some Questions and Conflicts and the Franchise already has a Number of those.... (as FAR as HOW MANY of the Xenomorphs have they Attempted to Obtain and WHY do they ALWAYS end up with NOTHING they can Recover... Leaving them to CLONE RIPLEY).

Maybe you could do a Blomkamp and have such a Series (Movies or TV) that would OFFER a ALTERNATIVE Future to ALIENS....

I think you could USE some of the Ideas from the Earth War Series... but i dont think you have to have any New Project be about Ripley again....

However.... as a Anime..... WHY NOT... you see ANIME is BIG... you can have like PG-13, or R Rated Stuff..... you Basically have a Moving Comic Series... we have to Remember that Disney made a LOT of its History through Animation....

You can Convey Blood, Guts and Action and Special Effects with a Animation, and you can DO SO..... with a LESSER BUDGET than Live Action.... and so i would YES welcome some Alternative Stories within the ALIEN UNIVERSE as a ANIMATION.

So a Earth War  in a Adult Animation.. YES.... as FAR as Theatrical... i am NOT that Sure.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

Yeah I forgot to write down the rest of my synopsis of the comic since I was very tired writing this.

I made a goof when I said the Bionational Corporation managed to acquire a xenomorph egg, that is actually false. They actually retrieved a man that escaped a spaceship infested with xenomorphs, he was caring a queen embryo.

 

WARNING SPOILERS HEAD!!! WARNING SPOILERS HEAD!!! WARNING SPOILERS HEAD!!!

ALIENS OUTBREAK


So the comic takes place 13 years after ALIENS.

After Bionational Corporation secures the xenomorph infected pilot (Weyland-Yutani doesn't appear in the original comics until after the Earth War trilogy) there is a string of nightmares plaguing people on earth, they all were having visions of xenomorphs. So religious cults started cropping up to give reason to these horrific visions. Meanwhile Hicks (or Wilkes in the '92 edit) is recruited from military prison by the Bionat scientist Orona to train a platoon of marines before heading off to the xenomorph homeworld to retrieve a specimen. Which unbenownst to Hicks, BioNat already has a xenomorph queen on earth.

Meanwhile Newt (or Billie in the '92 edit) is stuck in an insane asylum as I mentioned earlier with talks from her doctor wanting to give her a lobotomy to permanently end her nightmares (read: erase her memory). Fortunately she receives a call from Hicks as he says his goodbyes, Newt begs Hicks to save her but the doctor terminates the call as they restrain her. This leads Hicks to plan a rescue mission to save Newt before going off on his suicide mission.

The comic when not focusing on Hicks or Newt bounces around between this cult leader who leads the New Messiah cult which is the largest of the xenomorph-dream cults and his mission to televise his message and this corporate mercenary dude called Massey who killed his own family for peeking at the documents on his computer.

So Hicks sneaks Newt onboard the Colonial Marine starship before heading off to the xenomorph homeworld. Newt forms a relationship with one of the marines, Mitchell onboard the benedict. Massey the corporate assassin sneaks on board the ship and hijacks the mission when they arrive to the alien homeworld and murders the commanding office then assumes command of the marines.

Meanwhile on Earth, the xenomorph matures and the cultists break into the facility carrying her. The cultists allow themselves to be facehugged. Which shortly after spread the xenomorphs all over the planet leading to a huge outbreak

Meanwhile the colonial marines now commanded by Massey and his crew of mercenaries and modified synthetics are sent down to the xenomorph planet to retrieve live specimens, the mercenaries and marines are ambushed by delta-wing flying predators. While some of the marines are ambushed by xenomorphs, Hicks and his squad of marines take the dead mercenaries weapons before heading off to save the other marines while setting up bombs within the hive. After rescue what was left of their other squad, a xenomorph ambush Hick's squad seemingly killed one of the marines which turns out the marines Hicks has been training were synthetics. Newt still onboard the Benedict manages to kill Massey, but witnesses on the computer screen that Mitchell, the man she had a fling with is a synthetic.

Hicks donates the hive as they retreat back to the dropship but he, mitchell, and two others are quickly surrounded by xenomorphs. Soon a mysterious alien shows up save them, it is an Engineer...Space Jockey. (this comic was made before Alien 3 and by extension Prometheus so the Engineers looked drastically different) The Space Jockey follow them back to Earth

Hicks and his arrive back on the Benedict before heading back to Earth, they soon discover Earth is Infested with xenomorphs world wide. They temporarily land in Australia before Hicks, Newt, and Mitchell escape on a massive cargo spaceship. We see the Space Jockey one last time and he is laughing, which leads to the next comic ALIENS NIGHTMARE ASLYUM.

 

ALIENS NIGHTMARE ASYLUM


Nightmare asylum pretty much takes place about a week after the ending of OUTBREAK (which begins in 2192 and ends at the end of 2193) which starts the new year 2194.

Well anyways the first half of the comic is Hicks and Newt surviving up against xenomorphs that had somehow sneaked onboard the ship prior to going spaceborne, turns out this ship acted as a transport vessel to deliver xenomorphs to a military space station. The second half of the comic is Hicks and Newt being placed in confinement by General Spears as he attempts to condition a xenomorph queen (different queen from the one from the first comic) to follow his command by killing her children that disobey him.

Eventually there is a Cou-de-ta among the marines under Spears command which lead Spears to take the second Queen and his "loyal" xenomorphs back to earth in attempts to reclaim it. The Queen quickly orders her children to attack Spears, when he killed them, the Queen impales Spears while spears kills the second queen with his flame thrower. 

Ripley appears on the military space station at the end of the comic.



ALIENS FEMALE WAR

 

Ripley tells Hicks and Newt about her travels to the xenomorph homeworld and her discovery of the Xenomorph Queen Mother. The rest of the comic is them planning on capturing the Queen Mother and taking it to earth to kill it.

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XenotarisAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

oh okay I think you mean mummified, since fossilization is a much longer process

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MonsterZeroAlien: Covenant ForumALIENS EARTH WAR, yay or nay?

I don't see why not.

Earth has been practically worthless in the Alien verse...... Might as well get some use out of it?

A zombie invasion of Earth is always welcome....might as well do a xenomorph one!

 

 

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MonsterZeroAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

I wouldn't make them millions of years old(100 years tops )they would be like the desiccated Engineers (that David bombed) on Planet 4.

The xenomorphs were also bombed from above. Pest control.

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XenotarisAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

wait if there fossilized they wouldn't be toxic because the toxins would have been broken down thousands if not millions of years ago.

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MonsterZeroAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

Set on Earth just seems like a budget-saving device.   They will probably film in some abandoned warehouses, not having to worry about exotic locations or amazing super amazing skyscraper buildings from 200 years in the future.

If this is just xenomorph versus human....Then I'll pass. ( an average three year old could plot this series )

 

I'd like to see something new.

How about a pile of DEAD xenomorphs? Thousands of them...desiccated, fossilized.......But still highly toxic! Do NOT TOUCH!

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XenotarisAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

yeah I was thinking more set a little after Alien 3 in an Earth War-inspired scenario where xenomorphs are brought to Earth

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BigDaveAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

Indeed there seemed to be some things that became Held Back about the Engineers in Prometheus that could have been Covered more in Sequels.... but as you said, while Prometheus had LENT to a Sequel there was NO GUARANTEE.

Your Correct a TV Series allows you to FLESH OUT the Characters and Build the Plot more.. to add more MEAT to the Bones.... as a Movie you have a Limited Run Time of say 2 Hours but a TV Series could give you 6-10 Hours in the First Season.

"I wished it was set during the James Cameron Era of Aliens"

By that if you mean taking Place say after the EVENTS of ALIENS/ALIEN 3 then YES maybe thats ok, but i would STILL have it SET AWAY from our Solar System but Certainly NOT on Earth.

Unless your setting it between Alien 3 and Alien R but is Suspect the Destruction on Earth had came about from a Battle on Earth between Various Human Factions, Various Synthetic Fractions and Autons.

The details are Scarce about the TV Series but what we do know is it would be a SLOW BURNER.... we would Delve more into the Corruption and Greed of Mega Corps and HOW they would USE the Common People to their Advantage.  It seems it would give us a Story about some People who are GIVEN what they think would be a Opportunity to Change their Lives but they are being used as Prawns for a Bigger Agenda.  And that those in Power see some People as Purely Expendable.

The Xenomorph will make a Appearance... it seems the Xenomorph will be Tinkered with a Little so it will be Different to a Degree but it would NOT go and STEER TOO FAR from what we had in the Movies.

It seems a LOT of the Movie will be Based on Earth and the Idea is to see HOW does the Earth Deal with the Xenomorphs on HOME SOIL..... this is a Concern... and Especially when the TV Series is SET WAY BEFORE the Prequels.

With what LITTLE we know about the Xenomorph in the TV Series it does seem that the Aesthetic could be more like that from Alien Covenant than from Alien/Aliens (Chest Buster is Translucent to a Degree and has a Pair of Arms/Legs).

It would seem the Discovery of this Organism is made in some kind of Engineer Complex or Ship that is Flooded.... and so MAYBE this Discovery is a Sunken Engineer Outpost or a Sunken Engineer Ship.

The TV Series is trying to NOT go and Conflict what the Prequels had Shown.... it will be about in PART a Ancient Threat (Discovery of something Engineer that leads to the Xenomorph).

But it also will Focus on the Threat of A.I.

To me this seems like it will Consider what made the Alien Franchise Great.... but also Consider the Plot of the Prequels... but it seems like it will TAKE those Ideas and RE-WRITE the Entire Lot...

Wait for it........................ the Xenomorph in ALIEN will be a Engineered Version by Mankind or A.I from a Ancient Version they Discovered on Earth....

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KongzillaAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

>>>With Prometheus he had Attempted to Cover the Space Jockey Race, give them a Back Story, offer something to Expand the Franchise beyond Eggs and Face Huggers etc.

 

It's definitely a good decision. But Ridley also never tried to fully explore the Engineers in Prometheus. It seems that he avoided talking about them.

Ironically, but Alien Engineers contained more information about the Engineers than Prometheus. With Prometheus Ridley refused the alien, but also reduced the Engineers exploring.

It should have been like this: lack of aliens, but more about Engineers. But we got this: lack of aliens and less about Engineers.

In other words.

Alien Engineers:

- many information about aliens.

- many information about Engineers.

Prometheus (intention):

- lack of aliens. Only hints.

- double information about Engineers (to compensate the story).

Prometheus (released):

- lack of aliens. Only hints.

- little information about Engineers.

Prometheus is a good film, but in terms of exploring it's not better than Alien Engineers.

 

P.S. You may argue that Ridley did not want to give us information in the first film, but let's be honest. He is a businessman and knows how the industry works. He knows that you may not have a chance to tell the whole story and then all your ideas perished. 

First of all, this is not needed for the creator himself, the director. If you want to stretch the story, then a TV series format is better suited than a full-length film.

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XenotarisAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

I don't feel comfortable with an another pre-FTL travel xenomorph infestation on Earth again. I wished it was set during the James Cameron Era of Aliens

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

" I am always Welcome for Recommendations ;)"

Okay, well my personal favorite was the Earth War Trilogy (Unofficial name): 

Aliens Outbreak (Book One)

Aliens Nightmare Asylum (Book Two)

Aliens Female War (Book Three)

I recommend the Anniversary Editions since those where the ones before Dark Horse Comics went back and changed Ripley, Hicks and Newt to Android Ripley, Wilkes, and Billie respectively to maintain movie continuity. Then you have the novels based on the comics which uses the edited versions names. 

The subsequent comics after that mostly maintained a loose continuity until they rebooted the original Alien/Predator Expanded Universe back in 2012 with the Fire and Stone comics.

Aliens Theory of Alien Propagation

Aliens versus Predator (1989)

Aliens Genocide

Aliens Rogue

Aliens Labyrinth 

There is more but it would be easier to just buy the Alien, Predator, and AVP Omnibus

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BigDaveAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

As for the FX TV Series....

only TIME will tell..... but its SMELLS like a Reboot of the Franchise to me...

Time will Tell on HOW they Handle the Xenomorph Running around on Earth some 50-70 Years before ALIEN i Expect this to be maybe a Better Written version of AVP and AVPR without Predators ;)

Its TOO EARLY to Write the TV Series Off... we can ONLY HOPE its Good and Does-not go and Contradict the Franchise... but  i cant see HOW it can Avoid that.

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BigDaveAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

I agree with Ridley Scott...... The Beast While it was NOT COOKED you had to be Careful... the MORE you Repeat something you do have the Chance of seeing it become Stale or a Joke, we ONLY need to look at what has Became of the Terminator Franchise and well those Robots were NOT as Limited as the Xenomorph.

With Prometheus he had Attempted to Cover the Space Jockey Race, give them a Back Story, offer something to Expand the Franchise beyond Eggs and Face Huggers etc.

It was a Brave Decision to TAKE OUT the Xenomorph from the Prequel.... but Prometheus had Evolved to become a Movie that would GIVE SOME INSIGHT into WHAT the Space Jockey Race was doing... without having to SPOON FEED us the Events that lead to ALIEN.

Prometheus was the GATEWAY to a SPIN OFF Franchise... the Sequels were Intended to STEER AWAY from ALIEN.

Star Wars Fans had No Problems that the Mandalorian had NO like Sky-Walkers or Connected Directly to the Movies.. it was a SPIN OFF and THIS is WHAT we had RS going to Attempt with Prometheus (but it had some Problems)

And WHILE this is NOT the Main Problem with Prometheus, there were some Fans who had Felt that the Movie had NOT given us enough that Links to ALIEN.... NO ANSWERS.. and NO real Replacement for the Xenomorph as FAR as Screen Time.

In Hindsight the Movie Needed a Extra 30-40 Minutes and to have some of the more ALIENY Parts that were in the Earlier Drafts...

In Hindsight they should have made a Sequel to Prometheus that went to LV-223 and was more ALIENY that would have Monsters and GIVE MORE CLUES to the Xenomorph/LV-426 and so the DOOR to ALIEN could be Closed.. but also the Franchise UPLIFTED....

The Prequels could have Potential to Explore New Things and that would START with David and Dr Shaw going to somewhere in a Movie that would be a SPIN OFF and NOT go and Connect to Alien or Xenomorphs..

But ALAS!

Powers that BE... had Wanted to make a Sequel that would BEGIN to TAKE US to ALIEN... that would GIVE the Answers and that would INTRODUCE us to the Xenomorph and its Origins.... I get the Impression that RS was Disappointed by this....

And so we GOT our Alien Covenant which had done things that UPSET some Fans and its Painted itself into a Corner.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"That maybe so however most of the original comic series was written and published before ALIEN 3 or ALIEN RESURRECTION were made"

Certainly and they had Freedom at the Time to do so, when ANY of the Comics that Came Out before say 1993 then they had Creative Freedom to Explore Various Possibilities, they was NOT to know for Instance about the Prequels that would be made like 20+ Years Latter.  The Movies that Followed would Mainly Steer Away from the Canon of the Comics and even the Comics are NOT always Canon to Each Other.... but thats the FUN thing with the Comics they GIVE US a WHAT IF and a HOW ABOUT THIS.... and Sometimes they have some Interesting things that are Somewhat Borrowed in Future Movies.

I have to Look at Reading more of the Comics, as i do Hear some have some Interesting Story Lines, i have NOT really Read many.... and NOT for like 15+ Years.  I am always Welcome for Recommendations ;)

"About David being the creator and the cake and eat it. I understand what you say but that's no excuse for making it like that. They should have done it better than that, more alien/unknown"

I think this (Alien Covenant Plot) WAS-NOT the Ideal way to Explore things... the Cake and Eat it Comment is Mainly that the Studio could Give us some of what we Want, but then Likely NOT everything we would have liked to see and i think NO MATTER what they had Done, you would have some Fans who would be Displeased.

"Keep David as a cameo at best or even better, write him out of the story completely"

I think that you could LEAVE THAT as a Mystery... maybe something a Book could LOOK AT..... with the Time-Frame i think its Getting more UNLIKELY as the Years go by that we would have a Continuation to where David is going due to Fassbender Aging and maybe losing Interest.

I think doing a ADF is just the LAZY WAY out of it... they may as-well just Reboot the Prequels.... I think you have to TRY and GIVE some Credit to what the Prequels had done and UPLIFT them.... but LOOK at what had Gone Wrong.

What we have is that David had Started the Process of the Xenomorph, if David had NOT been Put back together then we would have had NO XENOMORPH.. a LOT of People do-not LIKE THIS.. but this is the Direction they Took, some People Totally HATE what JC had done with his Queen and Hive Mind Xenomorphs.

The Xenomorph is NOT YET what we see in ALIEN... and RS has said that it has some EVOLVING to do.... as of 17 Years before the Events of ALIEN the Indication is that there is NO EGGS on LV-426.

At the Present Time of the Prequels (Ending to Alien Covenant) the EGGS are on Planet 4, and ALL that David has is TWO FACE HUGER EMBRYOS.

These Xenomorphs have NOT YET been Evolved to WHAT we see in ALIEN/ALIENS and they ALSO have YET to get on the Derelict Ship which will Eventually get to LV-426

So you have EGGS on Planet 4, the Engineers will RETURN to Planet 4, you Need to see those Eggs Mass Produced and on a Engineer Ship which then has to be in the Vicinity of LV-426 before the Space Jockey Event.

To get from A-Z you do-not have to GO were David is going!

The Engineers are Genetic Engineers, some of them became Fascinated/Obsessed in Creating Horrors.... we can ONLY go and Wonder to HOW they would React to seeing WHAT it is that David had Created!

In Prometheus the Engineer did seem Intrigued with David, but then saw a Foreshadowing of the Pit-Falls and Hubris of Sub-Creating.  The Engineer took Offense to the Demands of Peter Weyland and Decided to KILL him with the HEAD of his OWN Creation....

Upon the Discovery of WHAT has Happened to Planet 4 the Engineers will be VERY VERY ANGRY.... they will want REVENGE!  They would Surely know that HAD they Destroyed Mankind on Earth then the EVENTS that had Led to the Destruction of those Engineers would NEVER had Happened.

So JUST as the Engineer had Used Davids Head to KILL his Creator... the Engineers could see Davids Xenomorph as something they could USE to KILL OFF all the Humans and then GO LOOK for David.....

IF you have it that the Engineers eventually take some of the Eggs to LV-223 where they then EVOLVE the Xenomorph and USE IT as a Blue-Print to then Create what we have in ALIEN.... and then they MASS PRODUCE and LOAD these on the Derelict and maybe OTHER SHIPS and then OFF THEY GO!

We know the FATE of ONE such Mission.....

You then have Demoted David to merely the MIDDLE MAN... you also IGNORE where he has Gone/Going, and you have the SET-UP for ALIEN... but then you also have it OPEN that there was MORE than ONE SHIP that was Loaded Up...

Where were these other Ships going?  Did they MAKE their Mission?

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"I am sorry but I hate when Science Fiction does this, Humans naturally evolve on Earth so anything that evolves else where on a different planet can't possibly be human"

I was looking at this in Context to the Dilemma they had after Prometheus, we have David a Robot and Dr Shaw a Human who are OFF to Find the Engineers Home-World so we can ASSUME..... you maybe Cant have a Movie with just Engineers a Robot and a SINGLE HUMAN... and so this is in PART where they had to Consider bringing in more Humans... which means from Earth which LED to the Engineers World being MUCH closer to Home.

The Writers seem to FORGET the Premise of the Prometheus Plot about our Creators.... Mankinds Evolution was at the HANDS of these Engineers who would come BACK from TIME TO TIME and they would NOT ONLY go and Teach us New Things but they would Genetically Alter us too...  I think its Possible they could TAKE a Number of Humans away to then UPGRADE and then Bring them Back but they could ALSO maybe TAKE some of them to another Place.... or Certainly before we was Destined for Destruction, maybe the Engineers would have came (IF NOT already done so) down to TAKE some Humans Away to other Places.

If we look at this as Possible then it would GIVE us a Good Reason to WHY they would Destroy what they had Spent so Long in Creating/Evolving.  If you wanted to WIPE the SLATE CLEAN because some Humans had Began to Misbehave... you go and TAKE some Human Children/Infants or even some Adults, and you have those Adults Produce a Good Number of Infants then you DISPOSE of the Adults and you have say 20 Human Infants aged between 0-5 Years Old... you can Send them to a New World and Raise them to Follow your Ways, they would NOT be as Corrupt as HOW we see Mankind had gotten too.  ONCE you have these Non-Corrupt and Innocent Children then you HAVE NO NEED for the Humans on Earth... you Wipe that World Clean!

Besides i think the Engineers could Very Well have had Humans Settle on more than Earth.... but i AGREE that sometimes its Interesting to see other ALIEN SPECIES who have NOT a LOT in Common with Humans or Nothing at all and Appear Very ALIEN.... well the Prometheus Plot had LEFT ALL of this OPEN to be Explored.

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Thoughts_DreamsAlien: Romulus 2 NewsRidley Scott is not confident the FX Alien TV series will live up to his original!

It probably won't, but the prequels haven't been that good either. He goes on about his movie, but what about Alien and Alien 3, or does he just care about his own material? Give someone else a try as a director because the last two were mixed at best.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

Thoughts_Dreams

I actually canonized ADF's Alien Covenant in my fanfiction Aliens versus Predator Universe (AVPU for short)

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Thoughts_DreamsAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

Since I've no interest in Raised By Wolves I would probably have ignored Covenant 2 if that would've been what it would be about. To clarify: I've no interest in what an android would do if it would be all about it.

About David being the creator and the cake and eat it. I understand what you say but that's no excuse for making it like that. They should have done it better than that, more alien/unknown.

Prometheus should've had better characters and kept a lot of the cut scenes in.

If ADF did a better job than the movie depends on the idea of what they should've done in the movie. From what I've heard (interview on AVP-podcast) I would've preferred his version compared to what we got,

The queen is old, I think that there are better ways to do that. I'm fine with the Engineer evolving David's version.

We got terramorphing in Aliens so based on that there could be other planets where humans live.

As far as responding to the OT I'm not sure. I have some ideas about what I would like to see. This far they've done interesting environments, so that would be an interesting thing. Maybe they end up on a planet and they terramorph, but it looks very different from what we've seen this far in the franchise. Eventually there are monsters there that the Engineers have put there just in case humans settle there and since the Engineers have had enough of humans it's like putting bear-traps just to be sure.

Maybe they find an interesting environment that they go and look around in but then sh-- start to happen because of things that the engineers have done, so maybe they will have to fight against both the Engineers and their monsters. Make the reasons to why it's happening smart and not like horror-tropes like Rosenthal being decapitated. Keep David as a cameo at best or even better, write him out of the story completely.

To have Engineers in it they could be afraid of what humanity has done so they send their troops down there and if we will have some androids in it maybe they would be like enemy androids so humans have to fight maybe engineers, androids (to a much lesser degree) and the monsters. If we would just be able to keep two enemies against the humans I would say keep the Engineers and the monsters. Androids could be in it if needed, but they would be like some sort of Jabba the Hutt thing in Star Wars 6, be there and be a part of the movie but not be the focus.

As far as the themes are concerned, I would suggest that it would be about dealing with disappointment. Not to say that humanity is doomed but that disappointments, sorrow and loss are parts of life, but it's how we deal with it that counts.

These are random ideas, maybe I'm not very good at explaining them.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"Regarding the Comics... i have Read some and they FUN for bit of like Alternative Popcorn... i think they DO kind of Conflict the Franchise though..."

That maybe so however most of the original comic series was written and published before ALIEN 3 or ALIEN RESURRECTION were made. The comics offered to explore the verse beyond what the film makers wanted to take the series and heck most of the original alien comics were far better at story telling then that of the weaker films (looking at you Alien 3, Resurrection, AVP 04, and Requiem, Predators, and The Predator).

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"A BIG ISSUE.... is that is Naive to Assume that the ONLY Place where Humans could come from is Earth... and that as of 100, 200, 500, 1000 Years Ago... then the ONLY PLACE in the Galaxy with Humans is.... EARTH..... i actually think this is UNLIKELY."

I am sorry but I hate when Science Fiction does this, Humans naturally evolve on Earth so anything that evolves else where on a different planet can't possibly be human other wise is a boring human alien. Also there like a billion sci-fi stories that done this to death, I just don't think ALIEN should fall to this overused cliché.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

Regarding the Comics... i have Read some and they FUN for bit of like Alternative Popcorn... i think they DO kind of Conflict the Franchise though...

The Franchise Theatrically seemed to Indicate the Following.

At some Point Prior to June 2122 the WY Company are AWARE of something on LV-426 and the Nostromo is SENT to Investigate (Unbeknownst to the Crew).   The Company must have SOME HOW had some Knowledge of that there is SOMETHING on LV-426 but we just NEVER got to know as to HOW they KNEW and HOW MUCH they Knew and.... WHEN they knew.

We END the First Movie with Ripley Escaping on the Shuttle the Narcissus as the ALIEN is Blown into Space...  while the Nostromo was Destroyed...

Then..... 57 Years Latter we see that Ripley is Picked Up...... she goes on to TELL of her ORDEAL.... but she Discovers that People having been Living on LV-426 for a Number of Years and have NEVER encountered what her Crew of the Nostromo had done...

So had the Company like NEVER gone back? 

The Company gets someone to look at the Coordinates to check out LV-426 for a Ship and the Jordans get the Call to do this and Discover the Derelict and ONE of them gets Infected and are TAKEN BACK to the Hadleys Hope Outpost.

Two Weeks Pass and ALL CONTACT is LOST with the Colony and so a Military Mission is SENT to Investigate and Ripley goes along as she has Experience of Dealing with the Xenomorph.  And we Discover that Burke is out to OBTAIN a Specimen... which means the Company has either NEVER had ONE or NO LONGER have any.

The END of Aliens we see that Hadleys Hope is Destroyed... a Queen however gets on the Sulaco... but it again is Blown out of the SHIP...

Shortly after ALIENS we arrive at ALIEN 3 where after a Fire on the Sulaco the Surviving Crew are Evacuated  into Space.... the Escape Module goes on to LAND on a Prison Planet Fury 161.... a Face Hugger was aboard and Infects a Dog/Cow to give us the Runner... We have Ripley Discover that she ins Infected with a QUEEN.... and the Company is Informed and Dispatch the PANTA to go and Obtain a Specimen...

But at the END the Runner is Destroyed and Ripley Sacrifices herself into the Furnace to Prevent the Company from Obtaining a Specimen.

This is a Pretty Simple Plot....... we have to ASK do the Company go to LV-426? or is there NOTHING to be HAD from there?

200 Years Latter the USM Company go on to Obtain a Specimen by Cloning the DNA of Ripley..... this leads us to ASSUME...

1) There was NOTHING to be had from LV-426 or Elsewhere..

2) If they had Obtained something after Ripley had Sacrificed herself on Fury 161, then SURELY the Company had LOST whatever they Recovered prior to the USM resorting to Obtaining a Specimen via Cloning Ripley.

Could there have been something on LV-426 after the Destruction of Hadleys Hope or something Related to the Xenomorph is OUT THERE in another Part of the Galaxy

If there WAS... then you have to ASK as to WHY they Needed to Clone Ripley!

Prior to Hadleys Hopes Destruction... had the Company Obtained a Xenomorph? We have to Assume that IF they had then they NO LONGER had ONE as otherwise.. WHY would they Send out the USCSS Patna?

And so you see the Theatrical Franchise did-not seem to Conflict or Contradict each other TOO MUCH.... the Comics/Novels do though... as they BEG he Question of WHY as FAR as the USM Auriga and its Experiments.....

But the Prequels also leaves some Conflicts/Loose Ends too.

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"Maybe David allows them to get a colony until they disobey him, and he uses his monsters to punish them. If you look at how Covenant ended we would probably have a scenario like that"

This is a Possibility but as you said.... i think that AC2 may have had more in COMMON with Raised by Wolves....

A lot of FANS are Displeased at the Prequels and the David the Creator of the Xenomorph is something that BUGS a lot of Fans... but FOX felt the Fans had Wanted to see the Xenomorphs and get to LV-426 and the Eggs... and well sometimes you CANT go and HAVE your Cake and EAT IT....

In Hindsight the Prequels should have NEVER had been Made.... you keep the Space Jockey, where he GOT the Eggs and WHERE he was From and Going.... you KEEP THEM ALL A MYSTERY.....

Prometheus was on the Right Track... just it NEVER had enough ALIEN ACTION or Monsters and NO CLUES that Fans could GET without using their Brains.... David would have gone on to Create a Horror.... just that before the U-Turn to make Prometheus go and Connect to ALIEN he was NOT to be the Creator of the Xenomorph but something ELSE...

"As far as I understand ADF did a better book than the movie itself "

That depends..... some are Pleased because ADF seems to Indicate that David had NOT gone to Create the Xenomorph... but this was Basically just WHAT he wished to ADD... the Drafts had the PLOT that our David was INDEED the ONE who had BEGAN the Creation of the Xenomorph......

The Engineers could take Davids Creation and EVOLVE IT to what we got in ALIEN, and i think thats the BEST kind of Compromise....  but NOT for Fans who can see the ONLY WAY that the Eggs came about are from a QUEEN.

"The Xeno can be a cameo, I want to see new monsters, better characters, and more about the Engineers. No amount of Xenos is enough if the characters are crap"

This is WHAT we would have likely had seen had they Continued with PLAN A... but then this would have been about David still, and the Character we are left with is Dr Shaw which many Fans just NEVER GOT.... and then they had to THINK... so where and HOW do you have other Characters.......  the Writers Limited Imagination just Assumed... FROM EARTH.

"Scott might've said that it could be about more things but then AC became about a mad robot. The choice made the franchise smaller and ruined what could have been.

Non-humanoid aliens could be interesting. The Engineers are cool, but there could be those that are far from humans"

ULTIMATELY..... these are things we LIKELY would have seen, YES we would have seen David become a Big Part.... like it or NOT some Fans may like it and some may NOT.... but we the Fans have NO SAY about what we GET... well we can do.... HENCE... why we got AC.... but with WHERE they could have taken us before AC... then YES we could have seen other Races, some Humanoid, some NOT-SO Humanoid...

A BIG ISSUE.... is that is Naive to Assume that the ONLY Place where Humans could come from is Earth... and that as of 100, 200, 500, 1000 Years Ago... then the ONLY PLACE in the Galaxy with Humans is.... EARTH..... i actually think this is UNLIKELY.

And IF the Writers had given this some Thought and looking at the Engineers Plot, then YES they could have had other Worlds with Humans... and THEN we could have gone to these Places and NOT have to have the Engineers Home-world being SO CLOSE to Earth which it had to for TWO REASONS

1) We are on a Direct Course to ALIEN eventually... so the TIME-LINE is Prior to 2122.

2) They NEEDED more Human Characters.... and by Virtue of Limited Speeds of Travel of the Ships prior to say ALIEN, then the Engineers Home-world had to be MADE to be VERY CLOSE.

Regarding WHAT the OT is about.....

Its to look at WHERE could THEY or WE had gone Next.... its likely they was going to FOLLOW where David was going... but the TOPIC is to LOOK at Alternatives.

As the BASE of it all.... is HOW DO WE CONTINUE.. with a Sequel to AC that will TAKE US to LV-426 and those Eggs... eventually.

And if that is the PAY OFF..... then you DONT have to go after David to get to LV-426.... but its HOW you Rescue the Plot to NOT have him as the Creator without Basically just Throwing the Prequels under the BUS so to Speak.... can you Compromise?

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Thoughts_DreamsAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

“If we EVER had a Continuation to Alien Covenant then WHERE do you think we should have GONE NEXT"

Do you mean what the writers probably would've gone, or where we want it to go? If I answer the first question, we would probably have gotten something like Raised By Wolves, which I've no interest in.

Alien Covenant ended with David controlling the ship and Daniels knows who he is, unfortunately it sets up a continuation which I don't care for. I don't care because it sets it up for a David show.

We probably need to have Planet 4, and Origae 6 in mind since they're mentioned in the movies, so they probably have a relevance. Maybe David allows them to get a colony until they disobey him, and he uses his monsters to punish them. If you look at how Covenant ended we would probably have a scenario like that.

David bombed the Engineers, so maybe they find that out in a way, so they want revenge. Are there Engineers on planets closer to where David is headed? Could they get some signals through some computer system somehow?

My big problem is to have David responsible for the monsters. The prequels have a lot of problems, but this really annoys me. Hopefully they can make it so David just makes his own version from something ancient that the Engineers or someone above the Engineers did millions of years ago. Another movie that's all about David would make me totally bored.

I would like to see how the Engineers live on other worlds. Maybe the Engineers were using terramorphing before humanity a long time ago. This could fit with stealing fire from the Gods in Prometheus and also make a bigger tie with the Engineers in the later movies.

“Ridley Scott had Indicated we are 2-3 Movies away from ALIEN…”

Judging from how AC did I doubt that we'll even get one.

“He indicated it would be about A.I and Creation and What KIND of World that David would Create…”

What kind of world that David would make, I don't care about what he would do next. They over-did him in AC and to me he's dead and so is the android-thing. As far as the Xenos are concerned you could make sure that David didn't create them but there should be other monsters to show the interesting things about the Engineers.

I would really like to see more about the Engineers, but they should keep things about them a mystery. How's their society organized? What's the differences between the one at LV-223 and Planet 4? Are there more worlds where the Engineers can be found, and how do they live like there?

Hopefully they will understand that we need more than Xenos to like a movie. No number of Xenos will make a movie if the characters are crap.

I think that it was monsterZero that mentioned that it'll be answered in a novel or similar. I would prefer a movie, but if they'll do what they've done with the prequels this far, a novel would be preferred. As far as I understand, ADF did a better book than the movie itself (Covenant), which speaks in favor of that.

Daniels, to me she's a Ripley clone but a lesser developed character. Do something new and get writers that know how to do characters that are not clones of better versions. Tennessee was another character that I struggled to understand the personality-traits of.

"The Pickle we are in comes down IMO to Panic..... a Panic to THINK that the Fans want to see the Xenomorph...."

The Xeno can be in a cameo, I want to see new monsters, better characters, and more about the Engineers. No amount of Xenos is enough if the characters are crap.

"But Ultimately it would be David who will have the Greatest Effect on the PLOT..."

*sigh* There's already Alien Covenant, keep on with David if you want new movies that are at best divisive. I would at the most keep him as a cameo... done!

The Deacon probably won't matter as much and will probably die because of a lack of food. As far as it getting any offspring, maybe it could self-impregnate? Here is an article about the topic:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140530-do-we-need-sex-to-reproduce

To me it's about humans that get into situations that they are not mentally prepared for or have equipment for. The Xeno's there, but it's not what the movies are about.

Scott might've said that it could be about more things but then AC became about a mad robot. The choice made the franchise smaller and ruined what could have been.

Non-humanoid aliens could be interesting. The Engineers are cool, but there could be those that are far from humans.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

MonsterZero

My main character Valerie Armstrong's appearance is based on Videl from Dragonball Z, but her character is based on a gender flipped Dr. Eisenberg of AVP 2 blended with Alien 3 Ripley since I decanonized Alien 3.

The beginning of AVPU is set during the original ALIEN comic trilogy's Earth War. Which takes place between 2192-2197

The rest of my fanfiction takes place in 2230/2231 where AVP 2 Video Game is set and after most of the original Dark Horse Comics.

So borrowed a lot of old EU concepts like Predator blood (Predator Concrete Jungle) extending the lifespan of those who drink it.

I'm slowly building up to replace ALIEN RESURRECTION and I will touch upon the themes of Prometheus with my own interpitations. Big DAVE inspired me on that.

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

Thanks, although I would prefer a manga adaptation or a japanese anime adaptation for the AVPU. I'm just not confident in Marvel's.... story telling. Preferred Dark Horse Comics and Manga, most of my ideas were inspired by Dark Horse's Alien comics then Marvel's

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MonsterZeroAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

https://www.scified.com/topic/50490

 

Whoa! Just read some chapters from that. Very intense. If Marvel saw this...I can see why they might take a second look at a movie tie in. Good job!

 

Have you thought about a Youtube channel where you could have it read by a voice actor with music in the background and maybe sound effects?

https://www.perfectorganism.com/

Does a fantastic job.

Always wondered if Big Finish would do something in the Alien universe. 

 

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

well i'm writing an alien fanfiction called Aliens versus Predator Universe which basically is my rendition of the Alien/Predator canon. I mostly borrow from the original expanded universe but my fanfiction is to unify the canons... although I did jettison some of the movies out to fit my vision; mainly the events of Alien 3, Resurrection, AVP'04, AVPR, and The Predator

https://www.scified.com/topic/50490

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MonsterZeroAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"I'm surprised that neither of yall read the ALIEN comics or novels."

 

I've always just stuck with the movies. I love the visual and aural sensations above the story...I guess.  Music is such a large reason I enjoy the Alien series and the novels and comics are just lacking in this area.....(I've read a novel or two listening to music....some classical piece, but it's never the same.)

And the novels/comics feel like a small step above fan fiction and appear to go nowhere....I'd say fan fiction probably does a better job( no set schedule to finish, or budget to control,  no rigid cannon to follow, no page requirements, etc...)

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XenotarisAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

I'm surprised that neither of yall read the ALIEN comics or novels. There is alot of great ideas explored in them. The telepathic queen being one of them.

In the original comic timeline, we don't see seeds of a synthetic rebellion as far as 2231. But there was a synthetic a few years after the Earth WAR (2192-2197) that took it upon itself to protect his fellow synthetics from xenomorphs and the colonial marines (if I remember correctly)

There were some experiments dealing with xenomorph genetic research leading to the creation of the Rogue King and xeno-men. Then you have several attempts to make synthetic xenomorphs to infiltrate hives. Then you had the medical and recreational application of the queen's royal jelly.

But a psionically gifted person giving rise to a highly powerful psionic xenomorph would be cool, maybe it could be similar to an ambassador or even a supreme intelligence within the xenomorph hierarchy like Zerg's overmind

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BigDaveAlien: Covenant ForumWHERE TO GO NEXT?

"A Synthetic uprising sounds like a good novel. Set 600 years in the future"

Something like this MUST have Happened between 2180 and 2380 we see the WORLD looks like its been through a WAR..... we have CALL who is a Artificial Being that has been Created by Synthetics.....

The AUTONS are Interesting.... as its Interesting as to WHY a Synthetic would Create something in the Image of their OWN Creator... but then THIS is what Weyland had done with David, and the Engineers with us... so maybe Humanoid Synthetics would want to Continue to Create in that SAME IMAGE?

The other Interesting thing with CALL is she was Religious.... you would have to Wonder what would make them Follow a Religion of their Creators Creator?

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