Time To Show 'Alien' some love

gl3nnium
MemberOvomorphApril 26, 20121545 Views11 RepliesI'm buzzed about Prometheus! ... I'm buzzed that Ridley Scott is returning us to that place - I wonder if we will be going back to the same planetoid of the original Alien movie --the sequel 'Aliens' was set on a planet and not a planetoid (LV426) ...they can be forgiven for getting it wrong...the original theatrical version of Alien didnt mention this but the directors cut did.
Im happy that the Alien Xeno is gone..that creature was marginalised and turned into a joke by every sequel apart from Alien3 which felt more like the spiritual successor. I want to know about the space jockey.
Im not a fan of the George Lucas 'Lets go back and computer animate everything approach, but theres one little thing that modern technology could do to make the original Alien perfect....im happy with Alien the way it is (almost). I watch it almost every day..its art for me..i rate it above blade runner in that respect (didnt like the cast of blade runner...visually its stunning but, Harrison Ford and Sean Young? No thanks)
There's only one scene that could be improved by modern technology in Alien..i wouldnt want them to change a thing...except...I think everyone will agree that with just a little CGI tweaking you could make the Ash decapitation scene more realistic...hell Alien was made in 1978 mostly...they were working with finite budget and limited technology and they made it damn near perfect visually....but....maybe someone could twist Ridley Scott's arm and get him to fix the Ash scene with modern CGI...dont change anything about the scene just make that effect work...now that Prometheus is comming out maybe taking the time and showing 'Alien' a little love might be a good idea?