James Cameron's Aliens was a mistake.

dk

I NEVER want to meet any of my real-world heroes/those I admire from afar. In doing so, one takes the risk of having one's perceptions shattered. I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone.

BWW- basically, the adage warns of meeting any kind of hero because it could lead to disappointment, and as you said, colour any future works/writings from said hero. However, I did meet a long time hero of a thrash metal band and he was very nice to me and talked with me for a while.

All good BlackWinter Witch!I'd love to here your ideas!I kinda do the same when something doesn't turn out the way I felt it should have.Take Colonial Marines for instance,i'm working on my own story based around that concept and how I think it should have been done 

I met Rob Zombie,he was awesome.I've gotten to meet a lot of guys from my favorite bands and they've all been cool people 

Maybe it is different with metal personalities. I met Bobby Blitz of Overkill 30 years into his career and he even gave me a beer and we just had small talk- and he didn't have to do it.

dk

Good!! That's great to hear!! Always nice to hear about things like that! :)

ninXeno426

Very good to hear you had similar experiences with Music people you like as dk did! Hearing things like that makes the world seem a little brighter. :)

TY for the words of support re; my ideas of an ALIENS 'do-over'! It will be somewhat of a departure from the movie though.

So ninXeno426 has something coming down the pipe too. I would like to read that as well. This will be different though since I have interacted with the authors before the release. I have to admit that it would/will be a first for me.

dk

well, this is kind of how it goes for us amateur authors, IF we're fortunate enough to find a receptive audience, as we have here. I like to think that having interacted with us won't bias opinions of our respective works, and from the impressive level of Maturity and Intelligence demonstrated here, I suspect you and the rest of the forum members are emminently capable of reading and evaluating our works Objectively, so I for one am not worried. :)

I am not a book worm at all. Interaction with authors before the fact would motivate me more to read their material.

Got a couple,including an Alien Isolation sequel concept 

dk

Ah :) Then so much the better then!! :D

ninXeno426

Considering where it left off, it's BEGGING for continuation! :)

BWW and nin- I am curious. Will the writing have different POVs such as that of a synth or other creature?

dk

ALIEN: Manticore will give us the POV from the resident Chimeran aboard...and some POV bits from the ship's mascot. :)

Chimerans, as their name states, are definitively Not-Human. They are closely Human in appearance, but you would soon notice some key physical differences. Psychologically, their mentality is quite different from Homo Sapiens, as is their brain structure.

I think I have heard of Chimerans- are they from novelizations and would I need to research those before reading Manticore?

dk

Chimerans is a name VERY likely used by someone else previous to me, and also the scientific community as a general term, but for my creations it's a shorthand name for; Chimerans Internecivus Sapiens Invictus. IF I encounter copyright issues with it, well, then I'll figure out another name I guess.

Late response lol.For my Isolation sequel idea there will indeed be multiple perspectives.I'm thinking on a way to introduce who Maclaren is,Amanda's husband 

ninXeno426

Good one!! Well, we know interstellar communication exists, so that could make it easier.

I have to disagree with the OP. Aliens is a great film which expanded on the series.

Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection were the real mistakes.