Sigourney Weaver trying again...

[Cape Cod Todd]

If they do an Alien 5, I'd like to see it get back to the basics of the original. Alien was a hit because it was classic horror and suspenseful.
Aliens was just a fun romp and a good excuse to go blow stuff up.

I liked Alien 3 in that humans with limited means attempted to kill a superior killing machine.

Aliens 4 had a good premise, scientists trying to extract DNA from a clone of Ripley so they can grow an alien hybrid.. sounds cool, but it was made to resemble a comic book hero movie.

What was that other Alien movie that was supposed to be like a Prequal ?? It looked awesome in the trailer ads but left a bit to be desired.

Still I like the Alien franchise and if they want to do a #5 I will watch it.

[Free-R]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Why is Alien 3 aweful??

Because of the CGI??

Originally Posted by Mark S.

I thought Alien3 was pre-CGI. I honestly can't remember. I haven't seen it since its theatrical release, and that has been years ago.

This was right at the point before CGI became a big thing, so most of the effects are not CGI. There are "making of" DVDs that come with the Alien: Quadrilogy set. I watched the one for Alien 3 and they stated that CGI was used in the opening when the vessel lands and at the end with a head shot of the alien. For everything else they used all kinds of camera manipulating techniques. For a lot of the scenes where the alien is running, they used a rod puppet composited on a blue screen. Then they later added that to a scene that had already been shot. They even tried putting a dog in an alien suit (that didn't work out). It was confusing when and where they used what technique. The rod puppet thing is probably why it looks so terrible, but the close-ups look better and have a guy in an actual suit.

[Dude111]

Well thats good to read!!!!!!! (I thought more of it was CGI)

Gracious for that Free-R!

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by blktoptrvl

Alien 5: Sigourney Weaver will reprise Ripley role in new movie, says director Neill Blomkamp - News - Films - The Independent

Once again they are ignoring everything after "Aliens" (the bad movie) in an attempt to complete the series 'properly.' IMO, what was was and they should just let it die as is.

With the original Ripley, or the half-alien clone?