A History of Unmade ALIEN Sequels
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- A brief history of the many Alien sequels that almost happened, their proposed stories, and the causes behind their cancellations.
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0:00 Intro
1:22 Star Beast - The Original Alien
2:38 William Gibson's Alien 3
3:55 Eric Red's Alien 3
5:00 David Twohy's Alien 3
6:00 Ward & Fasano's Alien 3
7:21 The Original Alien: Resurrection
8:14 Alien Resurrection Sequel
9:16 Alien 5
9:54 The Original AVP
11:14 AVP 3
12:05 Jon Spaihts' Prometheus
13:33 Neil Blomkamp's Alien
14:46 Alien: Covenant Sequels
15:44 Outro
Music:
"Aliens" OST by James Horner
"Sweet Sensation" by Traxx
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"Dance With Somebody" "The Search for Ecco" and “Vampires” by The Midnight
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"Beacon" by Volkor X
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"Glass Palms" by Hello Meteor
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Sources:
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avp.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_vs....
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Sadly Alien: Isolation is the closest thing we have to a perfect Alien sequel and that game sadly won't even get a proper follow up.
Honestly I’m ok with that. The people who worked on the game said they got to put basically every idea they had for the game in either the game or dlc. So if they were to make it would be based on money and not that they have unexplored ideas or storylines. Which is never a good start.
I could play a slightly escalating Isolation sequel where you *can* fight the Aliens but you have very few resources to do so and it's more like a dynamic full horror System Shock with unpredictable AI than anything else.
I mean, they could redo the same game again but, I don't think it would work again, it would be great but I have no idea what could you add to that masterpiece.
Why
@@BoyNamedSue4 true
I blame IGN for that.
*unimpressed sigh* "Joss Whedon..."
That got me lmao.
Me too. Twice!
Joss did a kiddification -I did wonder why the humour was in the movie... he cant do sfi since he obviously dont care about the old audience and why Buffy seasons were new series , really
It is so frustrating seeing yall follow mediaplay like sheep. Yall were told to cancel Joss by yur corporate overlords and you said "sir yes sir"
Late, but it made Matt Draper look like a wuss.
I still can’t believe Ridley Scott didn’t let Neil make his own movie, they would have brought back Newt, Hicks, and Ripley to see what happened with their life. But instead we got Prometheus, and Alien Covenant... ugh
Ya not of fan of those damn tragitys
Bringing back dead characters would be a major disaster which would kill the series for good. You don't shit on previous canon movies. Besides that guy is a very poor writer.
Well Ridley got very precious with his Alien story and used his clout to sink Blomkamp. Pathetic.
@@SmoothCriminal12 You’re not wrong mate, and look what’s happened with alien? Nothing lmao
“Oh no we got very artistic and philosophical films instead of Americanized action slop”
Actually, the original " Alien" was suppose to end with the xenomorph killing Ripley, and mimiced Capt Dallas on the radio. The idea was never put to film and the idea of this scene almost got Ridley Scott fired.
That would have been awesome.
Yeah, the uploaded didn’t do his research for this video.
I would have liked to see Neill Blomkamp's Alien.
I’m sure it would have been great to look at but as deep as a puddle.
For the time being, Rakka is the closest you'll get.
Sadly that never came to pass. He had some good stories with his two movies. Chappie and District9 were well written and well executed.
I wish they'd do an Amanda Ripley story and have Sigourney Weaver play *her*. WIth someone new playing Ellen.
Since canon of Amanda-Ripley McClaren is for her to die at approximately 66 (Aliens Special Edition).
Sigourney Weaver's age is perfectly inline with that. Just as Sigourney Weaver's mom played her aged daughter back then.
Expand Amanda from the Alien Isolation universe and have her old narrating the story. Does not necessarily need to be Alien Isolation story line. Could be a movie sequel with the events of Sevestopol as a cutscene to open the film.
It gives us a torch pass to someone new and puts Sigourney Weaver in the movie one last time.
Something like the Star Trek reboots kept Spock as a catalyist.
Me too
@@ghramsey1681 If they ever make another movie with Ripley in it, then she should be played Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Not gonna lie, I would like to see Eric Red’s Alien 3. Not because it would be good, but because it sounds like an incredibly entertaining disaster.
Get rid of the stupid shit like a virus infect electronics make it stand alone & it would be pretty good. But that script was bad with a few cool elements.
Man, I really wish that Blomkamp movie happened. I know I shouldn’t judge a movie by concept art but some of those concepts looked really cool. I’m very curious to see what the show is going to be about. Hopefully we finally get to see xenomorph’s on Earth proper. Great video Matt!
Thanks, Diego! Yeah I was really hyped for that movie when Fox started working on it. Who knows how good it could have been, but I've been so disappointed with Prometheus and Covenant.
@@nope5657 Still better than Ridley's garbage.
It is astouding to me how much respect, if we can call it that, the studio has on Scott to keep making Alien movies, or rather the insane plan of multiple prequels. I think that it would have been better for the Chappie and District 9 director to continue with his pitch as what people really wanted was a continuation of the Alien 2 cast and see where they go. It gives Sigourney Weaver a dignified end and the chance for a new leading character, plus the ideas of mass produced xenomorphs controlled by humans is the most realistic take for the aliens now.
They have become so watered down from their original pressence as killer stalkers when the actual fear to ampt up the series is how this far future conglomerate of Weiland-Yutani desires to control everything. This could tie to what the crew was really supposed to be doing in the original movie and how this corpotation is searching ways to further expand. Perhaps even in a later movie tie it to the whole nature of humanity and what creation means with a battle of mass produced xenos under W-U to go up against the Engineers.
One of my biggest approaches to a happy and fulfilling life is pretending that there is only 2 Alien movies.
And only two Terminator movies
Don’t disrespect Prometheus like that
3 is alright that one with the newborn alien is dog shit though
@@kang6914 What is there to disrespect? It's a mediocre movie.
@@aleksanderolbrych9157 that's your opinion that I think is ignorant. It's a great film.
The unmade sequel videos are some of my favorite on the channel, awesome job!
*sigh* Joss Whedon
Honestly, that's how I feel too. The signs were definitely there, but who knew he was such a douchebag?
The getting pissed at Charisma Carpenter for getting pregnant and Angel Season 4's stupid storyline of Cordelia being possessed by and birthing Jasmine, Jasmine in Cordelia's body having sex with Connor who for most of the previous season had been a baby Cordelia was helping Angel bring up and Cordelia going into a coma after Jasmine's birth being a sick "punishment" for Carpenter's real life pregnancy has been well known for years but I never knew about him being creepy around Michelle Trachtenberg to the point the other cast members didn't want her on her own in a room with him. Him getting pissed off at James Marsters when the character of Spike got popular because Whedon had wanted to kill Spike off at the end of Buffy Season 2 was pathetic.
@@TonyTylerDraws Black Widow and Bruce Banner being a couple in Age of Ultron made no sense.
I can honestly say I’ve never been a fan of his work but I can see how he can appeal to some. Never been my cup of tea
and the REAL shame is that they had a very talented up and coming director with Jeunet, and it hurt his career more than help it. I guess that's fine he didn't get Hollywood-ized , he made Amelie after Resurrection and that's an amazing film.
@@Xehanort10 It actually makes quiet a bit of sense imo. They're both damaged people who see themselves as monsters.
IMO, after "Aliens," the best sequel was the game "Alien: Isolation."
Isolation is still one of the best games i ever played 👌👌
I go back and replay it every once in a bit, just for the story.
@@runcible4755me to
Just started playing again this week
Trying to do this on nightmare difficulty
But its really hard 😂
Nightmare is stupid hard.
@@runcible4755 i know
Just dooing IT for the achievement 😂
C'mon man, I was about to go to bed. Stop making masterpieces.
Interesting video. This is my all-time favorite movie series. I really love all Alien films - each one adds something new and fresh. I'd love to see Alien 5 with Ripley 8. Never liked the idea of ignoring Alien 3 and Resurrection.
This. I love the first three films, and the fourth is my guilty pleasure. Don't care about anything outside these four.
I didn't mind Prometheus and enjoyed it. Convenant was also quite enjoyable. 3&4 although not as good as 1&2 are still enjoyable
@@movienerd9362 You're right. Each Alien film has its great moments
Agree totally, best way for the series to have went 👍
I would have loved to have seen this series end in 1986 with Aliens, similar to Terminator ending in 1991 with T2. Why greedy studios have to kill franchises is beyond me.
They should have waited for Cameron to make the sequels.
@@andypandy2848 not always the Best idea, he came back for Terminator Dark Fate and didn't prevent it from being a mess.
Great job man! I thought I heard of all of the rumored Alien movies and I am very pleased to report I was educated in this video. Keep up the awesome work! You can tell that you enjoy making these and it is fun to watch how you put it all together! Looking forward to the next ones. You make the internet a better place, just wanted to share my appreciation.
I love that AVPR made you momentarily become a Sopranos character.
"Have you seen AVPR? OHHHH!!"
Woah, I'm in LOVE with that Xenomorph design at 1:22
Woah Alien had so much potential to be a true cinematic universe
To tell the whole story of the many Alien 3 scripts would take hours
Which of these unmade Alien sequels do you wish had been made?
For more unmade sequels, watch my video on "Friday the 13th" movies here: ruclips.net/video/ipvTudYCwSQ/видео.html
And on the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies that were never made here: ruclips.net/video/-1tjlTQxnAw/видео.html
The Blomkamp sequel and the AvP movie based off the comic sounded coolest to me.
I think if your script kills off Ripley, Hicks, or Newt it's probably a bad script. Don't get me wrong those characters are allowed to die. They shouldn't be demigod super soldiers. But seeing them strive for survival so much in Aliens only to kill them off is a real slap in the face especially if it's the beginning of the film. As for the sequels I'd like to have seen. AVP with Broken Tusk and Machiko would be a dream come true. This wasn't mentioned in the video but I have been told in the past (no reliable sources) that AVP 1994 was going to tie into a movie so that would have been really excellent as well. I'd also have liked the reboot Alien 3 from the Chappie director and the Alien 3 that got turned into a comic and a book. Those both sound great and the idea of an airborne alien infection makes me think Covenant could have been a lot better with some rewrites. Starbeast is also cool and I feel like with some reworking it could just be it's own thing and still be made.
Edit: Forgot to say thanks for the video Matt. I'm a big Alien fan and this was a delight.
I wouldn't have minded the James Cameron/Ridley scott movie but honestly they should have let this franchise die with aliens
Definitely William Gibson's Alien 3, to the point I even own the comic book adaptation of his screenplay.
4:25 When I was reading through all the Alien 3 scripts years ago I always thoughts of that station as the "Terra Venture" station from Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. If only it had been Power Rangers vs Xenomorphs.
I didn’t leave Alien... Alien left me.
This is me,
Signing off.
Alien is one of my favorite movies ever, so anything new on that universe I'll watch. Really cool to see what could have been. How did you find out about all these planned movies?
The first time I'd heard about some of these was on the Alien Quadrilogy special features - lots of cool behind the scenes stuff in that box set. And there's been a lot published on these movies over the years, so it just took some digging.
@@MattDraper
Oh please make more videos like this.
I will never forgive Scott for shutting down Neil Bloobcamp's Alien.
I think he was afraid of him to make more success than him cause Scott was the real reason for cancelling the project
I know Prometheus and Covenant are mostly disliked but I really enjoyed them still so I do hope we can get some more Alien movie sequels cause I’ll always be interested and watch it
I enjoyed all alien movies except covenant, that one annoyed me
It’s amusing to see ideas fall through time like a pachinko machine. Gibson’s radical expansion of the “alien as virus” finding its way into Covenant is definitely something.
Although, like with Shin Godzilla’s ending message, having a story based entirely around community and collective to challenge a threat that acts as internal molting/corruption horror to threaten that community makes sense. The parts as they appear in Covenant, not so much.
(Read the comic WITH the audio drama backing it. Big recommend!)
Spores that make human aliens? Cool?
Which comic? Covenant amd its audio drama?
@Leogendary13
No, Gibson's Alien 3
@@mabusestestament oh, ok. Thanks!
Yeah, Gibson's Alien 3 would have been an interesting departure from the then--established canon. The franchise would have headed somewhere towards The Thing or Prometheus with the "xenomorph goo".
Did you read the Alien/WildC.A.T.s crossover? That made The Authority happen.
I'll never forgive them for not doing the first AvP off the 1991 script. Even today they could use that same script and make everyone happy. So much potential
Another masterpiece, to be honest I just want another really good Alien movie
I've heard of the crazy wooden monk space sphere Alien 3 idea before that would have been crazy to see!
0:44 hearing you say the word stinky has an energy that I can’t describe
AGREED
Have you thought of going over unmade Godzilla films/sequels for the release of Godzilla vs Kong. Granted it would probably be a long video.
Hope you have an great day Matt. Much ❤ as always
Any day Matt uploads another Unmade Sequels vid is a good day.
I am unironically still waiting for the Alien Awakening film. I just hate cliffhangers, no matter what the quality of the previous entry is and I was frankly into Prometheus and Covenant.
Yo, I saw your name in a comic book herald list. Mad Respect man you are a real one.
I actually prefer William Gibson‘s version of alien 3 to the one we got
A James Cameron and Ridley Scott team up and the studio wanted to do AVP first? Just wow
There are soooo many ways in which fox effed up with the Aliens franchise since Aliens. But this one might take the cake. That and letting Scott shove artsy fartsy prequals nobody asked for instead of the Aliens sequel everyone wanted.
I just hope disney has better respect for the franchise then fox did.
@@Dejavuproned8 *Looks dubiously at Star Wars.*
Sorry man, not holding my breath on Disney understanding what makes a franchise great. I mean, I could be wrong. Maybe.
This franchise is a really good example of what happens when a studio and not a person is in charge of the franchise - there is no real plan so every movie kind of goes for broke which messes up the next one. I am actually surprised we didn't get a bunch of low budget straight to video movies at some point - I am not giving them credit for not wanting to make the movies seem cheap, I think they just want the big money from a successful blockbuster and not the smaller amount a direct to video would produce.
This was a pretty well done video my friend, good job!
I always took that Alien 3 tag line as meaning 'in the cinema'
Another great video!
David Twohy's Alien 3 basically got fused with a pre-existing screenplay and became Pitch Black.
I wanted the prequel trilogy as first envisioned. Covenant seemed to a "screw you" to the feedback he got after Prometheus. Prometheus was solid and a beautifully shot film...with really stupid human characters. Aliens and Alien were the only ones that had fleshed out characters that behaved as you'd expect given circumstances...and died anyway. Prometheus had a few really good characters...who betrayed their core values to get to the part where they died. Covenant just doubled down on human idiocy. I think Scott was mad at humanity for those films. Still would've loved to have seen Shaw and David's story through. Blomkamp's movie is another lost opportunity. I hate Alien 3 most of all for the studio not spending the money to bring Hicks and Newt back.
Rids also said he wanted to do a prequel to Covenant, or was it TWO prequels? I honestly forget, and he may not have pushed it in more than one interview, but after Covenant had released, it was clear a lot had gone on in between Prometheus and Covenant, so maybe as a response to WHAT HAPPENED TO SHAW, he suggested a “Midiquel?”
Almost spit my drink. I've been likening AVP to Dawson's Creek for years!
excellent video. Alien 3 is probably the film that got me to actually like the science fiction horror.
"How does it feel to have lived long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames?"
"Feels great!!!"
:(
Alien, Predator, Terminator, Star Wars, Star Trek... we just can't have nice things, can we?
@@benjimlem1284 I mean, you Still have the MCU.
@@sebswede9005 IDK if that's sarcasm or not... I could care less about those bland, mass-produced made-by-committee movies.
RLM has no place to talk. They are sell outs.
@@IncredibleFulk1 ok
I seen a few fan concepts (treatments? Ideas?) about possible sequels. The ones I like are the ones that follow Newt being portrayed by Kerri Russell.
I'm super excited for Alien:Romulus. Practical effects are being used apparently!
Great video as always, I would love to see a video about every Neil Gaimans' Sandman volume. There is so much to say about them
Fox doesn't understand Alien, but neither Ridley Scott... It goes to show you cinema is a collective art, and when you first had that collaboration between O'Bannon, Giger and Scott, that was magic. The second came close with Hurd, Cameron and Winston, but there's never been another great team in the franchise. Weaver is the heart of the franchise, but she can't cover all its faults (the should give her an honorary Oscar just for being Ripley). Great video, Thanx!!!
I feel like I am the only person that truly appreciates Alien Resurrection. That said, the one unmade sequel I was truly looking forward to would have been Neil Blonkamps film, I liked the ideas presented a lot, even if it would have meant retconning Resurrection out of existence
I tried watching it recently having seen it in cinema when released, but it appeared to be worse movie than I remembered sadly!
You're not the only one. In fact, it's my 4th favourite thing in the franchise after Alien, Aliens and the Isolation video game.
I don't like Whedon but I dig the movie's darkly comedic tone and viewed as a self-parody of the franchise (which it was according to Whedon) it's one of the most entertaining things with "Alien" name on it. Is it silly? Yes it is. And it's exactly the point!
TBH I like it way more than Alien 3 which I hate as a boring reharsh of the original masterpiece but without any of the genious that made the first movie great. I dig the gothic look but theatrical or director's cut I find it horrible.
I would really love to see a comic book adaptation of Neil Blomkamp's Alien movie. If William Gibson's Alien 3 got adapted into a comic book, then i'm pretty sure Neil Bomkamp's Alien movie could be made into a comic book too.
This is seriously one of the best RUclips channels, entertaining, informative, and well articulated. I look forward to your videos, friend... also, Joss Whedon suckssssssss
I watched your video and loved it. Then at the end you said you were a massive Alien fan. 👽 Instant Sub!
4:09 Sam Smith must’ve used the power of singing to stop the Xenomorphs.
In all seriousness, I love these unmade sequels videos. It’s always interesting to hear what could’ve been and how one little change could have affected the franchise. I have seen all the Alien movies (minus the AVP ones) and quite honestly I never really like any of them apart from Alien and Aliens. I admire Scott’s more monster movie approach to Prometheus and Covenant (not to mention Fassbender is awesome in both) but it just never did anything for me and Resurrection is...shit. Alien 3 I think had the most potential to be a great movie if it weren’t for all the production problems/development Hell it went through. Most of these unmade sequels sound so interesting (aside from Whedon’s...yuck). Great video Matt.
Do you have any Alien comic recommendations?
Thanks! I recommend Aliens Dead Orbit, Alien Salvation, and the first AVP. Tangentially, also Batman vs Predator
Holy shit, he introduced Resurrection with a snippet from The Midnight's Dance With Somebody. Love seeing a fan of The Midnight
I actually think Twohys draft for alien 3 would have been pretty cool and a nice expansion to the alien universe
Cool hope you do a video on beast wars idw comics or radiant black
So back in the day my fantasy for a remake of Alien 3 was for Ripley's ship to have entered a trans-dimensional wormhole and be found floating aimlessly by .... Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise -D. As Ripley, Newt, and Hicks are from a different universe the Enterprise can barely make out their lifesigns when Picard instructs the crew to scan for life. But once they're confirmed Picard orders that the ship be beamed into the cargo bay. Since all three are badly in need of medical help Dr. Crusher keeps them under anesthesia for a few days. It's then that crew members of the Enterprise suddenly begin to go missing one by one. What ensues is Ripley being being revived, learning of where she's ended up and what's happening on the strange starship she found herself on, then going head to head with Captain Picard who initially refuses to entertain her take on why crew members are disappearing. I thought this up after being thoroughly disappointed with Alien3, but a few years later First Contact was released and contained a lot of the ingredients of my Alien/Star Trek mashup.
just wanna make a point for the original AVP at 11:00 , the predators didn't know humans were on the planet, this was a planet they have used for many generations to test predators against aliens as there were animals on the planet already.
Unpopular opinion: I dont hate Prometheus, I like that its something different than the other movies
Love the Midnight outro!!
good video matt
Nobody saw AvP:R... Including the folks who went to see it. Darker than the first AvP. Literally.
The Alien short films from Quadrillogy are on here and they're actually really badass.
Hello! Would u consider doing a similar video about the Terminator franchise?
Maybe Disney should do a gritty new AvP. Need lots of camp in it tho
BtW I’m still waiting for my sequel to Prometheus with Shaw. They really could have tied it all together with just one more film. I swear the original plan was a pair of Alien prequels, not a trilogy.
Fascinating video! I’ve just got into the Alien movies for the first time and was so heartbroken at Alien 3 when Newt and Hicks died off screen.
Here’s what they should have done:
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3 (the same but you keep Newt and Hicks alive and the theme of the film becomes family maybe? With Ripley still dying but Newt becoming the main character and Hicks becoming a father figure.) Directed by Fincher but script by Cameron and produced by Ridley Scott to create a PERFECT trilogy!
Alien Ressurection: A comedy spin-off film- it doesn’t have Ripley but keeps that weird cloning scene- just with a new character.
That Alien Monastery film sounded interesting
Prometheus
Alien Covenant
Disney + TV Show
Alien and Blade Runner crossover???
Alien Vs Predator except good
Alien Vs Predator Vs Terminator
Aliens invade Earth?
My favorite idea is hands down the David Twohy script.
A group of prisoners running around trying to escape from several different specialized xenomorphs just sounds perfect to me.
They should've done the Earth War movie they teased in the early 90's.
I will forever be heartbroken that Blonkamp didn’t get to make his film.
I don’t know how I’d have felt about Blomkamp’s Alien film. *District 9* was an incredibly promising debut, but his career since seems to have suggested that we dodged a bullet.
Up next Unmade Predator Sequles
A new Matt Draper video, RUclips? Don't mind if I do. :)
The Earth War Alien Art is awsome
What really would be interesting in the alien universe would be If the humans meet a warmongering and galaxy conquering race -but they cant beat humans since they had waged war against the aliens for as long as remember and those warmongering aliens has no clue how to counter humans warstrategies and their elite stormtroopers get anihaleted by small human forces .Much like vietnam I guess
well earthwar is basically happening with the new show
The comic adapted 3 was great
Everybody likes to give primary credit to Ridley Scott for how good Alien was, but what we got in Prometheus and Covenant would indicate that he never really understood what he was working with. Honestly, I think Dan O'Bannon was the real reason why it worked out.
As a huge Twohy fan, the Alien 3’s lead being “Stiles/Styles” (a name Riddick fans will know) and it being set in a Prison Colony is basically just an early version of what eventually became the bulk of Chronicles of Riddick (minus the Necromongers). Had no idea about this script so it was cool to see the similarities. Huge Alien & Pitch Black/Riddick Trilogy, with hope for a 4th coming sometime before I die 😂, entitled Furia.
I subscribed because of this video 👍🏼
Damn I didn’t know they made a bunch of these unproduced screenplays into comics they also made a comic of the unproduced Predator screenplay where the Predator was this bug type alien
2:00 Holy shit, I can't stop laughing at that thing!
I would actually love to see Sigourney Weaver do a Predator movie and Arnold Schwarzenegger do an Alien one.
As someone who was obsessed with the Riddick movies in high school to the point of watching the special features and listening to the director's commentary multiple times, I can promise you David Twohy's name is pronounced "TOO-ee."
I think Disney should do Alien: Awakening and Alien 5 before doing a television series. Sigourney Weaver isn't getting any younger.
Disney is more likely to make "Alien: Woke" in which the Xenomorph turns vegan and joins a Climate Change protest.
@@martinharris5017 Their track record with Star Wars and Predator isn't encouraging.
@@sarrjel Indeed!:)
The loss of some of these is a true shame.
The AVP series almost ruined it..Thank God Ridley came in to save it!
Sometimes, I think Scott says things in interviews just to keep as many options as possible open. Like, if he says he's making 10 more movies and the studio sees there's buzz, it'll give him more juice in negotiations.
we have an alien skeleton in all of us
I wish we would've gotten that 1991 AVP movie based on the first AVP comic series by dark horse. That woulda been the sickest movie ever made. The 2004 AVP was the worst cinematic disappointment in film history.
It was hard for me to imagine how a movie could be worse than AVP R, but then I saw *The Predator*.
What about the surge of alien themed games and series?
Third movie in Prometheus arc, aliens: fireteam, aliens: rpg, aliens marvel comics with reprints of the original omnibus's, and the rumored alien(s) tv series?! Are you sure that it's really slowing down? Not to mention alien: isolation success...
The franchise needs to try and move froward, not constantly backwards with prequels and reboots. The more they set stories before Alien, the more it undermines that movie which should be humans first encounter with the Xenomorph. Alien 3 was a perfect ending to the Ripley story, they need to move forward from that, not ignore it so they can drag an OAP Ripley out to rehash what's gone before. Have the Aliens finally get to earth and swarm the planet or have Weyland Yutani discover the alien homeworld and visit there. Some hellish, Gigeresque planet would be amazingly dark, creepy and atmospheric.
I always hoped that there would be a HR Giger driven sequel to the original that explored the space jockey. I guess scary surrealism doesn't generate box-office gold which is why we got the hopelessly dumbed down army movie in ALIENS. But, the mind reels with what a Giger driven sequel could have been
Interesting tid bit: the first Doom game was originally supposed to be a Alien game.