and yes it's gonna be 3-D:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-motion-captured/posts/ridley-scott-talks-about-the-alien-prequels-and-shooting-in-3d
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Thursday, 29 April 2010 08:57 (fourteen years ago) link
honestly don't know what to think
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:00 (fourteen years ago) link
h8 3-d
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:11 (fourteen years ago) link
stoked for the disappointing retconned madness
― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link
pred ship pred ship pred ship
and vikings
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Ridley Scott migh't ve been on the way of becoming one of the greatest filmmakers of all time 25 years ago, but the kinda blew his chances, didn't he? What was his last great movie? Thelma & Louise?
Actually, Ridley Scott was kind of a predecessor to David Fincher: a couple of good movies and an undeniable technical talent made people think they were cinematic geniuses or something, but then they went and prove everyone wrong.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:21 (fourteen years ago) link
not really. i mean, the finch has only made seven films in 18 years, but the last but one was a masterpiece, his best yet. i liked "CCBB" too but i know most people don't.
scott was always more prolific, and also, while i like a lot of his films, i don't think there are many consistent themes running through his work. there definitely are in post-"seven" fincher.
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Hmm, I hadn't thought about it like that. What do you think are the consistent themes in Fincher's movies, I haven't noticed.
If I were to choose betweem the two, I'd still choose Scott. Even though he's made a lot of crap compared to Fincher, no Fincher movie I've seen has been as perfect as Alien or Blade Runner. As interesting and ambitious as they are, there's always some flaw, something missing from them. I get the feeling that Fincher is technically gifted director who lives or dies by the scripts he's given - he doesn't write scripts, does he? (That's one reason why I compared him to Scott, who doesn't write his movies either.) I haven't seen Zodiac though, maybe I should watch it some day.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:33 (fourteen years ago) link
What do you think are the consistent themes in Fincher's movies, I haven't noticed.
can't really get into it -- i think i have elsewhere. it's a kind of buddhist thing tho, shit to do with control and chaos. "zodiac" makes it p clear though & u really shd watch it.
fincher (like most a-list directors) oversees the writing of his scripts -- doubt he does dialogue or whatever, but no, he doesn't just do what he's given.
it will be interesting to see how that works with his next one, however, which is written by aaron sorkin so unlikely to be s.thing he'd rewrite, i'd guess.
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wait to see what shade of washed-out green Fincher films his next movie in.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link
the alien-love inside me can't help but cheer that with ridley on this it will be pretty good. but on the other hand, all alien movies since 3 have been wank, so dunno what to think.
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
It isn't overstating things to say that Ridley Scott is among the greatest filmmakers of all time
shill needs shootin'
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Scott's last great movie was "Thelma and Louise"???
I need to go check a list of movies before, and movies since, but I mean......
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"Black Hawk Down" is pretty great, but yeah, had he done "Duelists" through "Blade Runner" and then retired, we wouldn't have missed much save "Thelma & Louise." I've always been impressed by Scott's prolific nature, though, esp. if you take into account his work as a producer. He and Spielberg just crank them out, though Spielberg returns to specific themes again and again whereas Ridley Scott is more scattershot. "Matchstick Men?" "A Good Year?" Hell, "American Gangster?" Not what one would consider "typical" Ridley Scott fare, though admittedly these days "typical" means guys in the woods shooting flaming arrows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
lotta ppl here ride for "kingdom of heaven"
im siked for "robin hood" too
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
HANNIBAL is v.underrated imho, a great black comedy
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I forgot about Matchstick Men, that was pretty good movie. Not classic or anything (it pretty much followed the same pattern as most con man movies have done ever since House of Games, but totally enjoyable.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
the finch has only made seven films in 18 years, but the last but one was a masterpiece, his best yet.
I have to assume that you, along with the rest of the population of Planet Earth, have chosen to forget that Benjamin Butthole ever happened.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
no, i liked it.
but zodiac was his last but one.
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
mr. haircare tell me about this benjamin butthole picture you speak of
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, wtf Fincher? "Zodiac" was a masterpiece, but I couldn't make it past 30 minutes of "Button." And now you've got a Facebook movie on its way? And a remake of the overseas adaptation of "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo?" Fincher, you can do better.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 April 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the facebook movie is gonna own hard
you have to be "in the right place" for CCBB
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Friday, 30 April 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
MTV: What made you change your mind?Scott: Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry.
Scott: Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry.
So what made him change his mind?
― broad layering (onimo), Friday, 30 April 2010 08:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Alien father will be a CGI Billy Zane
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Friday, 30 April 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he's implying something along the lines of "if they can't do anything more interesting with this series then maybe I, as its originator, can"
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie is gonna be a viking
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Alien prequels, that's where I'm a Space Jocket
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Friday, 30 April 2010 15:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Jockey
shit
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i want to make a song out of this
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/damon-lindelof-rewriting-alien-prequel-maybe,43608/
A little bit disappointing if true as I've read the first 30 pages of John Spaihts' script and if it actually got made it would cause fanboys worldwide to spontaneously combust with rage.
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahah do tell.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Let's just say it's been nicknamed "Gaylien"
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
*spontaneously combusts with rage*
― F-Unit (Ste), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Roffle. That script must be filmed immediately.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
It's pretty easily found with a quick google search.
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
this whole idea is confounding
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Having found this script -- well, that's an intercut sex/death scene to rival the start of Excalibur, I suppose.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
hoax
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Has it been unequivocally debunked? I'm gonna pretend it's real anyway
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
"hard cock" in a screenplay? Spaceship Octavia? C'mon this is good ole fashioned fanfic
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a hoax. but worth reading for lols.
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
INT. MEN'S QUARTERS - LOCKER AREA
Fins hands are tangled in Karik's hair.
KARIKGod! Damn it!
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Fin picks himself up.
FINChrist!
Fin grabs his spade.Karik assumes a low martial-arts stance and steps towardthe cat-alien.
The cat-alien and Karik pace around each other.
The cat-alien jabs at Karik with its sharp tail.
Karik parries the blow.
In a blur, the cat-alien jabs again.
And Karik parries.
The cat-alien makes a third jab with its tail andimmediately leaps at Karik, its jaws open.Karik blocks the tail then catches the cat-alien's oblonghead with a roundhouse kick that knocks the cat-alien backagain.
Fin stands there, awestruck by what he sees, his grip onthe spade relaxing. He snaps out of it and looks furiouslyfor the net.
The cat-alien and Karik fight, Karik using lightening-fastmartial arts to defend himself.
Fin leans his spade against the wall, picks up the net, andturns, shaking it open before him. Before he can throw it,he groans in pain and looks down.
An ant-alien is biting his calf, just above his boot. Twomore are on the toe of the boot. His other foot knocks theant-aliens off.
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
clearly authentic
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
low martial arts stance
― (e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
buffalo stance more effective against cat aliens imo
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 30 July 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Just leave Alien well enough alone.
― The Startrekman, Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/chris-crocker-cries.jpg
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:44 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently the alien prequel has morphed into an original sci-fi movie directed by ridley scott
http://www.slashfilm.com/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-longer-alien-prequel-prometheus-starring-noomi-rapace/
that's actually kinda heartening, imo.
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
That's actually pretty great to hear.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link