Would a John Carpenter-directed "Alien" movie be any good?

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The guy has a knack for characters, and he has already done a flick where a group of folks encounter a xenomorph. I'm wonder what would happen if you gave him the genre trappings of an Alien flick(chestbursters, sci-fi, Sigourney Weaver, etc). Would he be able to pull it off?

Also, would he be allowed to do the soundtrack himself again?

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2005 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

carpenter now or carpenter then? now - eh. then - GOD yes.

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

take yer pick.

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

he sorta pulled it off with the thing yeah?

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

sorta, but sorta different

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

The Alien series needs to be firmly retired.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

mcg's making the next one

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2005 05:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Er, yeah, The Thing was his direct ~~rip-off~~ homage to Alien, he's admitted as much.

John Carpenter needs to be firmly retired.

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i was gonna mention the thing (but you snooze you lose i guess)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

carpenter's music wouldn't suit ripley i don't think

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

r kelly should score the mcg one

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Alien Trapped in the Closet"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"He has acid for blood!"

"No, that just *looks* like acid..."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

ew ned

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

MAMA ROLLIN' THAT EGG SAC

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

HEAVENS I NEED A FACE-HUG

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Happy Aliens"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Injection (Remix)"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.filmfodder.com/movies/reviews/alien/images/alien.jpg

"we just thuggin' it out"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

they should have used "half on a baby" for resurrection

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

this is the remix to injection
murderous out the kitchen
mama alien, that body
got evey man in her fearin
hatin on them androids
im like so what im dead
its the freakin company baby
im about to save me some newt

(Let me see you) kill-
kill-kill-kill-kill-kill-kill
kill-kill-kill-kill-kill-kill

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, I sorta hope he completely snaps and actually starts singing "kill-kill-kill" on stage or whatever.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Would a John Carpenter-directed "Alien" movie be any good?"

THE THING?

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ahem, Latebloomer. Read upwards.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

oh. damn it. game over man! GAME OVER.

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

mcg's making the next one

-- j blount (jamesbloun...), May 14th, 2005.

serious? if that's actually true my head's gonna explode.

speaking of which, i always wished david cronenberg would have accepted the offer to do alien resurrection. now, THATS somebody who could've take the alien series to interesting places.

john carpenter needs to be put to rest, and shouldn't be let within 100 yards of a camera.

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess I'm out of it. Who do you mean by mcg? And please don't say it's this flushable load.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

John Carpenter can't even make his own movies any good anymore. I don't think there's much life left in the Alien concept anyhow. The premise is pretty one-note, isn't it? About the best take was the Aliens comics series back in the late 80s. Unless somebody films that, I'd just as soon them give it up.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force (Sparkle Motion's Rising Force), Saturday, 14 May 2005 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i actually think there's a lot you can do with aliens (like the myriad scenarios portrayed in the comics, or the bizarre, unrealized medieval wooden space station/monastery idea for alien 3).

it's just that the approach the studio always took was the most conservative, and held back by depending on sigourney weaver being in it.

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess I'm out of it. Who do you mean by mcg? And please don't say it's this flushable load.

-- Austin Still (austin.swinbur...), May 14th, 2005.

yep, it's him. shameful! i hope blount was kidding.

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

it's just that the approach the studio always took was the most conservative, and held back by depending on sigourney weaver being in it.

alien resurrection may have problems but "conservative"?? and boo to alien movies with no ripley in them

― jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

holy shit, the dude's from michigan! i thought he was british!

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2005 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

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