DarkKnight88
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I thought this whole thing was Blomkamp’s idea. Seems odd he’s leaving or we find out later it was actually “creative differences”.
Blomkamp I fear would have just made a fan film. I hated his Aliens 2 plans.
we will find out when he starts posting concept artWhich 1980s sci-fi franchise do you think Neill will not direct next?
What were they exactly? I never knew that he revealed what he wanted to do.
Which 1980s sci-fi franchise do you think Neill will not direct next?
You can find the concept art online but essentially it looked like he wanted to make a sequel to Aliens, ignoring 3 and 4. And by sequel, it looked like a direct continuation.
You can find the concept art online but essentially it looked like he wanted to make a sequel to Aliens, ignoring 3 and 4. And by sequel, it looked like a direct continuation.
And why is that bad again?
Yeah I knew you guys were going to go with that. And I don't disagree in general. However, I think it's different for Alien, because of two things:
1. All the main films in the saga have been pretty different from the previous one. I recently rewatched Alien and Aliens. I remember how jarring the experience was, with both films being so different, yet great in their own way. Then you get to 3 and 4. So making more out of 25% of the Alien pie was fine by me, even if Blomkamp was going to go super reverential to the past. I'm sure he would have made his own movie, though.
2. Newt and Hicks. As you know, those characters got unceremoniously killed off at the beginning of Alien 3. That was a slap in the face to Aliens. Blomkamp's Alien was a way to give those characters a proper continuation, or a proper closure, which I think they earned.
And no one's taking away the other movies. If you want to watch 3 and 4, go for it. You could have ignored this Blomkamp film or not. Different levels of canon can be a thing. This was going to be for the fans who wanted to see these characters again.
Dead or alive, Abe Forsythe is coming with Robocop.
MGM has tapped rising filmmaker Forsythe, the helmer of the Lupita Nyong’o zombie comedy Little Monsters, to direct Robocop Returns.
Forsyth will re-write the script penned by Rhodes.
Robocop is major step in terms of scale for Forsythe, who was an actor before turning to directing shorts and TV shows in his native Down Under. Monsters was a low-budget indie co-financed by Screen Australia. The movie gained strong notices when it bowed in October in a limited release before streaming on Hulu.