Alien prequel not so much

If this is an argument, I'm calling stalemate until the next news on ALIEN, space jockeys, Ridley Scott or Russell Crowe's mandibles. To be continued...

Oh indeed my friend.

Oh.

No, Temple of Doom wasn't a prequel either. Once again referring to Cracked.com:
"Of course, it can't be impossible to make a good prequel. Right? Cinephiles generally point to two films for proof that the concept can work. The first one is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Wait, you didn't know it was a prequel? That's because the only signal that we've gone back in time to before the events of Raiders is the title card at the beginning that mentions that it takes place in 1935 (Raiders took place in 1936). In fact, according to Lucas and Spielberg, the only reason it took place before Raiders was because Lucas didn't want the Nazis to be the villains again. If he set the film after Raiders, it would have to have taken place during WWII. They just made another movie with the same central character and called it a prequel so Indiana Jones would be remembered as an adventurer instead of that guy who fights Nazis with a bullwhip. It was a prequel in as much as an episode of Seinfeld from Season 4 was a prequel to an episode from Season 5."

The Space Jockey scene was one of the most memorable, spine chilling parts of the original. I think of Kthulu or some other inter-dimensional space being when I try to make sense of the fossilized body. It would be a shame if Scott didn't run with the idea.

...Temple of Doom was a prequel? All bets are off.

This is rubbish news, Scott wrote the liner notes for the Alien Anthology blu-ray set and said he was returning to the world of spacejockeys etc.
He probably couldn't find a place to put Russell Crowe as a surly Alien who fires his inner-mandible at bellhops.

That doesn't count. To quote Cracked.com:
"Of course, there's no way to discredit Godfather Part II which, according to prequel defenders, invented and perfected the idea of the movie prequel at the same time by showing how Vito Corleone rose to power. Except the second Godfather was even less of a prequel than Temple of Doom. Almost exactly one hour, or way less than a third, of the movie takes place in the past. Michael Bay puts more of his movies in slow motion. The idea of setting so many scenes in the past worked brilliantly alongside the story that was unfolding in the present, just like it did in Lost when it was called a flashback."

Do you know what was the bestest prequel evar? Godfather II.

This calls for celebration!

Oh God, our first argument.

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Hooray, our first argument!

Because I can.

When last I looked Anon, not Ryantherebel was king of the internetz. How do you claim to be the dismisser of claims?

The claim is still dismissed.

I don't count The Hobbit as a proper prequel as much as LoTR is a sequel to the story that was set and released first.

Ah yes The Hobbit. The next Lord of the Rings movie that will allegedly be the best prequel of all time. We have dismissed that claim.

Me too. I always wondered what happened to Ridley Scott when Fox just ran off with his Alien chestburster-baby, making spin offs and crappy movies. I think he just took it in stride because after James Cameron pulled off Aliens, he knew it wasn't his creative property anymore.

Maybe Alien will never get better than the first two films, maybe we need to metaphorically take it to the back of the barn and put a pulse rifle bullet through both of it's heads. We could due with a new Sci Fi mythos. Also, while its true there hasn't been a decent prequel made yet, there is one coming up that might break the mold: The Hobbit.

No doubt about that

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Fox will make more Alien movies. No doubt in my mind.

Wow what a difficult choice that must have been - stick with the franchise, guarantee publicity and interest, and sweet sweet $$$ from all those blu ray releases and boxsets and anthologies, or difficult new IP and probably a much lower key release.

Criticism on the last few movies perhaps?

thats not fair, I was sooooo looking forward to another Alien film but noooooooooooooooooooo they decide differently. night be good though. fingers crossed

George Lucas wishes he was Ridley Scott, or at least he would if the liquid money he's been eating hadn't poisoned his brain.
I wouldn't be giving Lucas too much credit for Star Wars. Without significant assistance the original trilogy would have been as bad the what followed.

Edited at 16:26 on 15/01/11

Nick, I think it's for the best. As Cracked.com pointed out their can never be a good prequel to anything.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18813_5-reasons-hollywood-needs-to-stop-making-prequels.html
And before you say, "but Ridely Scott was involved," keep in mind George Lucas was involved with the Star Wars prequels, and look how that turned out.

It could be a great film but damnit, I want another decent Alien movie. Your point about not being able to match Giger's work is spot on and it's so disappointing because everything else was so perfectly in place. Great director, great writer, first class lead. I'm genuinely pissed off.