Alien:The Last Flight of the Space Jockey

Saint Fool · May 30, 2009

Oh my heavens, my fangirl heart is beating so hard it is going to burst out of my chest.

According to a post on Ain't It Cool, Tony and Ridley Scott will be producing an Alien prequel with rumors that it will be focusing on the mummified pilot discovered by the crew of the Nostromo in the first movie. Beaks, the author of the post, is gagging over the idea.

But ever since I saw Alien, I've always wanted to know what the space jockey was doing and why the ship crashed/landed on the planet and I'm hoping this comes to pass. For me, the Alien/Predator movies pretty much ruined the franchise. But I'd pay night time ticket prices if the Scotts can pull it off.

James81 · May 30, 2009

Jesus, it's almost like we hit an awesome era of movies (the 70's and the 80's) and then all of a sudden we got stuck in that rut and keep churning out different variations of the same old shit over and over again.

dgiharris · May 30, 2009

Yeah, getting harder to come up with new ideas...

Actually, I don't buy that. I think hollywood is just turning more into a business/bubblegum factory.

Pixar seems immuned, they turn out some great and unique storylines.

And even if something is rehashed, it can still be good. For a lot of the movies nowadays, there is no excuse for how bad they are.

And I never fault them for trying. For instance, I just saw Tropic Thunder. It took a little while to get going and may have been a bit 'off', but I laughed my ass of during that movie.

But sometimes, they just get lazy with the storytelling (T4 for example

) and rely too much on the catch all crutches of sex, violence, and or special effects

Mel...

Saint Fool · May 30, 2009

James, if it were any other prequel, remake, going to the well one time too many, I'd agree with you. I came of movie age in the seventies and those 20 years were a great ride and I'm bewildered by the need to remake/repeat films rather than create something new.

But, hey, we all have our weaknesses.

James81 · May 30, 2009

Saint Fool said:
James, if it were any other prequel, remake, going to the well one time too many, I'd agree with you. I came of movie age in the seventies and those 20 years were a great ride and I'm bewildered by the need to remake/repeat films rather than create something new.

But, hey, we all have our weaknesses.

Ha ha, yeah, I hear ya. I have a few weaknesses of my own I guess.

Zoombie · May 31, 2009

Um, guys, don't forget: The 70s and 80s was also the era that brought us at least a billion grindhouse explotation goreporn titfests.

The "Summer blockbuster" movies of today are the GHETGPTFs of yestyear.

Don't worry, in half a century, we'll have classics from this generation and we can piss and moan about how shitty modern movies are then. In the future.

ChaosTitan · May 31, 2009

Saint Fool said:
James, if it were any other prequel, remake, going to the well one time too many, I'd agree with you. I came of movie age in the seventies and those 20 years were a great ride and I'm bewildered by the need to remake/repeat films rather than create something new.

Creating a prequel to a successful franchise isn't quite the same as if they were remaking the first Alien. The remakes are getting tiresome. Some of the reboots are...interesting. A prequel, though, has the potential to uncover some new ground, rather than tread ground we've already seen (even though you know how it ends).

dclary · May 31, 2009

Please name any other successful blockbuster that didn't star a single human, and then ask yourself if this movie will ever get made.

ChaosTitan · May 31, 2009

dclary said:
Please name any other successful blockbuster that didn't star a single human, and then ask yourself if this movie will ever get made.

March of the Penguins? :Shrug:

dclary · May 31, 2009

ChaosTitan said:
March of the Penguins?

Well-played.

But I think that proves my point just the same.

dgiharris · May 31, 2009

dclary said:
Please name any other successful blockbuster that didn't star a single human, and then ask yourself if this movie will ever get made.

Wall-E.

No lead human, almost no dialogue

:tongue

Mel...

dclary · May 31, 2009

I'll believe the Scotts are doing Space Jockey when it's announced it'll be a cartoon, then.

Seriously, guys. Hollywood doesn't make movies that don't star humans. Cartoons, yes. Documentaries, yes. Movies? No.

RickN · May 31, 2009

Movies that didn't star humans and weren't documentaries/cartoons....interesting.

Charleton Heston and James Franciscus starred in the first 2 Planet of the Apes movies, respectively. The stars were apes in the last 3.

Homeward Bound -- 2 dogs and a cat starred in that one.

The non-Matthew Broderick Godzilla movies.

/I don't disagree with your point. You gotta give people someone to emphathise with. I don't know that I'd connect to the Slime Beast From Octurius 7 as the lead.

dclary · May 31, 2009

RickN said:
Movies that didn't star humans and weren't documentaries/cartoons....interesting.

Charleton Heston and James Franciscus starred in the first 2 Planet of the Apes movies, respectively. The stars were apes in the last 3.

Homeward Bound -- 2 dogs and a cat starred in that one.

The non-Matthew Broderick Godzilla movies.

/I don't disagree with your point. You gotta give people someone to emphathise with. I don't know that I'd connect to the Slime Beast From Octurius 7 as the lead.

And yet... to sell Godzilla in the United States, American producers added Raymond Burr...

dgiharris · Jun 1, 2009

Definition of a movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Yes, Cartoons can be movies

RickN · Jun 1, 2009

dclary said:
And yet... to sell Godzilla in the United States, American producers added Raymond Burr...

True, but it was hardly a staring role, considering how he was edited in to provide some narration. The American distributors just wanted a white guy somewhere on the screen. Even so, he was only in the first of how many Godzilla movies?

I loved those flicks as a kid.

On the topic, I'd love to see the Space Jockey movie made. It's one of the mysteries from Alien.

Claudia Gray · Jun 1, 2009

After "Alien 3," I will never trust again.

dclary · Jun 1, 2009

RickN said:
True, but it was hardly a staring role, considering how he was edited in to provide some narration. The American distributors just wanted a white guy somewhere on the screen. Even so, he was only in the first of how many Godzilla movies?

I loved those flicks as a kid.

On the topic, I'd love to see the Space Jockey movie made. It's one of the mysteries from Alien.

People like you were the impetus for Jar Jar Binks.

dclary · Jun 1, 2009

dgiharris said:
Definition of a movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Yes, Cartoons can be movies

Which is why the Academy created "best animated feature" to help ensure one never wins the best film of the year award, right?

shawkins · Jun 1, 2009

ClaudiaGray said:
After "Alien 3," I will never trust again.

There's a working cut of Alien 3 included in the box set that more closely reflects the director's original concept. It's been a while since I watched it, but I remember it was considerably different from the version that made it into theaters, not just the usual "couple deleted scenes" kind of director's cut. Not all of the effects shots were finished, among other things.

I remember liking it better than the theatrical cut, but not a whole lot better.

ChunkyC · Jun 1, 2009

Note to the Scotts: despite the common usage of the phrase to describe the mummified pilot of the alien ship in the original Alien, please please PLEASE don't call it Space Jockey. We don't need a title that'll make us think of a horse race on the moon or the old Atari video game.

RickN · Jun 1, 2009

dclary said:
People like you were the impetus for Jar Jar Binks.

Oh, now that's just cruel.

dclary · Jun 1, 2009

RickN said:
Oh, now that's just cruel.

Lol, yeah, maybe a little. Sorry about that.

seun · Jun 2, 2009

If they're going to do a Scream 4, I can see this happening. After all, the last Alien film (not with a Predator) was made 12 years ago. That makes it an antique franchise in Hollywood terms. As there are now a million fifteen year olds who can get this franchise going again, why wouldn't they make it?

ChaosTitan · Jun 2, 2009

seun said:
If they're going to do a Scream 4,

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