God I loved ALIEN...that film scared the crap out of me. So many amazing moments. From that toothy baby nightmare creature bursting out of John Hurts chest to Sigourney Weaver's final triumph over the fastest growing monster in history...besides Rush Limbaugh at Golden Corral buffet.
Years later I became even more impressed with the film when I realized just how ground breaking it was in the form of how it was written. Try writing a screenplay that doesn't reveal who the protagonist is until 40 minutes in...good luck with that.
Well Ridley's going to do another take at the film. This one is either going to be a prequel (I for one would love seeing that gigantic fossilized alien up and around) or a re-make of the original film. BUT...he's not going to direct it. He has picked Carl Erik Rinsch of the commercial and music video world to helm this one.
The technological imagery Rinsch uses in his commercials was enough to sell me on him being the right pick. But he also has a great unique eye for telling the story. I especially felt that in his take of promoting a Spanish Lottery called Once. I found it to be very compelling and moving.
So sit back and enjoy his commercial work...this guy's got chops.
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Good post.
I loved ALIEN also, one of the rare scary movies I have watched.
Nice posting!
Favorites all around! Well done!
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He's also working on "The A Team" and "Robin Hood". Prolific, I say.
Alien was amazing- no questions... with elements from so many different stories put together in a way that entertains and scares the crap out of me too- i thought Aliens was an excellent "part 2" but the rest of the franchise just did not work for me- those films are what they are; just a revenue source and not really good storytelling
i can only hope that ridley and company will get back to telling a compelling story- (apologies for geeking out on a "fan-script" here) and if it means breaking the rules by deleting all the films after Aliens with ripley waking up after hyper-sleep nightmares then go for it -
yo ridley! call me! have i got a script for you!
Roger: I hope you finally Netflixed it.
Dcvdickens: Don’t worry, he wasn’t planning on cooking it. He was just on of the fortunate people to be selected by the lottery as a winner. Sure everybody else is chasing the dream, but for some it just shows up when you least expect it. The chef beat is one of my favorite moments. Also when the woman in the subway has her future win bump into her.
Buffy: There are scenes that get me everytime, but one of my favorites is in the Directors cut, or as bonus feature on some DVDS. I’m glad they took it out because it would have ruined a great moments in ALIENS…but it’s when she finds what the Alien has done with Dallas (Tom Skerrit).
David: Thanks for the link…very nice.
Havlin: Classic line…I still remember people applauding in the theater!
Greg: He’s good.
Kind of Blue: You hit the nail on the head why most modern horror films don’t work. Aliens wasn’t superior, it was a different Genre..Action. As far as sci-fi action goes…Aliens is still one of the best.
Gordon: That’s part of the key to figuring out a new horror flick…new confining place, new characters.
Zumalicious: Man…I actually really want the A-Team to be good. But it’s hard to parody something that already felt like one.
Syrimee: At the end of the day, I think the jury’s out on any new film director, especially tackling a project like this. Besides the chops he showed in the actual shots, mood, editing (commercial directors usally, not always, but usually are really anal about being a major part of the editing process) I felt he showed a brief glimpse of how he could show a human connection…but, it’s a different thing altogether when you need to make people care about someone for 90 + minutes. So we’ll see.
inside-ola: Yeah...3 and 4 had some moments...but they pretty much sucked. Sigourney Weaver got all rightous about 3 not being about "shooting" the bad guys...but I guess all bets were off on 4 when the check was too much for her to pass up.
Aaron: I absolutely agree with that thinking.
I've long been a Ridley fan, though I know about his detractors, he has spoken right to me for a long long time. Since he gives Carl his personal imprimatur, that's good enough for me too, but Carl's work can indeed stand on its own.
Thanks for this.