Well, there are a whole lotta directions they could have taken, but didn't. I know Dark Horse did a storyline a few years before Alien 3 that all happened on earth. Newt, Ripley and Hicks had all returned safely, and years later the company finds more Aliens and brings them to earth. Naturally, all hell breaks loose, so Ripley, Hicks and the grown-up Newt are forced to take on the bugs. Personally, that sounds like a more entertaining flick, with a helluva lot more room for social commentary.

2the9s said:

And the guy who wrote that drivel is writing the Astonishing X-Men now? What is the world coming to?

In all fairness, Joss Whedon hates that film, and claims they butchered his script. In fact, it was made fun of more than once on episodes of "Buffy" and "Angel"

JediMaster said:

He's just trying to run from his responsibility, saying "it was the others' fault". I've read his script and thought it was worse than the movie. In all fairness, I think the director made a movie that actually improved on the script by cutting some of the more ridiculous stuff. Certainly the director's ending is much better than the one the scriptwriter had in mind. Joss Whedon wanted the newborn to get run over by a harvester on earth. I think the "getting sucked out in space" works better, because it's sort of a tradition for the Alien movies and he did it in a new and unique fashion that actually made one feel sorry for the newborn.

Joss Whedon also had a scene reminiscent of Vincent Ward's ridiculous script for Alien3 (the one with the monks and the "head-bursters"!) - with a chase through a wheatfield onboard the spaceship.

And Whedon had even more of the stupid pirates and I think it was a smart move to cut down on their number. You CAN have too many people for the audience to keep track off, especially when none of them are interesting characters to start with.
[This message was edited Thu Aug 19 15:47:29 2004 by scififilmnerd]

Can I give you a reason it doesnt suck?

the original Alien and Predator have been on tv all week :yeah:

Buffy and Angel were both terrific shows, and I'm totally loving Astonishing X-Men. I'm really hoping he gets the X3 gig.

JediMaster said:

I have only seen a couple of episodes of Buffy and Angel. It's not my kind of shows.

scififilmnerd said:

Buffy and Angel were great, I didnt think they were my kind of shows till we got into the 2nd season of Buffy, they were great, but thats just my opinion

I have only seen a couple of episodes of Buffy and Angel. It's not my kind of shows. But I've read the first three issues of Astonishing X-Men and must admit that I am intrigued by them. Yes, he writes great dialogue, but so does Chuck Austen, really, so it has to stand and fall on whether the plot is any good. And I think the idea of announcing a cure for mutantcy and then deal with the moral implications seems promising, but I'll have to read the first storyarc before I can say whether Whedon did good or bad. Supposedly, some X-Man is about to get resurrected. I hope it is Colossus who died in another story regarding a cure.

PEJ said:

If you think it rocks, then your taste in films is warped beyond repair.

EvilWhiteMale said:

You misunderstood as always. Like I said I could care less about this movie and as long as I know my taste in films, music, and life itself is much better than any negative opinion you have. It must suck being you.