Google| Subject | Re: The Lone Alien theory |
| From | Keith Hazelwood |
| Date | 07/10/2001 06:15 (07/10/2001 06:15) |
| Message-ID | <gjvkkt8kgt7f2h44vqdiqkdtsp9en6qi65@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.cult-movies.alien |
| Follows | Rob Padley |
| Followups | Rob Padley (21h & 30m) > Keith Hazelwood |
On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 22:39:07 GMT, Rob Padley <pickledpadley@mac.com> wrote:
According to James Cameron, yes. He didn't feel obligated to adhere to it, as well he shouldn't. Sequel writers and/or directors, for any film, should be free to disregard anything that the writers and/or directors of the previous film left on the cutting room floor.Keith HazelwoodRob Padley
Jimmy didn't f*** with the lifecycle. He saw a loose end and came up with an appropriate way to tie it up.
Loose end, what loose end? The scene was filmed by Ridley, so it's not canon to the alien lifecycle because it was cut out?
Humans are complex organisms too. What I oppose is *unnecessary* complexity.Keith HazelwoodRob Padley
It adds unnecessary complexity is what it does.
Seems to me that an alien in any form is going to be pretty complex, this does not detract for me, the more complex the better, the more 'alien' it becomes when 'we' as humans can't work it out.
Your quote "It's a perfect organism" comes straight from the film, for all intents and purposes it could very well be 'perfect' nobody got close enough to these things to find out any imperfections ( at least in the first film)Since when does a character's abstract opinion qualify as a scientific absolute? Ash said the alien is perfect, so it is? Indestructible and infinitely adaptable? Gee, why not simply call them omnipotent?
If something organic sprouted from its arse, it just makes it more alien for me!And therefore good, eh? Why not let the aliens just degenerate into a complete Borg-like parody of themselves. Hell, it just makes them "more alien," right?
Keith "Intellectual rigor annoys people because it interferes with the pleasure they derive from allowing their wishes to be the fathers of their thoughts." -George F. Will
07/08/2001-
