Alien.....Ridley Scott`s alternate ending.
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Sometimes even great directors need to be reigned in. It's not always a bad thing for checks and balances on creative power.
ALIEN was the product of so many creative geniuses. Taking the best from all of them I think.
ALIEN was the product of so many creative geniuses. Taking the best from all of them I think.
ALIEN is a film where there becomes a massive emotional investment in Ripley, it really would have robbed the audience.
I get his thinking towards a real HORROR ending, but man ALIEN has so much horror and tension already, not
to mention the standard jacking with you ending.. it's dead, oh wait no it isn't.. BOO!
Besides Jonesy must survive at all costs! I don't think the Alien would have taken care of him.
It would have of course added the aspect that yeah this thing is very intelligent and it's spoofing a human to
get it's species to more fertile ground, bushwack the rescue team.
Anyways, fun to think about.
I get his thinking towards a real HORROR ending, but man ALIEN has so much horror and tension already, not
to mention the standard jacking with you ending.. it's dead, oh wait no it isn't.. BOO!
Besides Jonesy must survive at all costs! I don't think the Alien would have taken care of him.
It would have of course added the aspect that yeah this thing is very intelligent and it's spoofing a human to
get it's species to more fertile ground, bushwack the rescue team.
Anyways, fun to think about.
joberg
Legendary Member
How can that creature talk with that big "penis/teeth/extension in its mouth:behave:rolleyes I would take that news, from SRS, (first I hear about it) with a huge grain of salt!. He seems to come-up with "versions" of his movies, years after the fact (Deckard is a Replicant...anyone?) Now this...
SmilingOtter
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Sorry, but your comment reminded me of this:
Scott has had some brilliant ideas, but this one (and yeah, Deckard being a replicant) are not among them.
Scott has had some brilliant ideas, but this one (and yeah, Deckard being a replicant) are not among them.
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Mr Webber
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Half of humanity think through theirs so its not a stretch for an alien to talk through it.:eek
Seems to be a true story, First time I`d ever heard it as well, great sliding doors moment. SRS is a gold medallist at ****stirring and wouldn't be surprised if he was giving Jim Cameron a drive by on the way through.
When I saw that the first time I spit my drink all over the place. :lol
This idea sounds like what Robot Chicken would do in a parody, not a serious scifi movie!
I recall seeing this ending mentioned YEARS ago on imdb's trivia page for the film. Only difference was that the alien imitated Ripley.
Mr Webber
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Exactly, if anything its just a great A game topic for Scott to drop in any dinner conversation and hold the table.
Where were you when the Space Jockey got burned to the ground?! You could have saved it!
