Why BLOMKAMP'S Alien 5 would have been GOOD

A depressing speculation video on what could have been...or what should have been.
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By Kevin Macleod

[@brandonspain12345]

Of all the unmade movies over the years, this one is hands down the most heartbreaking to me. The concept arts are amazing visuals and they had so many original and new ideas never explored in any of the prior movies. And it would've ignored the shittier Alien movies as noncanon. It would've been a resurrection than Resurrection was. You can tell Neil Blompkamp was really passionate about the project and is a talented filmmaker. His story was so good, it made Sigourney Weaver want to return (after years of her saying she didn't wanna return since Resurrection left a bad taste in her mouth) which would seem impossible to pull off. He even wanted to make a Robocop sequel and it too sounded awesome. Why is Hollywood f*cking over this guy's talent by not producing his ideas!?! F*cking assholes. F*cking idiots!

[@Starr_Apathy]

I know I may get some hate for this.... But in a lot of ways... I blame the Marvel Movies. They changed everything. Studios just aren't willing to take any risks at all. They want to see bigger and bigger profit margins and will stick to exclusively what's safe.. and unfortunately the only thing anyone wanted to see for the longest time... Were super hero films.

[@GoodArtorias]

My issue with Blomkamp's movies is that their themes are really on the nose and not subtle. Always painfully obvious but tries to come off complex. District 9, Elysium, Chappie felt like they had some of the same messaging.

[@postumus77]

lol are you playing Wesley Willis music?!

[@regularnerdlastnameismylas2232]

R. I. P alien well never forget you

[@ObjectiveIncision]

1:33 - _".. problem is these movies that were once classics just don't hold up any more to the short attention-span masses.."_ *NAIL ON THE HEAD* !! 👍

[@nunatak123]

Absolutely! I hate that this is very much the case nowadays. Gone is the slow-build suspense, audiences just want to be force-fed exposition and action as they want instant gratification.

[@agfagaevart]

Not true. They get writers who are inexperienced and just not good enough, to write scripts for these by the numbers movies. Guaranteed happy endings galore! Love interest. The studios are to blame for their flops - Not the audience!

[@Fenris77]

INDEED!

[@im3phirebird81]

@@nunatak123 I read "instagram gratification" first xD I guess the point made is the same haha

[@nunatak123]

@@agfagaevart arguably it’s a vicious circle. Im not saying audiences are to blame, I think you’re correct in that it’s the fault of the studios in what they mandate - but that what is mandated is being driven by what audiences now expect from (big franchise) films. Yes, studios can/do mandate what’s in the script and what beats a movie must hit - doesn’t necessarily mean the writers are inexperienced, moreover studios could pick writers which they know are “safe” and would implement studio demands. This then leads to by the numbers films which are like carnival rides, with set pieces coming in at very fixed points of the film...these films are then watched by mass audiences, which in turn changes audience expectations of films.

[@DemonBoy3223]

For sure, I was really excited for Blomkamp's _Alien 5,_ I had even called it out by a year before it was ever announced, it was like a film dream come true. I wish that Fox had chosen to make *_both_* Ridley Scott's _Alien_ prequels and Neill Blomkamp's _Aliens 2_ film. But I'll bet Scott and Fox were pissing themselves in fear believing that Blomkamp's film probably would've done better than whatever their prequel plans were.

[@Leahcimmichael]

Ridley Scott is only as good as the script he is working from. Compare The Martian to Alien: Covenant, you wouldn't even think that it's from the same director.

[@RevelationMedia777]

The Martian sucked though.

[@CMcLaine92]

People who type in all caps don't have valid opinions. Go away.

[@ryanwilliams4223]

its looking to me like scott is a shite director,lets be honest,the first alien film wasnt that good,it was average

[@Wolfsheim23]

That's the most troll trigger statement I've ever seen on youtube.

[@luckychips2283]

They had guns, they just didn't want to blow a hole in the ship and die................. Did you not see the flame thrower?

[@ebomb1133]

Alien: GOLD masterpiece Aliens: GOLD classic Alien 3: Interesting concepts but the first time I watched it, me and my college roommate fell asleep. And they killed off Newt and Hicks in the first 5 minutes which really ticked me off. Alien Resurrection: I know it's bad but it still a guilty pleasure and I cannot hate it totally.

[@Arendium]

his ailen 5 sounds like the dark horse comics

[@theultraatomicgamer]

Thats why I love it

[@fmpentertainmentmedley3338]

Which are AWESOME

[@lichslayer0045]

That's why it worked alot better then the Stupid Story Arc Ridley Scott made. with no Aliens were made by David the Android 🙄 no they didn't nore did it match with Alien 1 Ridley was doing this to fix his Robot Fetish. was dumb and he screwed up the whole Lore storyline. This story with Alien 5 is what it's all about.

[@Autobot1991]

Alien 5 would have been so much better than those god awful Ridley Scott prequels

[@Mikebrowski]

Well... if we got answers in the second one it could be really amazing

[@jerseyheller2263]

Seeing the art work with Ripley, Hicks, and Newt alive in a different timeline has driven me crazy that they were not on board for the story even if the script wasn’t complete but at least they had a better idea than Ridley Scott, it’s such a shame he’s become a diva and control freak with almost no idea with what he was doing with the franchise. Reminds me of George Lucas with the Star Wars prequels (except Episode III)

[@vargaa86]

@@jerseyheller2263 what idea? there was not a single fucking idea regarding alien 5.... Blomkamp is trash anyway

[@FreedomCompatriots]

The worst part about Alien and Predator now is that they are both owned by Disney. If Disney track record with Star Wars indicates anything, they are going to fuck things up so bad!

[@DzinkyDzink]

They can't fuck them up any more.

[@metalwellington]

ya totally. it's dead already

[@kangarooogaming2071]

Actually I think the Predator reboot they pitch sounds interesting

[@silenceburns1336]

OP, what are you talking about? Both properties already got fucked all up in the 90's by Fox

[@im3phirebird81]

@@silenceburns1336 It's in the name: Fucks xD

[@si_quest]

I hate prequels. I can't get past the difference in visuals. I couldn't watch covenant and then the original alien. The 70s look of the characters, the old school design of the space ship etc... I can't look past it.

[@RhysClark97]

agreed, you can say what you want about rogue one but its the first star wars prequel to actualy match the bloody aestetic of the originals

[@JayBelafonte]

Exactly nothing alike, not even the “technology”.

[@si_quest]

@@RhysClark97 Yeh they did good there

[@masterpenguin8472]

Yeah, I'm still salty they cancelled this project.

[@razorjake6839]

that could be am alien suit that Ripley puts on so that she can walk through a nest with our being detected or something.

[@timyo6288]

his mistake was calling it Alien 5

[@keychainere]

I really like Alien 3. I love the nihilism.

[@Returnoftherocketman]

i want to know what Ridley Scott is smoking ..........both films were dumb

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Return of the rocketman Found Prometheus quite nice but covenant ruined anything including the universes lore

[@RemainIndoorsPainting]

It's not smoking, its the onset of dementia.

[@MicroageHD]

Not really.

[@wolfhound1755]

I WANT TO SEE AN ALIEN 5 MOVIE : )

[@TheLbarlow8]

Scott smokes Macanudos

[@pcjenkin]

Frankly, I was looking forward to Alien 5 more than anybody. Imagine Sigorney Weaver and Sharlto Copley together in an edgy and gritty Alien thriller. That's what I wanted. That would have been a definite winner.

[@shadesofrevolution]

"a happy family on the run fron HR Giger's sex nightmares" made me laugh out loud. Keep it up buddy, love your videos.

[@dennisvanopstal7360]

I am happy it never happened. Blomkamp made some great movies but also some shitty ones. To me it always felt like he wanted to get back in the game, by making a movie from a popular franchise capitalising on the sentiment about newt and hicks, by bringing them back and ignoring Alien 3. It was boring and lazy.

[@tahnadana5435]

chappie was crap... blomkamp's esthétique is like a fan made art on deviantart, if you think district 9 was good than let blomkamp do his thing with that... dont let him do things on other people's IP, or else you will have die antwood on alien

[@drrsc]

the only good alien films that exist are Alien and Aliens - the rest are crap

[@ryanwilliams4223]

nah ressurection was a slight comeback very fun film

[@galaxyeyesphotondragon8191]

I agree, 4 was a slight comeback

[@erikwilliams1562]

I think I'm one of 20 people that like Alien 3. I thought it was an interesting idea, intense, and did what it was supposed to, end the series. And yeah it was a sad ending, but in that situation do you really expect a happy one?

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

alien and aliens are the only two actually good ones. alien 3 and 4 may be my and a few other people's guilty pleasures and we might get genuine entertainment out of them for whatever reason, but that wont suddenly make them good movies

[@im3phirebird81]

@@georgeeskiadis5637 I liked them watching them the first time. Maybe it's just me liking to see the protagonists overcome the antagonists and that's good. I never judged the films for being different than the original. It didn't even occur to me in the beginning. I mean: Seeing alien for the first time and there is suspense as you the viewer also have never seen the monster. And there are a lot of them in the second. It's hard to get spooked the same way afterwards. And that there was such a difference in terms of action between 1 and 2 also kind of opened the door for what was to come. Of course I would discard an alien romance movie though xD

[@philtaylor3098]

2019 and if you haven't seen it ,James Cameron is back onboard.

[@SapFeaRon]

he is not tho. he left writing for alien 5 long time ago and will never come back for good reasons.

[@marcfuchs6938]

Oh well, after the burning desaster of T5, I am not getting excited anymore over hearing, James Cameron came back to something. The time of him creating timeless masterpieces has long been over.

[@mlo009]

I'm so looking forward to Blomkamp's take on the Aliens Sequel, though I don't think it can happen now with Scott's bullshit. I want to see what Neill can do. District 9 was off the chart great film. If he can focus on a solid storyline with an Alien movie, wouldn't it be a treat for the fans?

[@robsabey5190]

Alien 1 and 2 only forget the rest they're trash using the Alien branding I would have liked to see blomkamps though

[@S2Cents]

😠 THANKS RIDLEY SCOTT.

[@jiv32]

BLOMKAMP IS THE HERO WE NEED!

[@S2Cents]

jiv32 AND DESERVE.

[@vargaa86]

you deserve chappie 2 as well, idiots.

[@Quole1234]

Lol thank you Ridley Scott (and that's not sarcasm) Alien 3 was a great movie and does not deserve to be fucking retconned simply because some shit director didn't like it.

[@S2Cents]

Alien 3 sucks. Also, David Fincher is certainly not a shit director.

[@MrJakeKale]

Honestly, I don't think this would've turned out any better. I say just end it. We still have one great film and one quality sequel. That's enough for me.

[@krenwregget7667]

I really REALLY want this film to get made, but the Director's cut of Alien 3 is quite good. Covenant is a great looking film, but the characters do stupid things (like Prometheus) so they are hard to invest in or root for, there is very little of the actual Alien stuff and there is no tension whatsoever. Ridley Scott needs to go bye bye from this franchise and Neill is the guy to get things back on track.

[@XxVendetaxX1]

Kren Wregget The original alien characters had dumb moments to, like Kane putting his face next to the egg, or them yelling to be let back into the ship, character going off on his own to chase a cat, dumb female who won't move so the guy can blast the alien and gets them both killed. You see, I can go over the dumb shit that happens in the original, but those imperfections are considered perfection in the eyes of fans. People in general are blind by their own way of thinking.

[@krenwregget7667]

ok, fair points, except that the people in Prometheus and A:Covenant are supposed to be experts in their field; scientists and such. The Nostromo crew are just regular folks so it makes sense for them to freak out or do stuff that might not make much sense.

[@XxVendetaxX1]

Kren Wregget If you actually paid attention to Prometheus, they all weren't the generic scientist that knew everything. Example: Fifield was a geologist and loved rocks. Millburn was a biologist and loved animals and other living organisms. Case in point, not everyone was an all knowing scientist. Same thing can be said for covenant, sure they have professions but they aren't the all knowing scientist.

[@krenwregget7667]

um.... biology and geology are both SCIENCES. My point still stands, but thanks for trying to insult me and say I didn't "pay attention". Conversation over.

[@Bobbobson69420]

I actually like the prequels so far but I completely agree. Blomkamp's concepts seem extremely creative and interesting and can easily be rearranged to coexist with Ridley's direction, and there's no reason why they can't pump out two movie series at the same time. Look at Star Wars, one year they pump out a spinoff and the next they pump out a trilogy film. Why can't Fox let that happen with Blomkamp? They are the people in control and, his ideas seem very very well. All in all, I hope for the best, and maybe one day we will get to see something similar come to light.

[@Scottotronia]

You lost me at Starship Troopers is an alien ripoff.

[@vincentjoyce5100]

Sigourney is like 70. Give it up guys.

[@the-trustees]

Hey Cordrey. I think the Alien - looking armor Ripley is wearing on her head (that you don't like... ) is one if the fruits of the derelict. They used alien biomechanics to construct an acid proof exosekeketal armor for humans possibly allowing a small human force to maybe even have a chance in a conflict with a small hive of xenomorphs? Could you get on with that take? :)

[@eddietowers5595]

Hell, I’ve been hoping for Blomkamp to make Appleseed, Can you just imagine his Briarios

[@nilkilnilkil]

Die antwood are awful. Hate them

[@yurilouback6331]

This sequel would probably be somewhat like the 1988 Dark Horse 'Aliens' comic. In that story Hicks and Newt survive and we see the beginning of an alien infestation on Earth. Great stuff. Would love to see it as a movie instead of Alien 3, Resurrection and whatever Prometheus and Covenant were supposed to be.

[@helenwaldeck185]

Neil needs to be given the chance to do this project, the story sounds really good, Ripley and Hicks on a revenge mission to stop Weyland-Yutani :-)

[@stabilisedchaos]

Ridley Scott was trying to do something different,instead of sequels,LET'S DO PREQUELS,oh that's so revolutionary Sir, o bravo,well done.And it would have worked,if the story wasn't so SHIT,if the actors/scientists were not so stupid and if the origin of the aliens was left mysterious-not created by a psycho robot with ego problems.They could have made about 5 or 6 more of these films and just kept going if they did it RIGHT.At the moment,I am beginning to think of Ridley Scott as another Michael Bay,after a film or two of the same shit you just don't want to see any more.They will try to sell the next film with big headlines like "All the answers you have been looking for come to fruition" "Alien Awakening" aka another piece of shit done by 80 year old Ridley Scott-he's tripping balls on Jack Daniels and soiling his adult diapers in his sleep.He is ruining his good reputation and ending on a bad note by continuing to produce this SHIT.

[@goliathsparrow1082]

no need to get ageist but yeah he sucks

[@ArtofLunatik]

fossilization doesn't happen just because a skeleton lays somewhere for a million years, it requires sediment. The space jockey wasn't a fossil, he just looked like one.

[@dominicraynes1569]

Prequels are dumb. No suspense, already know the outcome upon seeing the original. Solo: we know Han lives, movie has no real stakes. The Thing 2011: not necessary at all. Prometheus: Dumb, disguised as smart. Rogue One: we know the rebels get the plans Black Widow: obviously we know the outcome ect

[@kennethmann4471]

The points could have been made without the profanity especially at the end.

[@vladimirchernikov4249]

I still can't hate on Alien 3. It is depressing, and it is sad to see two beloved characters, and then later Ripley herself, tossed into an inferno, but I still feel that, as nihilistic as this film is...IT. WRAPS. THINGS. UP. It is not a happy conclusion by any stretch, however, Ripley does protect humanity from the threat of the xenomorph. And it reflects life. Reality is not something pretty and wrapped up in a beautiful little bow. It's messy, and shit happens. Just like this film. I feel like Alien 3 might be the best interpretation of what life is like. Fairy tale endings are few and far between in real life, and Alien 3 reflects that. Acting as if this film does not exist, is not cannon, is, in my opinion, a terrible assessment. Just because it didn't do or go in the direction you wanted, don't be so quick to dismiss it. I will stand by this film as cannon until the day I die.

[@bozotheclown169]

Unfortunately after Terminator Dark Fate has bombed Alien 5 is more terminated than ever.. as it would be almost the exact same scenario ( i.e. the 'real' 3rd movie ignoring the lame sequels, bringing back previously deceased characters, older badass iconic female lead returns, maybe even Cameron returning to exec produce ) which would now seem like box office suicide (esp as the Alien and Terminator franchises are so heavily connected)

[@journeyman1218]

Fundamentally disagree with the premise. We only have to look at another once great franchise that died because of sequel confusion. Terminator. Each modern movie in the franchise tries to overwrite what we already know and erase the sequels until it became an unintelligible mess. If alien 5 removed 3 and 4 then alien would suffer the same fate. Always respect what came before no matter if you like it or not.

[@Dreaklock]

I'm absolutely gutted we never got Blomkamp's Alien 5. Just from the sounds of it, THAT'S what I've been waiting for in an Alien movie.....since Aliens. Fuck the rest.

[@agfagaevart]

Blomkamp is so over-rated. His idea sounds strangely familiar to Alien Res. Xenos in a lab kept by scientists doing experiments. Lame! Let's have an Octarian Poontang movie! Why not?

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

neil blomkamp has demonstrated over time and his films - that he's a hack. District 9 seems to have been a fluke. Everything else since is garbage and his horror movie is beyond horrid.

[@joyelizabethmellinger]

More like 660 years past Alien. Referring to the timeline between the first film and Resurrection. 👍🤜🤛🤙💯✌

[@jasonwebster9300]

Scott should have done two things after the release of Prometheus (2012): 1. He should have stuck to his original idea for the follow-up to Prometheus instead of Alien Covenant. 2. He should have encouraged the production of Alien 5. Alien Covenant was an absolute stinker on so many levels. Scott and the scriptwriters couldn't figure out what they wanted the film to be. So it is a jumbled mess. A poor rehash of Prometheus and the original Alien (1979) with generic and extremely dumb characters and scenes that telegraph everything and provide no genuine sense of suspense or terror. In fact, some scenes were unintentionally funny. The film features the worst CGI for a xenomorph ever seen in the franchise. Part of why Alien and Aliens (1986) were so successful was because the practical effects gave the creatures a tangible three-dimensional form and they were all the more terrifying. The cinematography was good, but that was the only good thing about this film apart from Michael Fassbender. Ridley Scott needs to be relieved of directing any more films in the Alien franchise. If there another prequel it either needs to ignore the mess that was Alien Covenant or, at the very least, address it in a way at the start of the picture by doing a "Bobby Ewing" and say it was a Shaw's dream after she wakes up from hibernation. Anyone that remembers the television series Dallas from the 1970s and 1980s will know what I mean by doing a "Bobby Ewing". Better still, we need to see Alien 5 fast-tracked into production with James Cameron directing before another prequel. Honestly, Hollywood beginning to suffer from prequelitis.

[@charlesvickers2047]

B.T.W. The "Star Wars" is franchise is in FINE SHAPE. Grow up and move on, Stars Wars pseudo-fans. I did. George Lucas did. With the help of 4 billion dollars.

[@lordpuller2226]

Tame aliens? Ripley bonds to the xenos? So Blomkampf was basically proposing to make an alien version of Jurassic World? No thanks.

[@Drachenhannes]

Why this could not have been great is down to one single reason: Lack of respect. Blomkamp talks about respecting the lineage and giving fans what they deserve. So aparently fans of the first 2 movies deserve a followup movie, fans of 3 and 4 deserve a kick in the dick. "I want my kickass movie to have Hicks and Ripley and stuff! What do you mean they are dead? Well let's just ignore that!" You mentioned how movies set directly after the last one in the timeline don't seem to remember anything about their predecessors. Well i highly doubt Ripley would have talked about her traumatic experience of sacrificing herself in a firy pit while an Alienqueen bursts out of her. Ripleys death if anything freed the franchise that was bound to a character who whose arc was not only over, she made the plot borderline ridiculous. The company is trying everything to get it's hands on a single Alien. These things are so rare and so hard to find that it takes decades for another opportunity to ship one to earth. Yet having e close encounter with them is like every fortnight for this woman. He could have explored inj any direction he pleased, but nope. Blomkamp wanted his awesome OCs (please don't steal) to meetup with Ripley and Hicks. Everything about this has the attitude of an arrogant fanfic writer. I am awesome, my opinion is awesome, i'll retcon whatever the fuck i want to have my fanfic happen the way i want to. I hate Alien 4 with a passion. But that movie has it's fans. Quite a few of them. Where's the respect towards them? Nowhere. A good author does what he can with what he is given. And even rancid shit can be turned into something great. Tkae Ouja 2 for example. First one is one of the worst most cliche ridden horror movies in existence.Second one takes the first movie into account and yet is still an amazing movie. Bad authors just take something and bend and break it however they need to make it work for them. Bye bye Blomkamps Alien, good riddance.

[@kissingzombieschannel3708]

ooh Rogue One was amazing so hands off... but yes, the other Star Wars prequels were awful and Covenant is just an absloute joke... Ridley should just stick to making original movies, cause turning Alien into a B movie type slasher, just seems like a bad Alien fan fiction... also, everybody knows Blomkamps Alien 5 would have been awesome...

[@666les8]

Your First statement disqualifys you from saying anything in this Thread for Adults.

[@Neb30925]

I still disagree with the idea of erasing Alien 3 and 4. Now that this project has been cancelled, it will be interesting to read the script so highly praised by Weaver and Cameron.

[@Markfoster01]

Huge mistakes we made after the first two movies. The intergrity of characters has sort of been lost. I would love a x-rated TV series or something well written. It surprises me no one has thought about doing a film dedicated to LV426! The film studio wouldn't have to use Ripley or Hicks. It could be truly terrifying standalone movie. I think at its heart the films are horror action movies and that doesn't require a reinvention of the wheel. Let the old characters go and concentrate on a well written story..

[@xii22loop]

i would think the prequel to The Thing would be a better comparison than Rogue One. Rogue one was definitely a better fit to continuity than any other prequel ever made?

[@steveknapp5815]

Thanks for nothing Scott! Give up on your rubbish idea and give Neil have a go. I don't think he'll disappoint.

[@nathanwilliams5342]

I think blomkamp movie would have been way better than the last two we got from Ridley scott

[@rollotwomassey]

@5:42....How much could Carrie F****** Henn REALLY cost?!?!

[@jeffreykelly2169]

They (Fox) need to give this Blomkamp.

[@harnois75]

... a big kick up the arse?

[@redhood420]

Jeffrey Kelly No thanks. He has made terrible films besides District.

[@jeffreykelly2169]

redhood420 The franchise needs new blood. Blomkamp can provide it. His concept looked like it would get things back on track.

[@jeffreykelly2169]

Litshttam Works for me. Whatever happens it needs to align more closely with Alien and Aliens.

[@jeffreykelly2169]

Litshttam Depends. I have an open mind.

[@tdxdan]

i would like to see Hicks in another Alien movie :D

[@veronicadredd22]

This guy is trying too hard to be red letter media

[@cordzfx]

RLM down under

[@Hurricanelive]

David met white jesus, stole his black jizm, murdered a peaceful populace, murdered his waifu, experimented on her ovaries, then hijacked a shuttle and regurgitated him and his waifus babies. Sound's like a great movie! Ridley! Make it happen in two... wait... no six movies! People are so hungry for shit they will pay out the nose for this nose gold. Alien 3 could only end one way, high action. And that high action ends in either the colonial marines on two fronts destroying the engineer home world and destroying WY for good... or some weird shitty cult spreading the eggs across the universe because they think they are gods creatures. Maybe a hybrid of both, it'd make a good trilogy, but that's the only place the franchise literally has to go in a legit fashion, horror, to horror/action, to pure action ending in either evil winning or good winning and I for one would find it shitty and cliche to go the alien breeds across the cosmos cult wins. Alien was done... it was done. I'll watch Alien... same way I'll watch Aliens or Godfather 1/2. It was done. Like Scarface or Ghostbusters. It was done, it was amazing, I had fun. I was there opening day and the popcorn was delicious! DELICIOUS!

[@conflicthorizon]

Fox is the reason why none of the aliens/predator films have been good in decades.

[@nemesisastraea6659]

There is only Alien 1 and 2. All the others are fever dreams.

[@Striker163videos]

Yeah cause an over abundance of fan service always proves good.

[@samiamtheman7379]

Fan service if done well, isn't a bad thing. However we don't really know what would have been since all we have to go by is concept art that doesn't always represent the end product.

[@spacemanvw]

Did you really say something worth listening ?? Not really ... dont you agree

[@vandoesselaerewillem9744]

The first movie stays the best to me . Aliens is more a action movie .

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

That's the fucking point! Aliens wanted to try something different

[@im3phirebird81]

Loved both, like T1 and T2, both great movies, very entertaining. I want to watch all four of these movies for the first time again - or never again :P

[@lesleyrussell8200]

Scott cant not tell anybody were have to go de franchise hes not the writer and boss of alien he only taped

[@Keyser666]

I think we still got the better film. Blomkamp also needs to prove that he's not a one-hit wonder, as his reputation is still pretty much entirely down to District 9.

[@sigmacademy]

Check out the Oats Studio shorts on KZbin. XD

[@youtubearchive3668]

And that was a 6/10. Shows how shit “our” mass culture is.

[@outerheavenman]

I love his work

[@lyndonlucier791]

They didn't mention episode 4 in episode 5 or 6 either

[@KraitoKrombongus]

Also In Alien vs Predator, Predators had been fought Aliens for thousen of years, but whaterver.... I can only hope they can save the franchise from this shit.

[@japes7]

I don't love Blomkamp, I don't love District 9. But I'm sure he could've made a fine Alien 5. But if he casts Sharlto Copley in it then no.. That would ruin it for me.

[@mlo009]

Sharlto Copley would only be allowed to be the motion capture of an Alien, that'll make everyone happy.

[@Fenris77]

A fourth prequel??? OH YEAH I'll start screaming alright... *ON THE INTERNET NOONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM*

[@sigmacademy]

... unless you are on a CoD server. XD

[@NC-vm6dv]

Alien 5 will be amazing. Bring the Kyle Reese back!!!

[@evanbardiel210]

I actually am enjoying these prequels. I want to see where theyre going.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Don't kill newt 1st off 2ndly she needs to grow up to become the next heroine after Ripply

[@nickpalmer9348]

I really wish Blompkamp would make Alien 5. I am sure it would be cool to see.

[@internationalartprojects8660]

I'm sure people would have loved it and people would have hated it. Covenant wasn't bad but really fell victim to the fans and internet trying to dictate it. Everyone wanted the Xenomorph and it was a massive disappointment. I felt Billy Cruddups character Oram should have been the main protagonist instead of Daniels. Having all these female hero characters in Alien prequels kind of takes away what was so special about Ripley.

[@espritfort9890]

Everyone wanted a coherent storyline and not fucking up the original lore with the Space Jesus bullshit.

[@rodster6campingprepper]

I agree, they make it far to obvious who will survive because you know it'll be the Ripley rip off. Both AvP movies and both these prequels have had knock off Ripleys survive at the end and none of them have come close to being as interesting or memorable.

[@panpo98]

International Art Projects: Many problems have been pointed out in Covenant that didn't have anything to do with Xenomorphs of any kind so I doubt that fans and internet were responsible for even half of them.

[@internationalartprojects8660]

Panpo98 Pretty much all the criticism I've seen on youtube was how rushed and pointless the Xenomorph was in this film.

[@panpo98]

International Art Projects: It may look like it if you focus on that part. You yourself, reviews and others have mentioned other things. Like "why should we care about these characters" have been mentioned by some reviews and how the last supper clip that wasn't in the movie would at least have told us more about them. Some wished that the characters had explored and reacted more to the Engineer city. I watched the movie thinking how unhappy Prometheus fans were going to be with the engineers part. The clip of David and Elisabeth Shaw released on KZbin gave the impression that a movie was missing between Prometheus and Covenant. Covenant had a shorter version as a flashback. Those that don't care as much about Prometheus and Alien will likely have a higher opinion about Covenant.

[@HarisSecerovicMusic]

Covenant was disaster movie !

[@masterpenguin8472]

Dude, stop associating disaster films with quality, alright?

[@RenovatioStudioFilms]

ALIEN 5 would not have been anything more than a very expensive fan film.

[@notserious6458]

ReNoVaTiO don't know that

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

Yes and most of the time the fans are better at making movies then the actual movie makers

[@charlesvickers2047]

One More Thing: I don't think sequels to established franchises can "ignore" previous ideas. That's the fans' job. see previous comment.

[@brettthebest3978]

So glad this movie never happened

[@Yutappy99]

8:20 Welcome to Xenomorph Park. Fun days out for the family.

[@Ziomaletto]

After 'Dark Fate' I don't think I want another "ignore heavily critised sequels and make our better alternative timeline" type of movie for a legendary franchise.

[@mememan5466]

As someone cursed with an awful attention span, even before the internet rotted my brain, alien absolutely holds up. There was not a single point through the whole thing where i just wanted them to skip something and get to the point (maybe the cat scene but that's just because the guy was being dumb XD). I can not say the same thing about Prometheus. The intro section before the horror was boring as hell because i didn't feel like i got any exposition, i didn't get to know any characters and it was just asking questions that do not resonate with me. Then when the horror started, it was all just a bunch of nonsense. Why did the mealworms become vagina snakes? Why did the black cum make octopus baby? Why did octopus baby become a face hugger? Why did a wierd alien come out of the elden ring character's chest? This was meant to be a prequel to answer questions you may have had from the original but it only made more questions that i honestly didn't care to get an answer for because i didn't care about any of the characters. I forgot where i was going with this but i hope i made a point

[@nakarintpanzoot1627]

i want alien 5 now. with weawer

[@leonstrife1789]

It would be cool if it was an introduction to the earth war story line.

[@dc2728]

No, I think Blomkamp's would've been a good Colonial Marines film, but not necessarily a good Alien film.

[@Ares14]

tbh, Prometheus was a solid film. It wasn't suppose to be a Xenomorph film obviously.

[@nachol9393]

Ares14 prometheus was fucking great, it brings very very interesting ideas, but people hate it because there wasnt a fucking xenomorph. some times i think the general people are retarded

[@ryanwilliams4223]

now people hate covienant,because there were too many of them,it seems like it flopped because of the fans

[@lesleyrussell8200]

what is making an alien statue in prometheus wen they have not ben created yet?

[@Bewar3them00n]

District 9, great, Elysium, decent, Chappie.... WTF were you thinking? And on this form he would be a good choice because?

[@nachol9393]

Nicolas Cannon it was said by ridley scott himself in an interview man, to be fair there are lots of missing things/plot holes between Prometheus and Covenant so it makes sense. what doesnt make sense is that scott want to make a prequel of a prequel, thats is fucking crazy, yes.

[@the-trustees]

Nicolas Cannon Check out Blomkamp's Oats Studio featurettes on KZbin and you may better understand why he is a great choice for this. Ridley was (and still MAY be again) a great. But Prom. and Cov. definitely made the Alien universe very small at the VERY least. And I LOVE that universe... read every novel, every comic, every graphic novel... my secret shame us how much I loved Alien v. Superman. :) Enjoy Oats!

[@sigmacademy]

The problem with all 3 those movies is they all have the same elements - some type of injustice, and a main character who becomes a "convert" to the cause of good after being a "bad person". Yes, there are some flipped elements and genders, but they are pretty much the same story over and over.

[@TheQuantum09]

@@sigmacademy BINGO. As much as it pains me to say it. The only "good film" that Blomkamp has under his belt is District 9. After Elysium and Chappie, I'd prefer not to see an Alien film from him.

[@ice788]

I just don't get the hate people give Resurrection. Cheesy band of outlaws doing shady deals for scientist doing genetic experiments on a military ship in uncharted space. Throw in a bit of bad acting with cheesy lines. Aliens. A mutant Alien. Some guns. A bit of horror. The odd punchline. Like, what's wrong with it? I think it's pretty good. They even brought Weaver back in a somewhat tasteful way. Shit, you could make Alien 5 after it. They land on earth and guess what!? Juggernaught ship! White ripped Jesus is still pissed about what David did and wants to know what we're doing with the Goo and the Alien species we concocted with it. (because it's dangerous for like, the entire universe)

[@happyspaceinvader508]

And of course, the producer/screenwriters who mucked around with Fincher's Alien 3 are the same as for Alien Covenant.

[@charlesvickers2047]

People should let "Aliens" go. James Cameron decided he'd rather direct "Titanic" than "Aliens 2", because boats are way better than aliens. According to James Cameron. If you care that much about the first 2 films, don't ever watch "Alien 3: Fincher Got Himself a Jobby-Job" all the way through to "Alien: Covenant with Danny McBride's Stupid Fucking Hat" ever, ever, EVER AGAIN. If you feel that strongly about it, live it. From what I could tell, "Aliens" was supposed to the REAL end of the series any-damn-way. But Fincher was working his way towards "Edward Norton's Character is Homicidal So He Needed An Imaginary Friend". Everybody's gotta start somewhere, right?

[@charlesvickers2047]

Sorry, Looks like Neil Blomkamp's "Alien 5" would've been "Jurassic Park", only, with aliens. Let "Aliens" go! "Terminator 2" made more money than all the "Alien" movies combined. Arnold Schwarzeneggar got paid with a JET. Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn got paid with money. You know you've hit the big time in Hollywood when you're a director and you start paying people with aircraft!

[@christianlingurar7085]

district9 is cool, but I don't think blomfeld can read ridley scotts mind. the "juggernaut" has always been THE thing in alien. the horror-creature-plot was just a distraction and I think it was always conceived like that. the REAL story always was the JUGGERNAUT. I'm happy blomfeld didn't do any "alien5". the original "alien" is NOT about the xenomorphs and has never been. the sequels were just stupid money making. admittedly the first sequel was cool. but the rest is plain derailed crap.blomfeld is the type of guy who ruined the vision by focusing on stupid effects and primitive horror. at best a collage of "unexpected plot twists" like star wars 8 totally ignoring the original vision and "addressing a younger audience". nope. stay where you are, blomfeld, and don't do damage to any more visions of other people. do a sequel of distriuct9 and get lost in insignificance.

[@Timelord2001]

I can't say I cared for either District 9 or Chappie. Elysium was okay though. I like the idea of an Alien film that takes place where Covenant left off, or some time after. But no, I don't need one squished in-between Prometheus and Covenant. All that's there to see, really, is the ship's journey, David being repaired, and then David showing his thanks buy murdering Elizabeth Shaw...and we pretty much got the gist of all that from the Covenant trailer and the film Covenant itself. As for having the aliens reach Earth, we've seen the 2-dimensional formulaic shoot-em'-up movie *that* leads to already. Remember? Not one, but 2 equally stupid AVP movies. The *last* thing I'd want is any more of that, yes even without the predator aliens. And I *certainly* would *never* buy into either Ripley or Hicks helping Weyland-Yutani to do that kind of thing! Only to destroy it. What I'd *really* like to see is a film that shows us a world totally dominated, not by the Engineers, but by the Xenos. A world in all its gothic Gigeresque glory. We've seen what those creatures can do with an atmosphere processing station. Imagine the Alienscapes we would be darkly treated to across the expanse of an entire planet!

[@alexw9544]

There are millions of scripts floating around Hollywood. Probably thousands of good ones. I love ALIEN 1-3. Resurrection started the downward trend. We went off into comic book territory with Predator VS. Aliens, or Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy type territory. Alien is dead period. For fuck's sake... let Alien die. Make new stuff. Some will suck, some will be great. No more Alien, no more Michael Myers, Leatherface, Freddy, Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones. Your childhood is over. It's not coming back.

[@JotaP1n]

When you try to recover the glory and the old man says "no".

[@brianjohns4912]

It is certainly a disappointment that we didn't get to see Neil's vision of the Alien sequel following in the footsteps of the original characters from Aliens. Maybe that might change in the future. Who knows? If the studio sees the potential for a hit film, they'd certainly be quick to jump on it. I think that what Ridley Scott brought about in the way of the prequels was pretty interesting and introduced a whole other dynamic to the story with the David and Walter characters. The engineers add an interesting element and tie the prequels into the real world mythos of the Annunaki (cleverly tapping the wallets and market of pseudo religious movie viewers). Its an interesting story and adds a lot to the whole Alien universe and gives us a few more films that come before the classic Alien. For the most part I've found that some of the prequels have been pretty good (especially Rogue One, Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Prometheus). There's still many classics that could benefit from this treatment as well. What about the movie Outland (a *High Noon* sci-fi movie)? What about Logan's Run? (a story that is certainly very relevant today). Look at West World and Future World (both created by legend Dr. Michael Crichton). A remake or prequel to Escape From New York? A remake, prequel or sequel of Big Trouble In Little China? Both by John Carpenter. There are so many places to go and so many directions that revive a lot of us forty somethings' nostalgia (I'm 49 and counting). For most people its about seeing their favorite characters in a story line that brings them back and connects them to the next generation without blatantly and so obviously "passing the torch" or cramping the creative style and ambition of the following generation (hint hint Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The next generation will get older too and the same thing will happen with them and they'll expect the next generation to make room for the characters they grew up with to find their closure. They'll add their own story to the fold and the narrative becomes more about the sense of family created by the story telling medium and the characters it brings to life which are essentially a metaphorical mirror of our society, our challenges, our fears, and our dreams considering that all started for humanity around campfires perhaps a hundred millennia ago. Im still dying to see Alien: Covenant (I didn't get to see it at the movies but am looking forward to it). I get this feeling that I'm really going to enjoy it. There's something about the cast that seems to really gel and despite the spoilers and rants I've heard about the movie, I'll wait and see it for myself. There's something about Katherine Waterston that is simply amazing and I'm quite interested to find out more about her performance of Daniels (seeing as she's rumored to be Ellen Ripley's Mother). She seems a very versatile Actress and she certainly has that incredible quality that has no description but that you know it when you experience it. Not to mention Michael Fassbender's performance as the Weyland-Yutani flagship Androids David and Walter seeing as he brings credibility to any character he performs. He could play the lead in a live action adaption of Gumby and most people would come away thinking they'd seen an adaption of a Shakespearean play. He'd probably get an Oscar for it too. :-P Alien and Aliens were my favorite movies of the Alien franchise for certain. So why not another sequel beyond Aliens?Blomkamp's vision might yet see the darkness of LV-426 and where ever else it was slated to take us. There's so many places to go...

[@Barada73]

The story that Ridley Scott is telling with these prequels is a story that didn't really need to be told, IMO. After one viewing of Alien, the question of what happened to the derelict ship and the space jockey pretty much writes itself: ancient aliens were attacked and wiped out by the xenomorphs and crash landed on LV-426 as a result. We didn't need a trilogy of prequel films to overcomplicate and convolute that simple story. I've been a fan of the Alien franchise since the 1980s and I have NEVER been interested in the origins of the space jockey or the derelict ship. Never. Now that it's been revealed that the space jockey is actually tied to the origins of human life, then that human life created androids, which in turn created the xenomorph... I'm even less interested in this story. I don't believe that Blomkamp's idea is completely dead, especially since Covenant seems to have flopped at the box office. I think Scott saying that Alien 5 is dead was just to keep from drawing attention away from his current movie. Similar to how George Lucas claimed that there were only ever going to be six Star Wars movies, when Episode 3 came out, while sitting on story treatments for Episodes 7-9.