mike@hpfcla.UUCP (10/02/85)
Does anyone know anything about the upcoming ALIEN II, the sequel to ALIEN, of course. Does it star Siguorney Weaver? Does her cat "Jones" bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? Who else stars in the sequel? Michael Bishop hplabs!hpfcla!mike-b
rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) (10/07/85)
> ... Does it star Siguorney Weaver? Does her cat "Jones" > bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? Who else > stars in the sequel? > > Michael Bishop > hplabs!hpfcla!mike-b Where do you get the idea of this foreshadowing? -- Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe
flory@zaphod.UUCP (Trevor Flory) (10/07/85)
Who directed the original? Will s/he direct Alien II? -- ***** Trevor K. Flory Develcon Electronics Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA UUCP: ...!ihnp4!alberta!sask!zaphod!flory
reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (10/07/85)
In article <11900004@hpfclp.UUCP> mike@hpfcla.UUCP writes: >Does anyone know anything about the upcoming ALIEN II, the sequel to >ALIEN, of course. Does it star Siguorney Weaver? Does her cat "Jones" >bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? Who else >stars in the sequel? The sequel is to be called "Aliens". It will be written and directed by James Cameron ("The Terminator"). Sigorney Weaver is set to star, but I don't know about the rest of the cast, or the cat. -- Peter Reiher reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher
lo@harvard.ARPA (Bert S.F. Lo) (10/10/85)
> Who directed the original?
Ridley Scott of "Blade Runner" & "Legend" fame directed "Alien".
_________________________Bert S.F. Lo (lo@harvard.ARPA)_________________________stirling@fortune.UUCP (Patrick Stirling) (10/10/85)
In article <361@zaphod.UUCP> flory@zaphod.UUCP (Trevor Flory) writes: >Who directed the original? Will s/he direct Alien II? > The original Alien was directed by Ridley Scott (who also did 'Blade Runner', which I highly recommend). I didn't know that an Alien II was on the way, so I can't help you there. patrick (Fortune Systems, Belmont CA)
steven@ism70.UUCP (10/11/85)
Now filming in London: ALIENS Starring Sigourney Weaver, James Remar (48 Hrs.), Paul Reiser (Diner), Lance Henriksen (Terminator) and William Paxton (Weird Science). Directed by James Cameron (Terminator). Written by James Cameron. Produced by Gale Anne Hurd. Photographed by Dick Bush (Crimes of Passion, Natty Gann). Production Designed by Peter Lamont (A View to a Kill). Edited by Ray Lovejoy (2001: A Space Odyssey). From Twentieth Century Fox Pictures (1986). May 1986 release. Multiple aliens. Sigourney goes on trial to determine what happened to the original crew of the Nostromo.
06511039@sdcc13.UUCP (06511039) (10/12/85)
Ridley Scott has also made "The Duellists" and two absolutely delightful TV commercials for Chanel No. 5. As far as I know "Legend", made few years ago, is still waiting for the release.
mike@hpfcla.UUCP (10/15/85)
> > Does her cat "Jones" > > bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? > > Where do you get the idea of this foreshadowing? > -- > Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe I have seen ALIEN several times and I know there is a scene near the end where "Jones" is put into a cage, Ripley is tearing down a corridor with the cat and cage trying to get to the shuttle when she runs into the Alien. At this point she drops the cage and she runs off in the opposite direction. We see the cat in the cage looking up at the Alien; and see the Alien curiously studying the cat. Whether the cat was impregnated, I don't know. I don't know why the director would spend time on this scene if it wasn't somehow connected and important. Then again, I'm sure that there's a good chance that I'm just over-speculating. At any rate, I hope we don't have flamethrowers in spaceships this time. Michael Bishop hplabs!hpfcla!mike-b
showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) (10/15/85)
> Who directed the original? Will s/he direct Alien II? > > -- > > ***** > Trevor K. Flory > Develcon Electronics Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA > UUCP: ...!ihnp4!alberta!sask!zaphod!flory Ridley Scott, who also directed Blade Runner, directed the original Alien. The last I heard, Scott was still working on his fantasy film (with Tom Cruise?)called Legend. I also heard that in an unrelated incident, Scott had set fire to/burned down a studio in England. Anyone have more info on this? --Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die --aka Steve Howard, ...udenva!showard "The human brain is like an enormous fish. It is flat and slimy and has gills through which it can see."
dta@cpsc53.UUCP (Doug Anderson) (10/16/85)
> In article <11900004@hpfclp.UUCP> mike@hpfcla.UUCP writes: > The sequel is to be called "Aliens". It will be written and directed by > James Cameron ("The Terminator"). Sigorney Weaver is set to star, but I > don't know about the rest of the cast, or the cat. > -- > Peter Reiher > reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU > {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher God! Speeaking of BAD MOVIES!!!! Why would anyone want to go to a sequel of this dog after they have seen the first one?? I'm a SF/Horror fan and this movie failed on both. the stupid characters made the movie almost a comedy rather then a Horror film. My favorite part was the gas comming out of the midevel space suits. Sounds like fun in zero gee :-). Doug Anderson
shiva@duts.UUCP (10/17/85)
> > ... Does it star Siguorney Weaver? Does her cat "Jones" > > bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? Who else > > stars in the sequel? > > > > Michael Bishop > > hplabs!hpfcla!mike-b > > Where do you get the idea of this foreshadowing? > -- > Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe Yes, Alien II is coming!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, Siguorney Weaver is in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It takes place 50 years after Alien when she wakes up from cryogenic sleep to go back to The Planet (incidentally anybody know the name of The Planet?). Release is next summer I think. and yeah, what do you mean foreshadowing, how??? Shiva, Amdahl
shiva@duts.UUCP (10/17/85)
> Who directed the original? Will s/he direct Alien II? > > -- > > ***** > Trevor K. Flory > Develcon Electronics Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA > UUCP: ...!ihnp4!alberta!sask!zaphod!flory The original was directed by Riddley Scott (he of Blade Runner fame). Alien II will be directed by the same guy who did The Terminator. Shiva, Amdahl
csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) (10/20/85)
>I'm a SF/Horror fan and this movie failed on both. the stupid >characters made the movie almost a comedy rather then a Horror >film. > >My favorite part was the gas comming out of the midevel space >suits. Sounds like fun in zero gee :-). Get a clue, Doug. If you were on a planet with GRAVITY and a METHANE atmosphere, the exhaust (what you exhale) from your space suit would probably mist too (considering the temperature of frozen methane). The science in this movie is actually very well done. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "I'm looking for the joke with a microscope." -Iggy Pop
barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (10/21/85)
In article <554@riccb.UUCP> rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) writes: >> ... Does it star Siguorney Weaver? Does her cat "Jones" >> bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original? Who else >> stars in the sequel? >> >> Michael Bishop > >Where do you get the idea of this foreshadowing? I think it was foreshadowed as well. At the end of ALIEN, the only ones left from the mission were Siguorney and the cat. The last scene shows Siguorney laying in the hibernation unit craddleing the cat, and though Siguorney is asleep, the cat is awake. You would think that the cat, being smaller and having a higher metabolism rate, would have been put under faster by whatever it is that puts the hibernee into hibernation. Or maybe it wasn't just a cat. Barth Richards Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL
dta@cpsc53.UUCP (Doug Anderson) (10/23/85)
> >My favorite part was the gas comming out of the midevel space > >suits. Sounds like fun in zero gee :-). > > Get a clue, Doug. If you were on a planet with GRAVITY and a METHANE > atmosphere, the exhaust (what you exhale) from your space suit would > probably mist too (considering the temperature of frozen methane). > The science in this movie is actually very well done. > > > -- > Charles Forsythe > CSDF@MIT-VAX Space Suits are fully contained. THEY DONT EXHAUST GASSES! Besides, thats not the only weak point of the movie. You have an alien runnung around in a space ship. Simple solution: 1) EVERYONE gets into spacesuits ALONE 2) open ship to vacum (they finally did this at the end of the movie) 3) wait 8 or more hours 4) get you trusty dusty flame thrower and fry the body of the beasty. Additionally, I seem to recall a scene of a corridor of the ship with slime flowing down the walls. They must not have maids. This film attempted to be a Science Fiction film and failed badly. It had the potential of being a classic and all the tools were there the characters just refused to use them. One more and I'll get off my soapbox. Remember the scene when the Captain died? They had the monster located on a grid telling the direction and distance from the Captain. Do they tell him though? NOOOO. he could kill it then. make the movie real short. My favorite part of the movie was the fun the group I went with had laughing about all the stupid mistakes the crew made. For G-d's sake when a monster is on someones face and you KNOW that is has some kind of appendage in side them, where is the first place you look when it disappears? not in the ship. In the person. Sorry I got carried away, give me a good ACCURATE SF movie anyday. Yeah, I know those are few and far between. Doug Anderson
shiva@duts.UUCP (10/23/85)
[ does the cat] > >> bring the Alien(s) to earth as foreshadowed in the original?e > >> Michael Bishop > >Where do you get the idea of this foreshadowing? > [ The cat and Siguorney are in the hibernation unit, she sleeps, cat doesn't ] > You would think that the cat, being smaller and > having a higher metabolism rate, would have been put under faster by whatever > it is that puts the hibernee into hibernation. Or maybe it wasn't just a cat. > Barth Richards That is an unwarrented assumption. In fact the opposite would seem to be true. A higher metabolism rate would take *longer* to be put to sleep (more drugs for a longer time required?) But in any event this is sheer speculation. Remember, The Alien flew off into space. There was no thought of a sequal at the time Alien was made (at least I never heard any such rumors) so foreshadowing seems to be a far out idea. -- Shiva, Amdahl
craig@think.ARPA (Craig Stanfill) (10/30/85)
There is a common notion that, in Alien, it was foreshadowed that the cat was going to bring the Alien back to earth. As it happens, several years ago (at Unicon 5 in Washington, DC) I talked with Linda Shusette, wife of the producer of Alien (Ron Shussette), and the topic of the cat came up. She said that the cat was intended as a sympathetic character, that they hoped the audience would identify with the cat and want the cat to live. As it worked out, the audience does not identify with the cat, but irrationally fears it and wants the crew to space it. The result is that the cat became a sort of red-herring, serving only as yet one more thing for the audience to be afraid of. As to what the purported makers of Alien II might do, your guess is as good as mine. They might well have the cat transport the alien back to earth, but this was never intended in the original movie.