Alien 5...Neil Blomkamp helmed Alien movie

[Destination]

I always thought it was much simpler than that. The WU ships and androids have secret standing orders to investigate anything alien for commercial advantage. As soon as any ship detects a possible alien anything, all orders are superseded, everyone is expendable in pursuit of whatever might be there.

Exactly.
They didn't know it was there, but they knew one of their ships would eventually find something, so any sign of extraterresial life, as in this case a beacon, should be investigated.
This was basically what was said in the documentaries, and they replaced the science officers with android units over time, so the ships computer would have an able accomplice in the nature and need for such actions to arise.
Crew expendable.
Ash said his words, as he had explored the creature and was realising its limits, or lack thereof, the sympathy line was that given by a rapist to his victim, he had tried to kill her after/by orally raping her with a porno mag in the previous scene.
As an android he could have snapped her swiftly, but chose a slow torture.

 

[Third Opinion]

It's now been confirmed he won't be disregarding Alien 3/Resurrection, it's just a different story that takes place after Aliens somehow. Not sure how he will manage that.

WTF?

How on Earth is he going to include Ripley and if the artwork is anything to go by Hicks?

Ermm, this doesn't sound very promising now at all. I am fine following on Aliens and not disregarding Alien 3 with a new cast and not including Ripley.

But if Ripley is back I fear they are going to go down the line of DNA cloning and all the things that made Alien 4 pap.

I think this really shows what a terrible film Alien 3 was for the franchise. By killing everyone off it left very little manoeuvring for the Alien 4 story. I really can't see how this will work, although maybe the artwork of Half Alien Ripley may suggest the DNA type story again.

 

[MookJong]

Bishop better be back...

 

[SixTwoSix]

So this is most likely dead in the water and i'm quite happy about it.

My opinion has changed since my first post on this two years ago. I still think District 9 was excellent but since then he has also made Chappie and it was nothing special.

I have no faith in him to make a decent Alien movie and think D9 was a one off.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/blomkamps-aliens-sequel-wont-get-made/

 

[varkanoid]

Actually District 9 is meant to be getting a sequel.

 

[Marsman]

A sequel to a film that made money? Well isn't that surprising.

I've seen a few people say over the last few years that they'd like a sequel to District 9.

Surely I can't be the only one who thinks a sequel is not a good idea? Not least because his two films since, haven't been that good.

 

[SirJinks]

For a sequel to D9 though I'm willing to give him a chance though, I mean, even Spielberg came out with the turkey of 1941 after his initial success (albeit with two films rather than 1).

 

[Marsman]

Some people make no sense to me. So many moan of all the sequels and remakes, and here we have a great film, that does not need a sequel, and people are asking for one?

Why does D9 need one though?

Unless he's going to do what Abrams did with Cloverfield sequel, similar title name, but a completely different story that has nothing at all to do with D9.

Are people hoping for a sequel, wanting more of the same; same again, but this time in district 10?

What's the point? Unless it's so, if the film does not live up to D9, people can just moan that they are always making sequels to films that don't need one.

 

[MookJong]

Can you imagine if Alien 3 had never been made and Cameron had made an Alien 3 straight after T2 around 92-93.

You could cry thinking about it...

 

[Glaucus]

Some people make no sense to me. So many moan of all the sequels and remakes, and here we have a great film, that does not need a sequel, and people are asking for one?

Why does D9 need one though?

Unless he's going to do what Abrams did with Cloverfield sequel, similar title name, but a completely different story that has nothing at all to do with D9.

Are people hoping for a sequel, wanting more of the same; same again, but this time in district 10?

What's the point? Unless it's so, if the film does not live up to D9, people can just moan that they are always making sequels to films that don't need one.

whats the point?
because it was left with an option for a sequel and no i would not be the same.
don't you remember the whole line, i will return in x-number of years.

So it could very much be an alien like film, here the sequel is extremly different feel to the first one

 

[fullmetaltony]

The reason people want a D9 sequel is because that entire film was about getting the prawn and prawn kid to escape. With the added threat that there is likely to be some sort of retaliation from wherever they came from in the first place.
I'd like to see that explored, it was always left with the promise of a great sequel.

 

[SixTwoSix]

The scenario that he's setup with D9 could spawn a lot of good sequels, however Elysium and Chappie don't make me think he's a very varied director. He struck lucky with D9 and has continued a very similar style since.

Sadly I don't have a whole lot of faith in Scott these days, or Cameron tbf.

 

[fullmetaltony]

I think Blomkamp's style is what sets him apart though, but with Elysium and Chappie he moved away from the style that works.
Look at the four Halo shorts he did before D9 even, that had Halo fans frothing at the mouth for a complete Halo film in that style.
Gritty, realistic under fire chaos. Given the promise of what should come in a D9 sequel, there's a lot of scope for that. So long as he keeps the "documentary" style, which is what was missing in both Elysium and Chappie.
It's the human aspect that he's completely fluffed up in those two films.

Spoiler

The bit where Matt Damon dies in Elysium should have been a desperate tear-jerker, but no, felt completely nonplussed by it. Huge missed opportunity.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Well wasn't Elysium the Halo movie that got canned and then quickly re-written to Elysium?

 

[Lt_Red]

I seem to be the only person in the world that actually likes Alien 3. Watched it plenty of times and still enjoy it to this day.

4 on other hand can kiss my derriere...

 

[kiteloopy]

I seem to be the only person in the world that actually likes Alien 3. Watched it plenty of times and still enjoy it to this day.

4 on other hand can kiss my derriere...

Same.
I enjoyed the setting of 3....the isolated, forgotten, prison. Shame the CGI is naff.

 

[Rroff]

That is one of the aspects that I found detracted from it as great as that location was it felt like a movie shot in one room - atleast with Aliens despite being mostly based around one location there was more variation and less you could easily guess at.

4 was **** but atleast it had some variation and enough pop corn content you could switch off and enjoy it for what it was.

Alien 3 atmosphere and moody visuals wise does pretty much hit the nail on the head for what an Alien movie should be but in most other regards I found it really boring.

 

[Lt_Red]

I don't find it boring at all. I like it a lot. Apart from the scene where she goes into the basement with a stick and says "just do what you do". That scene makes me cringe lol. If I could buy a new version with just that scene cut I probably would. Hehe.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Another lover of Alien 3 here, even liked the original cut, watching the directors cut/workprint made that fondness of the movie grow even more.

I've said it before and i'll say it again, there is very little CGI in Alien 3, a lot of what people consider bad CGI is actually mainly rod work against green screen.

 

[L1ght]

Alien 3 was always one of my favorite. I'm glad I got a chance to see 1 2 and 3 on the spin at my picture house.