his parents must have been CRUEL 

blessed with precognitive ability 

As much as I desire everything with Anderson's name attached to it to tank miserably at the box office, I kind of want AvP to do well, because at least that should greenlight the above-mentioned Cameron project. 

I'm sure everyone would agree Cameron is the ultimate Alien films director, and he should not only do another, but make a new one every year to satisfy my craving. I'm sure if he wanted to do one it'd get greenlighted immediately, wouldnt it? I hope so. 

also expressed intentions to revisit the alien franchise if there is a good enough script. 

so he's not coming back then. 

Chucky's little demonling kid is voiced by none-other than Billy Boyd of LOTR. 

is apparently working on a huge project. He is being very secretive about it, but says that it's a) inspired by ROTK, and b) a sci-fi set in the future.

I have two theories - either this is the rumoured 'His Dark Materials' adaptation, or it could be an epic set in the Aliens universe, i.e. Alien 5. I'm hoping for the latter. 

that sounds good

i don't think it sounds like the 1st, simply because its not set in the future.

I'll hope for Alien 5 too, but i can't really see how it can be inspired by Return of the King, unless he means huge battle scenes and impromptu singing. Also if he manages to bring back hudson somehow and cast arnie, he'll have made the best possible movie! 

I read the quote on theonering.net, but I can't dig it up again, because their archive system is so fubared. The gist of it is that he wants to emulate the huge epicness/cinematic style of ROTK. I can see this being translated into massive battles on the Alien homeworld, or even *gasp* a massive Earth invasion. 

Cameron can hold his own and all, but he's no Ridley Scott. Just remember, if the first film had been like Cameron's the project would've been a really bad television series like Aliens AL-1 by now. 

 

should i infer that you prefer Alien to Aliens?! subjectivity aside, there's an opinion thats plain wrong. 

I hated Aliens; IMHO, a predictable and boring action flick.

I loved Alien; a first rate and very suspenseful horror movie that served to extend the Science Fiction genre at a time it was being dumbdowned by Star Wars and its imitators.

I actually liked Alien 3 as a low key and unpretensious sequel in the spirit of the first movie.

I have never seen the fourth even though Winona is a living doll incapable of fault of any kind no matter what the media may say, IMHO. 

was a far better film on every level, but Aliens was so much more fun. I like both but if I had to rate, I'd go with Alien.

As for having an epic scale Alien movie, please no. That sounds like immense suckage ala starship troopers. 

Heinlein deserved much better than what they delivered in that movie. The novel was provocative in the best sense of the word. 

I like Aliens big-time, and watch it my SE version regularly. But yes, Alienis way better. In retrospect I'm sure it looks like nothing innovative or groundbreaking, but in '79 it was -- and to a great degree it still is. Like 2001 and Blade Runner (another Ridley Scott film), it changed the genre of scifi at the movies significantly and for the better. 

The suggested lineup when I last read the rumour was:

James Cameron: script
Ridley Scott: director
Sigourney Weaver: overpaid, underwhelming, clueless ego


One of these three would be very bad for the Aliens phenomenon. Can you guess which one?
[hint: it's not the first two] 

its time arnie starred in an alien movie :) 

I thought most would not prefer Arnie in Aliens much less another action movie 

... on the style and director of the film. He was good in Predator, for example. 

Best Ahnuld move ever: SEE J00 AHT DEH PAHTY RIKTURR! 

CONSIDER THAT A DIVOURSE!! 

Just got back from it. Basically, it's a Simpsons episode done as a live action film, and it doesn't carry over at all. Some really funny parts (The Walken handling the announcing chores during a remote-controlled toy robot battle was my personal fave), but the script was really faulty and confusing, and the balance was way too uneven to make the entire film an enjoyable experience. Just glad it was a matinee. 

biff,

I love that line, typical arnie cheese & charm rolled into one.