The thing that cracks me up about Alien Resurrection is the fact Jayne is in it. You know, he looks a bit different, though. One of Joss's many drafts is on the UK DVD, and it includes even more Jayne jokes.
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
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Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 8:21:26 am PST #2155 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2007 8:23:15 am PST #2156 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Call doesn't map quite as well as some of the other characters. Johner was SO Jayne that honestly I could see Adam Baldwin in that role or Ron Perleman in FIREFLY.
I also think Michael Wincott and his (black, female) second in command COULD have been a Mal/Zoe, but either Joss didn't flesh them out for the movie or Jeunet chucked out large parts of the script (probably a bit of both). They were schmuck bait alien chow in any case, but I get the feeling seeds were being planted at that point.
tommyrot - Nov 09, 2007 8:25:18 am PST #2157 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I really like Alien Resurrection. Ok, I really like the first half. Once it gets all action-y it loses me. Although the action part did have one of the coolest revenge killings evah!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2007 8:27:57 am PST #2158 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Although the action part did have one of the coolest revenge killings evah!
I ALWAYS loved that bit, especially since it's the Dane from Miller's Crossing that he takes his revenge on. Honestly (apart from the science being SERIOUSLY crap) it was when it started being an ALIEN movie (especially the very end - how many ways can you suck an alien out into space? Let's find out...) that it stopped working for me.
Kathy A - Nov 09, 2007 8:42:02 am PST #2159 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The ALIEN series lost me at the beginning of Alien3, when they killed off Hicks and Newt. Sorry, but you kill off two of my favorite characters ever, I'm not going to be a fan of your movies.
Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 8:44:15 am PST #2160 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Not looking forward to Serenity 2, Kathy A?
(Sorry)
I have Joss on video record saying he never wrote the Alien being sucked out into spacey thingy.
Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2007 8:50:03 am PST #2161 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The ALIEN series lost me at the beginning of Alien3, when they killed off Hicks and Newt.
Yeah, at the beginning of Alien3, they rendered everything that happened in Aliens moot, and they did it all offscreen. Way to show respect to the fans, guys.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2007 8:52:40 am PST #2162 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It is pretty amazing, though, that good or bad, the ALIENS movies definitely reflect the directors who made them (and I'd say AR mixed some definite Joss in - it's just I think Joss and Jeunet were oil and water).
tommyrot - Nov 09, 2007 9:00:15 am PST #2163 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And then whos idea was it to make Alien vs. Predator PG? eta: PG-13, right?
The one that comes out in Dec. will be R, right?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2007 9:11:40 am PST #2164 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And then whos idea was it to make Alien vs. Predator PG? eta: PG-13, right?
Oh, I'd completely blocked that out. Not that I saw it (which may be why I blocked it out). I think the bottom line was the director of that movie anyway.