Is the desire to overlook the events of Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection a little too drastic?
With its cacophonous drums and heart-rending strings, it soared where the film itself faltered.
But as Ive argued many, many times on these pages,Alien 3is itself a flawed masterpiece.
Except it wasnt the end, of course.
But for years, there was no discussion at all about continuing the resurrected Ripleys story.
But Blomkamps movie wouldnt have taken place afterResurrection; it would have picked up from 1986sAliens.
For all its flaws,Alien 3has lots to recommend it, as outlined above.
EvenAlien: Resurrection,full of ill-advised comedy though it was, had some great special effects.
Do we really need to turn our backs on all that collective effort just so theAlienfranchise can continue?
And yet, having written all this, I cant help but see the promise in the idea.
I can imagineAlien 5picking up several years after the events ofAliens.
Wouldnt it be interesting to see a 20-something Newt fighting aliens alongside her now much older adoptive parents?
If this happened, futureAliensequels could even carry on with Newt as the new protagonist.
(Wheres Bishop in all this?
If Lance Henriksen doesnt want to return, I guess he can just stay in cryosleep.)
***A version of this article ran on Feb. 27, 2015.
