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"I feel after going to a couple of these Comic Cons and meeting so many fans who are so passionate about the series, passionate about Ripley — that there’s more story to tell; but I don’t know how to do that. I don’t think Alien belongs on Earth popping out of a haystack, which is where I was afraid it was going to go. I feel it should take place in the far reaches of the universe where no one in their right mind would go. There are very few filmmakers that I can think of that I would want to entrust this to. But I can think of a couple… I feel there’s a longing in certain groups of fans when I meet them for the story to be finished because we really left it up in the air and I feel a bit badly about that because I was part of that decision making process. I didn’t want to make four and five in a bundle. I think it’s hard to make these films all in a big lump. You need time to sort of let things resonate so I can imagine a situation where we could at least finish telling her story. I think that would be very satisfying at least to me — although I haven’t done anything about it; but I can understand why that could happen and I certainly know young filmmakers who are interested in doing that. So we’ll just have to see what happens."
--- Sigourney Weaver talking about Ripley (believe it or not! groan...) at the Hero Complex Film Festival last night in Los Angeles. I've always felt like there was an end-game taking us to the alien's home planet. I just wish HR Giger were still around to design it. (thanks Mac)
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I guess I would be worried they would ruin the mystery of the creatures by over-explaining their origins. (Much the way Hannibal Lecter was considerably diminished by over-development.)
I agree with Unknown. There's always so much pressure to explain away mysteries and things left open-endeed in pop cultural works. But Weaver's comments are as smart and thoughtful as ever.
I think there are ways to take us to a world of the alien creatures and not explain away all of their mysteries. That might not be the way the more obvious hacks of Hollywood would write that movie, but I could see that movie being written. Hell if there was somebody as gutsy making it as Ridley and James were (and Fincher, though his choices were more frustrating than exciting) you could open up a thousand new cans of worms and leave us with more questions than answers.
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