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Alien 3: El guion no filmado
Johnnie Christmas, William Gibson, William Gibson, Tamra Bonvillain
3.17 AVERAGE
93 reviews for:
Alien 3: El guion no filmado
Johnnie Christmas, William Gibson, William Gibson, Tamra Bonvillain
3.17 AVERAGE
I love the Alien universe. I have been hooked ever since the first movie. This was a much-needed glimpse into the events that occurred after Ripley and the other survivors left Hadleys Hope in the Sulaco. We get to see the fate of Newt, Hicks, and Bishop. Could this have been the 3rd movie in the series as is? No, even though the audioplay is around 3 hours, I don't think there is enough depth to make it as a feature movie. I needed to know what happened here, and it definitely tells a great story.
The Audible Original production was AMAZING! They did a great job. If you have seen any of my previous reviews, I hate audioplays, but this is one that does not SUCK. It actually excels. The most important quality for me is sound quality and volumes. You can HEAR all of the dialogs even with the music and effects. I hate it when the dialog (what am I here for) is drowned out with shitty sound effects and god-awful stock music. This production sounds great, you can clearly hear everything. The actors are amazing and getting to hear them again in the Aliens universe takes me back in time. Audible do more of THIS.
The Audible Original production was AMAZING! They did a great job. If you have seen any of my previous reviews, I hate audioplays, but this is one that does not SUCK. It actually excels. The most important quality for me is sound quality and volumes. You can HEAR all of the dialogs even with the music and effects. I hate it when the dialog (what am I here for) is drowned out with shitty sound effects and god-awful stock music. This production sounds great, you can clearly hear everything. The actors are amazing and getting to hear them again in the Aliens universe takes me back in time. Audible do more of THIS.
Companion Piece to [b:Alien III: Audible Original Drama|45420554|Alien III Audible Original Drama|William Gibson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1556676592l/45420554._SX50_.jpg|71199376]
Review of the Dark Horse Books graphic novel edition/adaptation (2019) of the unproduced William Gibson screenplay (1987)
This Dark Horse graphic novel collects the material from the five floppy comic books [b:William Gibson's Alien 3 #1|41949358|William Gibson's Alien 3 #1|Johnnie Christmas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1537418230l/41949358._SY75_.jpg|65450106] to [b:William Gibson's Alien 3 #5|43691960|William Gibson's Alien 3 #5|Johnnie Christmas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548284020l/43691960._SY75_.jpg|67981002] released earlier this year. It also includes a 2 page Introduction/Foreword by William Gibson which provides additional background about his original work on the screenplay. There is also a section of original sketch and concept art. I am assuming these 2 latter sections are bonus material that were not included in the floppy comic books.
The William Gibson introduction is quite fascinating as it provides an insider's view to the screenplay process and the Hollywood machine. Gibson produced the work as a writer for hire and wrote his script according to a treatment (a proposed film synopsis) that he was provided. The decision to leave Ripley in a comatose state for most of the proposed film was therefore not his, but was simply according to the treatment he was responding to. In the end the script he provided did not meet the expectations of the producers as he did not really give it any so-called "cyperpunk" edge that they had thought he would bring to the table. After that early script and several later ones were rejected, the film was finally produced as [b:Alien³|939556|Alien³|Alan Dean Foster|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1474893425l/939556._SY75_.jpg|924531] (1992) (the novelization of the David Fincher movie).
On the whole I really preferred the Audible Original adaptation as the audio producer [a:Dirk Maggs|28715|Dirk Maggs|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] managed to give Ripley an increased cameo role and also gave more prominent roles to Bishop and Hicks (who were voiced by original Aliens actors Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn respectively). The graphic novel adaptation does follow the same plotline but I often found the panels confusing and the life-cycle of the alien creatures was all out of wack with the Alien/Prometheus canon. That might have been the case in the audio as well, but it did not jar as much as in a drawn visualization. Bishop was drawn somewhat like Lance Henriksen, but the Hicks character was very generic and did not strike me as anything like Michael Biehn.
Review of the Dark Horse Books graphic novel edition/adaptation (2019) of the unproduced William Gibson screenplay (1987)
This Dark Horse graphic novel collects the material from the five floppy comic books [b:William Gibson's Alien 3 #1|41949358|William Gibson's Alien 3 #1|Johnnie Christmas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1537418230l/41949358._SY75_.jpg|65450106] to [b:William Gibson's Alien 3 #5|43691960|William Gibson's Alien 3 #5|Johnnie Christmas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548284020l/43691960._SY75_.jpg|67981002] released earlier this year. It also includes a 2 page Introduction/Foreword by William Gibson which provides additional background about his original work on the screenplay. There is also a section of original sketch and concept art. I am assuming these 2 latter sections are bonus material that were not included in the floppy comic books.
The William Gibson introduction is quite fascinating as it provides an insider's view to the screenplay process and the Hollywood machine. Gibson produced the work as a writer for hire and wrote his script according to a treatment (a proposed film synopsis) that he was provided. The decision to leave Ripley in a comatose state for most of the proposed film was therefore not his, but was simply according to the treatment he was responding to. In the end the script he provided did not meet the expectations of the producers as he did not really give it any so-called "cyperpunk" edge that they had thought he would bring to the table. After that early script and several later ones were rejected, the film was finally produced as [b:Alien³|939556|Alien³|Alan Dean Foster|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1474893425l/939556._SY75_.jpg|924531] (1992) (the novelization of the David Fincher movie).
On the whole I really preferred the Audible Original adaptation as the audio producer [a:Dirk Maggs|28715|Dirk Maggs|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] managed to give Ripley an increased cameo role and also gave more prominent roles to Bishop and Hicks (who were voiced by original Aliens actors Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn respectively). The graphic novel adaptation does follow the same plotline but I often found the panels confusing and the life-cycle of the alien creatures was all out of wack with the Alien/Prometheus canon. That might have been the case in the audio as well, but it did not jar as much as in a drawn visualization. Bishop was drawn somewhat like Lance Henriksen, but the Hicks character was very generic and did not strike me as anything like Michael Biehn.
I do not usually say that, but this time the movie was better, and it is strange because I had the greatest faith in Gibson....
Per quanto non lo dica quasi mai, stavolta il film era meglio di questo fumetto, nonostante io avessi la piú grande fiducia in Gibson....
THANKS EDELWEISS FOR THE PREVIEW!
Per quanto non lo dica quasi mai, stavolta il film era meglio di questo fumetto, nonostante io avessi la piú grande fiducia in Gibson....
THANKS EDELWEISS FOR THE PREVIEW!
William Gibson wrote a script for Alien 3. It was never turned into a film, but Dark Horse Comics turned it into a series of comic books. This script has existed on the internet and it is nice to see it get a visual treatment. There are some good ideas here and this would have been a good movie, more of a thinker than the real Alien 3 movie. There are interesting ideas. Recommended for fans of the Aliens franchise.
The USS Sulaco, after escaping from the alien queen, finds itself at Anchorpoint space station with its few remaining survivors. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation is still set on trying to make it’s biological weapon, no matter whose lives it puts in danger. But Weyland-Yutani got more than they expected.
When making the third Alien movie, the production company got a few authors to write screenplays for them. William Gibson was one of those authors, and while they did not use his script or even plot for the movie, the script has been adapted here into a graphic novel. And it’s pretty good. It’s a good continuation of the Alien movie series, that keeps very true to the feel and tone of the first two movies. There are some disappointments, namely that Ripley is in a coma so we don’t ever get to see her in action. And he did a weird mutation with the Aliens that was a large shift from what we had seen from them before. But still really enjoyed it.
When making the third Alien movie, the production company got a few authors to write screenplays for them. William Gibson was one of those authors, and while they did not use his script or even plot for the movie, the script has been adapted here into a graphic novel. And it’s pretty good. It’s a good continuation of the Alien movie series, that keeps very true to the feel and tone of the first two movies. There are some disappointments, namely that Ripley is in a coma so we don’t ever get to see her in action. And he did a weird mutation with the Aliens that was a large shift from what we had seen from them before. But still really enjoyed it.
Fascinating look at a road not taken, but overall there's not much to differentiate it from any other Alien comic. The artwork was even giving me flashbacks to reading comics in the early-1990s, and like the Alien vs. Predator runs I'd get glimpses of when they'd be advertised in other stuff.
Also, not gonna lie, I got mixed-up with my unmade-Alien 3 scripts and thought this was going to be Vincent Ward's "monks on a planet made of wood" approach to the sequel, which strikes me as the most visually promising of the bunch.
This just slaps together a lot of jargon and near-future "world building," and operates as a weird attempt to re-imagine this franchise as a Bishop-fronted endeavor. Although I'm exceedingly curious about the ways in which Gibson seemingly prefigured elements of Prometheus/Alien: Covenant in this.
Also, not gonna lie, I got mixed-up with my unmade-Alien 3 scripts and thought this was going to be Vincent Ward's "monks on a planet made of wood" approach to the sequel, which strikes me as the most visually promising of the bunch.
This just slaps together a lot of jargon and near-future "world building," and operates as a weird attempt to re-imagine this franchise as a Bishop-fronted endeavor. Although I'm exceedingly curious about the ways in which Gibson seemingly prefigured elements of Prometheus/Alien: Covenant in this.
2.5 stars
Its not bad, but this unfortunately felt somewhat disjointed and it really didn't click with me. Unfortunately the story wasn't up to Gibson's usual high standards (or the standards of the better Alien franchise offerings). And I think the art was slightly substandard.
Its not bad, but this unfortunately felt somewhat disjointed and it really didn't click with me. Unfortunately the story wasn't up to Gibson's usual high standards (or the standards of the better Alien franchise offerings). And I think the art was slightly substandard.
Some neat ideas, but what they did with Ripley in this would have been absolutely nonsensical. Still better than the movie though (which was awful).
It’s better than the movie, I guess. At least Ripley is in the movie.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced