The Resurrection of Ripley

leading from:  Alien Resurrection a) The Giler solutionAlien 3 had been filmed, Ripley has died. How can another Alien movie starring Sigourney Weaver as Ripley go on?Sigourney said to David Giler on the night of the wrap party on Alien 3  "I'm gonna miss this character"Giler replied "don't be silly, this character is you know, she'd just had her chest ripped out in a pit of fire and you know and all the rest of it. So we start...

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Joss Whedon injects vampiric blood into the script

Leading from: Alien Resurrectiona.) Joss Whedon who wrote the script for Buffy The Vampire Slayer and produced the series by that name wrote the script for Alien Resurrection. He introduced a new alien entity into the story called "The Newborn".People who have heard about his work might wonder what personal themes he has brought into the film and assume that he somehow integrated the idea of vampires into the script. The newborn turns out to...

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Giger's letter to 20th C Fox regarding Alien Resurrection

leading fromHR Giger Giger's letter to 20th C Fox no.1 (November 13th 1997) Giger's letter to 20th C Fox no.2 (December 19th 19...

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