Post by valderra on Sept 8, 2006 11:23:46 GMT -5
For those who haven't seen this film or have forgotten about it, here is what happens:
Two hundred years have passed since Ellen Ripley died on Fiorina 161. Aboard the medical research vessel USM Auriga, a team of scientists clones Ripley from her extracted DNA and removes the alien Queen embryo which was growing inside her at the time of her death.
In order to continue their experiments with the aliens, the scientists commission a crew of smugglers to bring them a shipment of "hosts" to be used to grow more aliens.
The smugglers, the crew from The Betty, decide to stay aboard the Auriga where they discover the cloned Ripley.
The new Ripley is made up of both human and alien DNA, resulting in heightened strength, a sixth sense about the aliens onboard, and acidic blood.
The aliens use their own acidic blood to escape from the laboratory and most of the military crew on board escapes leaving Ripley, the crew of The Betty, the medical officers, and one surviving kidnapped host behind.
En route back to The Betty, they find the first seven unsuccessful, horrifying clones of Ellen Ripley and she sets them on fire before continuing on.
After a breathtaking underwater chase with the aliens, Dr. Wren reveals that he wants to continue his experiments and bring the aliens to Earth. Ripley convinces Call to set the Auriga to crash instead, heightening the need for the survivors to escape the Auriga.
Ripley feels that the Queen alien is in pain and she goes to see her. She finds that the Queen shares her own DNA and has become capable of giving birth.
The newborn she delivers is an all new breed of alien/human hybrid which proves to be even more deadly than the others.
The characters/actors are:
Clone # 8 of Lt. Ellen Ripley - Signourney Weaver
Call, Mechanic of the Betty - Winona Ryder
Dr. Gediman, Scientist, USM Auriga - Brad Dourif
Elgyn, Captain of the Betty - Michael Wincott
Johner, Crewman of the Betty - Ron Perlman
Christie Crewman of the Betty - Gary Dourdan
Vreiss, Chief Mechanic of the Betty - Doninique Pinon
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First of all, do you think this movie should have been made in the first place?
Secondly, if so... is this movie OK as a stand-alone film, just to watch for the fun of it, or do you think it works well as the 4th instalment of the alien movies?
Thirdly, what do you think of Winona Ryder playing the andoid?
And fourth, why did it take them such a long time (almost 200 years) to clone Ripley? And even if they were able to clone her, where did they get her DNA from? She threw herself into the hot melting steel pot (or whatever that was), so they could not have retrieved any DNA of her WITH the alien inside her.
Two hundred years have passed since Ellen Ripley died on Fiorina 161. Aboard the medical research vessel USM Auriga, a team of scientists clones Ripley from her extracted DNA and removes the alien Queen embryo which was growing inside her at the time of her death.
In order to continue their experiments with the aliens, the scientists commission a crew of smugglers to bring them a shipment of "hosts" to be used to grow more aliens.
The smugglers, the crew from The Betty, decide to stay aboard the Auriga where they discover the cloned Ripley.
The new Ripley is made up of both human and alien DNA, resulting in heightened strength, a sixth sense about the aliens onboard, and acidic blood.
The aliens use their own acidic blood to escape from the laboratory and most of the military crew on board escapes leaving Ripley, the crew of The Betty, the medical officers, and one surviving kidnapped host behind.
En route back to The Betty, they find the first seven unsuccessful, horrifying clones of Ellen Ripley and she sets them on fire before continuing on.
After a breathtaking underwater chase with the aliens, Dr. Wren reveals that he wants to continue his experiments and bring the aliens to Earth. Ripley convinces Call to set the Auriga to crash instead, heightening the need for the survivors to escape the Auriga.
Ripley feels that the Queen alien is in pain and she goes to see her. She finds that the Queen shares her own DNA and has become capable of giving birth.
The newborn she delivers is an all new breed of alien/human hybrid which proves to be even more deadly than the others.
The characters/actors are:
Clone # 8 of Lt. Ellen Ripley - Signourney Weaver
Call, Mechanic of the Betty - Winona Ryder
Dr. Gediman, Scientist, USM Auriga - Brad Dourif
Elgyn, Captain of the Betty - Michael Wincott
Johner, Crewman of the Betty - Ron Perlman
Christie Crewman of the Betty - Gary Dourdan
Vreiss, Chief Mechanic of the Betty - Doninique Pinon
--- --- ---
First of all, do you think this movie should have been made in the first place?
Secondly, if so... is this movie OK as a stand-alone film, just to watch for the fun of it, or do you think it works well as the 4th instalment of the alien movies?
Thirdly, what do you think of Winona Ryder playing the andoid?
And fourth, why did it take them such a long time (almost 200 years) to clone Ripley? And even if they were able to clone her, where did they get her DNA from? She threw herself into the hot melting steel pot (or whatever that was), so they could not have retrieved any DNA of her WITH the alien inside her.