This falls under my column of "Do not know if want."
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The 1981 film was one of the worst films I've ever endured--it was everything wrong and unholy with science-fiction of that time period. I give them points for using Blue Oyster Cult, but that's pretty much it.
Speaking of disappointments, I re-watched "Alien 3" tonight. Some of the performances are pretty decent, but there are plenty of technical problems which ranks this movie below its predecessors. I was never really scared for any of the characters--the convicts are shown as non-sympathetic characters with predictable expirations, and Ripley... well, we all know Ripley's going to at least make it to the climax of the movie.
You know what would have impressed the hell out of me? Kill Ripley halfway through. No fake death, no revival bullshit... she does her little expository bit and leads us along and then BAM! the Xenomorph insta-kills her. Keep the audience on their toes.
That was one of the triumphs of the original "Psycho." You think the plot's about one thing and then... well, I don't want to spoil it if you haven't seen it. Go watch the 1960s flick and see what suspense SHOULD be like.
Problem is, in films where you have strange creatures, people like to have that hero character. For example, in the 1st predator, you probably knew Arnie would make it. You know that he would somehow manage to kill the far more advanced and powerful Monster. If the Predator would have turned him into minced meat after 10 minutes, that would not make for a film as good I think.
Yes, but I'm not talking about the original... I'm talking about the sequel. It would be pretty awesome if Predator 2 started with Ahnold on vacation (or campaigning, even better!) in Los Angeles, and getting executed by the eponymous villain.
(Let's face it, many important historical figures were ignominiously assassinated at gunpoint: Jesse James, "Wild Bill" Hickok, Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Archbishop Ferdinand, and so on. All it takes to die is being in the wrong place at the wrong time around someone who finds your existence to be an inconvenience.)
At any rate, at this point in the film you'd see the real protagonist, Danny Glover, who would have dropped several lines foreshadowing his own death, for example: "I'm retiring next month," or "I'm too old for this shit." Lo and behold, Danny survives to fight the Predator while Ahnold gets iced.
THAT would be a fun sequel.
It is a common myth that the Schwarzenegger can die, so I'd rather have him as a sort of guy explaining things about the predator to glover
By the way, Predator vs Terminator would be rather cool I think, although poor skynet would end up in the trash can
Not counting fake deaths in Running Man and Total Recall, he's expired on-screen at least three times: Terminator, T-2, and T-3. I'm not sure the Terminator movies count, however, as technically he plays an advanced cybernetic machine and does not completely qualify as "alive."
but if arnie dies for real, isn't it the end of days?
but if arnie dies for real, isn't it the end of days?
How Can Arnold Die For Real If Death Isn't Real