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Title: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 22 November, 2021, 10:23:32 AM
Variety has some news with a two for one thrilltastic overload! I must stop re-reading old progs!

https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/blade-runner-alien-tv-series-ridley-scott-1235117198/?fbclid=IwAR1ExXdR7hWApNKHkb5hRgbnmX7mUz1GdPZpiXo7qfnn9WrY6JCvQExtvqc
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: IndigoPrime on 22 November, 2021, 10:38:20 AM
The basic premise for those is an odd one. Blade Runner would almost be quaint now as a TV show. The films are slow and attempt to be noir. They work within themselves, but breaking that out to ten hours would be a big challenge.

Alien comics have shown there's space in that universe, although I'd have much preferred that happen before Scott attempting to explain everything, rather than leave mystery at the heart of everything. (That massive spaceship in Alien was awe-inspiring. I didn't need him to then fill in the backstory.) Still: Noah Hawley. His stuff can be bumpy, but the first three seasons of Fargo were superb as was the first of Legion (before it disappeared right up its own arse).
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: Proudhuff on 22 November, 2021, 12:14:06 PM
Funnily enough, I'm still buying both comics and enjoying them, Not sure if I fancy the above thro.
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: sheridan on 22 November, 2021, 12:37:06 PM
The article says it's the first Alien story set on Earth - I'm sure some caveats would have to be added to that (even taken as a given that they mean 'aliens on Earth' and not 'scenes on Earth before the characters head to space')...
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: sheridan on 22 November, 2021, 12:37:43 PM
Actually, never mind that - both Aliens Vs Predator films were set on Earth, so we don't even have to resort to novels and comics...
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 11:59:46 AM
Soooo a random thought , but would a xenomorph lay an egg in a replicant?
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 24 November, 2021, 12:05:31 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 11:59:46 AM
Soooo a random thought , but would a xenomorph lay an egg in a replicant?

Are you suggesting an alternative to the Voight-Kampff test?
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: CalHab on 24 November, 2021, 12:12:16 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 11:59:46 AM
Soooo a random thought , but would a xenomorph lay an egg in a replicant?

An alien laid an egg in Bishop in the William Gibson Alien 3 script.
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: sheridan on 24 November, 2021, 12:12:55 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 11:59:46 AM
Soooo a random thought , but would a xenomorph lay an egg in a replicant?

They prefer the term 'artificial person'.
Title: Re: New Bladerunner TV and Aliens show in the offing.
Post by: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 03:58:14 PM
Quote from: CalHab on 24 November, 2021, 12:12:16 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 24 November, 2021, 11:59:46 AM
Soooo a random thought , but would a xenomorph lay an egg in a replicant?

An alien laid an egg in Bishop in the William Gibson Alien 3 script.

I read the comic of that too, so maybe that's where the idea percolated up from!