Director Ridley Scott shares with you the thing he got wrong about the Alien franchise

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Key things

  • Ridley Scott originally thought the Alien franchise was over after Alien Resurrection, but rediscovered its potential with Prometheus.
  • Scott has avoided excessive blood and gore in the Alien films to maintain tension, saying that getting the monster right is key to the franchise's success.
  • Scott's direction brings realism, terror and innovation to the Alien franchise, with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant exploring themes of creation and evolution.



Ridley Scott was candid about his thoughts regarding Foreign franchise. The English filmmaker, known for directing the genres of science fiction, horror and crime, admitted that he was thinking Foreign has been done since 1997.

The Foreign the franchise began with Foreigndirected by Scott and released in 1979. It was a massive hit with a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. He had a great response and went down in the history of cinema. It even spawned three sequels — Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997). That also scored Prometheus prequel series — Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017) — both directed by Scott. Scott shared a surprising thought about the franchise in a recent interview.


Scott has a long history in Foreign franchise. He was the first to direct the first film and admitted that he thought he was after the third film, Alien: Resurrection. However, he realized that it lived on as he continued to work Prometheus. “I think wrong ForeignI thought the old beast was done. Because when we did the first one [set of films]it was me, Jim [Cameron]David [Fincher]and the French [Jean-Pierre Jeunet] – there were four. They wore out. The beast has worn itself out,” Scott told GameRadar+. Scott added that he found the beast by accident. The original title for the first film in the series was Star beast before it was changed to Foreign. According to him, without the aforementioned discovery, no such film would have been made and they had to fix the creature to be effective.


However, he wanted to avoid something that would only lead to his demise. “And it depends on what the monster is and how you play with it, when usually less is always better for tension. And it's easier to have a movie that's gory and gory without tension. I tried to avoid that . And that's how it died,” said the director. He was sad for the franchise, because he thought it was huge, like Star Wars and Star Trek. So he discussed it with screenwriter Damon Laurence Lindelof, who co-wrote it Prometheus with him. “So I actually sat down with Damon Lindelof. We sat down at the table and spun the wheel to see: where could we go? And it all started with Prometheus,” Scott added.

Scott is a major figure of success Foreign franchise because of his direction that emphasizes the realism and terror that makes sci-fi horror scary. Additionally, its visual mastery is on point and its excellent pacing and innovative storytelling Foreign classics. His return to the franchise went through Prometheus and Alien: Covenant was probably the right choice as they introduce new story arcs while staying true to the origins of the Xenomorphs. These films also raised philosophical questions about creation and evolution. Scott has expressed interest in exploring this theme further, and that's probably more than welcome to fans who love the series as long as it offers a new story while staying true to the core mythology of the franchise to keep the new films relevant.


Source: GameRadar+

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