#alien iii

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“You can be a species again Hicks. United against a common enemy. The source, Hicks. You’ll have to trace them back, find the point of origin … The first source and this goes far beyond interspecies competition. The ALIEN is to biological life what antimatter is to matter … You’re at war, Hicks. War to extermination. The ALIEN knows no other mode.” - Bishop

This is why I still think that if they are going to REINVENT the Alien series, they should start with Alien 3 and use William Gibson’s unused screenplay which was adapted into a comic book series and an audio drama. It has the action of Aliens and the body horror and other disturbing elements from the first film, as well as ending on a hopeful –but ominous note. The tone of Bishop’s final monologue in Alien III also evokes the tone of the old scifi films that influenced much of Alien: Where the monster is a symbol for the dangers of communism, chaos or other evils. Throw in the old mystery that was addressed in Prometheus and you got a cosmic void that is also a faithful throwback to Lovecraftian horror.

Moreoever like most science fiction, it is a cautionary tale that ends with an important warning that we can only hope our divided species will heed:

“Yeah? Been at war all my life. With her. That’s what got us into this shit in the first place!” “But now you’ve seen the enemy, Hicks. So has she. She’s not it. Neither are you.” - last exchange between Hicks & Bishop

William Gibson’s Alien III Audio Drama on Audible

Currently free on Audible, thanks to Greg Bromley for the info.

Buy it now on Audible

I has a listen to this, although just 2 hours long they really made a great accompaniment to the comic.

The original image is from Wil Hughes 3D Modeller on Art Station. It is supposed to be a Nemorph Embryo. Visually it does look similar to the Alien Queen Embryo used for Alien 3.

I recently…

Just saw that William Gibson's Alien III script has been made into an audiobook. (It was released as a comic earlier this year)

ALIEN III is now up and downloadable on Audible, starring Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, @LoreleiKing, @laurellefkow and an equally fabulous cast. Thank you @GreatDismal for a wonderful script and @audibleuk for the opportunity to make it into our most ambitious audio movie yet. pic.twitter.com/HgYiGmmyc3

— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) 30 maggio 2019

Seeing my Alien III script releases globally on a platform that scarce existed when it was written gives me a different kind of future shock. Wish we got more of this one!

Did Hicks just shade Dallas??!!!!!  I just listened to the trailer for this new audio drama they are doing and OMG I hollered when Ripley said, “I was dreaming about Dallas.” and Hicks dead ass replied, “you can dream about anyplace you’d like.” We know good and well he studied her report.

Hicks was all