There was also a plan from Vincent Ward to set it on a monk-only planet made entirely of wood.
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Resurrection was OK but clearly the weakest of the 4 Weaver movies. I would rank them as:
- Aliens, and by a clear distance
- Alien 3
- Alien
- Resurrection
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Always wondered how they were going to explain that or whether they’d just Hollywood hand-wave it away.
There was a comic a few years before with an older Newt on her way to Earth. I didn’t complete reading it but iirc, Weyland are breeding Aliens for military purposes, they get loose on Earth and Ripley shows up to kick some alien ass at some point. It’s also how some later comics managed to weave the Predators into the timeline as they help the humans.
As I said, I never read much but it seemed a bit more satisfying than the way Hollywood ended up going with either franchise (Predators and Prey aside). -
Some people cite the wooden planet as a missed opportunity. I read the leaked script of it once. It wasn’t very good.
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I saw it described as simultaneously the best and worst idea ever. I think that sounds right.
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All this talk of Aliens comics reminded me that I wrote an Aliens comic book series once for the UK magazine which was never finished when the magazine folded.
EXCEPT...
I just Googled it and it seems it WAS finished. And published in a Marvel collection in 2021! Who knew?
avp.fandom.com/wiki/aliens:_crusade
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Are you owed any money?
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Don't think so.
A guy from Marvel got in touch with me during the COVID lockdowns to get my up to date bank details, which I guess was in preparation for this publication, but I imagine it has to sell a million copies to get me even a few cents.
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Did you originally get paid to write the story? If not then you are owed. Otherwise, good luck. Which reminds me. I need to catch up on my 2000AD/s as I still have them and the Judge Dredd megazine delivered to the good old Poo S A. I need to get organized before the shipping blitz from Trickies house assuming the moth Balls haven't totally engulfed what's left of the collection.
Chicago: Living in Multicolour.
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Oh, I definitely got paid a page rate back then. I remember it was in US dollars and they sent me a transatlantic cheque every month. I think it worked out at like $50 a page, when UK page rates were maybe £35-40? Something like that. (Apparently, page rates have barely moved since then...)
There was also some kind of tiny royalty and reprinting deal involved, but it all depends on sales volumes, which will be very low.
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I think Florist is hoping we all buy a copy. I'm not going for it mate. Sorry.
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Very hard to get one, apparently. Going on eBay for £100!!
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I had a friend in london who was my earliest exposure to a comic book nerd. alongside having to divert into comic bookshops when we were out, he also practised Kendo (he was 6'4' and from Mauritius), and his party trick was to attack me. At parties. He ultimately threw himself off a UL tower block the night before his viva. Which was sad...but I thought quite in keeping with the genre he was operating in.
Which is my way of saying that I know nothing about comics, except that Chics are very comfortable, and have been an absolute boon now the cold weather has come around.
As you were.
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When is the Rogue Trooper film coming out? I want it to be a smashing success so that all of 2000AD's excellent characters get a shot at world domination. And yes Florist I would read your comic....
Chicago: Cartoon Villain.
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I noticed the abridged (I think) version of The Fall of Deadworld audiobook is on Spotify the other day so that's a wwek or so's additional car listening sorted.
