In a recent interview, veteran actress Sigourney Weaver said she would play Ripley in the Foreigner Franchise if it gets a good script. But I suspect that’s where the problem lies. A good script for a Foreigner Film, simple. A good script for a Foreigner The film that brings Ripley back is much more difficult. […]
Alien: Romulus is already a success. The new version of the sci-fi horror series was a box office success on its opening weekend and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon. Fede Álvarez’s bloody space film is one of the hits of the summer. One reason for its early success is that it […]
Regardless of your opinion on the various sequels, prequels and midquels of ForeignerThe 1979 film remains a masterpiece of science fiction cinema. Much of the atmospheric tension of the latest film, Alien: Romulusowes its mood to Ridley Scott’s original. But the nuanced, claustrophobic triumph didn’t just happen because Scott woke up one morning with the […]
If you are a fan of the Foreigner Movies, there are several terrifying science fiction novels that you should definitely add to your reading list. The situation of being trapped in space with a highly advanced killing machine is one that none of us would ever want to be in, but you can’t help but […]
It has been seven years since Alien: Covenant came out in theaters and although I liked it, it was not exactly a commercial success. Nevertheless, the Foreigner Franchise is a machine at this point as it markets and promotes itself thanks to its core fan base. In addition, it serves as a playground for different […]
The idea of a new Alien sequel is now a controversial one. Alien: Romulus is the seventh installment in the series, and every time we queue up for another film, even one as full of “mythology” as Prometheus, we hope we get a taste of the shock and awe that Alien evoked 45 years ago. […]
The Xenomorph in Alien: Romulus. Courtesy of 20th Century Studios As the Terminator, Foreigner is a franchise where no new installment has a chance of being the best. This one is about third place, behind Ridley Scott’s scary original and James Cameron’s action-packed sequel. Most of the subsequent efforts have catered to different tastes and […]
Late 20th-century Soviet science fiction writers and brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky argued that the sole purpose of a spacefaring species’ life was to ensure the well-being of the universe by promoting sentience, consciousness, and even happiness. To which Dolls, one of their most compelling alien protagonists, grumbles: Yes, but what kind of consciousness? What […]
