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See, I think the difference in our approach here is that you think it’s a bad thing that Alien 3 ended the series so conclusively. Personally, I disagree. It’s not a bad thing for stories to end. A big problem with a lot of modern film-making is an obsession with the need to turn everything into a franchise or a shared universe or whatever. I’d rather something be the best story it can be, no matter what the implications are for any potential future installments.
As a horror story, Alien 3 is far more powerful for its decision to rip away everything Ripley fought for in Aliens. Darker, and bleaker, certainly, but it’s not exactly supposed to be a happy story. Keeping them alive, even if they’re not present in the movie, would have radically changed the overall tone in a way that would have softened its hardest punches.
See, I think the difference in our approach here is that you think it’s a bad thing that Alien 3 ended the series so conclusively. Personally, I disagree. It’s not a bad thing for stories to end. A big problem with a lot of modern film-making is an obsession with the need to turn everything into a franchise or a shared universe or whatever. I’d rather something be the best story it can be, no matter what the implications are for any potential future installments.
As a horror story, Alien 3 is far more powerful for its decision to rip away everything Ripley fought for in Aliens. Darker, and bleaker, certainly, but it’s not exactly supposed to be a happy story. Keeping them alive, even if they’re not present in the movie, would have radically changed the overall tone in a way that would have softened its hardest punches.