G Vallejo wrote:
I can't say I'm married to the idea of Newt surviving one way or the other, but let's say she did... Ripley could die in the third one, and Newt could be the one scarred for life and carrying on the hunt for the aliens... did you ever read the ALIENS Dark Horse comic from the 80s? It took place after Aliens, and I think Newt was grown into a young woman by then...
OK, that would be cool. But I'm asking what could have been done with Newt as a child by herself in ALIEN 3, if it began right where ALIENS ended, and she survived without Weaver?  I don't think the child could have carried the movie. And I think if it was another "Momma Ripley and daughter Newt fight the aliens again in space", it would have been too much like what we'd just been through in ALIENS.

I can understand why people dislike the film as it is... Hicks and Newt dying was a serious bummer, which set the tone for the whole movie. Nobody wants a bummer Alien movie. They want either a Lovecraftian horror film, a kick-ass action flick, or some new direction that gets you excited, not gets you down.


I understand why many people dislike ALIEN 3 too. But still, after the kick-ass thrill ride we'd just been on for PART 2, you couldn't really top it or repeat it.

Here's what I think could have worked  --- ALIEN 3 could have had Newt and Ripley back on Earth, with tons of Aliens right there with them in the real world.   


"Physical Media: Alive and Well, Forever!"