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Alien 3
Today I listened to Alien III by William Gibson. Audible bills it as the Aliens franchise "script that never made it to screen." The story recaps the events of Aliens (1986) and picks up an indeterminate amount of time after the movie. Michael Biehn and Lance Henriksen reprise their roles as Hicks and Bishop respectively. Newt and Ripley appear in a limited capacity, probably because they couldn't get Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in for this full cast recording. There are plenty of new characters, many of whom meet with typically grisly fates for this type story.
The audio serves as a sort of AU in which the Sulaco doesn't catch on fire and therefore doesn't load the four surviving crew into an escape pod that later crashes (as seen in the movie Alien3 (1992)). Instead the ship travels through the territory of a rival political group to "The Company" and is boarded. Disaster, as it usually does in these movies, ensues.
Long story short: it's a very good audio and honestly frightening. The last ten minutes or so were so tense I had to get up and pace. Biehn and Henriksen sound great in their roles and I love their characters just as much as I did in the movie. The lack of Ripley is extremely disappointing but, given what all happens, there is at least the comfort that she's out of this mess early. This is definitely still a Cold War story, with obvious stand-ins for the USA and USSR/China in the two featured political groups. At a little over 2 hours, it is a short audio and I'm glad I got it for free. That said, if you can find it cheap it certainly is worth a listen. It's definitely a better sequel than Alien3, although that's damning it with faint praise and it deserves better than that.
My favorite bits, other than Hicks being awesome vs the Xenomorphs, were when he says goodbye to Newt and Ripley. I may eventually end up writing some fan fiction related to those two segments.
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Updates on the writing front:
I've got to work this weekend, but I hope to continue writing for "Hill House Five" and the Eighth Doctor drabbles at some point.
The audio serves as a sort of AU in which the Sulaco doesn't catch on fire and therefore doesn't load the four surviving crew into an escape pod that later crashes (as seen in the movie Alien3 (1992)). Instead the ship travels through the territory of a rival political group to "The Company" and is boarded. Disaster, as it usually does in these movies, ensues.
Long story short: it's a very good audio and honestly frightening. The last ten minutes or so were so tense I had to get up and pace. Biehn and Henriksen sound great in their roles and I love their characters just as much as I did in the movie. The lack of Ripley is extremely disappointing but, given what all happens, there is at least the comfort that she's out of this mess early. This is definitely still a Cold War story, with obvious stand-ins for the USA and USSR/China in the two featured political groups. At a little over 2 hours, it is a short audio and I'm glad I got it for free. That said, if you can find it cheap it certainly is worth a listen. It's definitely a better sequel than Alien3, although that's damning it with faint praise and it deserves better than that.
My favorite bits, other than Hicks being awesome vs the Xenomorphs, were when he says goodbye to Newt and Ripley. I may eventually end up writing some fan fiction related to those two segments.
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Updates on the writing front:
- I added a few more drabbles to "The Lost City of Jedha" this week.
- I've added some Sanctuary drabbles as well, with a particular focus on the episode "The Five."
I've got to work this weekend, but I hope to continue writing for "Hill House Five" and the Eighth Doctor drabbles at some point.