I'd already known Alien to be a cinematic sci-fi fencepost, but this documentary delves a little deeper into just what inspired it all to begin with.
Alien is a miracle moment, the mind-melding of three individual creative geniuses: Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Ginger. What's even more terrifying than Alien itself, is to consider the movie getting made without the input of just one of these men. Their collaboration was equal to capturing lightning in a bottle.
What if there had been rewrites by some other hack writer? What if the alien had been a man in some sloppily designed rubber suit? What if it had been directed by Walter Hill? It goes to show how one man can make a difference. It was the perfect assembly behind the scenes that were allowed to use their creative minds together to gift the universe with Alien, and all its spawn. We have the modern sci-fi and horror genre because of them, in so many ways.
Made me think any story could be made more epic with enough creativity behind it. Just think of all the inspiration this has put out there.
Alien is a miracle moment, the mind-melding of three individual creative geniuses: Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Ginger. What's even more terrifying than Alien itself, is to consider the movie getting made without the input of just one of these men. Their collaboration was equal to capturing lightning in a bottle.
What if there had been rewrites by some other hack writer? What if the alien had been a man in some sloppily designed rubber suit? What if it had been directed by Walter Hill? It goes to show how one man can make a difference. It was the perfect assembly behind the scenes that were allowed to use their creative minds together to gift the universe with Alien, and all its spawn. We have the modern sci-fi and horror genre because of them, in so many ways.
Made me think any story could be made more epic with enough creativity behind it. Just think of all the inspiration this has put out there.