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Aliens (1986) James Cameron: "[Franchise producers David Giler and Walter Hill's] outline said something like, 'Ripley gets rescued and goes back to the planet with a bunch of soldiers. They are attacked and eaten'. That was pretty much it. Except—and I'll never forget this—..." 🔽

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The Spaceshipper 🚀

@thespaceshipper.com

"...the outline concluded with this sentence, 'And then some bulls--t happens,' which I thought trivialized the entire process of actually working out what the story would be." Also, in the outline, "They can't blow up the planet because it would cause Xenomorph spores to spread to other planets."

syfy.comJames Cameron's Aliens Originally Included This Weird Xenomorph BackstoryFor decades, fans of the Alien franchise endlessly debated the origin of the Xenomorph scourge until Ridley Scott offered up somewhat hazy answers in his prequel duology.

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Holiest Mallard

@holiestmallard.bsky.social

That had better have been the synopsis on the back of the novelization.

Solo Run Studio

@solorunstudio.bsky.social

So not so much an "outline" as hot garbage. Glad we got the film we got and not whatever that was supposed to be.