You would not think of the seminal, multiple Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg as someone who ruins movies, but it very nearly happened with the 1986 Alien sequel, Aliens. The James Cameron follow-up is now well-known for being by far one of the best installments in the iconic science fiction franchise, transforming the haunted house vibe of the first movie into the perfect action-horror flick. But, if Spielberg had had his way, Aliens would instead have turned the dreaded Xenomorph into a misunderstood extraterrestrial just trying to find its way home. Not unlike a fanged E.T. with acidic blood…
The seminal director once had a really bad idea for what to do with the Xenomorph in James Cameron’s Aliens. Read More