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  Mothers in Law?

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     22/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     The following is excerpted from a letter from David Brin, RE a rumored

     script for Aliens 4.

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     Joshua Sean Bell had it half right in the rumor about Aliens4. I did not

     pitch them directly. Rather, I had a 3 minute screed on the Sci Fi

     Channel in which I presented my humorous version of an Aliens 4.

     Alien was a gothic horor movies about RAPE.

     Aliens was action adventure about MOTHERHOOD

     Aliens 3 was a nightmare.

     Aliens 4 should be about MOTHERS IN LAW!

     True, I suggested Ripley wake up. In other contexts, it's a cheat. In

     this context, it's completely right on. It'd turn that rotten Aliens 3

     into a good movie! It makes sense ... AS A NIGHTMARE!

     Ripley wakes up and lo and behold, society functions. From her

     testimony, the entire board of directors of The Company are promptly

     hanged! She is made advisor to the Grand Revenge Fleet. Meanwhile, she

     raises her daughter, who reaches university and becomes an

     anthropologist. Daughter persuades the president to allow one teeny

     little ship to try to make peace while the Grand Fleet roars off to

     garish space battles. Just as Ripley has the honor of pressing the

     Planet Buster button, a message comes from her daughter that contact has

     been made! Ripley screanms NO! and dives for the button but is stopped.

     Her DAUGHTER is hero of the age. Turns out the aliens are elegant,

     dignified... and had to work MUCH harder than we did in order to make

     it. They are horrified that we encountered untutored Eggs!

     Ripley mutters to herself back home in her apartment... then daughter

     phones.

     Hey mom, I'm bringing a friend home to dinner. He's nice. A diplomat.

     Ripley goes to the door... and you guessed it.

     He's wearing glasses and carrying flowers.

     He really does have good table manners... for someone whose inner jaws

     drip formic acid!

     Ripley snaps. She gets out the robotic waldo unit and flame thrower and

     starts chasing the poor geeky little diplomat all over futuristic New

     York City.

     Ah, mothers in law.....

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