James Cameron Was Told Aliens Would Be a ‘No-Win Career Ender’

[Sick85]

As Avatar: The Way of Water continues to thrive in the box office, director James Cameron is looking back on his filmography.

In an interview, Cameron was asked if he had any hesitation when it came to making a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien. Though Cameron himself wasn’t worried, he shared that a famous producer advised him against taking on the project.

“I had lunch with a bigshot producer when I was about to start Aliens who said, ‘This is a no-win for you. If your movie’s good, Ridley will get the credit. If it’s bad, it’s all you. It’s a career ender,'” Cameron told Empire. “I said, ‘Yeah, buuuuuut… I like it.’ I was maybe a dumbass fanboy, but I could see it so clearly in my head that I just had to go make it.”
The director then spoke about how he went about making the title for the sequel while in a meeting with the studio head and various executive producers.

“And yes, it’s true,” Cameron recalled. “I was in a meeting with the studio head and the executive producers, and I turned my script over and on the blank side of the last page I wrote Alien. Then I drew an S on the end. Then I drew two vertical lines through the S and held it up to show them. Maybe it was just Pavlovian conditioning when they saw the $ sign connected closely to the word Alien. Or maybe it was the confidence I projected. But they said yes.”



Good thing he believed in himself are we wouldn’t had one of the greatest Sci-fi movies ever

 

[I Am Legion]

Greatest slow burn Sci Fi horror of all time. Aliens was the best Action Sci Fi Horror of all time.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

He's been drinking the soy juice lately.

 

[ScarfaceJr]

Greatest slow burn Sci Fi horror of all time. Aliens was the best Action Sci Fi Horror of all time.

strong avatar to post content ratio.

 

[pinger]

He's been drinking the soy juice lately.

You are such a tard

 

[chimpoehurricane]

You are such a tard

You sound like you had too much soy juice.

You mad? <Lmaoo>

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

You are such a tard

You sound like you had too much soy juice.

You mad? <Lmaoo>

 

[Tebowned]

Greatest slow burn Sci Fi horror of all time. Aliens was the best Action Sci Fi Horror of all time.

Agree on Alien. The atmosphere of that movie is unmatchable.

I barely consider Aliens a horror movie(In my uneducated opinion of course). It's a fun action movie though and it had some good comedy.

 

[Omegaboy13]

Ridley Scott needs to finish the Prometheus/Alien movies.

 

[freakroor]

James Cameron is raising the bar for us all...

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Funny thing is it's his best movie.

And one of the greatest films of all-time.

 

[Brom Bones]

Agree on Alien. The atmosphere of that movie is unmatchable.

I barely consider Aliens a horror movie(In my uneducated opinion of course). It's a fun action movie though and it had some good comedy.

Anyone else found the pilot with the big nose kinda sexy?

 

[Bos Docken]

Anyone else found the pilot with the big nose kinda sexy?

Corporal Ferro? Oh yeah. the actress totally nailed the cool combat pilot vibe. I still remember her lines 36 years later.

"We're in the pipe, five by five..."



She made such an impression that her image shows up in sci-fi media again and again. The dropship pilot in the Starcraft games is directly based on her.

 

[HereticBD]

Yes, and "Titanic" was also supposed to be a disaster of "Water World" proportions.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

Corporal Ferro? Oh yeah. the actress totally nailed the cool combat pilot vibe. I still remember her lines 36 years later.

"We're in the pipe, five by five..."



She made such an impression that her image shows up in sci-fi media again and again. The dropship pilot in the Starcraft games is directly based on her.

That's why Aliens is so damn good. All the little things. She's not really a major character and hardly even speaks but when she's surprised by the alien she doesn't scream and be helpless, she immediately reaches for her pistol but it's too late. Those two seconds spoke volumes and made the character.

 

[cmw43]

Corporal Ferro? Oh yeah. the actress totally nailed the cool combat pilot vibe. I still remember her lines 36 years later.

"We're in the pipe, five by five..."



She made such an impression that her image shows up in sci-fi media again and again. The dropship pilot in the Starcraft games is directly based on her.

Yeah FoeHammer in Halo as well.

I suppose they also has Sgt Johnson as Apone.