What made the first two alien films great was that they took certain established genres and crossed them with some hard science fiction, without losing the attributes of their original genres. The first film was a horror movie and the second was a WWII style platoon film -- who's gonna die and who's gonna survive. The mishmash you're talking about sounds very much like current formula rather than classic genre. It has to have a really strong genre POV to work -- otherwise the intensity gets diluted. Also, please don't rely on a music video director this time. Roberto Rodriguez would be the kind of choice to make, someone who knows how to create and sustain an action sequence shot-to-shot. And keep the protagonist a strong-minded, active female -- that's the hallmark of the series. Sigourney Weaver is why I went back to the theater. She was the freshest hero in the movies...still is. Mark Netter Los Angeles [log in to unmask]