In 1986, James Cameron made the quintessential sequel:
Aliens, a model for all sequels as to what they are able to and really should wish to be. Serving as writer and director for only the time that is third Cameron reinforces themes and develops the mythology from Ridley Scott’s 1979 original, Alien, and expands upon those ideas by also distinguishing his film from the predecessor. The short of it really is, Cameron goes bigger—yet that is bigger—much this by remaining faithful to his source. In the place of simply replicating the single-alien-loose-on-a-haunted-house-spaceship scenario, he ups the ante by incorporating multitudes of aliens and also Marines to fight them alongside our hero, Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley. Still working inside the guise of science-fiction’s hybridization with another genre, Cameron delivers an epic actionized war thriller as opposed to a horror film, and effectively changes the genre from the first film to second to suit the demands of his narrative and personal style. (más…)