Definitely has that Alien horror vibe. Hoping for possible horror/sci-fi greatness even if not quite up to the standard of the original.
As much as I think it would be very cool to see this with modern cleaned up effects and even a little darker horror vibe vs. what I consider to be pretty much an action movie (albeit an all time great one)... I don't know if it would be possible to recreate such iconic characters and performances. I mean Sigourney Weaver is Ripley. Lance Henriksen is Bishop. And even all the smaller roles are nailed and so iconic. Hicks, Burke, Hudson, Vasquez, Gorman... just ensemble cast character names but I immediately identify them with the actors that played them. Would probably have a hard time seeing new faces playing such iconic roles. And as dated as some of the Stan Winston effects may look now... at the time we all bought into them and they were state of the art for that era. Aliens, The Thing, others... maybe some of the last great scary monster sci-fi flicks with such amazing practical effects. Maybe even scarier as a result.
