tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post1898967261263269515..comments2024-03-04T12:09:13.941-08:00Comments on <center>Alien Explorations</center>: Alien: Messrs Hill and Giler vs Dan O'BannonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-40969008134127490882023-10-18T12:57:27.766-07:002023-10-18T12:57:27.766-07:00Excellent summation.
fun fact: Dan O'Bannon&#...Excellent summation. <br />fun fact: Dan O'Bannon's directorial debut: 'Return of the Living Dead' (1985); company name on Ernie Kaltenbrunner's crematorium is "Giler & Hill;" according to production designer, William Stout (2016 Blu-ray commentary track), '...those are the guys who tried to steal Dan's writing credit, on Alien -- he asked they be commemorated via the furnace.'<br />- - - -<br />Fan of Walter Hill but he just comes across as deadly serious käksucker here; like he was once equally screwed over, first starting out, and only now paying it forward (on O'Bannon) out of professional necessity? Honestly, he out to be ashamed -- stealing credit and residuals is worse than plagiarism, imo. not mention, WGA arbitration can be a slippery slope (with some questionable scribes [see Paul Hogan] hopefully this is W.H.'s only attempt piracy).Dracula Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104769472587729684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-84607238789201307912020-07-28T13:58:35.948-07:002020-07-28T13:58:35.948-07:00So I've just read Rinzler's book and it is...So I've just read Rinzler's book and it is crystal clear to me that arbitration was fair. A lot of G/H ideas were binned in the end and for good. They developed characters more, but it can be assumed that if given time, O'Bannon would too. A lot of dialogues were improv anyway. <br /><br />Honestly, if they proposed shared credit amongst three of them, O'Bannon would probably complain only a little. They just wanted it all and were certain he'd shut up because he was at a time 'nobody'.Merodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00897264294125830592noreply@blogger.com