13. Gibson's Alien^3 script part4
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This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
13. Gibson's Alien^3 script part4
FOX
Like a high-speed viral takeover...! What's the real-time duration on this,
Trent?
TULLY
(from the shadows beyond the glowing cube) That was it. What you see is what
you get. That's how fast it is...
(Several scenes follow that I'll just encapsulate for you. They are all
important, but only in that they introduce characters or minor plot elements.
#1 Hicks meets Walker the foreman of the Anchorpoint machine-shop...He is a
tough customer.
#2 Jackson, Shuman, UPP Diplomatic Officer discuss Bishop's return.
#3 Bishops arrives at Anchorpoint.
#4 Hicks meets Tully in a bar on the Mall and Tully reveals that Fox and Welles
have ordered the lab to experiment with the alien DNA.
#5 Rosetti, Fox, Trent, and Welles in the security bubble discussing the
progress of the experiments. Rosetti raises minor objections, but wimps out
when Fox threatens his career.
#6 Bishop being checked out by a medlab tech and jokes about his shitty UPP
polycarbonate knee joints. This is followed by a long scene with Hicks and
Spence where she fully spills the beans about the "research.")
INT. CONSTRUCTION ZONE CHAMBER
(lots of text deleted)
SPENCE
Maybe I don't either. It's just...We've got to tell somebody...Now there's a
rumor somebody came in on a UPP ship today, somebody off Sulaco...
HICKS
Bishop...
SPENCE
I don't know.
HICKS
Maybe Progressive Peoples'll get their own alien too. Maybe they'll grow
some...
SPENCE
(horrified) Shit! You'd better hope not...
HICKS
Why's that?
SPENCE
Their lab gear's five years behind ours. they'd never be able to control it
HICKS
Think you can, huh?
SPENCE
I don't know...
(More scenes follow:
#1 Tully complains to Jackson that there are problems with one of the stasis
systems in the lab.
#2 Rodina - BioLab: Braun and Suslov are discussing the alien as a weapon in
front of a large stasis tube. Scene ends with a closeup on the tube showing a
"chestburster suspended like a fetal dolphin."
#3 Long scene where Bishop tells Hicks about Ripley and the queen on the
Sulaco. He also warns Hicks to watch him carefully as the UPP may have
reprogrammed him and he would not know it.
#4 Long scene in the culture lab with Tully and Welles. Ends with the stasis
system failing and the contents spraying all over Welles and Tully. They are
immediately taken to a "de-con" unit. Welles is seriously pissed off!
#5 Bishop and Hicks sneak into the tissue culture lab and destroy all of the
alien cultures. Ends with both of them in white plastic restraints as they are
placed in separate cells. The next scene is the beginning of the proverbial
shit hitting the fan.)
INT. THE BUBBLE
Meeting of the full Anchorpoint Directorate, including Welles and Fox and a
number of new faces. Welles is white lipped with fury.
(lots of dialog omitted)
FOX
You have no more material to work with, Trent. In any case, it's become obvious
that you aren't the man for the job. We took the precaution of obtaining our
own samples. they're on their way to Gateway. (Wow! Does this open a lot of
possibilities...Like "Earth Hive" for instance.)
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