I've read one of the original script's for Alien 4. It was really quite good. The ending had Ripley chasing the alien hybrid on the surface of a planet and running it over with a sort hovercraft/combine piece of future farm equipment. _Not_ the let's just blow it out the window of a spaceship... again.
I didn't know that Whedon had written that until I read your post. It makes me worry that Serenity will have a great story that gets killed by suits worried about the budget.
Totally off topic, but it turns out I was remembering the script wrong.
I've read one of the original script's for Alien 4. It was really quite good. The ending had Ripley chasing the alien hybrid on the surface of a planet and running it over with a sort hovercraft/combine piece of future farm equipment. _Not_ the let's just blow it out the window of a spaceship... again.
I didn't know that Whedon had written that until I read your post. It makes me worry that Serenity will have a great story that gets killed by suits worried about the budget.