The producers forced Warner and I to remove all of it, and more.

I also invented a way to rationalize NewtвЂ™s not dying but also not participating in the story. My initial version included such things as histories and motivations for many of the convicts why they had been sentenced to such a world, etc. If you canвЂ™t write plot and character, try to dazzle вЂ™em with smoke and mirrors. Shaving RipleyвЂ™s headвЂ¦one more visual excuse for scriptorial ineptness. It also destroys RipleyвЂ™s motivation for wanting to stay alive. And the killing of the little girl, Newt, was as big an obscenity as anything IвЂ™ve encountered in modern film. For example, two characters trying to find still functioning batteries from a pile of sameвЂ¦as if D-cells will still be power sources three hundred years from now. Would you care to explain just what problems you faced while writing the Alien3 novel?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ So many things did not make sense, from character motivation to the science. So was I.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ The third novel, like the film itself, had quite a bit trouble coming into making. Obviously, both Warner and Fox were pleased with the first book. Not in real lifeвЂ¦.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ How did you come to write the second novelization? Was it just due to working on the previous novelization?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ I suspect so, yes. And of course, younger readers never encounter suchвЂ¦suchвЂ¦offensive words. Having marines uttering childish inanities, for goodness sake! Anyone buying the book would know from the filmвЂ™s previews what they were in for. I thought it was an insult to James CameronвЂ™s screenplay.

Why was the language removed?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ You would have to ask Warner books. Very rarely does the publisher.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ One of the major differences between the novelization of Aliens and the film itself was the lack of profanities in the actual novel. I accepted.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ When during the filmsвЂ™ production did you write the novels? During production, or after?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ All three books were written while the films were still in production and shooting was in progress.ДЄlan Dean Foster with a wild Mayotte brown lemur, MвЂ™bouzi Island, Comoros.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ Do the novelizations get edited later on? For dialogue changes made during shooting of the film or does it just stay based on the script?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ ThereвЂ™s rarely any time to edit because the book has to come out just before or at the same time as the film is released.

Warner Books, who had purchased the rights, contacted me with the request. I mostly write Sci-fi: Both original novels and novelizations of films.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ For those who donвЂ™t know, what is your involvement in the Alien franchise?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ I wrote the novelizations of the first three films.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ How did you actually come to write the first novelization?ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ I had gained something of a reputation for doing book versions of films. Straight off the mark, tell us a little about yourself.ДЄlan Dean Foster вЂ“ My name is Alan Dean Foster, I was born in New York. ItвЂ™s always a pleasure to interview authors such as yourself. AD Foster wrote the novelizations of the first three Alien movies and I had the chance to talk to him about them.Д¬orporal Hicks вЂ“ Mr Foster, thanks for this interview. Along with the name Steve Perry, Alan Dean Foster is one the better known authors of Alien novels.

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