io9 have just posted the first official preview of the interior of Dark Horse’s upcoming Prometheus comic series:
Juan Ferreyra’s Prometheus interior art
The article also revealed that the series will be titled “Fire and Stone”. An interview with Comic Alliance also reveals that the writer for the recently announced mystery 5th series is Kelly Sue DeConnick and her’s will be an oversized wrap-up issue: “DeConnick will be writing a double-sized “wrap-up” issue to close out the initial run of books, and she oversaw a lot of the goings-on in the writers’ room as the series were being put together.“
Thanks to Ultramorph for the news.
Agreed to a certain extent. I for one actually liked the old comics which were published up until 2010. Of course not counting the PREDATORS prequel and sequel comics-- seriously those comics were just... they are just better left forgotten at the bottom of a trash bin. Harsh as that is to say but I think I speak for everyone that we could all do without a four-armed Predator.
I would prefer a hard reboot because this would mean that I would have an easier means to ignore it if I don't like it, and keep true to the old stuff which seems to be discontinued and view it as alternate timelines or universes-- assuming certain things are kept in mind. I do remember Scott Allie saying that this was going to be a hard reboot, but then he goes onto say that it really isn't. So I don't know what that means but I hope that it's not a shoe-horned in retcon.
We had enough of shoe-horned in retcons as it is. Especially after with Colonial Marines.
The term Yautja is used in the AvP-R Blu-Ray Weyland-Yutani Archives which is written as in-universe document. So that kind of gives the whole Yautja concept further weight in the realm of the movies unless you discount it for whatever reason... And of course the PREDATORS behind the scenes featurette "Yautja Transformed" (Super Predators shouldn't be labeled as Yautja). And then of course there are the NECA Toys back stories but does anyone consider those canon aside from Xenomrph and PredXeno?
I never really read South China Sea but I heard some glowing things about it, and by glowing I mean relatively good things. The Predator in that story was a monster, dodging bullets from a hundred riflemen, knocking over a military truck with a punch.. Of course while I never really read the book, I tended to lump that in with Yautja. Call it personal preference or personal canon..
I have a feeling that the Dark Horse writing team probably didn't look at the novels, and over-looked the Yautja or the Hish stuff. So they are probably written in as "Predators" but Williamson did say that they kept the honor aspect in mind. So for folks who want to ignore the honor aspect.. you might have a hard time trying to ignore that unless it's downplayed.
Agreed. My basic desire for these series is that they wind up telling a story that merits the length. Most of the previous times Dark Horse has tried "maxi-series" like this, the stories wound up not really justifying the number of issues dedicated to them.
If you're implying that throwing in a few "Predenese" terms is silly, I'd have to disagree. Though from a writer's perspective, you probably wouldn't want your predators to be speaking too much. 99% the speech between the predators (and inner monologue) in Prey is in English, not "Predenese", just like how the South China Sea predator's inner thoughts are all in English. All Perry really ever did was throw in a few "Predenese" terms for colour. Overall, he handled it quite well. I didn't find it corny or anything like that though some people may beg to differ
Whilst Forever Midnight did make the Hish over-the-top, Flesh and Blood handled them quite nicely and I much prefer the hunting for the thrill, rather than honor stuff.
I'm happy to see neither used again. Just give me a nice South China Sea kinda feel to the Predator POV stuff and I'll be estatic.
It's debatable whether Anderson's predators are Perry's Yautja. I'm more concerned that new series will totally disregard the Yautja mythos established by Prey
An inquiry was made about whether or not the decision to ignore the AvP films was a personal preference of the writers or a mandate issued by Fox. I would be pretty upset if it was definitely the latter because, and I am in the minority when I say this, liked the Alien vs Predator movies. Requiem, I understand it's faults and probably could do without and be fine with that, but the first AvP I thought was fine and had something going for it. Unpopular opinion but... I guess I needed to say it.
In regards to that as well, a question was asked if the AvP films were a separate timeline from the reboot comics. Honestly, I am hoping that they say "Yes" or even allow fans to interpret things as such.
As far as the Yautja mythos is concerned. An inquiry was definitely asked about that if the Yautja mythos was kept in mind or even the Hish mythos, or if the writers simply was going to be writing them as "Predators" without mentioning either. A question was regarded in mind for future stories if the Super Predators were going to be written as Yautja or Hish.
Right now, I am not sure how to feel about the comics but... the idea of them rebooting everything just to fit Prometheus in seems.. unnecessary in my opinion. But I would prefer a hard reboot then a shoe-horned retcon which is being marketed as a reboot.
The answers in the Q&A will help me decide if I'll buy or pass on these comics.
Part of me doesn't mind a well-executed reboot...but part of me doesn't want to the Yautja mythos to be totally disregarded. The 2009 relaunch was a disappointment not because there was something wrong with the existing mythos. It was a disappointment because of bad execution...poor art + mediocre story (atrocious art + lame story in the case of Three World War).
Just like the damn Hish mythos.
2009 wasn't so much as a reboot, as it was more of a relaunch.
This seems to be a reboot.. At least, I hope it is depending on their answers at the fan Q&A.
I'm waiting for Chris Picard to just post the answers up. The wait is killing me.
Seriously man, post them up!
[Sigh] ....Why do Geek sites DO that?
I look forward to seeing how they pull this off.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/04/07/preview-dark-horses-free-comic-book-days-offerings-for-2014/
A preview would be enough for me to see if I'll pick up or pass on these comics. Best part is.. it's free.
So the Aliens series is chronologically the first? Interesting.
I don't think there's anything new.
I'm most interested to see what "crazy" thing they have planned, which Williamson alluded to on Twitter.
On another note, I like how they seem to be drawing inspiration from Prometheus concept art. I'm hoping that we at least get some interesting, otherworldly aesthetics out of these series. Note the above-ground rooted plants:
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However, notice that he doesn't really talk about Predators, other than claiming to love it
Pretty much. I would think either September or October.
Reading the article, especially on page two is that Williamson seems to be focusing more on using Predator and Predator 2 as inspiration for his story. Is he dropping PREDATORS? I most certainly hope so.. I truly do hope so. But something tells me that's just the writer of the article once more paraphrasing.
I can agree to that.. More or less.
Works better that way imo.
I figure that we might see Predators doing the Blood Ritual or something.. that's probably it. I don't know what to expect but at the same time I am wondering about a lot of things. I asked those things which are on my mind at the fan Q'n'A.
I was re-reading some of the interviews from Newsarama, and reading some of Sebela's statements-- doesn't really seem to suggest that it maybe shoe-horned into the old EU continuity. I've had someone else look into this as well and in his opinion, the interviewer who was talking to Sebela may have paraphrased or took what was said a bit out of context, or misinterpreted it. I'm not too sure.
Still confused on a few things though..
http://www.newsarama.com/20731-dhc-s-allie-unleashes-details-scope-of-prometheus-aliens-predator-line.html
Yup, having some good-natured April Fools fun. I thought the Tholian was a nice touch.
The link doesn't work and that picture looks like a Tholian from Trek.
Also, Amanda Ripley is going to be in this comic series too? Yeah, this whole thing sounds dumb
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Giffs. Of all things, Giffs.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id4114
Even if there is a "code of honour", each individual predator decides how strictly he'll observe it on an actual hunt, especially if the predator is hunting solo. In Prey, it's obvious Broken Tusk is a predator who actually takes honour seriously, whereas many of his students couldn't give two sh*ts about honour when the senior hunters are no longer around. They just want to murder whatever crosses their path
I also have a problem with the word "traditional" being thrown around when it comes to Predators, since there's so much variety and uniqueness shown in both the movies and the EU that Predators' sport-hunting practices could be very similar to human sport-hunting practices - that there isn't so much "tradition" as there's individuals (or at best, small groups, tribes, or clans) who have personal preferences. Each clan might have internal "traditions", but they certainly aren't "traditions" that apply to the entire species.
Who knows...maybe a good writer in the future might be able to make the "Super" Predators actually super. They don't come off as super in Predators. They come across as extremely arrogant and careless, even moreso than regular predators...and they end up dying rather stupidly (especially Tracker)
The Super Predators resemble the "Killers" of the 2009 series more than they do the Hish. I think it would make more sense to equate Supers and Killers as opposed to Supers and Hish
Oh I agree that both are lame concepts and I would rather they didn't exist at all, but I also don't like the idea of the Super Predators being labeled as Yautja when the movie suggest that they are something similar along the lines to what a Romulan is to a Vulcan. So if you ask me, they shouldn't be labeled as Yautja at all.