We have just uploaded our preview of the recently released Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report. Published by Insight Editions and Sideshow Collectables, Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report is an “in-universe” report written by the legendary S.D Perry with internal artwork provided by the equally impressive John Mullaney and Markus Pansegrau (who community members may know better as Locusta):
“The closest release that fans of the Alien franchise have had to something like this is the Colonial Marines Technical Manual from the 90s, a fictional in-universe detailing of the Colonial Marines. However, this isn’t just an ordinary book – this is a high-end collectable book, something of a first for Alien fans. So let’s take a look at just what we’re getting in Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report.
Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report arrives in a very swish box, reminiscent of collectables such as the Hot Toy figures or the more recent special figures from NECA. The first thing you’ll notice is just how heavy this beast is! And how big! Cracking open the box you’ll find the book protected by additional packaging and after some careful lifting you’ll find yourself faced with the terrifying face of an Alien reaching out the book trying to get some tasty human grey matter.”
Be sure to head on over to our Articles section to take a look at our Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report preview in its entirety. Also we spoke to Stephani Danelle Perry last year and she talked a little about her work on the Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report. You can find that discussion (and others) in our Interviews section.
I've read it all, but I'm not sure I've ever done it in one sitting.
I could never finish reading the CMTM. It was just way too dry for me.
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Glad to hear this; I look forward to the podcast! :-)
It'll be the next one released.
Never said it did, just that I quite like some of the extra scenes
Except the blood. That hurts. My eyes.
The one scene that could've helped was Verheiden calling Miller a beaker. At least he then has a motive to be an arsehole towards Miller. Problem is in the next exchange where Verheiden says "Laugh it up, Miller". It undermines his disdain by calling him Miller instead of Beaker.
I actually quite like some of the stuff that adds, but Jesus the blood looks terrible.
But there's a version 'in between'. The theatrical lacks things like the 1904 opening. The version I'm more familiar with has the 1904 start and maybe a couple of other extra re-added scenes. The extended version on the BR has more extra scenes along with the CG blood.
Edit: According to IMDB theres:
TC 101 min
Extended 103 min
Unrated 109 min
To be fair...I wouldn't actually watch the movie.
It was a terrible effort, bless them.
I hadn't seen the version of AvP with all the cut scenes put back and with CG blood. I'm watching it going - 'That blood looks awfully bright red...' and it just got worse...
Thanks, SM. I really ought to bite the bullet and pick the Blu-rays of the AvPs up.
Is that the one Mike was in?
The bluray has the "Weyland Yutani Archive", a supplemental feature that goes through the Alien and Predator movies (and some of the EU) and talks about locations, creature biology, other fun stuff.
I don't own AvPR. What did it say?
I was expecting it. Kind of disappointed it wasn't but I understood their logic for it.
I was really hoping Alien: Isolation would include some sort of nod to eggmorphing.
As for the 'waste of hosts', there's nothing to stop an Alien morphing its former host into an egg as an added twist to the 'eggmorph = Queen hugger' theory.
To be honest, I have nothing against the idea of eggmorphing creating a queen facehugger egg. But I also like the idea of a single drone morphing into a queen, both ideas are just as plausible and interesting in my opinion. I think the franchise needs one of these two ideas to be presented in a movie or one of these new novels. Because we still don't have all the facts for the creation of a queen, though Out of the Shadows and Sea of Sorrows did mention queen facehugger eggs. But the question arises: what if a single drone is isolated somewhere? Can it start a hive by one the previous two methods?
I think it should be able to, because then even a single alien is a great danger if left unsupervised. Why not? When a single alien is away from a Queen it will eggmorph someone to become a queen facehugger egg and a bunch of other people to become normal drone eggs as a type of a guard for the new Queen until she matures and starts laying her own. Then the eggmorphing will stop because the Queens method doesn't waist bodies to become eggs but hosts themselves, severally multiplying the brood.
I think SM proposed this idea and I really like it.
It did, but the DC was only released six years later. As the new lieutenant mentioned, none of those Greco references were present in the original theatrical cut.
There are many fans who like it. Some even more than the Queen...