Prometheus trod a careful line in telling it's own story, with clear links to A L I E N, whilst allowing the A L I E N sequels to have gone in their own limited route unassailed.
Alien 5 has a problem, either it retcons, actively disrespecting film makers and followers of the trilogy (at least) or it carries on from Alien: Resurrection - which won't do it any favours. I think we can assume AvP and AvP:R will be ignored as Prometheus booted them into oblivion
That is of course if Ripley is to return. If not, if it's all about new characters, it can bee set anywhere in the timeline between Prometheus 2 and Alien: Resurrection. I'd hope it was perhaps set shortly after A L I E N. Trouble is the concept art doesn't look like that's the plan.
If Hicks is in it, I'll regard it as daft fan service. Even if a queen's is in it, I'll consider it to have taken the opportunity Prometheus gave it to open up and be more than about alien hives, and totally squandered it.
Quote from: Magegg on Feb 19, 2015, 11:39:39 PM
James Cameron and Ridley Scott said that Alien 3 was a terrible decision and a "slap to the face". A retcon would be necessary to return to their intended route.
Because seriously, whatever composite writer that created Alien 3 did, it didn't honor at all the series, and it's not me who is saying it, but also the creators of Alien and Aliens.
Alien 3 is nothing but an spurious child that occupied a place never belonged to it. It should be exterminated and vanished forever.
I don't think Ridley Scott said anything of the sort about Alien3.
He did however say that Cameron's route wasn't the one he'd have chosen.