Anybody heard anything of Prometheus comics or adaptations/spinoffs from Dark Horse?
Dark Horse seems pretty quite at the website with no mention yet...other than the "Aliens" short story appearing in Dark Horse Presents.
Did the "Prometheus" name license go to another company? Heavy Metal?
All I see is the Art of Prometheus and the Alien Illustrated hardcover releases...
???
Press release for the Art of Prometheus said it would be the only tie-in publishing for the film. So that means no comics. Although there may be something down the road, I'm sure.
Doubt there'll be a adaptation (similarly no novelisation appears to have been planned).
Really depends on the story Riddles tells. He's said there's scope for a sequel, should the box office take prove good enough, so I doubt they'd license a comic based sequel.
But that said they've licensed comics before only to have a sequel negate them.
Twice.
With the same franchise.
If you want a comic tie-in to Prometheus, just read 'Aliens: Apocalypse'. :P
The one where the Company inexplicably has access to Aliens decades before the second film take place...
I seem to recall the comic actually addressing that, but it's been a while since I read it.
Not to mention it's looking like 'Prometheus' might give the Company access to Aliens decades before 'Alien', let alone 'Aliens'.
It's not irreconcilable, maybe they had access to Aliens but didn't know what they were or didn't have concrete data, which would make Ripley's testimony in 'Aliens' seem really crazy. Special Order 937 seems to imply they knew something was out there, since they specifically put Ash on the Nostromo and then specifically sent it along the heading it was on. They may not have known it was Aliens specifically, and I don't recall Apocalypse changing that. If I remember right, Apocalypse had the Company with knowledge of the Jockeys, something which would jive with Prometheus anyway.
But seriously Apocalypse is like an Alien-centric proto-Prometheus comic -- explorers find evidence of an ancient civilization that had once visited earth, go out and explore and find one of the Jockey worlds, things go horribly wrong and almost everyone gets killed. The plots (as far as we know about Prometheus) are very similar.
But in Apocalypse the Jockies are big elephant dudes with mullets, and in Prometheus it would seem they're kinda not...
We'll see how the movie plays out, or if what we've seen in the trailers are actually Jockeys. ;)
Quote from: Xenomrph on Mar 28, 2012, 05:47:02 AM
We'll see how the movie plays out, or if what we've seen in the trailers are actually Jockeys. ;)
I don't even think we need to wait to see the film to know it already invalidates Destroying Angels.
Although I could be wrong, and there will be an epic Space Tapir vs
Space Owl battle! :laugh:
I guess we'll have to wait and see. :)
It's possible for Dark Horse to make comics based on Prometheus.
That could happen someday.
I asked Chris Warner sometime ago but was told something along the lines of "watch this space".
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 08, 2012, 02:38:38 PM
I asked Chris Warner sometime ago but was told something along the lines of "watch this space".
Interesting, veeeeery interesting... ;D
The Dark Horse July solicits should be out any day now.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 08, 2012, 02:38:38 PM
I asked Chris Warner sometime ago but was told something along the lines of "watch this space".
Interesting indeed. Im not much of a comic person, but I may jump on the opportunity to read something Prometheus related.
I'm already considering preordering the reissue of the Alien Illustrated Story.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 08, 2012, 02:38:38 PM
I asked Chris Warner sometime ago but was told something along the lines of "watch this space".
That reminds me, could you find out if the Aliens story in Dark Horse Presents will span multiple issues? Or if they've got other Aliens/Predator/AvP stories in the pipeline for future DHP issues too?
I've heard the "watch this space" line from Dark horse before and it's rarely been delivered.
Where's the space to watch for news?
;D
No Prometheus comics in the July solicits either:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38149 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38149)
Just a continuation of the Sam Kieth "Aliens" story in the Dark Horse Presents book.
Not sure what space to watch for new comic announcements....
did he mean watch "outer space"?
::)
Dark Horse should make Prometheus comics, they can get the Space Jockies right this time.
Quote from: mastermoon on May 13, 2012, 12:48:12 AM
Dark Horse should make Prometheus comics, they can get the Space Jockies right this time.
To be fair, they didn't exactly get them "wrong" last time. There was literally no official information on them, so DH took them in the direction they saw fit.
And The Destroying Angels took them in the best direction there is yet.
Amen to that.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on May 14, 2012, 02:58:37 PM
And The Destroying Angels took them in the best direction there is yet.
The direction where WY magically had access to Alien eggs pre-Aliens - enough where they were effectively disposable?
I don't recall that happening at all. ??? Could you be more specific?
Wasn't it a different company, by the way? Not Weyland Yutani, some competitor? I forget if Weyland Yutani found the other derelict first, though...
WY exploited the Derelict. Then 35 years later are desperate to get their hands on an Alien. :laugh:
Gehelgod found their own Derelict.
I really need to re-read Apocalypse, it's been years since I read it.
Awesome art in it, too.
I think w-y has the eggs from tigru moris , read the prequel comic to apocalypse .
Apocalypse indicates they (WY) "are like flies all over that sector [the one where the Derelict was found]".
Sure but who knows how big a sector is, or if they even found anything.
That the Eggs are from the Acheron Derelict are Speculation from the Main Character of the Comic.
Okay so the choices are - because of the Nostromo mission, WY plundered the Derelict for eggs as desribed in the comic, which it then put on Throops ship.
Or they magicked them into existance....
I'd have to re-read the comic, but do we know W-Y did it?
it was Grant.
Quote from: Xenomrph on May 15, 2012, 11:29:10 PM
I'd have to re-read the comic, but do we know W-Y did it?
Yes, the Ash like Android Deimos who is programmed by W-Y, brings the Alien Eggs on the Rachel .
Knowing how there are many Alien comics from Dark Horse, they can do the same for Prometheus.
Quote from: SM on May 14, 2012, 11:44:49 PM
The direction where WY magically had access to Alien eggs pre-Aliens - enough where they were effectively disposable?
As opposed to the direction in which we have more advanced technology than 'state of the art' Sulaco some 80 years before it?
Besides the fact that, of the EU contrived plot points and inconsistencies, that's not hard to pass over by. Something happened. *shrugs*
What?
He's saying that dumber, less-believable things have happened in the Alien franchise and EU so he's willing to overlook mystery-eggs for the purposes of a story he enjoys.
Quote from: SM on May 27, 2012, 11:51:54 PM
What?
What could've happened, you mean? Buh. Perhaps they got short of eggs in some way -- perhaps Hadley's Hope was voluntarily left there without telling anything, so the company wouldn't be held responsible for the deaths.
It's easier and less silly to get around with than trying to explain how the Prometheus has more advanced technology than the Sulaco 80 years before it, or even more advanced than the Auriga 2-3 centuries before it.
Keep in mind that I'm not saying that the comic has to be inserted into the film canon, but I stand stating that it's the best take on the Space Jockeys I've seen yet.
QuoteIt's easier and less silly to get around with
It is? ???
Quote from: SM on May 28, 2012, 11:25:00 PM
It is? ???
What is this, a psychologist trick? :laugh: (Catch the reference and get a cookie)
And yeah, in my opinion of course.
There's a new rumor about a new line of Prometheus/Aliens from Dark Horse:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/)
Dark Horse Comics looks like they'll be launching a brand new line of Aliens titles.. But intriguingly they will be adding the characters from Ridley Scott's Prometheus into the fold. The aim is to do for their Aliens comics what they just did for Star Wars.
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3 weeks till San Diego Comicon to find out if this is true.
:o
Interesting.
They be gluttons for punishment at Dark Horse. ;D
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jun 28, 2013, 02:08:15 AM
There's a new rumor about a new line of Prometheus/Aliens from Dark Horse:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/)
Dark Horse Comics looks like they'll be launching a brand new line of Aliens titles.. But intriguingly they will be adding the characters from Ridley Scott's Prometheus into the fold. The aim is to do for their Aliens comics what they just did for Star Wars.
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3 weeks till San Diego Comicon to find out if this is true.
:o
What did they just do for Star Wars?
Maybe they just mean tighter continuity between the comics and themselves, and the comics and the films?
Now just throw in some tighter continuity with the comics, films, AND any new novels, and we're all set to go.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Jun 28, 2013, 05:01:31 AM
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jun 28, 2013, 02:08:15 AM
There's a new rumor about a new line of Prometheus/Aliens from Dark Horse:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/27/what-we-might-expect-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con/)
Dark Horse Comics looks like they'll be launching a brand new line of Aliens titles.. But intriguingly they will be adding the characters from Ridley Scott's Prometheus into the fold. The aim is to do for their Aliens comics what they just did for Star Wars.
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3 weeks till San Diego Comicon to find out if this is true.
:o
What did they just do for Star Wars?
They've had some success recently with the new StarWars ongoing series this year that focuses on the original trilogy characters (Han, Luke, Leia) and Alex Ross doing painted covers on the issues. They might be trying do same treatment (bigger name creators) with the Aliens line.
They seem to have the Terminator comics license too with this new trade collection coming out this year:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/24-424/The-Terminator-The-Burning-Earth-TPB (http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/24-424/The-Terminator-The-Burning-Earth-TPB)
This collection also features Alex Ross' first comic work.
Oh shit, they're reprinting the old NOW Comics "Terminator" stuff? The Burning Earth is fantastic, one of my favorite Terminator series.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/03/dark-horse-to-add-prometheus-characters-to-new-aliens-comic/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/03/dark-horse-to-add-prometheus-characters-to-new-aliens-comic/)
Two more weeks till comicon...
:o
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jul 03, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/03/dark-horse-to-add-prometheus-characters-to-new-aliens-comic/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/03/dark-horse-to-add-prometheus-characters-to-new-aliens-comic/)
Two more weeks till comicon...
:o
Wow i threw up in my mouth alittle after i read that.
It would be FAR more impressive if they added Prometheus characters to AVP comics.
I'd like to see a full line of of books as in 4 titles per month like the Star Wars books have.
Instead of a mini series at a time or a bi-monthly run like the 2009 launch that the short Aliens/AVP/Predator lines had.
Well, I am glad that the Aliens series at least is coming back to life; the A/P/AVP Dark Horse series has been dead for too long.
Didn't they recently release that Sam Keith dreck?
Inhuman Condition, and it's semi-recent. It was first released in Dark Horse Presents like last year, but the collected graphic novel edition came out last month or something.
Yeah in its Hey Day, there was like at least 1 Alien or Predator novelization coming out every 3-4 months
That's churching it up a bit. The shortest time between novels coming out was Nightmare Asylum (Apr 93) and Female War (Jul 93). It was generally a lot longer between books. The comics were much more regular (or at least regularly late...)
My memory is very concise back then, it's been waaayyy too long. :'( Anyhow, I was actually referring to the more recent DH Press novelizations this millennia.
With their Star Wars comics going away at the end of this year (I think), I wouldn't be surprised if they ramped up with Alien/Predator/AvP stuff to be one of their more "regular" titles.
Quote from: predxeno on Jul 05, 2013, 03:42:26 AM
My memory is very concise back then, it's been waaayyy too long. :'( Anyhow, I was actually referring to the more recent DH Press novelizations this millennia.
The 'hey day' of books and comics was back when you were in diapers, kiddo. ;)
Quote from: Xenomrph on Jul 05, 2013, 05:01:14 AM
With their Star Wars comics going away at the end of this year (I think), I wouldn't be surprised if they ramped up with Alien/Predator/AvP stuff to be one of their more "regular" titles.
What's happening with Star Wars? ???
Nothing has been confirmed, but it would make sense if, once Dark Horse's license expires, Disney moves the Star Wars property over to Marvel.
In other news, though, Halo just made the transition from Marvel to Dark Horse. So maybe Halo will become one of Dark Horse's main titles. They could start doing more with Serenity as well.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864)
;D
Quote from: predxeno on Jul 05, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Quote from: Xenomrph on Jul 05, 2013, 05:01:14 AM
With their Star Wars comics going away at the end of this year (I think), I wouldn't be surprised if they ramped up with Alien/Predator/AvP stuff to be one of their more "regular" titles.
What's happening with Star Wars? ???
As Nightmare Asylum said, the licensing rights are due to expire at the end of the year, and Disney isn't in a huge rush to renew them with Dark Horse since Disney owns their own huge comic book studio (Marvel). Dark Horse has been gradually wrapping up all of the dangling Star Wars comic book plot threads they care about in anticipation of not having the license anymore.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Jul 06, 2013, 01:02:41 AM
Quote from: predxeno on Jul 05, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Quote from: Xenomrph on Jul 05, 2013, 05:01:14 AM
With their Star Wars comics going away at the end of this year (I think), I wouldn't be surprised if they ramped up with Alien/Predator/AvP stuff to be one of their more "regular" titles.
What's happening with Star Wars? ???
As Nightmare Asylum said, the licensing rights are due to expire at the end of the year, and Disney isn't in a huge rush to renew them with Dark Horse since Disney owns their own huge comic book studio (Marvel). Dark Horse has been gradually wrapping up all of the dangling Star Wars comic book plot threads they care about in anticipation of not having the license anymore.
One of the editors recently mentioned at a panel that they have the Star Wars license at least into the end of 2014. Nothing has been announced on what happens after that yet. I think with the 20 year history of Dark Horse publishing the books so well, they have an edge at renewing the license. There's about a year and and half of comics left. But with Marvel being Marvel, I dread it if they get the line at 2015. Hopefully not and the books stay put at Dark Horse.
If Marvel hires the talent from Dark horse, then what's the problem?
Yeah, if the writers/artists end up going to Marvel anyway, then it's a win-win (for Disney, at least) for them to make future Star Wars comics "in-house" at Marvel. They'd be using the same talent so (in theory) the quality should stay the same, and they wouldn't have to worry about licensing out the franchise to a competitor.
Although depending on how much Dark Horse pays for the Star Wars license, it might make more financial sense for them to let DH keep paying them to license it, I dunno.
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jul 05, 2013, 05:39:09 PM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864)
;D
So it sounds to me like they are just introducing the Engineers, the Black Goo, creatures and probably the Deacon into their latest Aliens comics. Im sure its not a sequel in the truest sense of the word. Just an attempt to utilize that film to expand the comics.
It would be cool if they made some sort of official sequel, in the expanded universe, but then again A:CM....REMEMBER!!!?
As far as I'm concerned the Alien films exist and everything else is just fan-fiction. However, over-glorified.
Quote from: CainsSon on Jul 10, 2013, 06:07:31 AM
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jul 05, 2013, 05:39:09 PM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scotts-prometheus-continue-comic-579864)
;D
So it sounds to me like they are just introducing the Engineers, the Black Goo, creatures and probably the Deacon into their latest Aliens comics. Im sure its not a sequel in the truest sense of the word. Just an attempt to utilize that film to expand the comics.
It would be cool if they made some sort of official sequel, in the expanded universe, but then again A:CM....REMEMBER!!!?
As far as I'm concerned the Alien films exist and everything else is just fan-fiction. However, over-glorified.
Really?....if that's the case..then stop reading the comics, novels and playing the video games....cause nothing will ever be as good or bad as the original films...perhaps it's best if nothing NEW is ever done....
There's stuff way worse than the original films.
Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2013, 11:58:32 AM
There's stuff way worse than the original films.
Ive enjoyed some of the novels...maybe the comics, back in the day and that was off to a great start and then became terrible with a diamond in the VERY rough, here and there. The latest comics have been mostly terrible with the exception of the Fast Track To Heaven book but that went no where... Otherwise yeah, most expanded universe stuff has been awful.
Comicon is just getting started and Dark Horse announced a new 12-issue Terminator series:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46690 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46690)
I bet the Prometheus news will be spread out in the next couple days.
#sdcc
Oh shit! New Terminator comics, that's pretty sweet.
It's official now:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/19/dark-horses-promethea-comic-ongoing-halo-and-gal-simone-tomb-raider/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/19/dark-horses-promethea-comic-ongoing-halo-and-gal-simone-tomb-raider/)
'bout time!
;D
Quote from: vikingspawn on Jul 20, 2013, 12:45:26 AM
It's official now:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/19/dark-horses-promethea-comic-ongoing-halo-and-gal-simone-tomb-raider/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/19/dark-horses-promethea-comic-ongoing-halo-and-gal-simone-tomb-raider/)
'bout time!
;D
Awesome! Definitely hoping for some strong tie-ins with the Aliens universe.
So does this go in the Aliens collection, or its own?
We'll find out.
I take it there's no solid release date?
No, I don't think a date has been set for the artists, let alone announced for the final release.
I hope there are more Alien references to this story than there was in the movie; that's why the hardcore AVP fans came to see it.
The picture of what I'm guessing is an Engineer city is really really predictable looking. The thing about the original ship is that it's so strange and almost disturbing. Could've been a little creative with these spires or whatever's going on.
Sigh. Comics continue to embarrass themselves by going out of their way to remain "comic books." This one will suck hard just like all the rest, until we get some creators who actually have an idea of how to tell a story, or 'artists' that pour their souls into a visual production instead of simply penciling another boring, predictable comic book full of conventions and cliches because they've become 'industry standards' in an industry that's been on life support for over a decade and now exists to simply crank out the next book as fast as possible for as cheap as possible. Yeah, lots of passion there.
Comics make me angry, because they're a cheap version of something that could be incredible and very effective for telling real stories. They're just laughed at, and have become almost a self-mockery as they continue to pander to those who quite appropriately laugh at their juvenile crap. The lost potential is absolutely mind-blowing.
/rant.
To be fair, there are a lot of bad Alien/Predator comics, but there are a lot of really freaking good ones also through the 90s. I guess I'm just calling the glass half full.
To be fair again, though, none of the newer ones really had my interest.
Will this be a sequel comic like the Predators sequel comic from a few years back?
The ship has two domes now? It looks really weird on that test artwork.
Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 25, 2013, 04:30:28 PM
Sigh. Comics continue to embarrass themselves by going out of their way to remain "comic books." This one will suck hard just like all the rest, until we get some creators who actually have an idea of how to tell a story, or 'artists' that pour their souls into a visual production instead of simply penciling another boring, predictable comic book full of conventions and cliches because they've become 'industry standards' in an industry that's been on life support for over a decade and now exists to simply crank out the next book as fast as possible for as cheap as possible. Yeah, lots of passion there.
Comics make me angry, because they're a cheap version of something that could be incredible and very effective for telling real stories. They're just laughed at, and have become almost a self-mockery as they continue to pander to those who quite appropriately laugh at their juvenile crap. The lost potential is absolutely mind-blowing.
/rant.
I can't tell if you're specifically talking about Aliens comics (in which case you're pretty wrong about them being universally terrible or something) or comic books in general (in which case you're REALLY wrong).
Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 25, 2013, 04:30:28 PM
Sigh. Comics continue to embarrass themselves by going out of their way to remain "comic books." This one will suck hard just like all the rest, until we get some creators who actually have an idea of how to tell a story, or 'artists' that pour their souls into a visual production instead of simply penciling another boring, predictable comic book full of conventions and cliches because they've become 'industry standards' in an industry that's been on life support for over a decade and now exists to simply crank out the next book as fast as possible for as cheap as possible. Yeah, lots of passion there.
Comics make me angry, because they're a cheap version of something that could be incredible and very effective for telling real stories. They're just laughed at, and have become almost a self-mockery as they continue to pander to those who quite appropriately laugh at their juvenile crap. The lost potential is absolutely mind-blowing.
/rant.
Look on the bright side: shitty
Prometheus comics are better than more shitty
Prometheus sequels ;D
mastermoon knows all.
Quote from: mastermoon on Apr 03, 2012, 03:52:09 PM
It's possible for Dark Horse to make comics based on Prometheus.
That could happen someday.
Check out this interview with Dark Horse Editor in chief about Prometheus comics at the 4:20 min mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdX_R8q0yoI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdX_R8q0yoI#ws)
I hope this means we'll see all-new running Aliens/Predator/Prometheus books coming from Dark Horse. The 4-6 issue single-series runs they did a few years ago back were mostly great (Prey to the Heavens was the weakest IMHO), but amounted to basically table scraps trying to feed my immense hunger for more books after YEARS of waiting. Would love to see them go back to the 90's heydays with new issues out every month.
So tired of Buffy & BPRD rehashes...
I just don't have the same vibe from Prometheus as I do the original Alien movies.
I will venture to say though that they will probably go more horror route with their runs than Scott since he seems to want to go all gods and engineers on us.
I guess this confirms that NOW comic producers and moviemakers prefer some consistency between comics.
They've always preferred consistency. Particularly the comic publisher, because it legitimises their product.
However, there's no way Riddles will be beholden to a comic book if there's some inconsistency that pops up. He wasn't even beholden to the AvP films.
Shit, I'd go so far as to say that he personally didn't care about anything outside of 'Alien' (and perhaps not even that, given how Prometheus retcons it - and Ridley Scott would be the first to admit that, too).
Any references we got to 'Aliens' were likely things put there by the writer and whatnot that slipped under his radar or otherwise didn't bother him, not conscious decisions on Scott's part.
While I loved Prometheus and love the art pieces shown... I don't think a comic about Prometheus would be a good idea. A comic adaptation of the film would be good, because it would be a comic retelling of stuff already created.... but expanded universe comics are risky.... they could cheapen and make mundane things that were profound and gave a great aura of mystery to the original film.
A lot of people think the original film was cheap and mundane, so no big deal
The fact its taken this long to even get into the pre-production stage of a Prometheus comic is worrying. Surely this should have begun during the production of the film. Also it could be contradicted with future film sequel releases.
QuoteThe fact its taken this long to even get into the pre-production stage of a Prometheus comic is worrying. Surely this should have begun during the production of the film.
The first Aliens comics came out 2 years after the film.
QuoteAlso it could be contradicted with future film sequel releases.
Obviously they'd try to avoid this, but every other Aliens comic got contradicted by sequels, so who knows...
Quote from: SM on Jul 29, 2013, 05:29:08 AM
QuoteThe fact its taken this long to even get into the pre-production stage of a Prometheus comic is worrying. Surely this should have begun during the production of the film.
The first Aliens comics came out 2 years after the film.
Yeah I know but would have thought that they may have thought ahead now but obviously not.
Probably lots of things to take into consideration - like if they even wanted the license to do comics, depending on the reaction to the film. And if they had a story they thought they could tell based on the film. Film's only been out for about a year.
Quote from: SM on Jul 29, 2013, 05:29:08 AM
QuoteAlso it could be contradicted with future film sequel releases.
Obviously they'd try to avoid this, but every other Aliens comic got contradicted by sequels, so who knows...
I think they said that Dark Horse would be conferring with the people behind Prometheus regarding consistencies in that vid vikingspawn posted last page.
No different to them liasing with Fox on the Aliens comics I'd imagine. Fox let them do comics featuring Hicks, Newt and Ripley, when they were developing scripts that paid no attention to the comic storylines.
To be fair that was at a time where "expanded universe" stuff wasn't exactly taken seriously by license-holders. Even 'Star Wars' EU stuff didn't really ramp up into the sorta-mainstream until Timothy Zahn's trilogy in 1991, despite West End Games doing sourcebooks and shit for years prior.