Quote from: Prez on Dec 15, 2020, 11:41:12 AM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 15, 2020, 09:51:45 AM
Quote from: CainsSon on Dec 15, 2020, 03:36:04 AM
Set on earth - not too far after A3 - and with Engineers trying to use aliens to wipe out humans... could be a good show.
This is exactly the kind of thing I hope they don't do.
The show needs to be small-scale and horrific, not silly "epic" Marvel action with Aliens in it.
Hawley has been very good on Fargo in doing just that - making small scale stories that really are intriguing filled with fascinating characters you get very heavily vested in. I honestly hope he can pull off similar with this new show.
I think no matter what Hawley and FOX will keep it claustrophobic and contained somehow. An alien series won't have the budget for anything epic and grand. At least not in the setting. The premise doesn't demand anything large scale, though I could see why you would visualize it that way. The threat just needs to loom.
If they DID do something large scale and on earth, I'd want something like the GENOCIDE story.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Dec 15, 2020, 08:03:34 PM
Scott's success with random android show probably means that they will keep the prequel movies in play. That said, I bet fox forces them to play in the post Aliens/Alien 3 timeline.
I agree about the timeline. The story will most likely be happening in tandem with the Aliens/Alien 3 timeline or right after. I also think season-long, loosely related story-arcs are the most obvious way forward, and the best way to tie up all loose-ends in the series.
Actually, I can say one thing I'm sure Disney WON'T do is delete stuff from the canon. I would fully expect if A:R or anything else is ousted it's because it's so far away from the timeline of the show or away from the plot it's just not relevent. I wouldn't be surprised to see things heads in those directions, for instance, suggesting cloning and stuff in later seasons.... but only if it got that far and is very sucessful. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Ripley season either.
As it is now, we will likely see the Company, the aliens, and Colonial Marines but there is a lot that can be done. Engineers could have a season, David, LV223, LV426, Planet 4, mining colonies, Newt's tale, Amanda Ripley, android stuff, Ripley, cloning, bioweapons. There is really a lot to work with before they - HOPEFULLY never - bring in the Predators.
Fuuuhhck. A season set on Gateway station would check every box for me!