AVClub Interview with Noah Hawley

[Nightmare Asylum]

Pretty sure Hawley saying he just wants to do his own thing without worrying about canon = this show won't be canon. Shame. I'd hoped they'd have coordinated with Fede to have everything tie together in a fun way.

I believe Fede actually reached out to Noah. I can't remember if that's known or not.

I don't believe that's been known. At the very least, I certainly don't recall hearing about it. I seem to remember hearing stuff along the opposite lines, about them not having spoken, but more so from Hawley's camp/perspective, IIRC.

Is there any word if they actually did end up chatting at all?

[marrerom]

The literal worse line in the entire film. But in this day and age, we do pick and choose and ignore so...

Why though? To me, it just underlines the fact that Ripley succeeded and her sacrifice was not in vain. She prevented the company from getting their hands on the Alien, saving God only knows how many lives. It took 200 years before anyone could pick up where Weyland-Yutani left off. And as has been noted, just because the company and the USM couldn't find any Aliens during those 200 years doesn't mean they weren't out there or that nobody encountered them. It just means that evidence of those encounters were never found by the Company/USM. 

Pretty sure Hawley saying he just wants to do his own thing without worrying about canon = this show won't be canon. Shame. I'd hoped they'd have coordinated with Fede to have everything tie together in a fun way.

I believe Fede actually reached out to Noah. I can't remember if that's known or not.

I don't believe that's been known. At the very least, I certainly don't recall hearing about it. I seem to remember hearing stuff along the opposite lines, about them not having spoken, but more so from Hawley's camp/perspective, IIRC.
Is there any word if they actually did end up chatting at all?

This is the first I am hearing of this. I hope to God its true because that would be a VERY good sign. Cohesion between the two upcoming projects can only be a good thing. On the flip-side, if Fede reached out and was brushed off by Hawley... Well, that would be a tragic waste.

[SM]

Why though? To me, it just underlines the fact that Ripley succeeded and her sacrifice was not in vain. She prevented the company from getting their hands on the Alien, saving God only knows how many lives. It took 200 years before anyone could pick up where Weyland-Yutani left off. And as has been noted, just because the company and the USM couldn't find any Aliens during those 200 years doesn't mean they weren't out there or that nobody encountered them. It just means that evidence of those encounters were never found by the Company/USM.

All of this, plus the irony of the instrument of their destruction also being the instrument of their resurrection.

Re: the interview I do hope the people who got shitty at Riddles for obsessing with AI too much don't get to shitty at Hawley for obsessing over AI too much.

[Coolertonic7]

Why though? To me, it just underlines the fact that Ripley succeeded and her sacrifice was not in vain. She prevented the company from getting their hands on the Alien, saving God only knows how many lives. It took 200 years before anyone could pick up where Weyland-Yutani left off. And as has been noted, just because the company and the USM couldn't find any Aliens during those 200 years doesn't mean they weren't out there or that nobody encountered them. It just means that evidence of those encounters were never found by the Company/USM.

All of this, plus the irony of the instrument of their destruction also being the instrument of their resurrection.

Re: the interview I do hope the people who got shitty at Riddles for obsessing with AI too much don't get to shitty at Hawley for obsessing over AI too much.

I never had a problem with the focus on AI in the prequels, so I'm fine with what Hawley has to offer, but what annoyed me was how David's character was just personally not as interesting in Covenant compared to Prometheus.

[SM]

I thought it was an interesting progression from Prometheus to Covenant.

[Corporal Hicks]

The literal worse line in the entire film. But in this day and age, we do pick and choose and ignore so...

Why though? To me, it just underlines the fact that Ripley succeeded and her sacrifice was not in vain. She prevented the company from getting their hands on the Alien, saving God only knows how many lives. It took 200 years before anyone could pick up where Weyland-Yutani left off. And as has been noted, just because the company and the USM couldn't find any Aliens during those 200 years doesn't mean they weren't out there or that nobody encountered them. It just means that evidence of those encounters were never found by the Company/USM.

It's just selfishness on my part about technically "wiping" out the EU set after Aliens/3. It restricts what they can do after Alien 3 in the wider universe and the films. Well, it should have restricted. The EU during the reboot age didn't really care about the line and set a bunch of stuff there anyway  , but I still hold a little animosity towards it for that anyway.

I completely understand why it's there and the impact it makes on Resurrection's narrative and showing Ripley's sacrifice was actually worth something.