Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 03, 2024, 07:53:32 AMSo my question isn't about what you consider canon because that's not a decision the fandom gets to make. It's why do you care what Fox/Studios/Disney considers as canon?
(hopefully that doesn't come across as being harsh there, very much not my intention but you know tone and the internet so explaining my intent there)
Ahh! I see; well, I guess I care what Fox/Studios/Disney considers canon, as even if I as a fan don't agree with or accept that canon, and roll with personal head canon instead, the fact is a wrong decision can be damaging. Imagine if you will, a world where the next Alien movie follows Alien 3 and stars Micheal Biehn as Hicks due to Colonial Marines, cementing the game as 'fact'. Sure you could ignore the game if you don't like it, but if the movie happens to be good and directly references it in multiple ways, you then have to either accept that the game happened, or ignore all future sequels that follow. Or if they say "AvPR is 100% canon to Alien" and starts adding Predators to our alien stories. Or picture if you will, someone who really dislikes the prequels, who ignores them like they never happened, happy with the original trilogy, but wants more Marine content, buys Fireteam Elite to find the prequels /pathogen pretty integral to the story. In these type of situations, I don't care what they CLAIM is canon so much, it's more that in an extreme case, a wrong call can have an undesirable butterfly effect that affects everything else. (If that makes sense?)
And regarding my 'prime canon' comments, just to put that in perspective, I do strongly believe in primary and secondary canon, even within the studios; the titan books may currently be considered canon by the powers that be, but then I'm sure 'Earth Hive' - 'Female War' were the same prior to Alien 3. When you deal with multiple conflicting timelines, I don't think it's as black and white as 'what they say is canon' (there are things that can be overwritten in a heartbeat without a second thought, and some things that will always be a staple; nobody is ever going to say "Alien and Aliens never happened!" For example); How would you determine what the studios consider canon in the 'Halloween' series? Halloween 1-6? Halloween 1, 2, H20 and Resurrection? Or Halloween 1, Kills and Ends? We know what they are currently promoting , but even they made it clear it was 'alternate events'. Have we even had an official word on what Fox/Disney considers canon in the Alien Universe, beyond some off-hand comments at the time of sales of 'Out of the Shadows' and during the promotion of 'Colonial Marines'? 😊 (I ask as I genuinely don't know) I'm guessing the upcoming encyclopaedia may shed some light? I'd like to think there's zero AvP content in there lol, and that novels and comics were kept out of it. 😅
(And all good regarding post tone! 😃👍)