Quote from: DerelictShip on Nov 04, 2016, 12:51:32 AM
I would love to see a Star Wars type universe for Aliens and Predators (Multiple planets, species, space crafts, etc.) don't get me wrong. But there is no way I can think of to make it work without losing the mysteriousness of the species or the fear factor they would present. Rather it would almost become adventurous and more action packed (which is okay but the others are key elements). You also can't keep spitting out the same story line which is my biggest fear for Aliens because it 'has' to begin with an egg or random facehugger and associate with Wey-Yu. How could you break those chains without reshaping the franchise ideal? It would be brilliant because it would finally move us into an expansive universe!
P.S hope everyone is doing well tonight, cheers!
Me too, Prometheus seems to be heading this franchise in that direction slowly. The old comics and novels showed us some species here and there, such as Aliens: Reapers, Alien: Aliens and Alien: Taste to list a few.
The new comics brought in some more species that you see a Predator hunt in Fire and Stone.
The new novels introduce a new species and mentioned that humans have met many civilizations with Arcturians being the first. River of Pain says Weyland-Yutani has been trading with Arcturians and that by the time of Aliens, we've already encountered several races some of them were friendly while others were hostile and Colonial Marines have had to face them in combat.
In fact, I'd recommend you read the Rage War trilogy, it's got all the things you'll probably like - far future setting, space battles, Aliens, Predators and hints of another race.
In terms of other species, I hope they're alien and unique. I don't mind humanoid shapes (Predators and Engineers are humanoid), but I'd hope for alien characteristics rather than just a funny forehead. I'd like them to have their own language (like Predators and Engineers do) and make weird alien noises (like Predators and the River Ghost) and have a strange biology.
Like the Arcturians for instance, they must be humanoid and attractive because Frost porked one of them. But they're alien enough because we can't tell the genders and Frost is teased for being with a male Arcturian.
The Predators are also really alien looking.
Engineers are the only race that we've seen similar enough to us. They're the good excuse we'll have for other humanoid races because humans can't be the only creations of the Engineers (assuming we were created by them and not being their sibling race as Weyland-Yutani Report hints at, although that could just be speculation on Weyland-Yutani's side).
You're right about them telling the same stories over and over. It's something I also thought for a long time. Alien stories are always either one sneaky Alien killing people in enclosed spaces or a huge infestation in a colony whereas Predator stories are always a hunt taking place in various places.
This is why I liked the Rage War books so much, they were such a refreshing take on the two monsters because the cycle was broken. And this is why I liked Prometheus too, for that same reason, it was completely new and inspired a much more detailed universe within the EU for me.
