Do you care about canon?

[Kradan]

What's with the ping?

I thought if anyone should share their opinion on canon - it's you

[Xenomrph]

What's with the ping?

I thought if anyone should share their opinion on canon - it's you

That's fair

[oduodu]

something caught my attention: someone said something about an isolation vibe going on in romulus.

does this point to an "amanda ripley - esqe" character somewhere in the movie? maybe an young adult book theme character also?

like when that irish lady (siabhan or some such in a podcast) talked about one of the characters being  synthatic and like a sister to someone.

"feels"  like it was incorporated here. in some way.

[SiL]

I mean yes all the characters are younger than we typically see in these films. There's a definite YA edge to it.

[BigDaddyJohn]

Alvarez movies often depicts youngsters.

[SiL]

It's the slasher vibe.

[oduodu]

ala friday the 13th

[The Cruentus]

Not sure if that is a good thing though, when the franchise relies on themes/tropes from those kind of movies, you end up with Covenant at best and AVP Requiem at worst.

[Nightmare Asylum]

I'd argue that Covenant draws more from Gothic horror than it does from  slasher films, until the third act. Alien is much more a slasher than Covenant is. And AVPR is, like you said, the absolute worst case scenario for brining that particular set of tropes into these franchises.

[The Cruentus]

I'd argue that Covenant draws more from Gothic horror than it does from  slasher films, until the third act. Alien is much more a slasher than Covenant is. And AVPR is, like you said, the absolute worst case scenario for brining that particular set of tropes into these franchises.

True but I was referring more to the character stupidity for Covenant, they hit the "dumb victim" trope more than Alien.

[predxeno]

@Xenomrph

Like, I like Herk Mondo, but I would not want him to be part of the canon

I wouldn't mind a Herk Mondo flick. That would be something different to say the least

On the matter of canon: I don't care really as long as I can have access to the entries I enjoy re-visiting. I love Alien 3, I kinda like Resurrection, Prometheus is just there for me and I dig Covenant. But I wouldn't be terribly upset if the new stories overwrite any of these as long as it's for filmakers' creativity sake. I like first AvP movie and it's already excluded from canon and I'm OK with it (I'm glad Requiem is tho)

What's with the ping?

@predxeno I'd love to reply to your PM but your inbox is full.

As for the poll, I voted "yes", but because I find canon as a philosophical concept to be very fascinating. Otherwise I do not care what the "official canon" is. I have my own canon, that's all I need.

Ah ok, let me fix that

[BigDaddyJohn]

I'd argue that Covenant draws more from Gothic horror than it does from  slasher films, until the third act. Alien is much more a slasher than Covenant is. And AVPR is, like you said, the absolute worst case scenario for brining that particular set of tropes into these franchises.

True but I was referring more to the character stupidity for Covenant, they hit the "dumb victim" trope more than Alien.

Correctamundo.

[solace97]

A lot of people are answering yes. I wonder are they giving a yes as in they care but pick and choose their own canon or yes as in they follow the films strictly as displayed

[SM]

Probably the first one.

[Xenomrph]

A lot of people are answering yes. I wonder are they giving a yes as in they care but pick and choose their own canon or yes as in they follow the films strictly as displayed

For me it's the first one. Canon is like my penis; i have one, and I like it, but it's mine and it's flexible.