Quote from: reecebomb on May 12, 2023, 01:52:36 PMI'm willing to give this series a chance only if it manifestly states that the story doesn't take place in the same universe as Alien, Aliens, Alien 3.
If some new writer wants to riff on a well-known franchise because they think they have an interesting take on the material (and I have no problem with this), sometimes the respectful thing to do is make it plain that what they have is an alt-universe story, like a (hard) reboot. But the temptation is not to do so because the lore and canon of the original is usually the biggest selling point of any long-standing franchise, and they naturally want to lure in that ready-made audience.
The way I see it,
Aliens was the result of Cameron riffing on
Alien. It worked because (among other things) sci-fi action-horror is a close match to sci-fi suspense-horror. A big franchise is like a complete genre all on its own, and
Aliens didn't jump outside the Alien
tm genre, whereas
Ghost in the Shell-Alien probably does (just like I feel happened with
Prometheus). With
Aliens some of the tone changed, but the lore and canon remained intact. At least, it did until the Quadrilogy version of
Alien showed us the egg-morphing. But by then it was too late, the fans had already given
Aliens the nod of approval way back in 1986
. Plus,
Aliens was a good storytelling and that always helps. Maybe the same will apply with Hawley.
TC