Quote from: SiL on Oct 19, 2018, 01:35:23 PM
There was a popular webcomic called Alien Loves Predator. There were as many shirts as you could poke a stick at.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 01:16:56 PMThat was a completely different market place. Merchandise back in 1997 was the Kenner line, the Halcyon model kits, the Dark Horse Comics and a couple of T-shirts.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 09:08:07 AMThe counterpoint to this is the reception 'Alien Isolation' received, which also came out in a world with plush facehuggers and stiff.
The opening weekend was underwhelming, meaning that a lot of people just didn't care for a new Alien movie, no matter how good it was or wasn't. I believe that one reason is that the beast is on a million T-shirts and toys and it's no longer shrouded in mystery.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 08:59:32 AM
Plush facehuggers didn't stop Covenant from being a violent monster movie but I could argue that they stopped it from being a monster hit.