Quote from: The Cruentus on May 05, 2017, 01:07:37 PM
I strongly agree that Fox doesn't care hence why they never clarified the old eu but they do have more authority than Ridley...and as I said, unfortunately, though in this case, I would not agree with Ridley contradicting Alien (if covenant actually does of course)
The Devs were the ones that were mostly kept telling everyone CM was canon, Fox probably did too but the extreme negative reaction made them back off. Fox is both non caring and fickle, whatever allows them to continue milking the franchise.
I would also hope Ridley does not directly contradict Alien (because how hard is it to keep the first story consistent).
The devs told everyone Fox considered it canon because, well, fox did. Until, like you said, they didn't.
You perfectly summed it up as they care as far as doing so helps them make money. If contradicting something helps them make a more accessible or marketable product, they will contradict anything. So, essentially, nothing is honestly canon to them. Which leaves Ridley and he has shown a lot of disdain for everything outside of the first two films and is probably not aware that the comics even exist.
He will probably keep roughly consistent with Alien but even then he has played fast and loose with the identity of the SJ (size differences are silly) but he clearly has decided it was always an engineer. I think everything else, including Aliens and Prometheus, is entirely malleable.