Hello. New member here. I've been a very long time Aliens fan, having first seen Alien when I was 5-6 years old. Now, I am very pleased with all Aliens movies (even the AvP movies) and I have read the vast majority of the comics.
Now, with the announcement of the Aliens prequel this leaves me feeling very happy that we are getting a new movie. However....it leaves some thoughts.
1) The Space Jockey.
I REALLY hope we get to have some explanation on this creature. Its a complete travesty that they have barely, if at all, explored this creature. I agree, it doesn't need to have everything absolutely explained. What people seem to forget is that a Mystery that is never explained, ends up becoming boring/forgotten. There is a delicate balance between not saying enough and saying too much. So far, with the only decent info being in a novel, and one or two comics, its beginning to borderline on the 'too little'
One example of something to explain is the Beacon. Now, when I look to cannon and fan theories, I tend to apply real-life science and psychology to it (I'm a second year biology student at uni irl).
Now, I'm not good at Physics, but how could Weyland-Yutani intercept the message randomly? Is it possible for Weyland-Yutani tech to pick up such alien signalling mechanisms? What that suggests to me... is that Weyland-Yultani MAY have got their hands on Space Jockey technology at some point, some way to 'tune' into a distress signal as they search for intelligent life.
Perhaps a team previously came across a Space Jockey Necropolis city? like in the comics? I don't know. What I do want to understand really is a bit more about their biology. The only thing I really don't want them to explain...is if they are 'good' or 'evil'.
I think...the best way to do it, would be for them to talk about the Jockey 4-6 times throughout the movie, perhaps finding artefacts of them (like the Hieroglyph picture) and then, in the last 5 minutes of the movie, we see a living one for 30-35 seconds.
That would be enough to explain several fan theories without taking too much of the mystery away.
2) Weyland-Yultani and Politics
I personally would be very interested to see the movie explain more about how Weyland-Yultani came to power, how they became so influential over the USCM and such. How they could get away with so much.
They seem more of a government than an actual Company to be honest.
I'll probably add more to this thread and would encourage people to discuss concerns like these, and what they'd like to see in terms of helping canon.
