This takes me back to when PREDATORS was being produced, and how there were arguments that PREDATORS was ignoring Predator 2 and the AvP films, and considering the conflicting statements with Rodriguez and Antal, Roddy claiming that it was a sequel to the first and only the first, and Antal claiming that it was a definitive Predator 3-- to where a lot of fans opted to take Antal's word over Rodriguez. Truthfully, no one's been able to conclude if the movie is Roddy's alternate P2, or if it is a definitive P3. I mean sure the movie doesn't contradict Predator 2, but it doesn't acknowledge it either-- same for the AvPs, so.. as far as the Predator side of things, the AVP's could still fit... Until Shane talks about where his movie fits.
It's almost the same thing here since this is supposed to be the fifth Alien movie, but it's going out of it's way to actually dismiss the third and fourth films apparently. So is it really a fifth Alien movie, or is it an alternative third? Well, if we look at what Blomkamp is saying, he's not going his way to undo Alien 3 and Resurrection but that statement is very vague as some have pointed out. He could either mean that the previous two sequels will always exist.. or he's only ignoring them and not jettisoning them out of canon, but not following them either. I'm hoping it's the latter.. but I don't want him explaining those movies away.
Truth be told.. I honestly did not want an Alien V. I think the franchise has been run down, and with the Ripley mandate going on.. It's like taking a retired race hound, and forcing it to race when it's tired and old. Does it sound selfish? Yes, absolutely and please forgive me for saying what I just said. But assuming that this movie merely migrates Alien 3 and Resurrection as canonical alternate timelines/universes while this new continuity ties to Prometheus... then I say this gives even fans more power to pick and choose, as the AVPs could be lumped in with Alien 3 and Resurrection as a different continuity lineage.
Unpopular opinion, I know but... my two cents.
Quote from: predxeno on Mar 07, 2015, 07:32:32 AM
I do have more respect for Neil Blomkamp because despite the fact that he is making even BIGGER continuity deviations than Ridley, he at least said outright that his new movie(s) will take place in a different universe thus preventing a continuity war (if not a canon war) from breaking out.
Aaaaah, PredXeno, you and me maybe cool but I gotta say that Blomkamp didn't explicitly state that this could be an alternate timeline. What he did say was that he had no intentions of undoing Alien 3 and Resurrection, but in another interview statement he also said that he considered his movie as the third following after Alien and Aliens (Gee, where did we hear THIS before in another related franchise?). So, he's not undoing Alien 3 and Resurrection... and you could take that however you will, but he's also not following them and treating his movie as the third.
I'm really pulling for if Blomkamp migrates and assigns by proxy Alien 3 and Resurrection as alternate timelines/universes but I also don't want him to acknowledge Alien 3 and Resurrection (he could incorporate elements such as Xenomorphs inheriting hosts traits) in an attempt to explain them away. You don't need a plot device such as dimensional transcendence or time travel for a franchise to have established alternatives. Even Corporal Hicks aka Mr. Percival saw I was correct in that.. Although he didn't agree on why there should be alternative timelines/universes.