Instead of thinking of what you WANT to see next what we should be doing is thinking about WHAT THEY SHOULD NOT DO WHATSOEVER:
And that is NOT follow up on the end of ALIEN: COVENANT and instead make an ALIENS 2.5 that retcons A3 and A4. I doesnt matter what you or I think of the Prequels or this latest film, FOX has a serious problem with the thoroughfare of this franchise's storyline. It will render it absolutely indeciferable if they made Aliens 2.5 that retcons A3 and A4 and then never continues from the end of Alien: Covenant.
See... As was the case previously, FOX had a solid plan to have Scott continue the Prequel trilogy and Blomkamp make ALIEN - 5. But as is usual with Hollywood, they second guess everything and don't do the exact things they know they should do - Which EVEN NOW, is to have Scott finish his trilogy and Blomkamp make ALIEN - 5. Not Aliens 2. ALIEN 5. Or EVEN BEST would be for them to find a way to make ALIEN 3 follow Blomkamp's film and then continue ALIEN 4 as a TV series.
WHAT THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT DO: FOX should NOT let Blomkamp anywhere near a movie that retcons ALIEN3 after haveing ended ALIEN COVENANT where they did. And before anyone jumps up to say how much A3 sucks, there is absolutely NO GUARANTEEE Blomkamps movie wont suck even more. There are pictures of Ripley in a xeno-suit and more BS with the f**king Derelict. Enough with that f**king Derelict.
But beyond that, this series is TOO confusing for the casual viewer NOW, letting BLOMKAMP make Aliens 2.5 will be detrimental to the series. It's already a complete mess and needs to be wrangled back in. If Blomkamp makes ALIENS 2 and NOT ALIENS 2.5 (a film which ties into ALIEN 3 and doesnt retcon it) viewers will have no f**king idea what's going on, after seeing ALIEN: COVENANT. Because now, to the casual audience BLOMKAMPS film is a sequel to ALIEN COVENANT.
This is something FANS like us need to understand. Casual audiences dont remember the details of films like this. They see them once or twice, enjoy them and then hopefully will pay to see their sequels.
BECAUSE they attempted to do this wrangling with COVENANT by adding the ALIEN to it we now CANT have BLOMKAMP'S film without Scott's next film. But the problem isn't the title of the inclusion of the Alien, it was that they marketed PROMETHEUS as an Alien Prequel and then shifted with great results. It no longer makes sense to make Blomkamps film without the film after COVENANT. FOX simply cannot greenlight a film that requires the viewer to understand the convoluted progression that Blomkamps film would require. That doesnt even account for how the narative will never make sense with continuing from Covenant.
For instance, it was one thing to ask people to ignore AVP and AVPR. At this point you are asking audiences to legit accept having no idea of what's going on at all. Casual audiences ARE familiar with PROMETHEUS and A3 and A:R. Even AVP and etc. If they move forward with Blomkamps Aliens 2.5 and retcon A3 and A4 it will be the final blow for the series. You can THINK as much as you want that as long as you get Ripley Newt and Hicks back it would be worth it, but Filmmaking is risky. Its hard to get everything right, especially when youre re-making a part 3 which is also part 8 or 10, depending on who is watching. And that says 3 or 8 or 10 crap is basically all that needs to be said.
All of these stupid decisions started with A:R. And its the same logic being applied now. Its not about what people want to see, its about fixing what was broken WHERE it was broken and not breaking things further.
If FOX cant see the problem they are making for themselves here they are blind. Here's the path forward and WHY:
Ridley makes the 3rd part of the Prequel TRILOGY (not 5 f**king films or 6, 3 only and make the last one longer) and DONT EXCLUDE PROMETHEUS because this is ALSO confusing casual fans. Here's why its a mess - First Prometheus was an Alien Prequel then it wasnt then it was anyway but not really because it didnt have the alien. Then Covenant was PARADISE: aka Prometheus 2, then it was ALIEN: PARADISE LOST, then it was ALIEN: COVENANT - but marketet as if it was NOT Prometheus 2 and ended up being f**king PROMETHEUS 3 heavy handed ties to ALIEN.
Ridley needs to make one more film, its should be 2.5 hours long and end the prequel trilogy in a way that leaves thing open for these characters to appear later.
SECOND - Fox needs to Greenlight BLOMKAMPS film with SCOTT PRODUCING only and insist that he make his film ALIEN 5 and not ALIEN 2.5 because theyve made such a giant mess out of this series' trajectory that they are going to completely ruin the ability to fix things if they try to make Aliens 2 - unless they insist BLOMKAMP finds a way to make it tie into the beginning of ALIEN 3. Which, IMO isn't hard to do.
Fox needs to insist on Alien 5 and Aliens 2 that doesnt retcon 3 or completely ditch his project and wait for him to do a standalone film.
