The Alien Saga and humanity's future
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Earthdock is a name of its own.
Case in point: The "Moonlab" in Stephen Baxter's Voyage wasn't actually located on the Moon, but in an orbit around it.
So, a whole planet like Swindon basically? There's a scary thought.
IIRC the only thing Call could do was reset the ground level. That would only really factor in a landing, not an orbital insertion.
Yup, it's called "Prometheus" and will be released in a few months.
Maybe. The more I read about it, the more it seems like it has nothing to do with the Alien universe at all.
I thought Prometheus was still well over a year away?
Yep. The release date is June 8, 2012.
I'm pretty sure Ridley Scott had originally said it was an Alien prequel featuring the origin of the Space Jockeys but later stated that the film's plot had evolved into something else, but I don't think he said they were dropping any particular element.
I can't say as I've been following developments that closely so I'm honestly not sure what has been confirmed, denied or left to rumour but try searching "prometheus set photos" on google images and tell me that doesn't scream Space Jockey, or at the very least H.R. Geiger's aesthetics. Plus there's what looks like a pre-Yutani merger Weyland logo on one of the vehicles so it appears to still be very much in the same 'verse.
you could look into the novels adapted from Dark Horse's comics.
the impression i've got from Alien, Aliens and the few novels i read is that Earth isn't too different from the late 20th/early 21st except we've got deep space travel and large numbers of colonies out there.
as someone said, the US certainly still exists in Aliens, and Weyland-Yutani certainly seems to have a lot of clout, but isn't the be-all and end-all of life.
i dunno about Resurrection, i didn't see it or read the novelisation. i've only seen the first two, read the novel of 3 and seen the 2 AVP movies.
the impression i've got from Alien, Aliens and the few novels i read is that Earth isn't too different from the late 20th/early 21st except we've got deep space travel and large numbers of colonies out there.
as someone said, the US certainly still exists in Aliens, and Weyland-Yutani certainly seems to have a lot of clout, but isn't the be-all and end-all of life.
i dunno about Resurrection, i didn't see it or read the novelisation. i've only seen the first two, read the novel of 3 and seen the 2 AVP movies.
Yep. And if Aliens is anything to go by, there will be a resurgence of 80's style suits and big, poofy hair!
Oh, and CRT's are gonna make a comeback!
that nothing, in 8162AD it's all mullets, metal hair and huge shoulderpads again.
And people are still trying to get Firefly back on the air!!
I always got the impression that political power resides with mega-corps, and that "government" marines are their muscle.
^What gave you that impression? All we saw of the company was Burke, a room full of bureaucrats and the team that landed on Fury 161. Granted that last one was a little more sinister and shadowy, but regardless the company wasn't made out to be politically powerful. If they were really that powerful then Burke wouldn't have needed to try and pull his stunt with the facehuggers to get "samples" past government quarantine.
Negative. In the Alien future, all 20th/21st century television shows were completely forgotten, with the exception of Manimal, and Jersey Shore.
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