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Gavin
MemberTrilobiteJuly 25, 2012Many, many times other members and myself have put forward the possibility that the following film franchises all exist within the same fictional universe and are thus all canon to one another...
[center][b]Predator - AVP - Prometheus - Alien[/b][/center]
...Yet many, many naysayers and detractors voice their opinions stating this is not the case. 9 times out of 10, such arguments are subjective, from individuals whom don't like the idea.
Now, while some of those supporting the idea of these franchises existing within the same universe may also have subjective arguments, I do not. I have looked at this debate from an objective point of view and always reach the same conclusions...
- There is more information in the movies to suggest they are all set within the same fictional universe
- There is no contradictory information in the movies that states otherwise
- There has not been any official statement stating otherwise
To that end I challenge the naysayers to disprove, with verifiable sources for their information and statements, why these franchises are not part of the same universe.
July 27, 2012
@ Engineer Tech Brett...
As I said...
Note the first line says "Weyland Corporation is recognized as a legal entity..."
Not...
"Weyland Industries is recognized as a legal entity..."
...Again, it clearly says Weyland Corporation, not Weyland Industries.
July 25, 2012
Actually....
In the first link, Jim Cameron actually says...
[center]"they've really screwed up the whole franchise"[/center]
...and in the second link Ridley says
[center]"they know how i feel"[/center]
...neither of 'em say "no, they are not canon".
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July 25, 2012
@ joeyjoe - brandywine productions AKA David Giler and Walter Hill were also producers on AVP, AVPR an Alien Resurrection. In other words they received money for lending the production and intilectual rights, and thus had their names attached to those films, all the time not objecting against the productions.
July 25, 2012
Brandywine Productions own the production rights of the Alien creature and anything relating to the universe the creatures exist in (despite the fact they have no right to own such rights), without their involvement Alien Resurrection, AVP and AVPR could never have been made.
Furthermore, these are not only the same people who pushed Dan O'Bannon, the creator, out of the way to milk it for every buck, but they also commissioned Jim Cameron after he made one decent film and screwed over David Fincher a dozen times over and then reworked his original movie to meet their own ends.
David Gilers statement "They have there's and we have ours." doesn't stop them signing the production rights over to make more money of an idea that was never even theirs in the first place, does it?
