Blomkamp's Alien will be an Alternate Path from Alien 3 and Alien 4

Alien:Out with the old, in with the Newt

It will be a "Breaking Bad" Scenerio but with a Bladerunner twist...it was all the dream of an android. 

I don't like the idea of making Alien 3 obsolete (even A:R with all its ridiculousness, haha). Why not just use different characters and have the story interconnect with Ridley's story arc? That would be awesome. It's this annoying need to appeal to nostalgia.

Personally I would rather not be reminded of Aliens, because those annoying Marines greatly tainting that movie for me. It was not impressive that the aliens took out a group of poorly disciplined bafoons.

I think its just unfortunate that Fox seems to think Aliens and Ripley = £££$$$$

Prometheus was the first in the Franchise to not include Ripley.... now seems Alien Covenant will however have connections....

Prometheus to be demoted to a stand alone movie, and Alien Covenant may act as a bridge between Alien and Prometheus.. But the new Prequels will have a Alien Prefix and i do worry the story will inter wind with Ripleys

Alien 5 is also said to be a passing of the Torch to Newt...  And so if we get a Alien 6 which i think will happen... then it could be a fair well to Ripley in this one and Newt to carry on for a Alien 7, Alien 8 etc lol

I think we should pay attention to Ridleys comment when he mentioned Star Wars.... as i feel Fox see they can Milk money out of the Alien Franchise still

It all boils down to the money. Sadly, story writing and the true craft have been thrown away. 

They didn't make Alien for the fun of it.

Which is why i was very excited for Prometheus... some was disappointed... oh no Alien Xenos... no Chest Busted Space Jockey at the End... no Ripley... lol

But they saw more to the Space Jockey than just being a Giant Alien Race who had a Cargo of Alien Eggs and he got infected and that was that....  even if we looked at the Cargo being a Bio-Weapon..

They then realized there is more to them than purely we created the Xeno Bio-Weapon this is how and why and well it went Tits-up and wiped us out!

Prometheus opened up a whole World of possibility beyond Humans and Earth.... beyond the Xenomorph..

But i think Fox felt that stepping away from the Xeno.. did not do the movie favors.... they see Blomkamps Alien 5 idea as something creating a Huge Buzz

Fox feel they can go a few more rounds of the Xenomorph and do a better job than Alien 3 and Alien R did...

If done right there is potential for Money...

If done wrong.... well i think its to the point now that they care about as long as it makes Money... and while AVP did not please some... or many..  it made a good enough return on its investment..

The Franchise is about the ALIEN as far as Fox goes... they tried to bring something different and felt maybe it never worked as well and so the ALIEN is what they are trying to cover..

Yes Ripley helps too.... but Ripley will one day pass away.... 20 years time Miss Weaver would be too old to play that role... (then in 20 years they can realistic CGI Job her lol).

But Fox could re-cast a different Ripley... a Re-boot...

But regardless.....  the ALIEN will always remain... you can remake Alien or do other ALIEN movies for the next 50 years..... the base concept of the Franchise is that MONSTER....

The same thing goes with Freddy... the Nightmare on Elm Street...

They tried a Re-boot... it never went to plan.....

Freddy is Freddy and he can be Re-booted over and over...  and so there is every chance for them to bring out another Re-boot attempt with someone else playing the role of Freddy Kruger  and indeed Jason for that matter too

And so the Predator and Xenomorph are Iconic Sci-Fi Alien Monsters... and they can always make money from them.

What I loved about Alien was the "mythos" of the story. You were kept in suspense. Always wondering where it came from, why and who made it. I enjoyed Prometheus and I'm happy the Scott is expanding this dark universe that has intrigued Alien fans for years. 

Think thats one Element that added to Alien Franchise... we never knew about its Origins as far as the Space Jockey, Derelict and those Eggs (Xenomorph)

It was nice to have that Mystery...  but i guess its one thing never covered in the Franchise prior to Prometheus.

Aliens had escaped from Ridley Scott... he never got as much input on whats next.. as far as the Organism... I am sure Ridley Scott wants to put his Stamp on the Origins of the Xenomorph and the Space Jockey race... this is why Prometheus was made...

I think while its nice to have Mystery... deep down Ridley would have known... once they (Fox) had milked the Xeno for all its Worth..... then it leaves them another option to then touch upon the Space Jockey to then bring about a Fresh way to Milk the Xeno some more..

Ridley knew if these Questions was never answered in his Life Time... then they sure could in future.. and so while Ridley is alive he would want to put his Stamp on the Xeno Origins and who the Space Jockey was..

I'm looking forward to his story. I've never abandoned Scott. He was the reason I went to film school 

Scott has everything to offer, I think. This Blomkamp project feels like a VanHalen reunion. 

Money plays a huge part in all this but don't forget that money influenced Alien, too. It's commercial art. Someone like Ridley knows how to manipulate that system, he did so with Alien, and Prometheus and he's no doubt doing it again now. Be ready to not get exactly what you want, but on Ridley's terms. There will be awesomeness.

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Prometheus won't be a stand alone film. We've seen enough so far to know the Engineer culture is integral to A:C so Prometheus was an initiation of a new, more interesting path.

There was a lot of stuff to set up and they took the chance of doing so in what could have been a complete failure and it was shocking, to me, how many internet dwellers tried to ensure that it was a failure. It was a cultural phenomenon.

But here we are safe and snug with A:C on the way, with some adjustments yes but still palatable, no doubt. Yes, I pre-cringe at the upcoming mention of Ripley but I don't think it will be a big, story turning reveal. We have the leak if nothing else to thank for that and that's a good thing. 

Indeed i think we wont see in depth Engineers as maybe the plan was...

But once all the Alien Connections are made and we have our fill of Xenos and Answers to Origins in the Prequels and more Xenos in Alien 5 and no doubt 6 if Alien 5 happens and does well.

Maybe then the beast would be well and truly cooked and fans may ponder... so what is it about these Engineers... and they can then explore that as a expanded universe in more depth.