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I started a spin offs section here as they are set more in the broader fictional universe than any specific film. If it gorws (as there are novels, computer games, etc.) then I'd suggest starting a Alien in other media section or List of Alien media which would really be this section renamed and expanded. I'd suggest the former. See this category for more information Category:In other media ( Emperor 16:49, 14 October 2006 (UTC))
There is now a List of characters in the Alien series - feel free to help flesh it out. ( Emperor 22:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC))
If people want to add any extra information in about an Alien 5 then they really need to provide references from reliable sources. A few statements have been removed in the past and will again until something concrete emerges. If you have infomation but aren't sure then drop a note in here and some editors will take a look at it for you. ( Emperor 14:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC))
Yeah, um. I'd like to know WHY my edit was reverted. It wasn't a vandalism and yeah uhhhhh, Fox did say that. That seriously aggrevates me. Oh, and it was Fox's VP who said it too, of all PEOPLE. Oh well. 72.49.194.145 19:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Josh
I realize it was a crappy movie, but – why is there no section for Alien vs. Predator? Wasn't this considered part of the series? Or is it considered "non-canon"? (I'm not sure who would decide what's Alien universe canon, though.)
The character Ripley is the constant throughout the 'core' alien movies. She undergoes clear character development. Why not create a section on her? Also, every film (possibly even AvP) represents big buisness as somehow responsible for the events in the film due to their desire to exploit the aliens. I'm talking about a 'Recurring characters and themes' section here.-- ChrisJMoor 21:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Is there room either in this article, or in its own article to be included in the big list of Alien and Predator stuff for the 2002 documentary Alien Saga? I submit that if Alien Loves Predator is included, so too should Alien Saga. Krisjohn ( talk) 03:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that we move this article to Alien (franchise) in order to be more inclusive of the various other aspects of the franchise besides the films (the comics, games, etc). This would be similar to the Star Wars article, which gives an overview and brief history of the franchise as a whole and serves as the parent/forking-off article for all the other articles related to specific branches of the franchise. The parent category for all things Alien-related has been changed to Category:Alien (franchise), so this move would reflect that inclusion. Thoughts? -- IllaZilla ( talk) 18:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
There is now a franchise infobox: {{ Infobox Media franchises}}. As this currently has an infobox I won't update it but thought it worth letting everyone know. ( Emperor ( talk) 00:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC))
Bit new to this Wikipedia editing stuff, so forgive me if I've erred, but I found the phrase about the 'powerful vacuum' a little irritating, so I slightly edited this article. Vacuums don't do anything, since they aren't really anything, but the absence of stuff (like cold or black). I don't mind things getting 'sucked' from one place to another, just not by a vacuum, especially not a powerful one, since that's like having 'lots of nothing'. Dischuffed ( talk) 07:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Per a request at WP:FILMS Assessment department, I have reviewed this article to determine if it meets the B-class criteria. Looking over the article there are various tags that need to be addressed including citation tags, a merge tag, wikify tag, and expansion tag. The merge tag and expansion tags can be allowed for B-class, but the citations and wikify tags need to be addressed. In addition, I don't think that there should be a mention of every single special feature on every disc of the DVD. Instead, mention the best ones and convert it to prose. I'd also recommend going through and giving the article a copyedit. Once these issues have been addressed, please renominate. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 02:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
"Due to studio changes to the second movie, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver was not interested in returning to the series" What studio changes ? These aren't expanded upon, or mentioned in the 'Aliens' entry, and they have no external reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.61.0.162 ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there an reference to what is considered canon to the main series? For example, Alien: Newts Tale would fit into the overall scope very wll, but only if officially considered to be canon to the established continuity (main four films). -- RedKnight ( talk) 15:45, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Ridley Scotts states in this article [2] that the prequel is set on "a planet called Zeta Reticuli". Changing the article to say "A planetoid in the system of Zeta Reticuli", or something similar, is original research. Scott knows better about this film than any of us, maybe he has made a mistake, maybe he has decided that a planet will take the name of the system, only he knows, and until we have a reliable source stating anything different we have assume that it is the planet name. magnius ( talk) 21:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI, but I don't think it should be included in the article (yet): http://www.scriptflags.com/2010/09/alien-prequel-stalls-as-ridley-scott.html Ridley Scott allegedly wants 250 million and an R-/18-rating, while Fox wants to spend less and go for PG13 (US/15 (UK). But we shouldn't trust this publication: There's no author named for the article, no source for the information. But nevertheless I wanted to add it here for possible future reference, just in case it turns out to be true. EDIT: Same info from an alternate source, without any additional details: http://movies.sky.com/alien-prequel-stalls-as-scott-fights-fox — 95.88.23.26 ( talk) 11:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, story details got leaked, but it shouldn't yet be included in the article. Added here for later possible reference (major spoilers): http://www.webcitation.org/5te6IlaXH — 80.130.172.181 ( talk) 13:22, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
What about starting a separate page for the prequels? Seems to me there's enough to start. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.241.24.118 ( talk) 19:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
check Ridley scotts twitter or google it since it has been cancelled. heres several sources [3] [4] [5] feel free to find better sources since most search involving google points to this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronnie42 ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
According to the talk page and Articles for deletion/Prometheus (film) the page was voted to be kept, NOT redirected. Unless there is a reason for the redirect, this page should be reinstated as per the the voting process Anthony of the Desert ( talk) 00:32, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I kind of had to http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-figures-why-not-adds-photo-of-ridley-scott-to,28445/ — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 23:54, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
ive put together a table of their details for reference - its a neat idea of colating their whereabouts ! VC 03:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vcorani ( talk • contribs)
I spent a good half an hour researching and building a cast table in order to improve the article as it was lacking some essential parts. I don't give a rat's ass if there's an article for the characters, the cast table acts as a monaker to every participant in the series. I added this since cast tables have appeared in all sorts of franchise articles, yet it's a huge problem here? Bullshit. It's not redundant as there's no cast list on this particular article. I see this as a major content removal without any meaningful reason other thn "it's ugly." RAP ( talk) 18:15 16 September 2012 (UTC)
It's more of a case by case thing; the Spiderman films have a large amount of cast overlapping between them so the tables seem less empty. GRAPPLE X 19:28, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Please do not revert the edit which clearly states the true fact that the figures quoted are not inflation adjusted. Without this it may mislead people into grossly overestimating the number of tickets sold for the more recent films/movies. Perhaps anyone reverting the edit would care to find inflation adjusted figures to add to the table? Japanscot ( talk) 12:21, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I recently removed the Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critis" scores from the article. That edit was reverted with the summary comment "get consensus first". But in my edit summary I indicated that these edits were based on the Film MOS (specifically the section MOS:FILM#Reception). If you check that section of the MOS you will see that my edits were in line with it. The MOS was recently changed as a result of discussions that took place over several weeks (which you can read here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Archive 45 and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film). There is a consensus that has been established for a policy for all film articles, so I have reinstated my edit. 99.192.76.230 ( talk) 11:57, 26 January 2013 (UTC) (=99.192.92.87)
I believe that the Weyland-Yutani corporation really should have its own Wikipedia article instead of a search for it being redirected to this article on the Alien franchise. Considering fictional corporations such as Cyberdyne (Skynet), InGen, and CHOAM all have their articles, it is a real shame that Weyland-Yutani corp does not. 199.87.224.33 ( talk) 19:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
The entire "Expansion in Video Games" section has just gone. We'd better talk about this. What do you all think? 2A01:E35:8AB6:1930:E518:B3A9:325D:24A1 ( talk) 21:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
This bit seems messy, and I think it would be better if Prometheus was moved to just after Alien Resurrection. As it is set in the same universe, and considered canon. Unlike the Alien VS Predator films. Charlr6 ( talk) 18:46, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
The events of both Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection will be ignored by the upcoming sequel Alien 5, which may be directed by Ridley Scott. AdamDeanHall ( talk) 17:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
This article suffers from significant organizational issues. I'll go through some and try to work with the community to see how we can fix things up.
I have taken the liberty of putting the infobox image as being the logo as it appears in the 1979 film, the anthology collection and Alien: Isolation. Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection have different logotypes, while that of Alien: Covenant is fairly close to the original logo. Considering that the original logo appears on half of the materials for the series, are we content with utilizing it, or should we go with the precise logotype of Alien: Covenant and count things by the most recent iteration? DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 22:44, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Should we utilize the logo as it appears in Alien: Covenant, or would we rather just put the anthology box set back in the infobox? I won't lose sleep over either decision, but I'd like to get some consensus. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 01:25, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
I've been scouring the internet trying to find out whether the 2014 issue of the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set is identical to the 2003 issue of the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set, or whether it incorporates upgrades from more recent blu-ray issues, or whether it's different in any other way. I've been completely unsuccessful, including in this article's Home video releases section. So, does no one know? Does no one care? 108.13.99.101 ( talk) 05:43, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox have contradicting statements, with Scott saying that there are two films beyond Alien: Covenant, while Fox says there is one. This creates a difference between a trilogy and a series (or quadrilogy). Should we play it safe and change all the designations of "trilogy" to "series", until at least further notice? DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 02:36, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Weyland-Yutani redirects here, but there is nothing about is here. At all. What? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.220.34.167 ( talk) 01:27, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
There is an AfD for List of Alien characters. If anyone would like to give their input, feel free to do so. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 23:35, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this will go very well with anyone here but over at Town Hall Theatre in Broadway, Sigourney Weaver was giving a Q&A Session on the celebration of Alien Day in regards to the upcoming Neill Blomkamp Alien sequel. We know that Neill Blomkamp had said that he had no intention of undoing Alien 3 and Resurrection, but what Sigourney Weaver says is pretty... interesting.
“When Neill Blomkamp started to talk to me about the sequel to this movie [Aliens], I thought, ‘Gosh, that would be so great to know that Ripley has a resting place, eventually.’ And wouldn’t it be great to end the series on—not that the other two didn’t happen but they’re in a parallel universe.”
This statement seems to have some heavy weight to it if we take into account that Neill Blomkamp isn't going to undo Alien 3 and Resurrection, but merely going around them.
Source: http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/alien-5/254909/alien-5-sigourney-weaver-talks-ignoring-later-sequels-alien-covenant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.61.1.74 ( talk) 02:01, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
It appears there have recently been some major unilateral contributions to the page, like the removal of the current logo from Alien: Covenant and moving the DVD box set from the home media release section to the infobox. Could we perhaps have a discussion about this, so we can at least attempt to reach consensus for the content of this page? I personally think it's nonsensical to have that box set image anywhere but the home media section, considering that we have the films' logos to go off of. But, let's all talk and see what consensus we can reach! DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 02:21, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
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For the first time in a year, we've had a wave of edits by a single editor attempting to state that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are of a separate canon and that Alien belongs to a shared universe. As a reminder, 20th Century Fox has clarified that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are components of what the studio has dubbed the "Alien Prequel Series", which leads directly into the original film and negates AvP. Therefore, there are currently six films that comprise this series and AvP is a separate crossover beast with its own separate canon from Alien continuity and the Predator continuity. I'm aware this was a cause for confusion after Prometheus was released and before Alien: Covenant was announced, as we had no idea in hell was Prometheus was, but that's not the case anymore. We have this discussion in the archives, but I'm leaving this here again, in case there is any further confusion in the foreseeable future. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 05:31, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Skerrit didn't play Ripley! 50.136.186.91 ( talk) 15:18, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
This "Storyline chronology" only includes recent works, why? It includes the films but only a handful of video games and novels, why not all? Are they part of a new canon that negates everything made prior the release of Prometheus à la Star Wars when its expanded universe what rebooted in 2013? If so, does anyone have a source detailing all this? Klow ( talk) 10:36, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
There has been several editors that have retitled sections on this page with way too many words for a heading, and have also speculated on certain things. Specifically, the section regarding Blomkamp's cancelled Alien film needs only to be titled Cancelled sequel as it was intended to be a sequel to the original quadrilogy. Secondly though Scott has stated that there is an Alien: Awakening film in development, he has since stated that Blomkamp's film was going to be Alien: Awakening. It would seem that there is simply confusion as to what is going on here. Whether it's that Blomkamp's film was supposed to enter production after Alien: Covenant (which Ridley had said before), or the films have similar titles -- we don't know the answer. To speculate that the films are re-purposed versions of each other is completely incorrect and needn't be done on this page. Unless you have a source that states such, we need to wait until further information regarding this topic comes out. User:Nurseline247 where's your source?-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 13:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Why are the Alien:Covenant tie-in shorts (crew messages, last supper, etc) covered in this article instead of in Alien: Covenant ? They are companion films to that film, so should be in that article -- 65.94.169.56 ( talk) 10:12, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
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There was a game in communist Poland [6] -- 212.122.206.18 ( talk) 11:02, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Did a quick search over at BoardGameGeek and found the following games:
If BBG is a valid source, these games can be added to the Role-playing games section -- Gonnym ( talk) 23:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
Couldn't find Aliens Adventure Game at BGG so did a bit of digging and its on its sister site RPG Geek. Found a few other Alien RPG games there:
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Afterwards, very small summaries (such as one sentence ones) can remain here indicating the shorts exist.
These shorts are primarily associated with the films they are companion pieces to, so should be documented in those film articles, since they are part of their marketing, and extras. Thus they should primarily be covered in their associated film articles, and not the main franchise article, just the same as how the films are primarily covered in their own articles, and not here, where only short summaries of the films exist. -- 65.94.169.56 ( talk) 02:29, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
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This one stuck out to me; hasn't the official title of the upcoming prequel film been revealed as "Alien: Awakening"? The Shadow-Fighter ( talk) 08:58, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
@ DisneyMetalhead, UpdateNerd, and *Treker: With the recent AN/I resolution, we have an opportunity to clean up this page - which DisneyMetalHead has already kick-started splendidly. I believe a good franchise template to follow will be Star Wars, with its original series origins serving as a launching point for the newer prequel era material. What we should consider is that this page is an overview for the franchise, so individual, finer details should be glossed over if not imperative. Also, as it stands, AvP is taking up the lion's share of this page, which is inappropriate, considering that it's a separate crossover and should only warrant an individual section with a brief overview. Like the Star Wars page, I don't believe individual subsections for every little bit of media - including the films - is necessary. As such, we should condense the film sections to overviews of the original series and the prequel series. Today, I kicked off the setting section, but now the priority will be to clean up, condense and polish. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 01:32, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
I think that including the AvP films is important as they are spin-offs of the franchise. The sections definitely need to be shortened, but excluding them and/or details regarding the movies is counterproductive. I would imagine that a short explanation of the plot setting for each film is good enough. Any development details could/should have be in a 'development' section. Additionally, I think all the trivial information regarding play-by-play updates on upcoming/delayed films should be condensed. The section regarding cancelled media is rather useless as it has nothing to do with the film series. Perhaps that could be moved to the second page you guys are talking about(?). The article definitely needed an overhaul.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:02, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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Original quadrilogy | |||||
Alien | May 25, 1979 | Ridley Scott | Dan O'Bannon | Dan O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett | Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill |
Aliens | July 18, 1986 | James Cameron | James Cameron, David Giler & Walter Hill | Gale Anne Hurd | |
Alien³ | May 22, 1992 | David Fincher | David Giler, Walter Hill & Larry Ferguson | Vincent Ward | Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill |
Alien Resurrection | November 26, 1997 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Joss Whedon | Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill and Bill Badalato | |
Prequel trilogy | |||||
Prometheus | June 8, 2012 | Ridley Scott | Jon Spaihts & Damon Lindelof | David Giler, Walter Hill and Ridley Scott | |
Alien: Covenant | May 19, 2017 | John Logan & Dante Harper | Jack Paglen & Michael Green | David Giler, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam and Michael Schaefer | |
Alien: Awakening | TBA | John Logan | David Giler, Walter Hill and Ridley Scott |
Perhaps something like this is the better option?-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:12, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper redirects here ( Alien: Covenant might be a better target) but is not mentioned, and Alien: Covenant – Prologue: The Crossing (also redirs here, though both go to anchors that do not exist) is mentioned very briefly, without sufficient information. Maybe there are others. These should be listed as part of the franchise with some basic info about them (how are/were they available, when were they released, etc.). There is a section at Alien: Covenant#Short films that covers them, plot-wise, but it's actually lacking a bunch of information, and the material that is there is too narrowly detailed, probably, for the franchise article. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 10:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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"February of 2019" = "February 2019" 2605:E000:9149:8300:8C39:927C:54DA:93BC ( talk) 19:34, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
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Change URL for cite_note-75 FROM https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-dark-title-new-terminator-movie-teases-hardened-sarah-connor-224538641.html TO https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-title-terminator-192724556.html
Background: Cite-Note 75 ( https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-dark-title-new-terminator-movie-teases-hardened-sarah-connor-224538641.html) leads to a story that does not mention Alien(s) at all. I was able to find a different yahoo.com story that does indeed cite the statement "In February 2019, Cameron announced that he is currently working on reviving the project." under the "Cancelled Projects" section: [1]
both links are ultimately referring to Terminator related news, but the link currently used as a citation is devoid of any Alien related information.... I wonder if yahoo changed the article at some point? Thedeanius ( talk) 19:27, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
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Crossover series
OK just in AVP franshise this not in Alien but see Predator page have Crossver AVP films — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:4802:2800:0:0:0:0:52E ( talk) 18:36, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
This hasn't been announced. Please use a reliable source for where someone close to the film has explicitly said that the newly announced project even has a title. Don't add Awakening without understanding that Scott was thinking out loud in the various quotes where he said this, and it's not clear which film he was talking about (most likely Blomkamp's, which was going to be called that). It could still be announced in the future that it's called Awakening, but sources such as Screen Rant, while good for the most part, are mostly fan-based and prone to errors such as this. UpdateNerd ( talk) 05:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
In the Alien: Covenant (2017) synopsis, "Daniels" is mentioned twice with no antecedent. Nicthu ( talk) 14:11, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
It might be noteworthy to add that yesterday (June 11, 2020) Sigourney Weaver stated that she has been shown a 50-page treatment for another Alien 5 (unrelated to Blomkamp's project) by series producer Walter Hill, but that she is unsure if it will proceed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3d08:5d81:e200:88b3:621f:bbb6:de68 ( talk) 23:55, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
I propose to merge List of Alien (franchise) films and television series into Alien (franchise). The content of the list page is a mere copy-paste of Alien, which admittedly is not necessary for expanding, as there have only been six films and no TV series - unless you count IGN's reposting of Alien: Isolation's cinematics. Creating a separate list was a questionable decision in the first place and after 1½ years, I just don't see the validity of having a copy-pasted, small page that has far less information in-line than even the franchise page. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 19:32, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
This article is missing a couple of movies, the Alien vs Predator and Alien Requiem. 123.103.210.114 ( talk) 10:21, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
@ UpdateNerd, *Treker, Nyxaros, TheRedundancy125, DisneyMetalhead, and Musdan77: I wanted to gather some input on Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series - is it being given undue weight on this page? The scope of it showed that it was essentially a micro-project that practically flew under the radar, as it was more of an IGN creative exercise with a little involvement from the developer. But, if a reader were to look at this page, they would likely have the impression that it's tantamount alongside the six films. How should we treat this? Should we let it remain as is, or should we trim its presence down significantly and perhaps not even mention it in the cast and crew lists? At a personal level, I love Alien: Isolation, but the notability just doesn't seem to be there for me. But, I wanted to fish for consensus and pick my cohorts' brains. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 03:19, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Alien is quite literally the only franchise (along with Predator) I've come across whose crossovers are framed as an entirely separate entity. Not included in the franchise infobox, at the bottom of the article etc. I understand fans really hate these movies (and the comics have had to suffer via association) but by the definition of a media franchise they should still be considered part of one larger franchise. When you look at other crossovers, such as Freddy vs. Jason, Sadako vs. Kayako, Godzilla vs. King Kong - all of those movies are considered to be direct installments of BOTH of the crossed-over franchises, whereas Alien vs. Predator is completely detached? Whose decision was that? What is the criteria?
Look at the X-men movies, both Deadpool 1 & 2 are considered to be installments of the franchise despite being its own sub-series obviously, the Rocky franchise has Creed I & II. Yet AvP 1 & 2 are outliers? Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts also form one larger franchise. This lack of consistency renders the term "media franchise" absolutely meaningless. Fans don't really get to dictate whether something is or isn't included in a franchise.
Therefore, I propose to include the AvP works (novels, comics, films) in both of the franchises' infoboxes, and rewriting the lead of the Alien vs. Predator article to be about the film series, because that's what the article is about anyways. Mind you, I've had a hand in originally separating them here like this a few years back but I've given it some more thought now. What does everyone else think? -- FollowTheSigns ( talk) 10:23, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
In the sidebar, the link for Alien 3 goes to the Wikipedia page for the soundtrack rather than the film. I don't know how to fix that!
goes to: /info/en/?search=Alien_3_(soundtrack)
should go to: /info/en/?search=Alien_3
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I started a spin offs section here as they are set more in the broader fictional universe than any specific film. If it gorws (as there are novels, computer games, etc.) then I'd suggest starting a Alien in other media section or List of Alien media which would really be this section renamed and expanded. I'd suggest the former. See this category for more information Category:In other media ( Emperor 16:49, 14 October 2006 (UTC))
There is now a List of characters in the Alien series - feel free to help flesh it out. ( Emperor 22:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC))
If people want to add any extra information in about an Alien 5 then they really need to provide references from reliable sources. A few statements have been removed in the past and will again until something concrete emerges. If you have infomation but aren't sure then drop a note in here and some editors will take a look at it for you. ( Emperor 14:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC))
Yeah, um. I'd like to know WHY my edit was reverted. It wasn't a vandalism and yeah uhhhhh, Fox did say that. That seriously aggrevates me. Oh, and it was Fox's VP who said it too, of all PEOPLE. Oh well. 72.49.194.145 19:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Josh
I realize it was a crappy movie, but – why is there no section for Alien vs. Predator? Wasn't this considered part of the series? Or is it considered "non-canon"? (I'm not sure who would decide what's Alien universe canon, though.)
The character Ripley is the constant throughout the 'core' alien movies. She undergoes clear character development. Why not create a section on her? Also, every film (possibly even AvP) represents big buisness as somehow responsible for the events in the film due to their desire to exploit the aliens. I'm talking about a 'Recurring characters and themes' section here.-- ChrisJMoor 21:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Is there room either in this article, or in its own article to be included in the big list of Alien and Predator stuff for the 2002 documentary Alien Saga? I submit that if Alien Loves Predator is included, so too should Alien Saga. Krisjohn ( talk) 03:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that we move this article to Alien (franchise) in order to be more inclusive of the various other aspects of the franchise besides the films (the comics, games, etc). This would be similar to the Star Wars article, which gives an overview and brief history of the franchise as a whole and serves as the parent/forking-off article for all the other articles related to specific branches of the franchise. The parent category for all things Alien-related has been changed to Category:Alien (franchise), so this move would reflect that inclusion. Thoughts? -- IllaZilla ( talk) 18:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
There is now a franchise infobox: {{ Infobox Media franchises}}. As this currently has an infobox I won't update it but thought it worth letting everyone know. ( Emperor ( talk) 00:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC))
Bit new to this Wikipedia editing stuff, so forgive me if I've erred, but I found the phrase about the 'powerful vacuum' a little irritating, so I slightly edited this article. Vacuums don't do anything, since they aren't really anything, but the absence of stuff (like cold or black). I don't mind things getting 'sucked' from one place to another, just not by a vacuum, especially not a powerful one, since that's like having 'lots of nothing'. Dischuffed ( talk) 07:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Per a request at WP:FILMS Assessment department, I have reviewed this article to determine if it meets the B-class criteria. Looking over the article there are various tags that need to be addressed including citation tags, a merge tag, wikify tag, and expansion tag. The merge tag and expansion tags can be allowed for B-class, but the citations and wikify tags need to be addressed. In addition, I don't think that there should be a mention of every single special feature on every disc of the DVD. Instead, mention the best ones and convert it to prose. I'd also recommend going through and giving the article a copyedit. Once these issues have been addressed, please renominate. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 02:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
"Due to studio changes to the second movie, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver was not interested in returning to the series" What studio changes ? These aren't expanded upon, or mentioned in the 'Aliens' entry, and they have no external reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.61.0.162 ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there an reference to what is considered canon to the main series? For example, Alien: Newts Tale would fit into the overall scope very wll, but only if officially considered to be canon to the established continuity (main four films). -- RedKnight ( talk) 15:45, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Ridley Scotts states in this article [2] that the prequel is set on "a planet called Zeta Reticuli". Changing the article to say "A planetoid in the system of Zeta Reticuli", or something similar, is original research. Scott knows better about this film than any of us, maybe he has made a mistake, maybe he has decided that a planet will take the name of the system, only he knows, and until we have a reliable source stating anything different we have assume that it is the planet name. magnius ( talk) 21:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI, but I don't think it should be included in the article (yet): http://www.scriptflags.com/2010/09/alien-prequel-stalls-as-ridley-scott.html Ridley Scott allegedly wants 250 million and an R-/18-rating, while Fox wants to spend less and go for PG13 (US/15 (UK). But we shouldn't trust this publication: There's no author named for the article, no source for the information. But nevertheless I wanted to add it here for possible future reference, just in case it turns out to be true. EDIT: Same info from an alternate source, without any additional details: http://movies.sky.com/alien-prequel-stalls-as-scott-fights-fox — 95.88.23.26 ( talk) 11:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, story details got leaked, but it shouldn't yet be included in the article. Added here for later possible reference (major spoilers): http://www.webcitation.org/5te6IlaXH — 80.130.172.181 ( talk) 13:22, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
What about starting a separate page for the prequels? Seems to me there's enough to start. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.241.24.118 ( talk) 19:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
check Ridley scotts twitter or google it since it has been cancelled. heres several sources [3] [4] [5] feel free to find better sources since most search involving google points to this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronnie42 ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
According to the talk page and Articles for deletion/Prometheus (film) the page was voted to be kept, NOT redirected. Unless there is a reason for the redirect, this page should be reinstated as per the the voting process Anthony of the Desert ( talk) 00:32, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I kind of had to http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-figures-why-not-adds-photo-of-ridley-scott-to,28445/ — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 23:54, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
ive put together a table of their details for reference - its a neat idea of colating their whereabouts ! VC 03:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vcorani ( talk • contribs)
I spent a good half an hour researching and building a cast table in order to improve the article as it was lacking some essential parts. I don't give a rat's ass if there's an article for the characters, the cast table acts as a monaker to every participant in the series. I added this since cast tables have appeared in all sorts of franchise articles, yet it's a huge problem here? Bullshit. It's not redundant as there's no cast list on this particular article. I see this as a major content removal without any meaningful reason other thn "it's ugly." RAP ( talk) 18:15 16 September 2012 (UTC)
It's more of a case by case thing; the Spiderman films have a large amount of cast overlapping between them so the tables seem less empty. GRAPPLE X 19:28, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Please do not revert the edit which clearly states the true fact that the figures quoted are not inflation adjusted. Without this it may mislead people into grossly overestimating the number of tickets sold for the more recent films/movies. Perhaps anyone reverting the edit would care to find inflation adjusted figures to add to the table? Japanscot ( talk) 12:21, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I recently removed the Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critis" scores from the article. That edit was reverted with the summary comment "get consensus first". But in my edit summary I indicated that these edits were based on the Film MOS (specifically the section MOS:FILM#Reception). If you check that section of the MOS you will see that my edits were in line with it. The MOS was recently changed as a result of discussions that took place over several weeks (which you can read here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Archive 45 and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film). There is a consensus that has been established for a policy for all film articles, so I have reinstated my edit. 99.192.76.230 ( talk) 11:57, 26 January 2013 (UTC) (=99.192.92.87)
I believe that the Weyland-Yutani corporation really should have its own Wikipedia article instead of a search for it being redirected to this article on the Alien franchise. Considering fictional corporations such as Cyberdyne (Skynet), InGen, and CHOAM all have their articles, it is a real shame that Weyland-Yutani corp does not. 199.87.224.33 ( talk) 19:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
The entire "Expansion in Video Games" section has just gone. We'd better talk about this. What do you all think? 2A01:E35:8AB6:1930:E518:B3A9:325D:24A1 ( talk) 21:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
This bit seems messy, and I think it would be better if Prometheus was moved to just after Alien Resurrection. As it is set in the same universe, and considered canon. Unlike the Alien VS Predator films. Charlr6 ( talk) 18:46, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
The events of both Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection will be ignored by the upcoming sequel Alien 5, which may be directed by Ridley Scott. AdamDeanHall ( talk) 17:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
This article suffers from significant organizational issues. I'll go through some and try to work with the community to see how we can fix things up.
I have taken the liberty of putting the infobox image as being the logo as it appears in the 1979 film, the anthology collection and Alien: Isolation. Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection have different logotypes, while that of Alien: Covenant is fairly close to the original logo. Considering that the original logo appears on half of the materials for the series, are we content with utilizing it, or should we go with the precise logotype of Alien: Covenant and count things by the most recent iteration? DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 22:44, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Should we utilize the logo as it appears in Alien: Covenant, or would we rather just put the anthology box set back in the infobox? I won't lose sleep over either decision, but I'd like to get some consensus. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 01:25, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
I've been scouring the internet trying to find out whether the 2014 issue of the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set is identical to the 2003 issue of the "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD box set, or whether it incorporates upgrades from more recent blu-ray issues, or whether it's different in any other way. I've been completely unsuccessful, including in this article's Home video releases section. So, does no one know? Does no one care? 108.13.99.101 ( talk) 05:43, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox have contradicting statements, with Scott saying that there are two films beyond Alien: Covenant, while Fox says there is one. This creates a difference between a trilogy and a series (or quadrilogy). Should we play it safe and change all the designations of "trilogy" to "series", until at least further notice? DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 02:36, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Weyland-Yutani redirects here, but there is nothing about is here. At all. What? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.220.34.167 ( talk) 01:27, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
There is an AfD for List of Alien characters. If anyone would like to give their input, feel free to do so. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 23:35, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this will go very well with anyone here but over at Town Hall Theatre in Broadway, Sigourney Weaver was giving a Q&A Session on the celebration of Alien Day in regards to the upcoming Neill Blomkamp Alien sequel. We know that Neill Blomkamp had said that he had no intention of undoing Alien 3 and Resurrection, but what Sigourney Weaver says is pretty... interesting.
“When Neill Blomkamp started to talk to me about the sequel to this movie [Aliens], I thought, ‘Gosh, that would be so great to know that Ripley has a resting place, eventually.’ And wouldn’t it be great to end the series on—not that the other two didn’t happen but they’re in a parallel universe.”
This statement seems to have some heavy weight to it if we take into account that Neill Blomkamp isn't going to undo Alien 3 and Resurrection, but merely going around them.
Source: http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/alien-5/254909/alien-5-sigourney-weaver-talks-ignoring-later-sequels-alien-covenant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.61.1.74 ( talk) 02:01, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
It appears there have recently been some major unilateral contributions to the page, like the removal of the current logo from Alien: Covenant and moving the DVD box set from the home media release section to the infobox. Could we perhaps have a discussion about this, so we can at least attempt to reach consensus for the content of this page? I personally think it's nonsensical to have that box set image anywhere but the home media section, considering that we have the films' logos to go off of. But, let's all talk and see what consensus we can reach! DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 02:21, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
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For the first time in a year, we've had a wave of edits by a single editor attempting to state that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are of a separate canon and that Alien belongs to a shared universe. As a reminder, 20th Century Fox has clarified that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are components of what the studio has dubbed the "Alien Prequel Series", which leads directly into the original film and negates AvP. Therefore, there are currently six films that comprise this series and AvP is a separate crossover beast with its own separate canon from Alien continuity and the Predator continuity. I'm aware this was a cause for confusion after Prometheus was released and before Alien: Covenant was announced, as we had no idea in hell was Prometheus was, but that's not the case anymore. We have this discussion in the archives, but I'm leaving this here again, in case there is any further confusion in the foreseeable future. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 05:31, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Skerrit didn't play Ripley! 50.136.186.91 ( talk) 15:18, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
This "Storyline chronology" only includes recent works, why? It includes the films but only a handful of video games and novels, why not all? Are they part of a new canon that negates everything made prior the release of Prometheus à la Star Wars when its expanded universe what rebooted in 2013? If so, does anyone have a source detailing all this? Klow ( talk) 10:36, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
There has been several editors that have retitled sections on this page with way too many words for a heading, and have also speculated on certain things. Specifically, the section regarding Blomkamp's cancelled Alien film needs only to be titled Cancelled sequel as it was intended to be a sequel to the original quadrilogy. Secondly though Scott has stated that there is an Alien: Awakening film in development, he has since stated that Blomkamp's film was going to be Alien: Awakening. It would seem that there is simply confusion as to what is going on here. Whether it's that Blomkamp's film was supposed to enter production after Alien: Covenant (which Ridley had said before), or the films have similar titles -- we don't know the answer. To speculate that the films are re-purposed versions of each other is completely incorrect and needn't be done on this page. Unless you have a source that states such, we need to wait until further information regarding this topic comes out. User:Nurseline247 where's your source?-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 13:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Why are the Alien:Covenant tie-in shorts (crew messages, last supper, etc) covered in this article instead of in Alien: Covenant ? They are companion films to that film, so should be in that article -- 65.94.169.56 ( talk) 10:12, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
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There was a game in communist Poland [6] -- 212.122.206.18 ( talk) 11:02, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Did a quick search over at BoardGameGeek and found the following games:
If BBG is a valid source, these games can be added to the Role-playing games section -- Gonnym ( talk) 23:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
Couldn't find Aliens Adventure Game at BGG so did a bit of digging and its on its sister site RPG Geek. Found a few other Alien RPG games there:
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Afterwards, very small summaries (such as one sentence ones) can remain here indicating the shorts exist.
These shorts are primarily associated with the films they are companion pieces to, so should be documented in those film articles, since they are part of their marketing, and extras. Thus they should primarily be covered in their associated film articles, and not the main franchise article, just the same as how the films are primarily covered in their own articles, and not here, where only short summaries of the films exist. -- 65.94.169.56 ( talk) 02:29, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
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This one stuck out to me; hasn't the official title of the upcoming prequel film been revealed as "Alien: Awakening"? The Shadow-Fighter ( talk) 08:58, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
@ DisneyMetalhead, UpdateNerd, and *Treker: With the recent AN/I resolution, we have an opportunity to clean up this page - which DisneyMetalHead has already kick-started splendidly. I believe a good franchise template to follow will be Star Wars, with its original series origins serving as a launching point for the newer prequel era material. What we should consider is that this page is an overview for the franchise, so individual, finer details should be glossed over if not imperative. Also, as it stands, AvP is taking up the lion's share of this page, which is inappropriate, considering that it's a separate crossover and should only warrant an individual section with a brief overview. Like the Star Wars page, I don't believe individual subsections for every little bit of media - including the films - is necessary. As such, we should condense the film sections to overviews of the original series and the prequel series. Today, I kicked off the setting section, but now the priority will be to clean up, condense and polish. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 01:32, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
I think that including the AvP films is important as they are spin-offs of the franchise. The sections definitely need to be shortened, but excluding them and/or details regarding the movies is counterproductive. I would imagine that a short explanation of the plot setting for each film is good enough. Any development details could/should have be in a 'development' section. Additionally, I think all the trivial information regarding play-by-play updates on upcoming/delayed films should be condensed. The section regarding cancelled media is rather useless as it has nothing to do with the film series. Perhaps that could be moved to the second page you guys are talking about(?). The article definitely needed an overhaul.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:02, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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Original quadrilogy | |||||
Alien | May 25, 1979 | Ridley Scott | Dan O'Bannon | Dan O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett | Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill |
Aliens | July 18, 1986 | James Cameron | James Cameron, David Giler & Walter Hill | Gale Anne Hurd | |
Alien³ | May 22, 1992 | David Fincher | David Giler, Walter Hill & Larry Ferguson | Vincent Ward | Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill |
Alien Resurrection | November 26, 1997 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Joss Whedon | Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill and Bill Badalato | |
Prequel trilogy | |||||
Prometheus | June 8, 2012 | Ridley Scott | Jon Spaihts & Damon Lindelof | David Giler, Walter Hill and Ridley Scott | |
Alien: Covenant | May 19, 2017 | John Logan & Dante Harper | Jack Paglen & Michael Green | David Giler, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam and Michael Schaefer | |
Alien: Awakening | TBA | John Logan | David Giler, Walter Hill and Ridley Scott |
Perhaps something like this is the better option?-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:12, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper redirects here ( Alien: Covenant might be a better target) but is not mentioned, and Alien: Covenant – Prologue: The Crossing (also redirs here, though both go to anchors that do not exist) is mentioned very briefly, without sufficient information. Maybe there are others. These should be listed as part of the franchise with some basic info about them (how are/were they available, when were they released, etc.). There is a section at Alien: Covenant#Short films that covers them, plot-wise, but it's actually lacking a bunch of information, and the material that is there is too narrowly detailed, probably, for the franchise article. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 10:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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"February of 2019" = "February 2019" 2605:E000:9149:8300:8C39:927C:54DA:93BC ( talk) 19:34, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
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Change URL for cite_note-75 FROM https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-dark-title-new-terminator-movie-teases-hardened-sarah-connor-224538641.html TO https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-title-terminator-192724556.html
Background: Cite-Note 75 ( https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-cameron-reveals-dark-title-new-terminator-movie-teases-hardened-sarah-connor-224538641.html) leads to a story that does not mention Alien(s) at all. I was able to find a different yahoo.com story that does indeed cite the statement "In February 2019, Cameron announced that he is currently working on reviving the project." under the "Cancelled Projects" section: [1]
both links are ultimately referring to Terminator related news, but the link currently used as a citation is devoid of any Alien related information.... I wonder if yahoo changed the article at some point? Thedeanius ( talk) 19:27, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
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Crossover series
OK just in AVP franshise this not in Alien but see Predator page have Crossver AVP films — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:4802:2800:0:0:0:0:52E ( talk) 18:36, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
This hasn't been announced. Please use a reliable source for where someone close to the film has explicitly said that the newly announced project even has a title. Don't add Awakening without understanding that Scott was thinking out loud in the various quotes where he said this, and it's not clear which film he was talking about (most likely Blomkamp's, which was going to be called that). It could still be announced in the future that it's called Awakening, but sources such as Screen Rant, while good for the most part, are mostly fan-based and prone to errors such as this. UpdateNerd ( talk) 05:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
In the Alien: Covenant (2017) synopsis, "Daniels" is mentioned twice with no antecedent. Nicthu ( talk) 14:11, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
It might be noteworthy to add that yesterday (June 11, 2020) Sigourney Weaver stated that she has been shown a 50-page treatment for another Alien 5 (unrelated to Blomkamp's project) by series producer Walter Hill, but that she is unsure if it will proceed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3d08:5d81:e200:88b3:621f:bbb6:de68 ( talk) 23:55, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
I propose to merge List of Alien (franchise) films and television series into Alien (franchise). The content of the list page is a mere copy-paste of Alien, which admittedly is not necessary for expanding, as there have only been six films and no TV series - unless you count IGN's reposting of Alien: Isolation's cinematics. Creating a separate list was a questionable decision in the first place and after 1½ years, I just don't see the validity of having a copy-pasted, small page that has far less information in-line than even the franchise page. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 19:32, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
This article is missing a couple of movies, the Alien vs Predator and Alien Requiem. 123.103.210.114 ( talk) 10:21, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
@ UpdateNerd, *Treker, Nyxaros, TheRedundancy125, DisneyMetalhead, and Musdan77: I wanted to gather some input on Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series - is it being given undue weight on this page? The scope of it showed that it was essentially a micro-project that practically flew under the radar, as it was more of an IGN creative exercise with a little involvement from the developer. But, if a reader were to look at this page, they would likely have the impression that it's tantamount alongside the six films. How should we treat this? Should we let it remain as is, or should we trim its presence down significantly and perhaps not even mention it in the cast and crew lists? At a personal level, I love Alien: Isolation, but the notability just doesn't seem to be there for me. But, I wanted to fish for consensus and pick my cohorts' brains. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 03:19, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Alien is quite literally the only franchise (along with Predator) I've come across whose crossovers are framed as an entirely separate entity. Not included in the franchise infobox, at the bottom of the article etc. I understand fans really hate these movies (and the comics have had to suffer via association) but by the definition of a media franchise they should still be considered part of one larger franchise. When you look at other crossovers, such as Freddy vs. Jason, Sadako vs. Kayako, Godzilla vs. King Kong - all of those movies are considered to be direct installments of BOTH of the crossed-over franchises, whereas Alien vs. Predator is completely detached? Whose decision was that? What is the criteria?
Look at the X-men movies, both Deadpool 1 & 2 are considered to be installments of the franchise despite being its own sub-series obviously, the Rocky franchise has Creed I & II. Yet AvP 1 & 2 are outliers? Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts also form one larger franchise. This lack of consistency renders the term "media franchise" absolutely meaningless. Fans don't really get to dictate whether something is or isn't included in a franchise.
Therefore, I propose to include the AvP works (novels, comics, films) in both of the franchises' infoboxes, and rewriting the lead of the Alien vs. Predator article to be about the film series, because that's what the article is about anyways. Mind you, I've had a hand in originally separating them here like this a few years back but I've given it some more thought now. What does everyone else think? -- FollowTheSigns ( talk) 10:23, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
In the sidebar, the link for Alien 3 goes to the Wikipedia page for the soundtrack rather than the film. I don't know how to fix that!
goes to: /info/en/?search=Alien_3_(soundtrack)
should go to: /info/en/?search=Alien_3