Alien vs. Predator - Timeline

[styphlcccs]

I was browsing some of the comics on this timeline, and wow they're a lot cheaper than I expected. This might be the second franchise I go deep into (the first being Star Wars - which I'm still on the second piece of media, what with the fact that if I miss even a day of reading a book, I'll lose interest for months)

 

[styphlcccs]

Predators: Moments of Extraction: Isabelle
Predators: Moments of Extraction: Cuchilld
Predators: Moments of Extraction: Hanzo
Predators: Moments of Extraction: Mombasa

Could you provide links for these please?

 

[Pro Bot]

Could you provide links for these please?

They're technically part of Moments of Extraction, but I separated it for the benefit of the viewing order (they can be seen in 2010 rather than 2024). Just ignore the start and end of that short and you should be fine.

Apparently they are hidden somewhere online too, but I gave up. My friend says he has a link so I'll ask him. They're on the Predators blu-ray.

 

[eloesch289]

Could you provide links for these please?

 

[Pro Bot]

Worse is the space travel aspect, since one of Yutani's earliest ships launched in 2055. Blade Runner suggests a more advanced technological timeline.

Now I just remembered that Marvel's Predator comics have off-world colonies in the 2040s, so... I guess that wouldn't actually be a Blade Runner contradiction either.

 

[Pro Bot]

In 20 years, Predator films set in present day are gonna be a little funny considering that there's space travel and androids running around.

 

[styphlcccs]

Now I just remembered that Marvel's Predator comics have off-world colonies in the 2040s, so... I guess that wouldn't actually be a Blade Runner contradiction either.

I thought The Predator was the main problem with including Blade Runner (I haven't seen either but the technological advancements by 2014 clash I believe)

 

[Pro Bot]

I thought The Predator was the main problem with including Blade Runner (I haven't seen either but the technological advancements by 2014 clash I believe)

Technically speaking, they don't contradict each other since we don't see the same locations. Los Angeles could look like Blade Runner during 2018 as long as we don't physically see it. There's nothing in The Predator that states that space travel isn't happening either, nor genetically engineered humans.

I have a list of the connections and contradictions in a spoiler tag, regardless.

 

[Pro Bot]

Of note, Predator: Concrete Jungle, set in 2030, has flying cars and is set in a Blade Runner style city.

 

[Pro Bot]

The real main issue is rights differences, honestly.

 

[Pro Bot]

Thinking about it, now that cyborgs are canon, Cygnus from Aliens: What If...? could potentially be a replicant (he was called one multiple times) who was made into a cyborg (he has white blood). Possibly literally Iggy Cygnus from Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 due to the name and shared background. I suppose the cybernetics would likely keep him alive for over a century.

 

[eloesch289]

Technically speaking, they don't contradict each other since we don't see the same locations. Los Angeles could look like Blade Runner during 2018 as long as we don't physically see it. There's nothing in The Predator that states that space travel isn't happening either, nor genetically engineered humans.

I have a list of the connections and contradictions in a spoiler tag, regardless.

it's actually more likely imo considering shane black seemed to take into account the idea of humans sending criminals to planets for predators to hunt by 2024

 

[lightsyder]

it's actually more likely imo considering shane black seemed to take into account the idea of humans sending criminals to planets for predators to hunt by 2024

If you are referring to Predators then I'm pretty sure the Super Predators were doing the abductions on their own.

 

[Pro Bot]

If you are referring to Predators then I'm pretty sure the Super Predators were doing the abductions on their own.

I think there was something with humans and Yautja working together BTS in a set photo, right? I wanna say there was a tank?

 

[lightsyder]

I think there was something with humans and Yautja working together BTS, right? I wanna say there was a tank?

The original cut of The Predator was supposed to have to "friendly" predators that had been guests of the military for awhile. I think they were in hiding from the Assassin Predator. There was an image released of them in a tank wearing army gear with the humans from the movie. Sadly that was all cut for the 3rd act we got in the woods and on the ship. NECA did make the two Emissary predators as figures though.

 

[Pro Bot]

The Predator is such a messy film, they really considered everything. Even a dead child grown up from the future having been sent back in time was in the cards.

 

[lightsyder]

The Predator is such a messy film, they really considered everything. Even a dead child grown up from the future having been sent back in time was in the cards.

Yeah, some of the alternate endings they considered were wild

 

[Pro Bot]

So, Blade Runner. Official statements. Let's see.

For:
-Ridley Scott
-Dan Trachtenberg
-Noah Hawley
-Charles de Lauzirika
-[Creators of Aliens: What If...? comic]
Note: Dan said they can't truly be connected due to rights issues, Noah used language implying they could be connected, Charles wrote the Weyland Files but downplayed their canon significance in regards to Blade Runner, and the Aliens: What If...? creatives can't decide whether they're a canon story or not (I say yes).

Against:
Steve Asbell
Note: According to Dan, Steve thinks differently to him about Blade Runner. Steve is the head of 20th Century Studios.

I'm actually curious, who supports and who is against the Blade Runner connections here on TheComicBoard? It's an inescapable conversation within the Alien franchise, so naturally I'm just curious. I can never make my mind up on whether I like it, I hate it, I'm indifferent, etc. Does it benefit them both or just create minor but unnecessary inconsistencies?

 

[eloesch289]

So, Blade Runner. Official statements. Let's see.

For:
-Ridley Scott
-Dan Trachtenberg
-Noah Hawley
-Charles de Lauzirika
-[Creators of Aliens: What If...? comic]
Note: Dan said they can't truly be connected due to rights issues, Noah used language implying they could be connected, Charles wrote the Weyland Files but downplayed their canon significance in regards to Blade Runner, and the Aliens: What If...? creatives can't decide whether they're a canon story or not (I say yes).

Against:
Steve Asbell
Note: According to Dan, Steve thinks differently to him about Blade Runner. Steve is the head of 20th Century Studios.

I'm actually curious, who supports and who is against the Blade Runner connections here on TheComicBoard? It's an inescapable conversation within the Alien franchise, so naturally I'm just curious. I can never make my mind up on whether I like it, I hate it, I'm indifferent, etc. Does it benefit them both or just create minor but unnecessary inconsistencies?

i personally have gone back and forth in the past but for about the past year or so (specifically right after the release of romulus) ive been pretty much firmly in the camp of "alien/predator/blade runner is one continuity" and any connections to other franchises can be debated upon whats actual proper canon or just fan-service/easter eggs

 

[styphlcccs]

I'm actually curious, who supports and who is against the Blade Runner connections here on TheComicBoard? It's an inescapable conversation within the Alien franchise, so naturally I'm just curious. I can never make my mind up on whether I like it, I hate it, I'm indifferent, etc. Does it benefit them both or just create minor but unnecessary inconsistencies?

I don't know enough about either franchises to know about many inconsistencies (literally all I know about Blade Runner is there's blades and they run ) but I'm always game for more content in anything (unless it's bad content - connected to anything or not)