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O_o-22 t1_iu98obx wrote

Reply to comment by VisibleEvidence in Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Alien Resurrection, 25 years on by chrisbokiul

A4 took place far into the future based on the timelines of the original movies being set over about a 100 year span. I always thought that by the time A4 came out earth was basically a polluted planet that either no one lived on or only the poor who couldn’t leave because they didn’t have the connections or cash.

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AlexDKZ t1_iuawv9j wrote

Problem is, it makes no sense that Earth has become an unlivable wasteland by the year 2381 when it is canon that by the year 2179 terraforming tech is commonplace. Hell, it retroactively makes less sense now that the backstory to Prometheus has Weyland solving earth's enviromental woes using large scale geoengineering in 2017.

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thesmellofsound t1_iubdnn4 wrote

I don't think Ridley Scott gave a fuck about keeping continuity with Alien Resurrection when making his prequels. Didn't he also break continuity with Aliens in some major ways? Like the concept of a queen?

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AlexDKZ t1_iube5l2 wrote

>I don't think Ridley Scott gave a fuck about keeping continuity with Alien Resurrection

He didn't even need to, it's a non canon deleted ending.

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