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Just me that thinks space jockeys is a shit name for an advanced alien race in such a serious film? Sounds like the sort of thing that'd be in a piss take movie
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Thats what fans named them, they Are biomechancoids god like creatures
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Did you watch that SA80 A2 video?
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Yes it was disappointing and he's gone down massively in my estimations for saying the SUSAT is shit when it's it's best feature
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It was Weyland in Alien and WY in Aliens


Nup, it was originally Weylan Yutani and this was the logo
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it can also be seen on the boot up screen of the nostromo in alien top right corner
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Ah ok I was under the impression it was WY between Alien and Aliens. Instead it's between Prometheus & Alien, 30 years.
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from what i can gather from things i have read etc, it was Cameron who changed it, either by accident or by trying to make Aliens his own, as he also changed the alien from Gigers design to make it his own, in doing this he pissed off Giger, here is a letter from Cameron to Gigers rep

also another prop in the movie showing the Weylan Yutani logo etc

and from the actual person who created the logos and names

The name "Weylan-Yutani" was created by Ron Cobb, one of the designers of the Nostromo and it's crew's uniforms.
".......One of the things I enjoyed most about Alien was its subtle satirical content. Science fiction films offer golden opportunities to throw in little scraps of information that suggest enormous changes in the world. There's a certain potency in those kinds of remarks. Weylan Yutani for instance is almost a joke, but not quite. I wanted to imply that poor old England is back on its feet and has united with the Japanese, who have taken over the building of spaceships the same way they have now with cars and supertankers. In coming up with a strange company name I thought of British Leyland and Toyota, but we couldn't use "Leyland-Toyota" in the film. Changing one letter gave me "Weylan," and "Yutani" was a Japanese neighbor of mine."

—Ron Cobb, "The Authorized Portfolio of Crew Insignias from The United States Commercial Spaceship Nostromo Designs and Realizations" by John Mollo and Ron Cobb
The original spelling of the Company's name was Weylan Yutani (note that there was no D in the name). At no time in Alien nor in the portfolio was the name of the Company spelled with a D. This was changed to "Weyland-Yutani" in Aliens............."
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quote:
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he also changed the alien from Gigers design to make it his own

Which was quite a good idea. It looks more bad ass in Aliens and not nearly as cock-like.
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But went back to cock like in Alien3
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I miss Alien War

http://youtu.be/O6oCor2VsKE
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But went back to cock like in Alien3

Unfortunately, yes. And "state of the art computer animations" as opposed to puppets.

The idea of a quadruped Alien was very good though, just terribly executed.

Other than that, I actually quite enjoy Alien³, especially the Special Edition which has a much better story line.
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As I've aged I think Alien3 is now my favourite
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I always enjoyed Alien3. The end was just perfect, but I felt a sadness that there would never be another one.

Then they made another one
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Exactly how I feel/felt.

4 does not exist, just blank it out.
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Ressurection was a fail of a film. Should be forgotton about like Windows ME
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And here it is in full HD quality

http://www.mediafire.com/?yxs82lpe1hw14d9
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That alien moves in that short scene where the chair comes out the ground
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And here it is in full HD quality

http://www.mediafire.com/?yxs82lpe1hw14d9

Ah, you were being ironic about the quality...

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Have a look at this, proper epic way to create epic story line

https://www.weylandindustries.com/
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Watched it, don't understand what it's about.
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Weyland as in Weyland Yutani - Building Better Worlds?

Alien? Commercial towing ship Nostromo - Weyland Yutani?
Aliens? Hadleys Hope? Shake & bake colonies atmosphere processors?
Alien3? Charles Bishop Weyland?

Alien canon involves Weyland from start to finish
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Prometheus - Prometheus ship? Funded by Weyland
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I know who Weyland Yutani are. Just don't see anything exciting about that video

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