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Contents 1 Spin offs 2 Characters 3 Rumoured sequels 4 Senslessness 5 Alien vs. Predator 6 What about Ripley? 7 Alien Saga (Documentary) 8 Suggested move

[edit] Spin offs

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))

[edit] Characters

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))

[edit] Rumoured sequels

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))

[edit] Senslessness

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

[edit] Alien vs. Predator

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.)

Even if AVP isn't canon, there should be some discussion of the relationship of that film to the rest of the franchise. Iamcuriousblue 04:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about Ripley?

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)

Just wanted to clarify that Sigourney Weaver has recently stated she will NOT be doing an Alien 5, if one is produced. Stated reason was something along the lines of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". In other words, the Alien/Aliens films were classics and she wants to move on and do other stuff. 72.49.194.69 07:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC) Joshua

[edit] Alien Saga (Documentary)

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)

[edit] Suggested move

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)

Since there were no objections, I've gone ahead with the move. I'm working on a big sweep of categorization right now (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Alien/Article categorization), so although redirects will need to be fixed at least all the Alien and Predator-related articles will be properly categorized. --IllaZilla (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2008 (UTC)