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Contents 1 sectionize 2 rqimg 3 Google 4 UAC from Doom 5 Contradiction in Cobb statement 6 Kanji 7 Weyland the Smith: Relevant? 8 Alien vs. Predator 9 Bought out by Wal-Mart in Alien-res 10 Racial/Geographic Significance

[edit] sectionize

I've put the content on this page into sections, but some of those are unnecessary, or replicate other sections. If I had more time then I'd try to beat it into shape, but I don't, so hopefully someone else (or an older, wiser me) will do the job. sheridan 02:03, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

It's a start. I considered heavily revising the page once, but it's quite an undertaking. Thanks for laying the groundwork. Teflon Don 03:37, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

It's worth noting that in a Season 5 episode of Joss Whedon's TV show Angel, the evil law firm Angel and company run/work for mentions a list of clients, and Wayland/Yutani is mentioned

[edit] rqimg

• Weylan-Yutani logo
• Weyland Corporation logo

[edit] Google

I found this on Google: http://www.planetavp.com/al/Organizations/Weyland-Yutani/index.htm

[edit] UAC from Doom

There should be a reference to the UAC from the Doom series of games.

[edit] Contradiction in Cobb statement

The Ron Cobb statement says, "one letter gives me 'Weylan'"... only of course it doesn't; you'd have to change the initial consonant and drop the final "d." Is the Cobb statement wrong, or was Cobb's version Weyland not Weylan? --Orange Mike 17:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Cobb may have made a mistake in describing his story. However, if one was to look at the screens on the Nostromo and on the beer cans, the spelling of the Company's name is "Weylan Yutani"; with no "d" or hyphen.

I cannot name the source, but when asked about the name change in Aliens, James Cameron did admit to not researching the background materials from Alien in too great of detail. --User:Maledoro

[edit] Kanji

Can anyone get a screen cap of the Japanese listing of the company name mentioned in Alien³? I'm curious as to what kanji are used and would like to try and translate them. LauraOrganaSolo 19:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

From what I had read, the symbols are pronounced "Weyland Yutani kabushiki-kaisha" and mean "Weyland Yutani joint-stock corporation".

Maledoro —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maledoro (talk • contribs) 18:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weyland the Smith: Relevant?

Cobb said, "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". Since Weyland/Wayland is an English smith, a god of makers of things from metal, I felt (like a prior editor who'd inserted this) that it was relevant. Is this unreasonable, or just O.R.? --Orange Mike 15:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

It's original research, there's nothing in the quote to suggest that Cobb intended a religious connection. In fact, Cobb explicitly points out that he took the name of "British Leyland" and changed one letter, so it's unreasonable and original research. --McGeddon 15:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't see how it's anything but original research. No such connection is made anywhere in any official literature regarding the series as far as I'm aware. He'd need reliable, third-party sources in order to make such a claim suitable for Wikipedia. (It would also be helpful if you'd indicate when you're duplicating questions on user's talk pages, so people don't duplicate effort responding.) Xihr 21:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alien vs. Predator

From seeing Weyland in the first AvP film and Ms. Yutani in the second one (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) is it correct to say that these films take place before the Alien films and after the Predator films? --Tj999 December 2007 —Preceding comment was added at 03:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Given Hollywood's contempt for continuity, consistency, etc. ("Hey, it's just that sci-fi crap!"), I'd have to tag that as original research. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

That's actually true and I could cite it if you desire. Both Anderson and the Strause Brothers have said in interviews that AVP and AVP:R serve as prequels to the Alien films and sequels to the Predator films. But since that's something that's been stated so openly, I thought it was just common knowledge. --Bishop2 (talk) 19:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bought out by Wal-Mart in Alien-res

The company was bought out by Wal-Mart. Should be significant and mentioned in the article.

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 23:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

To clarify what this user is saying: in the special edition of Alien Resurrection, when Ripley tells the military guys that "She'll breed. You'll die. Everyone in the company will die", they ask "what company?". General Perez interjects: "Weyland-Yutani, Ripley's former employer." They remark that W-Y hasn't existed for many years, and Dr. Wren remarks that it was "bought out by Wal-Mart." This may be worth mentioning in the context of the article, but since it's currently recommended that the article be merged with Alien (franchise) I'm not going to add anything to it at this time. --IllaZilla (talk) 21:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Racial/Geographic Significance

When I think about the name of the company, I think the writers really want viewers to know this company is both Western and Asian. In the future, who knows if the pound or the yen will be dominant? Will Cologne or Shanghai be the business center? So they chose a white and yellow name. Does anyone strongly disagree or agree? jcm 5/2/8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.228.129.9 (talk) 22:11, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

The name comes from the combination of Weyland Industries (named after its founder Charles Bishop Weyland, as revealed in Alien vs. Predator) and another unspecified company headed by a Ms. Yutani (as revealed in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem). The idea of a western/asian combination company is rather obvious, especially when you see the white Lance Henriksen playing Weyland and Françoise Yip (who is Chinese and French-Canadian) playing Ms. Yutani. It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing, it's revealed in the films. As the article already discusses, Ron Cobb came up with the name while working on Alien, intending to suggest a British/Japanese business alliance: "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." On that note, talk pages are for discussing improvements to the article, not for general coversation about the article's subject. Please note the talk page guidelines at the top of the page. --IllaZilla (talk) 00:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)