Romulus or Covenant sequel or Blomkamp's Aliens sequel?

I thought one of the most fascinating takes on aliens and predators alike was the rage wars trilogy - https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rage_War_trilogy

It was genuinely unique - provided many answers - was hard to put down (though I was listening to the audiobook version).
Time and time again, I find the unofficial sequels or spin-offs to be by far superior to the 'canon' BS they keep filming. It all tells me that there are some great writers out there - same goes for Star Wars and Star Trek next gen (I read sequel novels for both), but for whichever reason, hollywood keeps picking the worst of the worst for the 'canon' shit. Perhaps those hollywood writers are related to the producers?

These days, you can and probably should ignore all of the 'canon' sequels and head straight for the sequel novels, if you want quality and a genuine return to the characters from the original films/series.

yeah. that was back of my brain the whole time watching this. since Scott was involved i wondered if these wernt some of his unused ideas.

https://youtu.be/EodjfcBAC6c?t=182

She doesn't look that old, actually

Indiana jones, on the other hand - lol - that was pretty fucking embarrassing.

Otherwise, yes, Blomkamp's record has been rather dodgy in the writing department - though I do appreciate him always trying to message how corporations always fuck things up - and this series is kinda all about that - so right up his alley.

Itd be a risk going with Blomkamp but like someone said here he does specialise in doing Company/Alien type universe stuff well (and looks good) so maybe it'd have been OK (and not killed off Hicks/Newt this time, until the end anyway)

exactly. retconning previous films is no way forward. terminator made that clear. and hey, how bout them highlander films lmao. if ya bungled the timeline, just stay the hell away from those story threads. there's no need to ever address what came of the events of Alien 3 & 4. that said, there was definitely a window for Blomphamp's ideas, but that ship is long sailed.

as much as i'd like to see Ridley finish his new trilogy, i don't think we need it. ya can pretty much guess what plays out in the story by the closing scenes of Covenant. david's going to continue his experiments until he seeds the universe with the xenos. all that's left to wonder is if it's by design or accident that they escape.

Romulus was the right direction at the right time and functions perfectly as a soft reboot. celebrate the franchise for what its done, reset the status quo for moving forward.