When does the company end?

2- 3 decades before Alien Resurrection. Aliens was in 2179, Alien 3 immediately after, Alien Resurrection 200 years later makes 2379, so Weyland-Yutani (in name only) was sold to walmart between 2349-2359.

The idea that Walmart would still be around 350 years on is more far-fetched than the Alien itself.

Yet we watch the film and accept the Alien. At the end of the day this really doesn't matter. WY out, USM in, thats all.

The idea that Walmart would still be around 350 years on is far more TERRIFYING...than the Alien itself. "Earth...what a shit-hole." ~N

In my opinion "The Company" is one of the greatest villains ever concocted! Even the given name of "Weyland" is weighty, corporate and sinister all at the same time. There was a '100 greatest villains ever' show a couple years back in the UK and I think the Xenomorph was in the top ten (Vader was number 1, naturally). But "The Company" merited a berth on its own. I thought it was a bad move not keeping "The Company" in [i]Alien: Ressurection[/i]. They might as well not have kept the Xenomorph! Point being, "The Company" is as important as Ripley or the Xenomorph, it makes up part of the trinity that is the Alien universe, in my opinion. USM is a piece of crap. Quite frankly, Wal-Mart would have been a better billing. Now that you guys mention it, Wal-Mart could be an ingenious idea: by that time in the future, Wal-Mart could be so large and powerful that it does indeed have a "weapons division" hell-bent on gaining a competitive advantage. And yes, I do believe it is entirely feasible for a firm to last three or even four hundred years - maybe not in name, as firms get merged and acquired - maybe Weyland acquired it, and then it merged with Yutani :)

In my opinion "The Company" is one of the greatest villains ever concocted! Even the given name of "Weyland" is weighty, corporate and sinister all at the same time. There was a '100 greatest villains ever' show a couple years back in the UK and I think the Xenomorph was in the top ten (Vader was number 1, naturally). But "The Company" merited a berth on its own. I thought it was a bad move not keeping "The Company" in [i]Alien: Ressurection[/i]. They might as well not have kept the Xenomorph! Point being, "The Company" is as important as Ripley or the Xenomorph, it makes up part of the trinity that is the Alien universe, in my opinion. USM is a piece of crap. Quite frankly, Wal-Mart would have been a better billing than USM. Now that you guys mention it, Wal-Mart could be an ingenious idea: by that time in the future, Wal-Mart could be so large and powerful that it does indeed have a "weapons division" hell-bent on gaining a competitive advantage. And yes, I do believe it is entirely feasible for a firm to last three or even four hundred years - maybe not in name, as firms get merged and acquired - maybe Weyland acquired it, and then it merged with Yutani :)

I like what you wrote very very much "Starbeast" Some comments: I still noticed similarities between the 2 setups "vise a vise" the Companies. "USM" was being run by a Mad Scientist Type Dr. with an Agenda, and General Perez was a crooked smuggler with significant enough knowledge of Ripley's "Former Activities" and such a primarily military mindset that it did not seem to matter, one could rationalize that whatever "Mother" was composed of in the past eventually led to "Father" being in control of it all in the future all the same...and with what seemed obviously to be the same or close to the same prime directive of similarly manipulative and Evil intent. The name was 100% Lame though you are right, and it seemed to lack any truly imaginative thought just like you said man, dead bang on the money. The scenes of the Queens In the Container were absolutely glorious...The film had it's moments, but overall was not up to the intellectual level for sure of the first or second films, and in the case of the second film that ain't saying much either though. We know from how the name of the company was created by it's creator now that the intent was never merged firms but rather one big one named "Wayland", and the rest was assumed by the Franchise's fan base. I agree also about it being entirely feasible for a firm to last that long as well. Funny stuff about "Wal-Mart" man, you're right and that's some funny stuff. Never The Less, there were some wonderful moments for me in that film, it had a few, but not that many. And some of My favorites weren't even In the Theatrical Release...but rather the Re-Done Quadrilogy Box Set Cut. Very thought provoking commentary man, Cheers!

Yeah I did like some of the characters, especially the Ron Perlman character.

funny, I always like him no matter what he does, he's either a good actor or just seems so cool I give him a free pass all the time.