so weyland becomes a huge company

Well spit it out then...

Go wild with speculation

...still waiting....

...still waiting....

tick tock

weyland discovers somthing that makes him a fortune..maybe its a bioweapon or perhaps just knowledge from the jockeys...

or heres an idea YOU get to work

Probably the ability to terraform planets

It's probably the ability to terraform planets

Hey Guys, Nah if we go strictly off the premise of Alien then the company knew about the xeno, sj, engineers. This I could see peaking the company interest to merge for more resources to steal the tech from the "gods". That's probably how they come about the terraforming tech and through that they learn of the bio weapon. This is all pretty much common "speculation" knowledge these days. Regards, Rick

Pretty much my views too there Rick. Weyland Corp use the "fire" they stole from the Space Jockeys/Engineers to become numero uno in the mega-corporation future spreading their influence far and wide, merging with their number one competitor and scouring the galaxy for more Space Jockey/Engineer technology, which is probably where the sequel(s) to Prometheus will go...

Unfortunatley a few hundred years later Weyland-Yutani is bought out by Walmart lol.

Ah but were they, is the USM not just the new face of the power behind Weyland-Yutani

True, True. The USM is just as crazy as Weyland-Yutani. But which is crazier? hmm that is the question?

Neither if they are the same entity, just with a change of name!

Love where you're going with this Rick and Snorky.......it really works well, but I also wonder how that works/comes together if no one survives 'Prometheus'..... Weyland-Yutani Corp.....a subsidiary of the Wal-mart Corporation...Building Better Worlds for better Wal-Marts the universe over....... nice Ripley Clone 8...love it.....

True, True. Call even mentions something about it in the chapel to Ripley. Ripley: "Why did you come here?" Call: "To kill you remember. Before the recall I accessed the main frame, every dirty little cover up the government ever dreamed of is in there. And this, you, the aliens. I knew if they succeeded it would be the end of them." So it makes sense that the USM would of had the knowledge of what went down between the Aliens and Weyland-Yutani. So the USM was basically like fuck it, were gonna give it a shot now. But oh boy were they wrong.

FACEPALM (although I do get the joke) Weyland-Yutani seek to spread their influence amongst the military, government, colonisation, commerce ect. (as mentioned in Aliens). 50 years before Alien Rez Weyland-Yutani (the name and the shell of the company) is sold to Wal-Mart. All important assets from WY are acquired by the USM, which was formed by the colonial, commercial, military and governmental elements that the power behind WY controls. Do you get me now...

@Snorkelbottom, I agree with you Snorky. @craigamore, LOL the Walmart Corporation, Building Better Worlds, For a Better Walmart.

Here's a question. Why do you think Ridley went with just Weyland in this prequel? He could easily of gone with the W-Y known from Alien. This was a deliberate move on Ridley's part. Why? We don't even know which is the larger corporation. We cannot rely on the first name (W) being the larger company. (Just ask Paul McCartney about the credits on 'Yesterday'). Maybe one mastered getting into space (W) and the other (Y) mastered the bio-tech? I think there is a larger corporation puzzle here. I hope we get a hint of the reasons for that merger in Prometheus. (I'm assuming that Prometheus will ignore all the info that came from 'Alien' movies after 1979 and that may affect this converstaion).