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Gavin
MemberTrilobiteApril 30, 2012I have seen lately that a lot of fellow forumers have been getting their corporate timeline mixed up regards the infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation.
So to educate those that don't know, and confirm to those that think they do, here is the corporate timeline of the "Company" as seen in the movies...
2004 - Weyland Industries founder and CEO Charles Bishop Weyland, recognised by Scientific American magazine as a "Pioneer of Modern Robotics" dies during and expedition to Bouvet Island, Antarctica. Weyland Industries endeavours included robotics, satelite communications and weaponry, with its CEO frequently funding archelogical digs and expeditions.
2004 - Ms Yutani (presumably founder and CEO of the Yutani Corporation) acquires advanced alien technology from the American O.W.L.F. (Other World Life Form) task force, the intention being to reverse engineer the technology to advance hum an technological advancement in the field of space travel.
2012 - Peter Weyland, at the age of 22, founds the Weyland Corporation. Weyland Corporation grand endeavours include AI synthetics, FLT deep-space travel, security, medical, terraforming and colonization.
2023 - Peter Weyland makes an appearance at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference, with grand claims of his companies abilities, history teaches us that his claims became fact...
209? - Weyland Corporations Project Prometheus - details forthcoming
2122 - Contact is lost with the Weyland-Yutani vessel the USCSS Nostromo. Computer systems onboard the Nostromo were so old the navigational displays incorrectly read out the name of "the company" as Weylan-Yutani.
2179 - The weyland-Yutani Corporation holds seats on the ICC (Interstellar Commerce Comission) and the ESCA (Extra-Solar Colonial Administration), as well as co-funding colonization endeavours and manufacturing ESCA Atmosphere Processors. Furthermore, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation also holds contracts with the USMC (United States Marine Corps), manufacturing their weapon systems and spacecraft. Finally Weyland-Yutani developed synthetics are common place aboard all vessels, both civilian and military.
233? - The Weyland-Yutani brand and name are sold to Walmart, with all Weyland-Yutani assets becoming property of the USM (United Systems Military).
...Also The name Weyland-Yutani was coined by by Ron Cobb. Weyland was in reference to the British lorry maker Leyland Motors, with Yutani being the surname of one of Ron Cobb's neighbour. Originally, Ron Cobb, viewed the company name as a double barrelled name showing the coming together of the east and the west, not as a merger of two large companies that had previously been in competition with one another. Although many fans thought this it wasn't confirmed until the appearance of Weyland Insudtries in AVP, supported by the appearance of Ms Yutani in AVPR and concreted by the corporate timeline of Weyland Corp on the website www.weylandindustries.com
April 30, 2012
What is so hard to understand...
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)]HERE[/url] it states "Lance Henriksen as Charles Bishop Weyland, the billionaire head of Weyland Industries."
and...
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(film)]HERE[/url] it states "Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland: Founder and head of Weyland Corp."
Or to put it another way....
April 30, 2012
FOX - Hey Ridley how can I help you?
RS - I wanna make a film about the Space Jockey.
FOX - Cool. Will it have the "Alien" in it?
RS - Probably not, I want this to be a film about everything, a Sci-Fi epic!
FOX - Very cool. But it will be related to the Alien franchise then?
RS - Of course, it will be set in the same universe, but that is all.
FOX - So Weyland-Yutani will be involved?
RS - No, Weyland Corp. The Weyland half of the company before they merged.
FOX - Er, you mean Weyland Industries, from AVP don't you?
RS - I don't think so, those films were crap beyond compare.
FOX - Maybe, but they made a nice financial turnover, and JC said he thought PA's AVP was the third best film in the franchise.
RS - What? Your telling me they're canon.
FOX - Afraid so RS, you still wanna make that film then? about the Space Jockey?
RS - Yeah, but I'm not having no predators in it!
FOX - Of course, but could we at least reference the company from AVP?
RS - I suppose, but nothing more...
April 30, 2012
@ TNLV426 - Your post is bewildering. You claim that I am hung up on the business names before bringing up the legalities, going further than I ever have. As I have stated Weyland Industries = AVP, has done since 2004, until appearing as a URL to promote Prometheus.
Let me try the reverse logic...
If Ridley did not want the AVP's as canon he could have...
1. Demanded the websites address be www.weylandcorp.com, or similar, thus eliminating any reference to Weyland Industries.
2. Dated Peter Weyland's birth after July 2005 to avoid any possibility of CB Weyland being Peters father.
3. Stated that Yutani was the oriental branch of Weyland, making the double barrel name closer to Ron Cobb's original intention and away from the merger idea first embodied in AVP and AVPR.
...but he hasn't, he could have and it would not have affected Prometheus or the Alien Franchise, therefore AVP is more canon than the naysayers would want.
April 30, 2012
its not RS's story its FOX's
April 30, 2012
I refute none of that, but can you extend me the same courtesy of what I have shown?
Furthermore, none of that disproves AVP as canon.
The site backs up Weyland Corp, not Weyland Industries. Is it not viable that say...
After his fathers death P Weyland continued in his fathers footsteps, but soon exceeded anything his father achieved, taking his fathers company and incorporating it into his own.
April 30, 2012
@ Mentos - Weyland-Yutani was in Alien, but originally Ron Cobb envisioned the formation being a partnership, not a merging, as mentioned in the OP. Officially, the idea of two companies becoming one didn't appear until AVP. Also putting predators in Prometheus would serve nothing. Everything I have mentioned in this and other threads shows that AVP is more canon than it is not.
@ Kalhava - How should I know. I'm just pointing out the links. BTW there was no SJ skull in Predator 2, that was an Alien skull, the alleged SJ skull is in AVPR.
