by Marder » Mon Jul 02, 12 5:16 am
If your theory about Hong Kong is correct, this makes a lot of sense...
It is a big challenge for them though. Watch Alien ten minutes after watching Prometheus and you will know exactly what I am saying. Ridley's Scott excuse for Prometheus having holograms and Nostromo having ZX81 screens, was that Prometheus was a state of the art vessel, not a rusty old M-class starfreighter with decades old tech, like Nostromo, so we might see something similar here, to explain why HK is more tech 20-30 years earlier, plus your "collapse" thing. Personally I didn't quite buy it, I watched Alien and just felt well, it was made 30 years ago.
It makes sense because I think now that EM proved themselves, they will be more willing to play with characters that weren't their own invention, such as Paul, Maggie, anyone you find in Hong Kong.
I've got a feeling though DX4 will not be the last and for that reason, it will cover very little timeline after 2027, so perhaps not even HK, but the formation of Unatco... probably would see Manderley of course again.
I think also, they are looking to go one better than Hengsha, don't be surprised if you see something equally outrageous like a lunar base...
My bet is Crystal again...
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Marder on Mon Jul 02, 12 5:18 am, edited 2 times in total.