And things like the Weyland corporation, and the "Engineers", that are major setting reference points.

I got into an argument (second most popular post opening line of mine...¹) with a guy who wanted the studio to call it a prequel, and thought they were wussing out. I tried to explain that their explanation had been that if you come to the movie to see stories either about wee Ripley or lots of facehuggers, they're going to be disappointed.

So the publicity was never claiming it wasn't the same universe with some of the same institutions, but some people (including me) have expectations from the term prequel, so it can't hurt to be explicit.

I mean, I don't think that Iron Man is a prequel to Thor, although the events in one happen in the same universe and earlier on. However, this guy did.

¹: First most popular: "Hey, click on this..."

Yeah, it's definitely more of a shared universe thing, and was marketed just fine. Those who need or care to know that it's "officially" an Alien prequel already do. Those who don't gain no benefit from such knowledge. There's nothing about it that would have been improved if they had put "PREQUEL TO ALIEN" on all the posters and trailers.

¹: First most popular: "Hey, click on this..."

Hee!

AND YOU STILL FALL FOR IT....MWAHHAHAH

Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling.

In terms of firsts, Brave has a few for Pixar, right?

• First set in the UK
• First 'fairy tale'
• First female lead

Are those right?

I think Cars 2 may have had some scenes in the UK, but I’m not going to bother to find out for sure.

I was going to say the same thing (I haven't seen it, so can't say either), but I don't know if that quite counts as "set in".

I found myself reacting adversely to (of all things) Merida's weaponry. I guess I felt like they had to make her cool enough for boys by making her do stereotypically masculine things. If she liked embroidery, she wouldn't carry a movie.

Kind of like how Snow White needed to swing a sword.

But then I just realise I'm looking for all this equity in the stories on the big screen, and there aren't enough stories to cover everything I want to see, even if there were audiences.

I mean, it's cool for girls to see that it's fine if they can do "boy" things better than boys. Maybe in the next movie they'll tell them it's fine if the want to do "girl" things. And in the movie after that, boys will get to do "girl" things as well. This is scheduled for shortly after hell freezing over.

Yes, I will never be happy. I totally get that.

And in the movie after that, boys will get to do "girl" things as well. This is scheduled for shortly after hell freezing over.

Yeah. Baby steps, baby steps. I hope!

Possible feature film version of Stephen King's It.

Naturally, one of the first comments is someone asking if the kids' group sex scene will be included this time.