Very true. There's plenty of scenarios when the ship still exists. Although, in the year 3020, they probably have a tactical nuke guided missile they could fire from a long distance.

The nuke operating system got damaged by the electrical storm prior to the blast. Or the queen damaged it somehow when she got on the ship.

I'm going to watch these again soon. But I think it's safe to say that the ship isn't that far away. I'm going by the Aliens Director's Cut. Remember Newt's family drives to the ship. I doubt they would take children out that far away from the colony. Perhaps an hour or so out.

Also Ripley's goal in going was to wipe them out not bring them back. That's the only reason she agreed to go. And in the original Alien, she's the one that realizes that the message from the ship isn't an SOS message but a warning. She would be sure that no one runs into the Aliens again.

I like to believe that that crashed Alien ship is the only one. Before Prometheus that was my thought.

I found this site. It has a good amount of details on Alien and the others.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com

Searching around the Internet, apparently a lot of people have the same questions. Mostly coming from the bad sequels and videogames. I think the approach to take is similar to the newer Star Wars movies. These sequels, video games, etc. are made as product. Most of the time without the same care as the originals.

But I am rethinking the distance to that ship from the colony, I watched the cut scene on youtube and it seems like the guy sent Newt's family and others out and they were gone for a week? The truck isn't a small thing either.

Still I believe in Ripley's competence. For example, if someone knows that bugs are a house and they originated in the basement but they spray outside and around the house and remove some bushes. The basement is still intact. I think Ripley knew where the ship was in relation to the colony. She knew that the resulting explosion would be enough to destroy the colony and ship.

There's hope!!!

http://www.slashfilm.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-movie/

Update: Variety has confirmed that Fox has closed the deal, and that Neill Blomkamp is officially directing the next ALIEN!

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/33...ien-next-film/

Damn. I guess he changed his mind. I hope they don't use some of those previous designs. I stick by thinking that the Alien and Aliens stories should be left alone. Every movie and videogame since has only made things worse.

-Can someone please edit the title of this thread to
'Fox closed the deal. Neill Blomkamp is officially directing the next ALIEN!'

-Nobody says you have to watch it.
Don't get me wrong, I understand your reasons.
It's why I've only seen Terminator 1 and 2. I don't want to ruin my good memories of those movies by watching inferior sequels and/or spin-offs.
But I can't wait to see this movie.

I'll probably check it out just to see unless I hear that the premise is really bad. You're lucky you can pass on movies. Those Terminator sequels are poor. I don't remember why I watched part 3. Maybe the action or the female terminator. But it is a terrible Terminator movie. Part 4 is just as forgettable. I'll probably check out the new one but I know it won't be as good as T1 and T2.

The good thing is when movies are so bad they are easily forgotten. I don't even remember Alien 3 and 4. I only recall a few scenes from those Alien vs Predator movies. I didn't like District 9 that much and don't remember it either!