They still have CRT monitors on the ship, lol...This was understandable in the first movie when LCDs were still in their infancy, but now you would expect to see more advanced technology in the future, somehow the characters don't even have smartphones, chat apps, social media, etc...
sharePerhaps the future holds some good things like not using smartphones and social media
shareAre you serious?
shareBecause:
1. It's a multiverse, Alien isn't set in the future of our world, but a parallel universe that doesn't invent LCD.
2. Alien is set in the future of our world, but after the nuclear war, most of the technological knowledge was lost, so they use CRT, no smartphones or apps.
Do you believe Alien would have used CRTs if it hadn't come out in 1979 when they were the most advanced option available?
At this point it's been retconned as part of the setting, but it seems obvious that wasn't the original intent.
I think of another explanation:
3. Alien is a cyberpunk, a greedy corporation that controls most of the resources, making people survive barely, one of the resources it controls is flat screens and holograms, so the poor have to rely on CRT, and its patent is in the public domain.
Sure that could potentially fit, but it's still more retconning, which admittedly is unavoidable with a franchise that has spanned over 40 years.
The point about using CRTs in 1979 stands.
Somehow they have androids that can move and talk just like humans, but they don't have smartphones, seems pretty dubious...
shareI believe the aim of the production design was to link into the look and feel of Alien (1979) while also integrating some elements of Alien: Isolation (which was of a similar style) and even Aliens, so in that regard they did a great job. Not just with the screens but the aliens, controls, weapons, hardware, general look and feel. My hats off to them, it felt immersive if you think back to those earlier films.
sharePossibly easier to source or fashin parts. Maybe more reliable over long distances.
shareFede Alvarez was trying to homage the original 1979 Alien, and don't forget this movie takes place between Alien and Aliens so yeah, tech would be the same.
shareSmartphones could be an "earth" thing. Perhaps other planets dont have the atmosphear, or culture. Internet may be planet bound and as humans became space explores smart things as communication became obsolete?
Perhaps smart technology is to sensetive for extreme space conditions?
Perhaps there was a technology counter revolution where humankind made a deliberate stand against dehumanizing tech?
etc. etc. etc.