A Brief History of Weyland Industries

A look at Weyland-Yutani founder Peter Weyland's achievements within the Alien Universe, and the company's control over its technologies, prospects, and inhabitants.
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[@trevorhensley3185]

The Weyland-Yutani Corporation denies any and all involvement in these tragedies. If you have any questions, consult their lawyers during normal business hours.

[@GhostonGuitar]

Professor Zoom where's Barry

[@jironthunder7519]

All questions must be in triplicate, sent certified space mail, and limited to yes or no questions... That is all.

[@johnbicknell4748]

Unaccountable..... As always. Sound familiar?

[@micpere1991]

When you discuss Alien lore. I almost forget this is fiction. It sounds so factual. Great work as always

[@AlienTheory]

+micpere1991 wait till the next video, gonna be intense!!

[@xenomorphwarrior2315]

micpere1991 that's why the Alien franchise is amazing.

[@Fenris77]

So did a rather unassuming failed artist from Austria... Except for the millions that died of course... He he

[@jironthunder7519]

There's a site devoted to Terminator Tech, expo, story lines, fun like this

[@ScoundrelSFB]

I'm going to tell my kids this was human lore. For all we know it is.

[@jayt1077]

"Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain" seems to apply to WY.

[@overhaul.-.]

*Gun shot* *Explosion* : I sleep *Alien Theory Uploads* : I'm woke

[@AlienTheory]

+The Dark Lord Xenu lol

[@cartoonishhorse9517]

Woke af? same

[@user-ti1zf2qe5v]

*ASCENDED*

[@Xenosaurian]

DO NOT FORGET to mention Charles Bishop Weyland as the original founder of Weyland Industries, with Peter Weyland (likely being his son) taking over the company in 2012, eight years after Charles' death in 2004, and rejuvenating it as Weyland Corporation, though retaining the old title of Weyland Industries in certain instances, such as on the corporate website.

[@Loader2K1]

Interesting. I'm going to assume that Weyland-Yutani started off with pure intentions, but became an evil corporation once they began to monopolize virtually everything in the Alien universe. Great video.

[@mantia39]

This is a fantastic channel! I'm glad there is a community of people such as myself that loves the Alien franchise.

[@LtCmdrTyler]

Someone really needs to make another Aliens Vs Predator game where we can play as the Weyland Corporations private army again. Like you could in AVP2. Those were the days.

[@Tsumami__]

LtCmdrTyler no.

[@Jay-st1ws]

I loved it back then! But as alien Vs Predator Vs ironman is coming I'm totally going to lose interest in the subject anything to do with alien

[@TaliZVasTyria]

the last time i click this fast the aliens still had a chestburster stage....

[@vicboss6400]

lol

[@mewmedic]

Do you know anything about the "Yutani" portion of the company? Seems like we never hear about that.

[@Mdebacle]

Here is a detailed (and we mean detailed) time line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX3Id2l7ptqfi6s

[@Mrlaneck]

@@Mdebacle who is we?

[@Mdebacle]

@@Mrlaneck "We" are those who have seen the details.

[@Gever_Gracio]

Lead by Hideo Yutani, almost beat Weyland Corp at cybernetics. Only that I know about Yutani Corp.

[@mikekelley2877]

I know they weren't considered the best and that the studio considers them non canon but I'd like to see a topic about the AVP films and how they could connect to the franchise even with Prometheus retconning the universe.

[@DoctorKandosii]

When working for the company, if you survive long enough to reach retirement, they give you a gold star. So far they still have an entire warehouse of unused stars.

[@mees8482]

The man The myth The Legend is BACK

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

I love your channel. Great insight into Alien. Keep up the great work!

[@Kilen_BE]

Sounds like great inspiration for my further play through custom scenario in Stellaris I guess... 😂 Thx for that video, such as all about Account of Earth War I watched recently. I didn’t know EU of Aliens before that, and I enjoyed watching it ! (More than Prometheus movie couple of years ago, my last contact with alien universe, whom truly dissapointed me there) But the EU lore is far deeper than I thought, and earth war particularly is amazing. Keep up the good work, it looks really well (and your voice suits perfectly for that kind of narrative). 👍

[@jeyfomson6364]

Brilliant , just brilliant!!!! please keep up the good work man.....

[@ClareAngel78]

Just recently discovered your channel and got to say that I love it 😍

[@regicide4352]

Bro seriously these are next level so awesome well done my friend.

[@mbushner2033]

Glad to see you back man I love your videos

[@adamportillo1592]

Great video as always and finally someone from the alien Fanbase talks about The company.

[@HoustonSoto]

Peter Weyland is essentially the Palpatine of the Alien Franchise - so now I expect Weyland to return and reveal Ripley is his granddaughter...

[@sherif956]

Nah man he's more like Ozwell e spencer from resident evil,and his daughter is more like Alex wesker with David bein like Albert wesker,least thts hw I see it 😄

[@gildasgrime7808]

Love these vids - great stuff

[@YenaD15]

Love the video dude! Been a fan of your videos for a long time

[@AlienTheory]

+Yenard thank you very much that means a lot to me

[@adamgray1753]

Yes, Alien Theory, you did a fairly well job of this video. My only complaints are: no visible timeline for easy visual comparison, and possibly not enough information about The Company. Not putting you down, Alien Theory, though. The visible timeline would be mighty useful for those of us who are largely ignorant about the Alien franchise's timeline.

[@shakedown2770]

I love this video. Thank you. Very informative.

[@zombie4907]

from the sounds of it, weyland yutani have done plenty more good than harm

[@mountaindewslave]

more like Weyland himself has done more good than bad in terms of his creations. The company however? it's like any giant corporation in today's world- not focused on doing good but focused on money. The fact that Weyland (and later Weyland Yutani) is so focused on making money by progressing their military division at ANY COST seriously suggests that they are undoubtedly an evil company and not doing that much good. We've seen a handful of scenarios in the Alien movies where the 'company' has been willing to sacrifice loads of innocent lives for a bioweapon, imagine in the same universe hypothetically how many other scenarios there would have been where the company had put directives in a computer that crews and staff were 'expendable' The scientist himself seems to have created a lot of helpful things but the company is just a faceless evil imo, not so different from a lot of gigantic companies in reality

[@kendallmoore3936]

Another company that never stopped to consider the just because you can doesn't mean you should argument.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

Oh boo hoo, a company is focused on money (which is the entire point of corporations. The profit motive.). Weyland Corporation did a lot of great things, and their positives certainly outweigh their negatives.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

Kendall Moore So if it were up to you humanity would just be stagnant.

[@zoesdada8923]

zombie490 I think the mistakes made were the results of company policy however the involvement and pursuit of the xenomorph species and the subsequent loss of life and equipment can only be explained by inadequate and unprepared personnel along with a "crisis of morality" by lieutenant Ellen Ripley.

[@prentice978bl7]

The best fictional evil corporation of all time

[@jironthunder7519]

Idk the Energy Corp from RollerBall (1975 not that BS ABOMINATION REMAKE) is no bunch of Saints either

[@anthonystark3959]

OCP, baby!

[@bigdaddydons6241]

Hey don't forget about umbrella boyos

[@anthonystark3959]

Lexcorp and Luthorcorp

[@daleeasternbrat816]

C.H.O.A M. , Soylent Corporation .... Weyland-Yutani is right up there.

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Outstanding video!!! Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

[@LowenStrosst]

And another excellent vid ^^ thanks.

[@jimogrady1651]

great job as usual 👍

[@lorrewatkins5925]

Your vids are so good man, keep up the good work !

[@AlienTheory]

Thank you :D I will!

[@RogueDragon05]

No mention about being bought out by Wal-Mart?

[@AlienTheory]

Oh this video barely scratches the surface of WY...that's a factor I'm planning on bringing up for a future video :)

[@ironwolfosiris]

I hope that was a joke made up by the moronic writers of that film and not real... lol

[@olipalli1]

whats the song in this video? its lovely :)

[@dario1998]

@@ironwolfosiris I think a thing like this is really likely. In my opinion the companies with more sureness of the future are companies like Wal-Mart and others those are in food domain.

[@mastertek383]

@@dario1998 Yeah. Get your planet terraformed, buy all your soy infused groceries, pick up some fried chicken with breading hard enough to bust a molar all while your car is being serviced with Chinese tires and the oil cap left off

[@thisisdra5ticc]

I like your voice when you explain these alien videos. U make them interesting and Insidious. Keep them coming :)

[@owltingidk3639]

Yes he is back

[@tokendave80]

YOOOOOOOU'RE BACK! AND BETTER THEN EVER!!!!!!!!!

[@owltingidk3639]

Yes he back

[@AlienTheory]

guess who's back / back again

[@UltimateOmegaRed]

Ryan Callahan "The Man Behind the Facts!"

Ryan Callahan DAMN RYAN BACK AT IT AGAIN

[@tokendave80]

Welcome back Alien Theory!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Curien247]

To a Villain's eyes, they are the hero. Maybe Weyland-Yutani believe only they can safe guard human interests in an ever growing and dangerous universe. Xeno's, Engineers, Yautja and a very large amount of questionable Androids. I do hope the movies never stop for the universe is a diverse and interesting place.

[@dc2728]

Weyland vs Tyrell. That would be an interesting match-up.

[@La-familia-de-Fazio]

Can not tell a lie! “The Company as a title” is straight BOSS!😳🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🔥🔥🔥😎

[@henrickrw]

You're a MASTER. Great stuff here

[@khoiacheron8811]

Thank yo for this canel now i can study a lot more about this

[@dario1998]

I really loved the Weyland speech he make in TED 2023. He is a prophet and what is told in any movies is a proof of that. He and his company made the most advanced vehicles and products in mankind history etc. etc. But the the beauty of this franchise is on the realistic building of characters and plots. Obviously, any big company seeks the profit and the unlimited power. An example for my country: Agnelli and Berlusconi have made a lot of occupation and, mostly Fiat, push technologies forward etc. But at same way they seek benefits and profits, therefore they are not Non-profit associations.

[@nickmattio3397]

"Those specimens are worth $ millions $ to the biopweapons division. Now if you're smart, we can both come out as heroes here Ripley >:•D$"

[@charleshemphill6923]

I really enjoy your material I makes alot of sense

[@bryondevine4224]

Another Banger 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@2Potates]

Where do you get your background music from?

[@hazy_thoughts]

welcome back alien theory.

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

What I would want to know is how and when the "Yutani" part came in. In the ending of Alien 3, we clearly see Asian representatives, probably even the main shareholders of the company, accompanying Bishop 2 to take Ripley. I would like to see a video on that type of thing.

[@belgarion0013]

I really like your videos about the Alien universe! Can you do one about the United Systems as well? Be well!

[@adrianramriez9045]

great work I have a daughter named Ripley so I appreciate the attention to datil in you're work

[@egotrip995]

u were born to do this bro... u belong to the alien franchise... to hear u narrate the opening to an aliem film would be so cool... thank u.. fox needs to hire u..

[@ImperatorNocturne]

maybe you could make a video about Weylands rival companys? there have been quite a few in the expanded universe most recently in isolation and the comics also had a couple interesting ones, would be good to have them all explained in one vid.

[@Eternitycomplex]

If the Alien and Blade runner franchises were in the same universe, Weyland's direct competitors would be the Tyrell corporation, specifically Weyland's androids vs Tyrell's Replicants.

[@rb7_.p129]

What's up u should talk about why the predators and aliens don't like each other now that's what I would love to see

[@TheClone37]

RB7_Games hunter vs hunter. it's happens in nature, so it happens with those two. one hunts the other who hunts the other.

[@rb7_.p129]

strontiumXnitrate so true

[@rb7_.p129]

RJ Richardson well I need the read that series

[@subraxas]

Those are fairy tales.

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

that shit isnt cannon

[@ShireenPlays]

I don't know why I watch these videos but your voice definitely has something to do it :)

[@AlienTheory]

Whatever the reason, thank you for watching! :D

[@davideirth]

Sir Peter, so he's a Knight of the British Empire ? Also nice photo of Weyland when he stared in the aussie soap opera " Neighbours " Do we know/ have history of whom Yutani is ?

[@Section8Spectre]

Fantastic

[@GameJeannie]

I would love to see you talk about Weyland's daughter, Vickers.

[@insaneangel8469]

hello alein theory great video

[@nawwk79]

Dude you are really into the Alien universe!!

[@airblazerfoodgamingandrevi2952]

The Company in the way of us all watchers(real life) is such a rabbit hole

[@jacobcral9376]

Thank you so much for the vid, I missed your regular contributions very much! Do you know how got the Yutani in Weyland-Yutani? Corporation Merger most likely but is it explained in canon sources anywhere?

[@AlienTheory]

+Jacob Cral my next video will address this! Stay tuned! :)

[@pennyl.8799]

nicely delivered in a confidant, "matter of fact" style necessary for maintaining the fiction

[@AtheAetheling]

Frankly it sounds like if Weyland regarded Sir Peter as a God, they were probably right....Dude's incredible.

[@IceNiner199]

I'm hoping that a franchise book (or a better series of films than the prequels) introduces Yutani. It would take a very strong personality to want to be in business partnership with Weyland. Here's hoping that if Yutani does appear, he's something unpredictable.

[@michaelkyle5964]

looks like you finally hit the revive button.

[@rebeccadubois8270]

Man the 80's sci fi aesthetic is beautiful

[@Mitchcraft.]

I would like to hear more about the Yutani side of things

[@skylx0812]

Since Ridley Scott is the grand puppet master I've a private notion "Nature Boy" is a reference to his younger late brother Tony. Ridley released materials depicting a connection between Weyland and Eldon Tyrell. It was released the year Tony committed his very public suicide and the material mimics a conversation the brothers had earlier in their careers when Ridley told his brother to come work with him and he'll make him famous. There's another song I find interesting "One More Try" by George Michael. The music video is one of the two music videos Tony directed. I'm still of the opinion Ridley has always used his films to play out his daddy and creator/creation issues. Their father served in the Royal Engineers.

[@ThieftheFlygon]

Aside from the "Men into gods" and Xenomorph stuff WY seems alright.

[@ordsmedensmening9702]

Haha wow amazing for me as a Swede in 2021 to see this for the first time, seeing how obvious it is that Weyland are the Wallenberg family

[@rswpt]

I would like to know more about Seegson, my fave corporation since alien isolation :D

[@Metalders]

Everytime I see the Prometheus ship I remember those japanese robots. Awesome!

[@deeplearningpartnership]

Nice.

[@BlackWolf6420]

where does the Yutani part come from?

[@sebducker]

Where do you get your back ground music from?

[@RH-2011]

Peter - s my hero. Need biopic.

[@explorer8544]

Can you make a video about all ships of alien universe, i think it could be very curiously

[@AlienTheory]

Definitely working my way toward that - right now I have a video called “Anatomy of a Vessel: USCSS Nostromo” which shares a lot of info on the ship. I’m aiming to cover others soon! :)

[@TuskTheRipper96]

Peter Weyland’s death led to his company becoming a run of the mill evil corporation, for his curiosity, passion, and extraordinary intelligence gave it reason to exist, to focus and march on in the purity of it’s pursuits.

[@josemorales9871]

What is the music you use in your background?

[@KittySYT]

Hehe, I love how he says in the end: "This is Alien Theory, signing off", just like Dr. Shaw: "This is Prometheus..." 😂🤷🏽‍♀️

[@destinycaptain247]

No mention of Weyland Industries and Charles Bishop Weyland. It's all canon until FOX says it isn't. You could even speculate at the relationship between the two Weylands. There is nothing in Prom or AC that excludes CBW and his iteration of WI. He could easily be the estranged father of PW. It would certainly explain PW's inability to be a good father to his daughter and his mechanical boy.

[@vrendus522]

Question answer on WY. Once space exploration is more or less settled into, yeas corporations such as this one, will become very common. Earthlings seem to like their money and with this factor, is seems corporation grow.

[@fen4554]

I think any large enough grouping will eventually loose sight of what both it's hands are doing at any one time. It's like real life where no-one is the super villain, but across enough people, bad things can happen.

[@DarknessUnresolved]

For an evil corp. :w: makes some pretty awesome German Industrial/Dance music.

[@chuygogo1147]

Es una gran saga, genial scy fy la tecnología pero estamos lejos de tenerla pero ver o imaginar lo que describen de tecnología es alucinante como una canción de zoe.

[@brandanalbu9974]

A welcome return by my main man AT

[@bill9693]

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Imanol Garcia ::(

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Imanol Garcia ::)

[@Tautolonaut]

Question: In Aliens the marines use the phrase 'it's a bug eye' before they meet the xenomorph. Is this a reference to some other alien species in that universe? I always got the impression that humans were more or less alone there till they found the navigator. I should point out I haven't seen the last two movies, though obviously I know about the engineers from excellent vids like these.

[@zoesdada8923]

I always thought the company pretty much had a monopoly on space travel.

[@quinton17]

I think I can implement many of his business models within those timelines .They all seem well researched even as fiction

[@outerheavenpaintball]

The best way to say it is that the company started off well in the beginning and did right by humanity. As the company grew and ownership and the driving forces changed hands, it steadily became corrupt and evil. That would explain things more or less in a nutshell.

[@asidetrance]

What about the "Yutani" branch of Weyland-Yutani? There seems to be next to no info about that in the expanded universe...

[@JustJohnny]

They're essentially a government in corporate form expanding on a universal scale. There's bound to be good, bad and grey within something of that size.

[@Destroyer6263]

I guess you could say, they are little men standing in the shadow of a giant

[@DanielVance]

I've been a fan of the Alien franchise for several decades now. Lately a feeling keeps coming over me with regard to Corporal Hicks from Aliens. I can't help but feel as if there wasn't way more to him than the movie let on, covert if you will. What started all my unease with him, of all things, was the tracking watch he gave to Ripley (which in turn she gave to Newt). For the longest time, and much like everyone else, I assumed it was some sort of romantic gesture. Still, that reasoning just didn't sit well with me, and so I've turned a critical eye to Corporal Hicks as of late. Once I did, other things about him started to seem off. Him knowing what a xenomorph was, unlike the rest of his cohorts. Aren't they supposed to be the professionals trained to deal with such occurrences? Who knows? I'm probably just seeing something where nothing exists. Another thing I'd like to know more about are Arturians? They mention them in Aliens, but we've never seen one that I am aware of thusfar in the franchise. How many other races have they met among the stars?

[@jelliscorpio]

I want to know more about Yutani and how they merged (if they were separate companies or corporate entities). All I know about Yutani is a name mentioned at the end of Aliens vs Predator 2, but I don't really count them as canon. I doubt it'll be touched on in Ridley's next film.

[@hipi2002]

Can you explain the Yutani corporation prior to the merger

[@alanstewartweir7317]

I like the comic book stories if you like doing them

[@jeffada2245]

Love all of the alien videos, very educational. However in my opinion I really believe that "The Company" is the umbrella corporation of the Alien/Predators universe as well as misunderstood innovators. I believe their vision of human advancement is to be admired however its definitely overshadowed by their murderous intent due to their forever obsession for weaponize the xenomorphs.

[@SR71ABCD]

David wasn't the first Android, Weyland Corp, made the David 7 Generation, before the 8th Generation Weyland Type. But they were just mindless machines with core programming, like Seegson Synthetics, that are maintained and monitored by a single AI.