Many fans discovered AVP on a pirated CD in 2005. The grainy, watermarked Isaidub version feels authentic to their childhood. Piracy becomes a time machine.
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One of the biggest debates in the fandom is whether AVP fits into the main timelines of either franchise. While Ridley Scott's Alien prequels essentially retconned AVP out of the official Alien canon, many fans still view it as a thrilling "what-if" scenario or a separate timeline altogether. Many fans discovered AVP on a pirated CD in 2005