Although even on a more tactical side, this is the perfect field test opportunity to see how they will react physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially. When he authorized the mission, they were going out for search-and-rescue. Turns out there was more to it (and that point it was way to exciting for him to call them back!) but at the time they took off, the danger was relatively low.
Do they have some contractual obligation to involve him? I'm not really clear on who owns what with the franchise.
I don't think they do, but they know A) a lot of fans care what he thinks and B) he will definitely say, unless they give him a reason to shush.
I see. Personally I really wouldn't care too much about his opinion. Alien is a masterpiece. Prometheus and Covenant? Not so much. Aliens, OTOH, is a great movie, despite what Scott might think about Alien queens.
Yeah, I think he's categorically wrong about a lot of this stuff. If Dan O'Bannon was still alive (died in 2018), I'd give his opinion more weight than Scott, personally. But the Alien franchise is its own beastie at this point, beyond any one person's control. (Well, there's probably an anonymous brand manager who steers all this stuff, but I don't know we've ever been told his name.)
