10 More Unanswered Questions About Aliens : Unanswered Questions Episode 50

[@michaelloughlin409]

loved the AvP Requiem footage. I remember that scene well

[@jeremyhague2119]

I am just upset that he brightened up the footage to make it more visible than the original film! It lost its impact when you can see everything in full detail!

[@Nan-bara]

@@jeremyhague2119 im thankful for it. You cant see anything in that film. That movie would 100 time better if we could see more of it

[@therosebride]

I always love when there is a bit interspersed throughout the questions and this one was delightful! Great vid, Josh!

[@Ira_Bell]

Alien: Romulus changes the answer to some of these questions, making some of the answers out of date. You may have to do an updated video 😂

[@mracula1667]

“Actual footage from AvP: Requiem”😂

[@juanausensi499]

About the Lambert conundrum: First of all, the way she was killed is pretty much unique. Xenomorphs usually kill or subdue their victims quickly and efficiently, even if they are not in a hurry (Brett). But the xeno acted weirdly with Lambert. It put its tail slowly and deliberately between Lambert's legs, and we don't see exactly how she died. My wild guess is that the xeno acted out of curiosity, not aggression. It probably noticed humans came in two varieties, but was unsure about Lambert. The xeno wanted to explore her body, and used the part of its body more suitable to do that exploration. Too bad Lambert couldn't survive the xeno's curiosity, and too bad we couldn't ask the xeno what was its conclusion.

[@curt81]

@@juanausensi499 that was the aliens penis and lambert is a male to female transition so theres all sorts of weird shit to think about

[@mattclarke8791]

I remember the “Alien War” dark ride (?) that existed in London in the mid 90s - you were being taken on a tour of the Weyland-Yutani bio weapon laboratory when, of course, the aliens escaped. They used costumes and props from the film and was an amazing 20 minutes of fun using a variety of ways to present the aliens

[@peterdanior4538]

I’d like to see Alien VS Predator VS Critters, mostly to see what a Critalien would be and also to see a Predator fight a Bounty Hunter

[@TheOther644]

I'd be down to seeing a Pred taking on the Critter, a Bounty Hunter and a bounce Critalien.

[@krs4976]

I would like to see that 😂

[@ZacharyVogt]

Unanswered Questions is always my favorite

[@anubusx]

Same with me.

[@Soapcloud705]

This just made my day 🙌🏼

[@anubusx]

Me to.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Walter Hill, one of the producers of Alien, has stated that Ellen Ripley's family name is a reference to Ripley's Believe it or Not. Ellen was his mother's middle name. Some of the other characters were named after athletes (Brett was for George Brett, Parker was Dave Parker of The Pirates and Lambert was Jack Lambert of The Steelers).

[@neoream3606]

As soon as I saw your thumbnail I popped open the video and started watching Alien is one of my favorite franchises.

[@TheBigdaddy64]

Ripley was able retain memories because she was a mixture of alien and human. The alien queen retained the hive memories.

[@jessicaknapp5199]

Weyland Yutani also want the Xenomorphs for pharmasutical purposes

[@LeonLeGant]

Great questions. Alien Romulus answers a bunch of them. You nailed one right on the head too.

[@MmMm-qe2zo]

I love unanswered questions!!!

[@Hum0ng0us]

The guy who played Apone was also a military guy who served in Nam.

[@BulletTooth504]

I watched Galaxy of Terror recently and in the end credits there was a film crewmember (can't remember his role was) named Al Apone. James Cameron also worked on the film, so I'm thinking he named Sgt. Apone after this guy.

[@ajzeg01]

Xenomorphs actually CAN survive in space, they just go into hibernation

[@stewmott3763]

I liked the way acid blood was used in Romulus. I shall, of course, say no more.

[@killbotprime]

Josh, the Mark 1 Mod 0 US Marine is legitimately the most dangerous predator in the known universe. Yeah, any Devil Dog will tell you that.....but they don't tell you that it's the absolute truth. Oo-rah!

[@Witchling86]

There was a Star Trek The Next Generation comic book that was meant to basically be Starfleet vs Romulans vs Aliens and Starfleet vs Aliens vs The Borg. But it was cancelled. The concept art is still out on the internet.

[@StoneyBrownTV]

The Xenomorph have nightmares of the human Ripley

[@ricfrane6902]

Hey! I did the illustrations that appear in the book of Briar Rose for The Curse of Sleeping Beauty.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

YAY IT'S JOSH AND SOME MAN I DON'T RECOGNIZE!!! LOL

[@SandshrewGarfield]

Saying that the original xenomorph only killed the crew cos they were unarmed... sort of ignores the flamethrower Dallas is holding

[@jcawthon99]

Oh my sweet jesus, Alien V Graboid!!! Make this happen!!

[@curt81]

@@jcawthon99 Alien Ass Blaster hybrid

[@daveandgena3166]

I've heard the phrase "running assholes to elbows," so I presumed it was just a reference to that, IE move fast.

[@MikeD974]

I love that theory for Burke plus it explains the egg in 3 which always bugged me

[@JCIce007]

The thing about Lambert and mention of "no signs of mental trauma" in the bio, was, I suspect, a *dark* humorous reference to the implication of just how the Alien killed her. I don't know if you can even talk about it on KZbin, but look where its tail is going before Ripley hears her ungodly screams over the radio. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Cameron wrote that bit himself during production design. BTW, i can think the aliens from XTro might have an even more complicated lifecycle than xenemorphs or graboids.

[@curt81]

that wasnt its tail

[@stewmott3763]

@@curt81 You're an even sicker fuck than me. Congratulations! ;-)

[@MrFurious176]

Gonna have to update this!

[@motownphilly6305]

I suppose this leads to yet another question: does the queen lay eggs that already contain a gestating facehugger, or do some "drones" take the responsibility of fertilizing those eggs?

[@JCIce007]

@@motownphilly6305 the eggs are ready when they're layed.

[@john_blues]

I actually like the first AvP. I liked the protagonist and I also liked the predators.

[@FnRenner]

Soooo....are Alien eggs just giant bags of acid?

[@jackwells8107]

Love this intro. There are some insects who don't eat in their adult stage. What if a facehugger implants an emryo, which feeds from it's host, while replacing smoe of it's bodily functions, until it gets enough to evolve to an adult. Then the adults primary purpose is to obtain more hosts, but if there's not a queen around for them to communicate with, they eat what they catch?

[@juanausensi499]

Chestbursters are born too small to having on them everything they need to attain adult form. Furthermore, the host doesn't seem to lose any kind of functionality of their bodies. So, they need to feed after they emerge, even if we don't know what they eat. The 'growing from own's acid' has the same problem. Chestbursters can't hold enough acid to sustain their growth, and because they grow into a host, all that acid needs to be made from the hosts' body.

[@markfarrens7733]

Romulus kind of made the alien seem immortal and explained why the company wants the alien. Ridely really hates the concept of a queen. The alien was supposed to be able to reproduce on its own then Cameron made the Queen for his movie.

[@rogermazuca4582]

Scott hated the idea of a Queen but gave us the black goo 🥱 what a joke 🤦

[@phantomorchastraproduction4769]

You know one thing that's free in this world. Being kind

[@t0k3verse]

Even I have a limit

[@phantomorchastraproduction4769]

@@t0k3verse there's a limit to everything. There are people who will try to take advantage of people's kindness

[@t0k3verse]

@phantomorchastraproduction4769 always have been and always will be

[@markfarrens7733]

Nothing is free. You have to work at being kind. Nice try buddy

[@phantomorchastraproduction4769]

@@markfarrens7733 you know what else is free in this world. Shutting the fuck the up

[@AntoinettexKitten]

I think the babies find hosts and eat them from the inside. And that acid could be for digestion as well as defensive. I think the acid can be like the spit in The Fly or like when a spider sucks out the liquefied insides of their prey

[@anubusx]

Please do a video on The Omen franchise.

[@timstevenson3591]

Appreciate the video . First two movies will Always be in my top 10. One thing that always bothered me is why they wouldn’t have a backup squad on standby left on the Sulaco in case of mission failure or emergency. I know they had the second drop ship they could call down but still fucked if they couldn’t contact it . Just doesn’t seem very military to leave an asset completely unmanned

[@JCIce007]

@@timstevenson3591 it's a very understrength mission, there's wmpty seats in the APC. If Weyland Yutani is basically renting Marines for this mission, maybe they cheaped out.

[@MomocloCloverZetto]

i always thought the aliens were to be used against other corporations as feral assassins who can clear out entire space stations/planets, weapons to be used against civilians

[@mortytheorgre1500]

I felt like a missed opportunity in the 90's for the ultimate comic crossover would've been ALIEN vs PREDATOR vs THE THING since dark horse owned the rights to john carpenter's The Thing and made a comic continuation titled 'The Thing from another world' to differentiate it from the marvel character 'the thing'. I wished it could've happened, since it's bringing together the three BIGGEST and ICONIC sci fi/ horror aliens together to a fight to the death. But we have alien vs Predator vs the Terminator, which is ok i guess

[@fatwalletboy2]

I wanna know how they got the facehuggers into those glass tubes of water.....in ALIENS. Why did the synth in ALIEN roll up the magazine to stuff into Ripleys mouth.?

[@BulletTooth504]

Lambert's file only says "male to female" without the term intersex appearing, so I'm thinking her parents suffered gender disappointment and had the reassignment procedure done simply because they didn't want a boy. As for what the Despin Conversion might entail, my fake sci-fi money would be on surgery and some kind of gene therapy that would convert the patient's Y-chromosome into an X-chromo (or vice-versa). Seems like invitro fertilization with sex-specific embryos would simpler and safer. However, if the gender disappointment doesn't kick in until late in the pregnancy, then I suppose the parents might rather opt for the conversion. Otherwise they'd have to deal with the current baby (interpret that as you will) and start over from scratch.

[@TokenDrew]

Wait wait. Jonathan Hickman is writing Avengers V Aliens?? I'm in

[@HornedSerpent86]

My question is what happened to David and the xenomorph specimens?

[@lordvlygar2963]

Alien Romulus answers at least one of these questions.

[@stewmott3763]

This video is making me want to re-read Alan Dean Foster's novelisations. Quite a few questions are probably answered there.

[@stewmott3763]

09:40 Ah.

[@capitalcitygoofball1987]

I'm curious how Ripley knew in Aliens that the xenomorphs had acid for blood. The facehugger had acid for blood but I don't think that would automatically mean the xenomorph had the same trait. Anyhoo, so so many unanswered questions about Alien Romulus. Half of that is script related, the other half I can't deal with strong accents without subtitles.

[@rogermazuca4582]

Summin in da fookn wa'er 🤦

[@stewmott3763]

"This is actually the subject of a pretty serious debate online." Ahhhh Josh my friend - isn't fucking everything? 🙂

[@RobTutt17]

Did you call the character that the xeno was “eating” in Alien 3…a soldier?

[@seanwilkinson7431]

How did Ripley-8 and Call survive atmospheric re-entry to Earth with a hole in the exterior of the ship?

[@TheBatt6uk]

Very cool

[@peterdanior4538]

As an Army Vet I can answer your question. Yes we are.

[@Phoenix2312]

14:08 I have an alternative theory about the Xenomorph in the Original Alien... I dont think it was dying - I think it was deliberately laying dormant... I know they are not supposed to be base don insects but they share so much in common with insects... We know that in Alien, It appears to "Awful Word" Lambert... But we know from ALIENS that Lambert is Transexual - Male to Female... And there is a theory that does the rounds that the Alien Cocooning Scene in the Directors Cut may have been the Xeno trying to create a new Queen or "Warriors" to Guard a Queen... So the reason it appears to be slow against Ripley is it does not want to harm her... It knows she is a Viable Female... A Host for a Queen where there is NO EGG! Why did it behave differently to what it thought were Females? It was far more aggressive to the male crew... I think that this may be plausible! Also, thanks to the creation of Aliens and its changes to the Xenomoph... Big Chap in Alien was a "Drone" or "Worker" - While the Xenos in Aliens are "Warriors"... And the ones around teh Queen which we get barley a glimpse of are often seen as Praetorians or Royal Guard... Again, Nothing Canon... All of this was created by fans to explain significant differences between the two movies... 17:46 Oh Lambert came up, I think we should also bear in mind that ALIEN is set in the Future... As such we have no idea what developments will happen with regards to "Intersexual" surgery, will it be phased out entirely or be optional... It is possible that in teh future, Diagnosis of Intersex can happen pre-natal, so decisions can be made before birth, Of course again this is theory and I know some folks wont be happy with me even coming up with such a theory... But the world is Diverse, Not everyone handles things the same way... Unfortunately, As human beings, We never will... So even in the far future, There will be people looking to "Correct Natures Errors"...

[@jamessaintjames1387]

They are not really looking to use the Alien as a solider but they want to unlock it unlock dissect it to see how it works because it can survive in any environment and has acid for blood, all of which have applications for example a spacesuit using Alien principals.

[@JCIce007]

@@jamessaintjames1387 with its adapatability and capacity for rapid growth, the xenos genetics has to be an?absutr goldmine or reseach possibilities. It does things that are biologically impossible on Earth.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

7:28 LOL

[@joshuafrohm921]

In alien 3 the xeno came from a dog not a human that could be why it was eating the man

[@hudson3838]

I wouldn't trust anything that comes out of ash's mouth Especially milkshakes : {

[@ranwolf7650]

Someone made an AI fan Trailer for Aliens vs Army of Darkness not too long ago.

[@RavenPryde]

Awwww... I'm a little bummed you didn't mention the Predator crossover with Ghost in issue 5... but Ghost is kinda obscure... so I'll forgive it this time lol

[@davidrivas8005]

@@RavenPryde I think that might just because they were only listing cross overs the Alien appeared in. The time Predator was mentioned was when it was Alien, Predator, and third franchise. Besides the Archie joke. Ghost was awesome

[@RavenPryde]

@@davidrivas8005 Agh! That’s right! I can’t believe I got the two confused lol

[@Puncherjoe1]

Sooooo I've been curious about something... What happens when you hit your 4th unanswered question video for a series

[@anubusx]

Season 5 of Angel mentions that Weyand Yutani exists in that world.

[@JCIce007]

Though, according to the movies, Weyland and Yutani should still be separate companies at that point in time. The WY logo also showed up in an episode of Firefly.

[@ranwolf7650]

Wasn't Cyberdyne also mentioned?

[@anthonystrocks247]

YASSSSS!

[@TheOther644]

Q2: I did think of those tubs being what they use to draw in what they need, and is pretty cool. But going by comics and novels (if you want to count them as canon to the movies) they do sometimes eat people, when their not using them for the making others that is. As for the space thing, we have seen them out there and be totally fine. But they may not be able to survive long term, unless they go into a hibernated state. I really don't count deleted scenes myself, say for when they are re-added into an extended cut. Q3/4: A number of things on Earth from Bamboo Mushroom to African Turquoise Killifish grow incredibly fast. So with a Xeno and its unnatural makeup it grows freaky fast is just what it is. But were it gets the energy need I don't know, what was Movie Timelines could be spot on, its an Alien 🤷‍♂ It could possibly explain why they only live a few week or months. Though nothing really has been shown that says they have a really short life cycle. I mean Scott may have planned that, but from the movies, to the comics etc there really isn't anything that says they'll last a few days. And the one in the first movie, I always figured it was moving slow cause it was going into hibernation. That could also explain why it never bothered to go after Ripley until she forced it to move. Eggs to last 100's or 1000's of years, drones could possibly live a few months or a year. But again if we count comics and such, they can also hibernate for 10's or 100's of years. They just become incredibly slow and some even died from old age. The Queen from AvP was being kept in cryostasis and that's why she was alive for 5 or 6,000 years. I think most Queens live normally a few 100 years or so. But there is the Empress and Queen Mother too, so who knows how long they last. Q10: I do like the AvP movies, but thought it would have been better if it was set in the future and on a colonized planet. Predator 2 has a really good note as for the 2 franchise crossing over, I just wish it could have been better done. The only other crossovers I enjoyed was the one with Batman and Vampiralla. I'm hoping Alien V Avengers will be good 🤞🤞

[@Jimdlux]

Alien Romulus answers Question 8...

[@stewmott3763]

I always assumed the 'assholes and elbows' thing was related to the expression 'he doesn't know his arse from his elbow', ie he's an idiot. In which case, the context here might be 'wake up and make sure you know your arse from your elbow'. But maybe this is just a British thing, I don't know! 🙂

[@dwn060clownman]

Wouldn't Burke have basically been nuked even if he were cocooned like the rest of Hadley's Hope?

[@ranwolf7650]

If he didn't kill himself with the grenade? Yes.

[@movietimelines]

In the “what if” comic, the grenade blast set him free and then he snuck aboard Bishop’s ship and was hiding out there the whole time during the end of the movie.

[@ashton235]

I have a question for anyone to answer.... Where is Apone? Furthermore Where's the Sarge???

[@anubusx]

I need to get those pretzels.

[@davidgarrido5506]

Are they related or something because they look similar to each other

[@anubusx]

Interesting how the information for Dallas states that he worked for the Tyrell Corporation from Blade Runner.

[@ranwolf7650]

Apparently, Kurt Russell's Soldier takes place in the same universe as well.

[@NeonDruid13]

It's "nuts to butts" not assholes and elbows.

[@letsgodre2586]

Check Romulous war some new answers

[@malcolmj4479]

Elbows and knuckles, all you knows how. Follows the heard, just another cow.

[@movietimelines]

Now’s the time to give the people what they want…

[@anubusx]

Very useful information that i can use for my new pet Xenomorph.

[@anubusx]

I love the shot of the Xenomorph skull in Predator 2.

[@anubusx]

I always use the phrase assholes and elbows.

[@anubusx]

Burke went on to work for Vought.

[@Mrashxking]

So one facehugger equals one drone play say there's about 80 people on Hadley's hope but we see way more of the alien drones so where do the extra drones come from

[@ranwolf7650]

Animals? In the AvP comic mini-series they initially came from alien cows and in different versions of Alien3 the xenomorph gestated in a cow or a dog.

[@RussellCHall]

Pretty sure that the board room scene ends with the head guy telling Ripley that Hadley's has about 60 - 70 "families" on it, so even if the average family unit consists of only 3 individuals we get into the low 200's range for possible hosts. If the sentry guns really did take out about 100 aliens as is implied, that still leaves enough for the 50 or so that we see in the final assault, because the Marines only iced maybe 2 dozen during the first encounter (mostly Drake & Vasquez but we can't say for sure because our pov character is watching on screens in the APC). Since Ripley doesn't really run into any drones on her way down to the Queen and we see less than 20 guarding her it's quite possible that the low 200's is more than enough for what we see in the movie.

[@anubusx]

Somehow Burke returned.

[@abjeremiah]

You should have watched the new movie before making this.

[@anubusx]

Weyland wants to copy Ingen's idea to weaponise creatures.

[@JCIce007]

Ingen is even stupider. A raptor is just an animal, it can be killed like any other. Nobody is weaponizing lions and tigers for modern warfare, and they're much easier to obtain.

[@sam_bibly]

oh, you mean *stupid* questions that shouldn't be asked because it's a movie, like "why doesn't the acid blood burn through the aliens." you should have specified that in the title. the stupid questions part. the alien is supposed to be mysterious and strange and ALIEN and defy human understanding, that's the point. and that's also why the first film is the best one and they all suck after the second one, which also kind of sucks because it explains too much.

[@movietimelines]

oh, wait. it was A MOVIE???? holy crap. this is new information. i am so glad that you were here to explain that.

[@sam_bibly]

@@movietimelines don't play dumb, take the criticism, champ

[@movietimelines]

@@sam_bibly it’s not criticism. It’s just fluff. ‘Oh, it’s a movie and i think the questions are dumb because you’re meant to think about them.” Yeah. That’s you. Other people like to do so. You think you’re making some profound point, and all you’re doing is basic gatekeeping. It’s just weird and condescending and you think you look cool, but no one else does.

[@sam_bibly]

@@movietimelines lol you must not realize who i am

[@movietimelines]

yawn. i know exactly who you are. just another edgelord entitled man baby who thinks he know the true way that everyone else has to enjoy art. it's boring and weird and basic. "you don't realize who i am." nope. and guess what? i don't care. no one does.

[@dennisjoseph6567]