Romulus Xenomorph & Scorched Alien Explained

[@EpicEthan1029]

I really love the Romulus xeno. It combines aspects of everything, the translucent dome from Big Chap, the sleek skinny design from Alien 3 and Resurrection, and the digitigrade feet from Isolation. It's one of the best designs yet! Personally, my favorite will always be the Aliens designs. I'm a sucker for the ridged heads! It's amazing how many designs the xenos have!

[@DemetedP]

While you're not wrong about Isolation using it, the digitigrade stance was actually first introduced in Alien 3 and Resurrection. Isolation just happened to bring it back after the AVP films went with plantigrade legs.

[@EpicEthan1029]

@@DemetedP Oh yeah they did! I forgot!

[@Omarsh1692]

ALIENS design and Resurrection designs are my lowest ranked. That ridged head was an insult to Giger

[@EpicEthan1029]

@@Omarsh1692 James Cameron was originally going to keep them as close as possible to the original with the smooth head but he couldn't because of complications with the suits and the action sequences. And the ridged heads are literally what's under the domes. The only other change is the hands and the added guards on their arms. It's not insulting to him at all in my opinion. With resurrection yeah I do think it is.

[@YodaOnABender]

I’ve always wanted to see two different variants of xeno on screen at the same time. Imagine a movie where the characters have to go up against two different xenos and have to approach the situation differently for the different creatures

[@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr]

AvP 2 had the Predalien hybrid and many drones, but the only difference in facing them was the health bar basically 😂

[@rhyswong8976]

Played enough Alien Isolation hiding under tables and bed to recognise the xenomorph feet design. But I think the plantigrade design in Alien was because of the costume worn by a human. Personally I love all the xenomorph designs.

[@hihowrya370]

The pathogen (or a variant of it) being found within Big Chap and the Facehuggers could mean 2 things: First and the obvious one is that it could just simply because the Xenomorphs are made by the pathogen and therefore it exists within them. Second is more intriguing in my opinion. It could mean that the Engineers possibly got their hands on the pathogen FROM the Xenomorphs, instead of them or David using the pathogen to create the Xenomorphs. This supports the idea that the Xenomorphs are natural born creatures of evolution instead of artificial organisms. I always add the theory that the pathogen is somewhat a different form of the Xenomorphs, which is probably why most mutations caused by it always results in Xenomorph-like creatures or at least having some form of Xenomorph morphology and biology. So, for those who oppose the idea of David or the Engineers creating the Xenomorphs and liked the idea of the Xenomorphs being natural organisms instead of artificial, still have hope. This can be a retcon point for further Alien movies if they ever plan on changing the origins of the Xenomorphs or just simply making it a mystery once more.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@@hihowrya370 the black goo/ pathogen comes from the facehuggers....its called Plagiarus praepotens in the expanded universe. Its what the facehuggers squirt inside you. It binds with hosts DNA in all the hosts cells. And like a virus, programs the cells to start creating its own proteins etc, then the cells to start rapidly growing/forming a tumour.... the chestburster. The engineers discovered this and use the xenomorphs to extract the goo. The derelict ship on LV-426 was ancient. The space jockey was fossilised. It had been there for a VERY long time. It was likely transporting eggs from the alien home world to the planet LV-223 (the planet they land on in prometheus) which is another moon of the planet calpamos (both LV-426 & LV-223 are both moons of this gas giant). As you know from prometheus, LV-223 is where there are large storage vaults of the vases of black goo, and is likely where the engineers take the goo from the facehuggers and experiment with it or just store it. Unfortunately the space jocket got facehugged and landed his ship on LV-426 instead. David merely used the goo to experiment on shaw and the dead beings on the planet he wipes out. And as you know the black goo is what creates the alien embryo... he didn't create the species, he just used it xenomorph derivatives (neomorphs and protmorphs).

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@@hihowrya370 the pathogen/ black goo is the mutagenic alien biochemical that is contained within the facehugger and is what it inject inside the throat. It's called "Plagiarus praepotens". Once the facehugger has squirted some inside of its host then it rapidly invades all cells of the body and binds with all the hosts DNA. Once it has spliced it's way into the host DNA it acts like a virus, telling these infected cells to start production of whatever proteins and biochemicals needed, while at the same time making your immune system blind to it. This causes the rapid development of a tumor like parasite (the chestburster) which eventually bursts and takes certain characteristics of the host (due to the xenomorphs utilising its DNA and its cells to create it). The black goo was not invented by the engineers. The engineers discovered it from the xenomorph. They then refined it and experimented with it and do what they do with it and it's various forms. This is exactly what rook and the team of scientist discovered and were doing in the romulus lab, extracting the black goo from fscehuggers and experimenting on it. Making a derivative called compound Z-01. David did not create the xenomorphs. Remember the derelict ship from Alien on LV-426 was ancient. Its mentioned by the three from the nostromo who see it, the space jockey/pilot/engineer was fossilised. Meaning it had been there for a long damn time. I believe the ship was carry eggs in suspended animation (under the blue laser film thing) from the xenomorph homeworld or a breeding ground used by the engineers, to the planet LV-223 (the planet they land on in prometheus). But instead a facehugger got loose, impregnated the pilot and it crash landed on LV-426. Both LV-223 & LV-426 are moons of the same gas giant, calpamos. So they're literally right next to eachother. David didn't create anything. He merely was experimenting with the black goo on both shaw and on the remains of the people in civilisation he ended in Alien: covenant. Obviously the black goo results in xenomorphs and David had just been tinkering, doinf a little bit genetic engineering and experiment resulting in xenomorph derivatives the neomorphs and the protomorphs.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@@hihowrya370 @hihowrya370 the pathogen/ black goo is the mutagenic alien biochemical that is contained within the facehugger and is what it inject inside the throat. It's called "Plagiarus praepotens". Once the facehugger has squirted some inside of its host then it rapidly invades all cells of the body and binds with all the hosts DNA. Once it has spliced it's way into the host DNA it acts like a virus, telling these infected cells to start production of whatever proteins and biochemicals needed, while at the same time making your immune system blind to it. This causes the rapid development of a tumor like parasite (the chestburster) which eventually bursts and takes certain characteristics of the host (due to the xenomorphs utilising its DNA and its cells to create it). The black goo was not invented by the engineers. The engineers discovered it from the xenomorph. They then refined it and experimented with it and do what they do with it and it's various forms. This is exactly what rook and the team of scientist discovered and were doing in the romulus lab, extracting the black goo from fscehuggers and experimenting on it. Making a derivative called compound Z-01. David did not create the xenomorphs. Remember the derelict ship from Alien on LV-426 was ancient. Its mentioned by the three from the nostromo who see it, the space jockey/pilot/engineer was fossilised. Meaning it had been there for a long damn time. I believe the ship was carry eggs in suspended animation (under the blue laser film thing) from the xenomorph homeworld or a breeding ground used by the engineers, to the planet LV-223 (the planet they land on in prometheus). But instead a facehugger got loose, impregnated the pilot and it crash landed on LV-426. Both LV-223 & LV-426 are moons of the same gas giant, calpamos. So they're literally right next to eachother. David didn't create anything. He merely was experimenting with the black goo on both shaw and on the remains of the people in civilisation he ended in Alien: covenant. Obviously the black goo results in xenomorphs and David had just been tinkering, doinf a little bit genetic engineering and experiment resulting in xenomorph derivatives the neomorphs and the protomorphs.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@hihowrya370 the pathogen/ black goo is the mutagenic alien biochemical that is contained within the facehugger and is what it inject inside the throat. It's called "Plagiarus praepotens". Once the facehugger has squirted some inside of its host then it rapidly invades all cells of the body and binds with all the hosts DNA. Once it has spliced it's way into the host DNA it acts like a virus, telling these infected cells to start production of whatever proteins and biochemicals needed, while at the same time making your immune system blind to it. This causes the rapid development of a tumor like parasite (the chestburster) which eventually bursts and takes certain characteristics of the host (due to the xenomorphs utilising its DNA and its cells to create it). The black goo was not invented by the engineers. The engineers discovered it from the xenomorph. They then refined it and experimented with it and do what they do with it and it's various forms. This is exactly what rook and the team of scientist discovered and were doing in the romulus lab, extracting the black goo from fscehuggers and experimenting on it. Making a derivative called compound Z-01. David did not create the xenomorphs. Remember the derelict ship from Alien on LV-426 was ancient. Its mentioned by the three from the nostromo who see it, the space jockey/pilot/engineer was fossilised. Meaning it had been there for a long damn time. I believe the ship was carry eggs in suspended animation (under the blue laser film thing) from the xenomorph homeworld or a breeding ground used by the engineers, to the planet LV-223 (the planet they land on in prometheus). But instead a facehugger got loose, impregnated the pilot and it crash landed on LV-426. Both LV-223 & LV-426 are moons of the same gas giant, calpamos. So they're literally right next to eachother. David didn't create anything. He merely was experimenting with the black goo on both shaw and on the remains of the people in civilisation he ended in Alien: covenant. Obviously the black goo results in xenomorphs and David had just been tinkering, doinf a little bit genetic engineering and experiment resulting in xenomorph derivatives the neomorphs and the protomorphs.

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

@@hihowrya370 The way the director explained it , the engineres , xenos and us humans all share a primordial origin with the black goo . The black goo in its original state maybe , is supposed to be a blood .

[@jetstreamwinds6072]

Facehugger barbed tail? A detail I didn't notice. Calling the antagonist-focused xeno the scorched xenomorph feel s oddly satisfying to call since Big chap and Grid. Really wish Rook introduced the alien like; "This, Big Chap suspended here is XX121 Xenomorph "

[@MorpheousXO]

Oh, THAT would have been fun to do!

[@TyrantJaeger]

3:47 It should be worth noting that while Big Chap appears to be plantigrade, this is only because of the fact that it was played by an actor in a suit. For all intents and purposes, the original strain of the xenomorphs are canonically supposed to be digitigrade, as seen in Alien: Isolation.

[@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr]

Good point but then why didn't they use CGI to make it have sense? People would immediately catch up that difference in designs and most people wouldn't know they were canonically digitigrade

[@TyrantJaeger]

@@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr CGI in what?

[@Epitafffio]

​@@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr because the movie was made when CGI wasn't widespread.

[@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr]

@@Epitafffio yeah that's true, i'd like to say that the plantigrade xenos are their own canon thing as this video says, i think what's confirmed after a movie still matters less than what the movie actually shows, just my opinion though and you're right

[@princessmaly]

About Cameron's movie: It's become pretty clear over the years that the confusion caused by Cameron's push back against the "warrior" idea was based on an understanding based on his earlier drafts of the movie because he seems to have not understood conceptually what people were suggesting at the time and apparently thought people had actually read his previous drafts. That sounds kind of stupid, I know, but the evidence supports it: he insists that the adults seen in Aliens were "warriors" as well as Big Chap, he's lumping Big Chap in with that group, because of the worker drones that ultimately got cut before filming started. Y'know, the pale adults with the tongues. So in his mind, when James Cameron in 1986-1987 or so hears that his warriors are distinct from the "drone" Big Chap, he seems to have not understood that people are trying to explain a discontinuity created by the designs of the suit with the simple hypothesis of molting, something we already know xenomorphs do. Instead, he seems to have thought people were trying to say Big Chap is one of the albino drones from his script, and so that's why when he tries to explain it he only did it in a real world context. Which means that for decades, the only defense for Big Chap being the same caste as the Aliens adults was "the suits look different because they thought it was cool." This is obviously not the same conversation, and so it gets a little annoying ~40 years down the road when Cameron's arguments against Big Chap being an albino worker drone (which, to be fair to James, is objectively true) are used as fuel for discounting the molted, ridged heads of warriors as a well established concept that been with the franchise ever since then. Even the other movies have doubled down on this now, with the species of xenomorph from the blooding ritual pyramids showing up domed in one film (which has a ticking clock in the form of the 10 minute reconfigurations, so happened over a brief period of time), then ridged in the next (in a situation where they had been spawning in the town for a couple of days). Basically, it was two different conversations arguing past each other because neither understood what the other was saying. What a "warrior" meant to James Cameron and fans in the late 80's were two mutually exclusive concepts. It's a matter of semantics, the drone-warrior molting thing is a done deal now. It's why the implementation of Cameron's drones in the RPG are called "workers," because you can't call them drones anymore. Oh also, aboot the plantigrade/digitigrade thing: xenomorphs from the derelict on LV-426 have been depicted as digitigrade before, just never in the films. Isolation is probably the best example of this because it tried so hard to stick to and sell itself as part of the film continuity, and this poses the greatest discontinuity in the whole game. But I wanted to point out that both the Xeno-human hybrids from Resurrection and the pyramid xenomorphs from 5 & 6 do this too. And the major difference between the LV-426 derelict xenomorphs and the others is that it takes the species from the first three films an abnormally long time to gestate and reach full size, no other species of xeno seen in any of the films take that long to grow. And, obviously, humans aren't digitigrade. I've always thought that these two things were related - the subdued biomechanoid aspect also seems to be part of it as the hybrids and pyramid xenomorphs were also designed to be more "fleshy" - and that the extremely slow growth of the LV-426 xenomorph suggests that it resembles its host to a greater degree that the faster growing species. Hence, the digitigrade stance might be something like the "default" setting for xenomorphs. Which, provided you take Rook's explanation of where the got the genetic info to print facehuggers at face value and accept the obvious authorial intent, Romulus pretty much confirms, being that the Renaissance xenomorphs are completely genetically pure clones created from distilled black goo. Also we can definitely rule out the LV-426 xenomorphs using a cocoon stage because of the dog alien. The "teenage alien" stage clearly happens at the same point in the life cycle as the Renaissance xeno cocoon, so like... y'know. The dog alien didn't have a cocoon. Seems pretty obvious to me. Every other xeno is up for debate, though, and I think it might be fair to assume the pyramid xenomorphs and the xeno-human hybrids do have a cocoon stage.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

What is a pyramid xeno? Are you referring to the ones from the first AVP film?

[@SOR-05]

I liked the idea that each xenomorph has different mutations due to the accelerant being the black goo. Which explains why some appear different than others however this doesn’t make much sense because xenomorphs designs are pretty consistent in individual movies but not consistent across multiple movies.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@SOR-05 the black goo is what the facehuggers squirt into the host chest that basically hijacks these hosts cells and cause them to make a tumour which develops into the chestburster. It's called "Plagiarus praepotens". This is what the scientists are extracting from the facehuggers in the romulus lab and develop into compound Z-01. This is exactly what the engineers also do, this is how the engineers acquired the "black goo". The engineers didnt create the xenomorphs. They harvest them and use them for this substance... david also didn't create the xenomorphs...he was just experimenting with it on that engineer world...and the goo always results in xenomorph and xenomorph like organisms and mutations when it finds its way into another organism. Hence how david was able to recreate some. Remember the derelict ship full of eggs on LV-426 is ancient, meaning the engineers were likely transporting the eggs to one of their planets to extract more goo

[@GUMMY_MKII]

I've always considered the plantigrade design to be a technical limitation, and have always been somewhat irked by the faster gestation cycle (And I am also ond of the few who likes Alien³), but I gotta admit that the connection between this mutation and the slower life cycle is very interesting

[@maxallen5510]

These are my favorite designs

[@ravenwitch5569]

Honestly I wonder if the difference in the aliens designs can just be explained by….genetic variance? After all if it’s taking part of the genetics from its host there may be some genetic variance between Xenomorph individuals and entire hives

[@scifiexplained]

I've thought the same. That every hive could have variance, and even more so with other planets and moons with different environments and hosts.

[@jeannin.wallace2795]

If you watch closely, when the offspring was devouring Kay, you can see its tail developing at a rapid pace

[@Mean_Jean]

I think the plantigrade foot of the first alien is just because of the style of the costume

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

We need back , the pure biomechanical Giger Alien design , that is the perfect and most appropriate design . I think its time to bring the ubermorph or titanmorph or whatever will be called . I feel like the next stage should be that , officially an Xeno born out of an biomechanical giant , a Space Jokey or Engineer, or something else . There is still that mystery , how would an alien look and bee out of those giants . Maybe go back and explore further the derelict , go deeper and find hidden secrets , or a biomechanical environment like that , like maybe a temple . We need a movie,that should have that kind of environment , and with an Alien or what other biomechanical horror hunting there , what i want is more Alien aspects , more actual biomechanics , secrets of the black goo . Would love to see more of the mechanical aspect, ,like if they shoot the Alien , bullets complety bounce off , showing a skin that is metalic almost . I also was not the biggest fan of having a Queen , not like Cameron had at least , i rather see biomechanicals bellies that give birth to eggs , something more Alien.

[@tampakmurni]

The "warrior class" thing is not canon in my head anymore. I just don't like the idea of canonizing every design changes when we know the a lot of the reasons are actually just director ego or some other reasons.. trying to on-up giger everytime. This exercise of convoluted and dubious justification of every changes in the sequels seems to just give these directors more power. It's what cemented the idea that xenomorphs are nothing more than giant bugs over time. The Engineers and their tech have always been a retcon of giger's original space jockey and biomechanoid designs. Ridley Scott himself made that clear through various interviews. Glossing over these facts and letting them slide made the alien franchise more and more cliche and inconsistent. The Alien franchise brought to life giger's biomechanical concept as a cosmic horror and it should stick to that identity, not turn to just another starship trooper bug hunt space opera.

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

@@tampakmurni Hey i like all Xeno designs but the pure biomechanical one is the most appropriate, we need that back and an bigger focus in a biomechical setting , or an environment . More black goo primordial secrets , pre engineer, space jokey race , that cosmic horror like you say .

[@LibraKai]

@@tampakmurni So you don't like the idea of canonizing different design changes as simply variations of the Alien because they are respecting the designs of both the old and new.. due to an out-of-universe "speculation" of why the variations were even created to begin with?

[@PedroTorres-ky2yx]

@@tampakmurni "The Alien franchise brought to life giger's biomechanical concept as a cosmic horror and it should stick to that identity, not turn to just another starship trooper bug hunt space opera." I could not agree more!

[@sloanmagnum5009]

I enjoyed Romulus. Saw it in the RPX theater. Couldn't be more pleased. It's too bad that others didn't like it. It was a great film. I thought we'd NEVER get a good Alien film again. After seeing Covenant, I was so disappointed and mad at how stupid, dumb and terrible that movie was. It could've been great had the characters not been the dumbest people in the universe.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

romulus is terrible too...

[@PictorialMuseum]

The Romulus Xenomorphs are beautiful in design, truly demonstrative of talent on the side of the production team. But the extremely narrow waist and wide set hips move them too far away from human anatomy, which sort of ruins the uncanny horror of the original creatures. The behind the scenes shots that show the Romulus design as a human-worn costume look better than the final version seen in the film. I wish there was a meaningful explanation for why the Xenos in the film almost seem more reptilian in design, especially when they designed the Big Chap corpse to have the original proportions and are clearly demonstrating two examples of anatomy variations within one movie.

[@idiot_city5444]

Because they are engineered by the WY scientists from Big Chap, they aren't normal xenos

[@SNUKS.]

Couldn't agree more. I think they look that way today because Ridley didn't want a dude in a costume originally in the first film. (Funny how that's how it ended up with anyway)

[@thegillman777]

Fede Alvarez said that the design is intentional to show that these xenos were derived from the original by Rook and the scientists. The genetic manipulation is why these aren't exactly the same as Big Chap.

[@j_c3792]

These Xenomorphs derived from cloned facehuggers derived from the Big Chap. We don't know the cloning the process, but I think it we can try to apply some of the rules from Jurassic Park - to compensate for the missing DNA and all that scientists used DNA from similar(or not so much) species. So, applying this logic, the scientists on Romulus used some reptilian DNA to fill in the gaps. Resulting in these not-so-pure Xenomorphs.

[@jimanaz3318]

The two best Xenomorph designs - according to me - are Big Chap (ALIEN) and The Dragon (ALIEN 3). Big Chap has the most beautiful biomechanic details and texture, whereas The Dragon has the most graceful and solid body design. Both Xenomorphs also have initially "smaller" mouths, that can expand and open really wide, rather than the permanently large mouths that we see in the other movies (including those dumb AVP spin-off movies). With that said, I do love the design of The Queen (ALIENS) even though H.R. Giger had no part in designing it. It's a truly menacing creature that really captures the essence of the Xenomorph, so yeah - well done, Team Cameron! The xenos from the other movies are simply not graceful in the same way as Big Chap and The Dragon in their designs. The features are either clunky and chunky (ALIEN RESURRECTION), or too extreme/exaggerated (ALIEN ROMULUS), or simply just lacking (ALIEN COVENANT), or just meh (ALIENS).

[@FloydTheBreathless]

Yeah Alien³ depicts the alien looking at it's worst and simultaneously two scenes later looking damn near the best in tbe series. The shots using the rod puppet, superimposed technique, (obviously when its running) look fucking horrendous.... But the actual shots of the full sized man in a a xeno suit looks amazing, debatably the best design imo

[@jimanaz3318]

@@FloydTheBreathless the design of the A3 xeno (the puppet) is beautiful though, despite the puppet's performance

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@jimanaz3318 yeah the actual puppet design is awesome. But the filming technique they used (rod puppet filmed on greenscreen and then compiled ontop of another piece of footage) just makes it look so awful. Like really awful CGI but it's not even CGI. I wish someone would take the time to re master it and bring it up to today's standards for those shots. Because Alien³ assembly cut is a great film, it's the perfect conclusion of ripleys story.

[@jimanaz3318]

@@FloydTheBreathless I couldn't agree more with you! I love ALIEN 3, both versions. It's the perfect end of Ripley's saga (Ripley 8 in A:R is NOT Ripley). I too wish that someone took the time to make an accurate 3D model of The Dragon, animate it, render it and replace the (rod)puppet on-screen.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@jimanaz3318 yeah. Everyone always goes on about "ahh newt and hicks blah blah blah"....sure aliens had a happy ending. But it's Alien, there is no happy ending. and when you think about it, newt and hicks were both pretty 1-dimensional characters anyway. Alien³ is a dark, creepy depressing, harrowing film. And it sets the tone right of the bat.

[@porko882]

i think the only differnce with Scorch was the scare, all of the other xenomorphs had the same rippled head and big mouths.

[@ChannelZero1031]

Wait a second, i thought the cast from Romulus were the young children from the colony in Aliens. I guess there were two colonies?

[@fernandoirizarry1210]

I’ll never understand the obsession/temptation of every sfx team to want to A: “improve” an already perfect and proven design And B: more specifically, make the Alien more organic and “realistic,” reducing the biomechanical aspects (which is what made Giger’s original design so interesting and memorable to begin with) Literally every design after Aliens has been more organic and animal-like. It’s not breaking new ground. Please stop doing this

[@emperordalek102]

xenomorphs have names?

[@PedroTorres-ky2yx]

To each their own. I personally hated Romulus Xeno's teeth more than any other feature. Not only did I not like it aesthetically, I also thought it diminished the inner jaw appeal and purpose.

[@user-qu9ix3pz9o]

To me the Xenomorph is best if there is a sensual dimension in its appearance. A blend of beauty and monstrosity. I feel like only the Big Chap and maybe the Dog Alien achieved this. I wasn´t impressed with the Xenos in Romulus - they were too beast-like outside the cocoon

[@rickgrayson7884]

Bro is sexually attracted to alien dogs 💀

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@@user-qu9ix3pz9o I thought the designs were fantastic. The scene where Tyler gets pulled up to the ceiling and gets a head bite. The aliens shiny metal teeth everything about that shot looked awesome

[@PedroTorres-ky2yx]

@@FloydTheBreathless To each their own. I personally hated its teeth more than any other feature. Not only did I not like it aesthetically, I also thought it diminished the inner jaw appeal and value.

[@Fluffykeith]

The Romulus strain looks good but I didn’t like how animalistic and brutish they were portrayed as. Like big beasts....smart, like a JP velociraptor, but just animals. Big Chap was not an animal. It had a cold, totally alien intelligence that was looking to learn and survive, it wasn’t just a thing of instinct. It has a grace to it’s motions that the Romulus Aliens didn’t.

[@CerberusLives]

The Romulus xeno looks mostly good but those big gummy jaw tendons look so awful that they spoil the whole thing for me.

[@leif54]

Agreed, it looks like a Amusement Park Ghost House prop

[@tgiacin435]

It looked like the other aliens in previous films

[@CerberusLives]

@@tgiacin435 the jaw tendons don't. They've always been much more in line with the overall aesthetic of the animal.

[@iivvrryy]

I think they’re fine

[@olivercook2589]

They’re terrible design choice and lazy

[@PavelSoukup-o8v]

Loads of crap!!! Dont bring eggmorping into that. It was cut out of the movie. So it doesnt exist. Like many of your other assumptions

[@Lwilibert]

Agreed

[@FootOfOrion]

The Romulus Xeno looks great but nothing has ever come close the the Big Chap. The Runner is good, but I hate Alien 3.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@FootOfOrion dude, the assembly cut of Alien³ is genuinely a good film. Alien ends with ripley safe and sound. Then Aliens begins with ripley realising shes been gone for 57 years and her daughter is gone. Then Aliens ends on high, ripley finally is at peace, becomes a adoptive mother, has wiped out her creatures that have haunted her and looks forward to the future. Then Alien³ totally wipes that away. Its alien, there are no happy endings in that universe. ripley wakes up to a bleak, nightmare situation... her friends are gone, shes got a queen inside her and its a perfect ending for her story. It's a dark, depressing, harrowing, creepy film. This tone is set straight from the beginning, and it is not a happy ending for her. It's a misunderstood film.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

@themidnightchoir of course, the egg could have got on the sulaco. It doesn't show you where exactly in the sulaco it was just some nondescript tunnel under some grating. The queen obviously had one in the tank still, which she deposited placed under the grates where newt was hiding, while ripley was getting in the powerloader. Bishop had been ripped in half and newt was trying to hide. They wouldn't have noticed her chucking an egg down. She also had a fscehugger hidden in or on her body somewhere, which was also left on the sulaco.

[@idiot_city5444]

​@themidnightchoir you should watch some actual garbage

[@kennethsatria6607]

I still dont get why people hate Alien 3 to this day, do you just hold an eternal grudge all these years because Ripley's friends died or what?

[@idiot_city5444]

@@kennethsatria6607 they all wanted Ripley riding off into the sunset with a happy little family

[@FootOfOrion]

Plantigrade Alien >>> Digitigrade Alien