What Is The Asteroid In The Alien Romulus Trailer? NEW Xenomorph Abilities! Alien Theory Explained

[@JaketheSnakePlissken]

Man I can’t wait to be sitting in the theater as the movie is about to start. Not many movies these days get me excited to see in theaters but this is definitely one that stands out for me.

[@CaptainReedo40]

Be skeptical. Alien movies without Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn always disappoint, for some crazy reason.

[@HyraxusPrimus]

​@@CaptainReedo40Neither of those actors were in Alien, though.

[@paulwoodford1984]

Don’t get your hopes up for god sake

[@JaketheSnakePlissken]

@@paulwoodford1984 Wouldn’t be the first time lol, if it sucks I’ll just move on with my life and enjoy the first 2 films when I get the itch to return to that world.

[@Amh10780]

I'm taking the day off and seeing the first show

[@allenwood9967]

Big chap managed to make a cocoon by brett and dallas in the deleted scene. What's to say that xenomorph couldn't make itself a protective shell when it's damaged.

[@richardpayne993]

Your kind of right on that I seen a fan made story years ago about the Big Chap making a protective cocoon out in space so it can drift with some protection.

[@allenwood9967]

​@@richardpayne993 I didn't know about that, I kinda got an impression it couldn't keep itself sustained in the vacuum of space with injuries and would cocoon itself.

[@dazzenseabiscuit1366]

I wrote a story about a decade ago that saw a research team travelling through space when a frozen alien queen bumps into the hull of the ship and damages it. The ship is stranded in space, the crew starts on the repairs while the scientists study the alien. As time progresses and she thaws out a bit , some eggs fall to the floor and....you know the rest.

[@allenwood9967]

@@dazzenseabiscuit1366 that's a good way to start a story for another encounter with the aliens, we know the queen got ejected from the airlock but her whereabouts and condition is unknown. Before Prometheus came out I had hopes that the people would stumble upon the engineers having an outbreak on their ship and it would result in all out carnage, my thoughts was that the engineer was the thing we saw in the seat in the first film. I didn't like the fact they made them look human, to make the engineers look alien themselves would have added that mystery and a feel of being threatening.

[@1skSlade]

Weyland wasn't actively looking for ripley because she was considered expendable. Finding the xenomorph was top priority.

[@Adrian-wh3mk]

I think the alien finger unfurling scene is big chap coming “on line” from the cocooned phase.

[@Rogers1000]

That's a queen 'little' hand not a big hand

[@PauloAnnunaki]

​@@Rogers1000what if queen is big chap

[@Windstorm7x7-wl8ko]

What if this is an egg instead of big chap?

[@Rogers1000]

@@PauloAnnunaki could well be chap turns into chapess lol

[@djmajor1597]

@@Rogers1000 Assless Chap

[@normster9871]

xenomorphs transform their environment into their kind of habitat. the idea that big chap has wrapped itself in a cocoon to survive in space is great. it makes sense in the biology of this organism. great!

[@spike1422]

In one of the original scripts for Alien, after Parker and Lambert had been killed, Ripley was supposed to come across the Big Chap apparently "folded up" in a box shape, apparently for some sort of sleep or hibernation. This must be an extension of that idea. That also might be why we see the creatures hands sort of "unfolding" in the trailer, like a waterbear rehydrating and expanding itself after being dormant.

[@AbominationStorm73]

Or it could be a chestburster’s metamorphosis into a xenomorph like H reviewed earlier.

[@spike1422]

I guess they went with the easy option after all 😒

[@wartooth88]

You know this means the Queen is still orbiting LV-426 then?

[@jimbowlan5804]

Could be but she was ejected right over the planet so she probably impacted with the part of the planet that wasn’t destroyed

[@rojaws1183]

Being hard to kill runs in the family.

[@yuvarudra6602]

Queen still floatin & nobody was there to report for wayland corp. If not wayland corp would have gone for the queen & they would have not cared for repley in alien 3. Left for deaD wit the baldmen. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gibsonthe9021]

She’d probably just get lost in the orbit of LV-426. I don’t think she would’ve shot directly to the planet without some gravity in play

[@796r]

Well somehow they recreated Ripley with a queen chest buster in her in resurrection so not the craziest thing that could happen

[@JOHNNYSLASH]

The perfect organism should be able to survive in space! This is really cool

[@SpecialOrder935]

“There’s gotta be a way of killing it ash how ! How do we do it “ …” You can’t “ Not oh you don’t have the right weapons … no YOU CANT it’s supposed unstoppable

[@Farlomous]

would be interesting if they use Romulus to tie into other Alien media. Alien happened in 2122, Isolation 2137, Romulus in 2142, Out of the Shadows takes place in 2159, Hadley's Hope established in 2157, but we know Ash downloaded his conciousness into the computer and has taken Ripley off course trying to find more signals related to the xenomorph. would be interesting to see if WY said they got a message from Ash, and spent the intervening years searching for the creature in that area. Isolation would have given them an even better location of where to search. Assuming all the research on Romulus is destroyed and subsequent investigation. it could be theorized that they finally find the system Z2R, and send a colony to one place and maybe we get another expedition to LV-223 in another movie. but if you look at the "meteor" when it rotates you can clearly see the ridges of the tail on one side and there was a deleted scene in the movie where the Xeno was supposed to have morphed itself into a box like form and Ripley was to investigate it when the xeno attacks her and she flees.

[@merdemoiii-7589]

God the possible lore is making me geek out

[@paulwoodford1984]

How can you be excited so this, lol. The ,ore has been completely ruined already. the franchise has become mediocre

[@merdemoiii-7589]

@@paulwoodford1984 wdym how? a sequel taking place between the first two best movies in the franchise, with the aesthetic being brought back to its roots, while tying in the good things of the prequels and introducing new layers to the established lore, expanding on Weyland Yutani as the evil suit corporation, and so on. How isn’t that cool lmao? It could’ve just been another people survive the alien movie but it’s not

[@arminiuscherusci4410]

@@merdemoiii-7589 how exactly should we connect the lore of Prometheus and covenant to the already established foundations in the first film? When David was the creator of the xenomorphes why on earth did the jauggernaut in the first Alien contain these eggs? There are so many holes in the entire franchise, it’s just sad how it’s has developed, although I liked the approach in the Prometheus series but it was badly executed

[@merdemoiii-7589]

@@arminiuscherusci4410 it’s already stated he didn’t create the xenomorphs, and think about it why would Ridely Scott and James Cameron both agree on this movie. The prequels aren’t entirely retconned but they are borrowing elements from it hence the black goo plot thread. I feel this movie is a genuine sequel/prequel to the franchise and the Prometheus sequels are a standalone duology. Plus Ridley never finished his trilogy, we don’t know for certain David is the creator of any of it. and the fact like I said that the black goo is in this and not entirely as we think might back that up.

[@DavidOwen-t2d]

It’s the Big Chap from Alien in some kind of cocoon

[@Solidus78]

Yeah it didn't look like a rock, looked organic.

[@adriel88_]

@@Solidus78yep I think he cocooned himself especially since they are all about surviving

[@rojaws1183]

He always was a persistent guy.

[@jt3596]

its not bigchap its the xeno from alien isolation

[@jocaribeno]

A lot more than 2 xenos... There is a hive in Isolation and you can see multiples of Xeno at the end of the game by the way​@@NathanRyan08

[@paulwhittaker5494]

Its most likely the BIGchap... ( Maybe in a Cocooned state?... )

[@Joshuajacobson95]

ether that its brett in an eggmorphing state

[@OldWorldRadio2]

...what if it comes out of the cocoon but transformed? A new Xenomorph form we've never seen before? I can't wait to see this movie!

[@robcoguy6909]

It's not the call backs that make me so interested in this movie, It's the small nuances and storytelling details like this that keep me fully invested. With Evil Dead, Fede had a good way of injecting fresh ideas but keeping it close to the series heart. I hope this does great and he gets a sequel to explore his wild ideas fully.

[@jimbowlan5804]

Would be nice when I heard Fede was involved I was like ok he’s good at horror hearing that he’s also a fan of both the first movies and he’s gonna mix the parts of both of the first 2 movies I like with aliens more horror feel and aliens action iam excited

[@Streetrocker28]

Exactly , I don’t give a two sh*t’s about callbacks , I’m interested in the stuff we’ve never saw before … evolution of the Alien(s) and how they adapt to survive

[@robcoguy6909]

@@jimbowlan5804 I know I'm in the minority, but I hope he keeps Alien: Resurrection canon as well, years later it still holds up.

[@kevone-eo6pq]

@@robcoguy6909 Romulus is set between alien and aliens. not sure how resurrection would come in to play here.

[@robcoguy6909]

@@kevone-eo6pq i'm talking in the long run, Fede seems to have a plan for a possible future with the franchise.

[@Malorm-h1i]

You just took my interest from meh to being there opening night. Fingers crossed!

[@darktower0603]

Always stoked for the Alien videos. I'm excited for this movie and love listening to your take on it. Good to have something positive to talk about too.

[@jimbowlan5804]

It’s good to be positive for a change going into a movie

[@Windstorm7x7-wl8ko]

Yes but it kind of makes me feel torn because this was produced by auspices under the Disney umbrella and I don',t like rewarding the leader of woke content. Though we haven't seen any of that in this production , yet, they shouldn't get the wrong impression about how the general audience feels about the company right now. I realise though I can only speak for myself in any case.

[@FatherFigure-itout]

I think it is Big Chap.

[@Impuritan1]

Before it hits the force field barrier, whatever it is, the top part looks like fossilized tail of a Xenomorph.

[@Frame-313]

Yeh, whatever it is it's organic

[@collinmclane7318]

I feel like a coccoon for itself would make sense the most. Something that I think that got lost in the series is how Ash described it as the perfect organism and a survivor. It would make sense as it could then mean more then likely it can adapt to survive any environment if it needs too, no matter how harsh or hostile it is.

[@mrsickukxx1332]

If you look at the object as it’s turning it looks like the top is a bit smoother, maybe the Big Chap’s dome and it looks like the spine running directly from the smoother top down the centre of the object.

[@Jcarroz]

I love the idea that alien asteroids could be a thing. Lots can be done with that idea

[@mattTd7]

Yesss THIS is that classic Mr H content! Still a fan of your other content but this is the stuff that really got me into your channel way back when lol. Hope your doing well man

[@koncise0363]

U easily see the structure of Big Chap in the cocoon. The sticky goo that David observed on the door is what the Alien uses to cocoon itself. The same for Alien “Resurrection” with the hive created. The black goo can be extracted or homogenized from the cocoon which that’s what we see in the canister. The cocoon/black goo is preservation/life. The black goo ties to Pro and Cov, which in return we will either see David at the end of this movie or a Space Jockey.

[@fiercenet]

Glad you brought this up... I mentioned this on the other two "big" review vids... how is no one talking about this. I'm happy it's finally being discussed!

[@videotape22]

I believe there was supposed to be a scene in alien where big chap loses an arm and it regenerates it. Parts of it were filmed.

[@mramer7826]

the narcisis is in the trailer at the moment when the renaissance station collapses on your right in very small look again once enlarged the screenshot

[@TheIslingtongirl]

So I went back and watched it again, and that was a really good catch. Right at 1:40 there is indeed a narcissus shuttle in the right background. Don't know if it's literally Ripley, but intriguing anyway.

[@JohnnyMn4monic]

I believe that WY was already in route to the Nostromo as soon as they learned that they had picked up a lifeform and when Ripley blew the ship, they were already somewhat in the area

[@Nebit2]

That can also mean that the Queen from Aliens could be alive.

[@adamb2408]

Potentially, but that wouldn’t have happened yet in the timeline.

[@Impulset0]

Unless it burned up in the atmosphere 😂

[@flaccid_hotdog1620]

they could make a legacy sequel to aliens with a revived queen and hicks and newt being alive

[@djmajor1597]

Movie should start off with the quick scene cuts like Alien 3 showing this recovery in segments.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

This takes long before Alien 3even existed

[@djmajor1597]

@bedfordshiremodeller4491 Pay attention. I'm talking about the way they shot the opening of Alien 3. It showcased how the face hugger was onboard. I think this movie would benefit from an opening similar to that with the acquisition of Big Chap.

[@dlnnyc64]

Such a brilliant opening! The 20th Century Fox audio identity morphing into the score sets the mood and you are in the Alien world. The sound is just as important as the visuals. Why I love Alien 3

[@djmajor1597]

@@dlnnyc64 100%. I'd geek out if we got something similar. Loved that soundtrack

[@jayblack7495]

When the organic meteorite passes into the hanger, the letter "I" from the fading title-card materializes right over it. This is no coincidence. It is the Roman numeral: I = 1 This signifies that we are once again being introduced to the very 1st "perfect organism" that Lt. Ripley once confronted so very long ago. This is our "Big Chap," bent, broken, but not quite dead...

[@MR_THINQ]

Clever!

[@LiveAndDie85]

Good catch. Was the only in my geeksquad that catched that and was made fun of for that

[@eddiecatflap3838]

I always thought the engines from the escape pod fried "the big chap"

[@Rogers1000]

Just burnt him, he's still intact as he floats off

[@MostlyBuicks]

If you build a structure while in a vacuum, the structure merely encapsulates a vacuum. So the structure is not protecting the Big Chap from the vacuum of space, unless he can repressurize the structure. This series has given the xenomorph more and more capabilities as it goes along to suit an ever changing storyline.

[@myztklk3v]

It was already established that xenos can survive in a vacuum, the cocoon is probably just to protect itself

[@Snapper314]

BUT... if the Xenomorph "held it's breath" until that cocoon was completed, and then expelled that breath into that structure...

[@kneppernicus]

What if it's more about generating a resin cocoon for it to heal from damage? Also, there are other things you want to shield yourself from in space besides just the vacuum. Solar wind, radiation, debris

[@mrspeigel3593]

In the comics they were a biological terraforming system that got out of hand

[@emosam07]

I mean, they're essentially an incredibly advanced, quickly evolving techno-organic creature

[@allenniumfalcon]

"How do we kill it?" "You can't" Ash knew the adaptability of this creature. So yes this ability is most interesting and I'm excited to see it expanded upon.

[@malamuteaerospace6333]

Its Big Chap, it lived the blast of the engines, cocooned itself and went in to hibernation until someone picked it up..

[@Imylover]

If this trailer has indeed already been seen by 7 million people in just 4 days then this trailer alone has more views than The Acolyte thus far! I am rubbing my hands with joy & delight!

[@slamdunk6161]

The last thing Weyland would want to do is to retrieve the Narssisus, as Ripley would expose their plans

[@wolfpredator1000]

3:02 this is a great picture

[@Otakonstar]

So the queen Riley flush out at end of Aliens could still floating around in space? I would hate to see her how big her cocoon is.

[@jacwd3]

If that theory is proven in the movie then this means the Alien Queen from Aliens could also survive in the same fashion as the Big Chap.

[@leonefurlan137]

Same as a queen from avp 1 ,on the bottom of the ocean...

[@michaellugaresi700]

I had the same thought when I saw that thing,

[@ozmozis6073]

The only thing I think we missed was that the face-huggers in the incubators on the station had to come from somewhere. The goo is dynamic and beyond probability that Wayland could know to reconstruct a replica; I believe the Xenomorph from the Nostromo was a hermaphrodite; with an egg sack somewhere on it's body.. the eggs were maybe pre-fertilized in a dormant state and extracted by Wayland, with the gene experimented on, to create a few types of face-huggers. Did Wayland know what they were messing with? The acid burn hole on the station indicates something was birthed as a result of the gene manipulation. Maybe extracting the xeno-eggs trigger an evolution response, from drone to Queen as one or more indicates a need for a hive and Queen to organize? The whole scenario of the Alien species living as long even in space has flaws, if it's lifecycle allows them to carry eggs and they could molt into a Queen, at what stage do they start to die out and how does this process trigger. The 'perfect organism' is moronic; all organisms must have options to evolve from previous generations and nothing can withstand changes in radiation fields such as gamma, without sustaining damage and death. If Wayland understood this, then androids with limited logics so they couldn't turn on us, would have to be the only ones allowed near such bio-weapons; even the engineers didn't take such measures with the goo, assuming they had a solution for a breach in protocols in the containers leaking. What's the point in the Alien devouring a whole planet, forever? Wayland wouldn't want a world lost permanently. We developed small tactical nukes to have limited half life and small containment, as we want to return to those areas. A short term solution sure, but a very long term one with such aggression and toxicity? No. There has to be limits or we run into the silly area of Star Trek's 'red matter' - a substance capable of forming a black hole when ignited. One drop was sufficient to collapse a star or consume an entire planet.

[@thanasisgeronimos9124]

Reminds me the section in Dead Space 1 , when the asteroid was parked in the ishimura

[@MakenshiCritiques]

I could be misremembering but doesn't burke (that pencil pusher) character mention in aliens that back then it would've cost too much just to recover Ripley or anyone for no gain/profit so they just let her be missing all that time? or was that a convo in the third film. Makes sense if weyland yutani passed it up

[@REMcVey]

I’m super hyped for this film, but I can that I was super hyped for every Alien film prior to viewing in the theater. The major difference being prior to the first AVP film internet access was just in its infancy information and speculation was hard to come by.

[@blinkyblink711]

Maybe the engineers used Xenomorphs to build structures with such amazing resin producing abilities

[@johngroom669]

You said exactly what I was typing about resin as I was typing it lol, this looks amazing gonna be amazing in the cinema

[@aejokerDa]

Agree. Completely agree with you and this theory. Make the Alien a real threat.

[@links-awakening]

I think I’ve got it - Romulus lab has David’s engineered zenos and I bet that there is a Remus lab there where big chap is in his cocoon. That would explain all the acid blood - it’s a fight - natural vs designer. I’m also wondering if it explains the scene where the alien is up close to big chap. Betting she doesn’t get killed and maybe is viewed as potential for host.

[@troyschofield5574]

i think when you see the "molting" in the trailer, its the big chap coming out of this rock

[@X774M]

I think it's easier for wy to ignore the narcissis as well if Ripley is still in board why risk a whistle blower

[@trashandocomogus]

Interesting theory, hope they really bring some new abilities to the xenomorph or phases of evolution we haven't seen before. Of course, nothing too out of lore, but new either way

[@REMcVey]

Cocoon Between the first and second film I feel like the Queen has always been on LV426. But, after the second film this opens up the possibility of her return in a future film if they can in fact, cocoon themselves as protection in space. It makes perfect sense that she is still out there after the second film.

[@MoonDevoured]

the asteroid theory sounds so viable. especially seeing that sort of resin look when you examine it. even if it isn't Big Chap it could very well be a cluster of eggs or some other way for the Xenomorphs to disseminate through space

[@colinlaw9752]

I am looking forward to see this film

[@levongarcia]

I didn't have a chance to read all of the comments so I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but considering the red scan or shield it went through reminds me of color red predators use, that would be freaking great if it was a predator ship. It's a thought to add to this theory.

[@ChristheCollector_]

That makes total sense, because later we see a weird foot or hand bending of an xenomorph. So maybe it transformed into a cube or a chest as it was mentioned in a draft for Alien. And what we see is the weird bending how it awakes from the space slumber.

[@Azrael.the.fourth.horseman]

Big chap for president

[@tombrand236]

Really looking forward to this. I hope it doesn’t disappoint

[@thetimelapsesketchbook.9088]

I'm pumped for this film. I hope the film will be what we want an Alien film to be, finally. I heard Ian Holm's Ash character may have an apperance obviously in CG motion cap.

[@JuanOrtiz-k1e]

I think the Big chap is going to evolve in to the Queen from the second movie

[@charleslaine]

Ripley asks Ash “How do we kill it?” Ash “You can’t. You have my sympathy.”

[@rapidraptor6406]

I like this very much and have a follow up theory - due to the fact we know they are creating ian holme's likness for rook, prehaps there is a scene where we see ash manage to somehow stick a tracker on bigchap, maybe right before his encounter with Ripley, explaining why he was bleeding from his head in that scene?? It makes even more sense if they originally wanted that scene and producers said "ok, but that cost alot for a single scene", hence the creation of the rook character. What do people think?

[@punkmecha-godzilla1267]

In a KZbin add i saw last night, it confirmed basically that the asteroid is the drone xenomorph from the 1st movie, as the trailer recaps the first movie saying that this perfect organism was lunched out of an airlock while reusing old clips from the movie, when is changes to the asteroid it goes on to say that a retrieval mission has been activated to fine the creature

[@Lazerrus]

YES! You read my theory from the last Romulas vid you did. This is exactly what I was saying. And the scene with the hands cradling the head dome is Big Chap emerging from this shell.

[@MrHReviews]

I think that's a different xenomorph tbh

[@arcanetraditions]

It's the big chap in a survival cacoon, trailing behind the narcissus via the grapple cable. Clearly being retrieved. I'm pretty hyped as this means we will see some more familiar xenomorph action than we got in the last couple entries into the franchise

[@hammerheadms]

Reminds me of the "box Alien" from the original script. On the balance though, I don't like this theory. I have commented on this a while back on another channel, and it comes down to a couple problems with realism that take me right out of it. First, it is astronomically unlikely that anyone could track and find the Big Chap in the vastness of space. So many incalculable factors come into play for vessel outbound from Earth on a mission to find a 2 meter object floating God knows where, at God know what vector, at God knows what velocity. I won't say it's impossible, but it seems to me that the only reasonable way anyone would find the Big Chap is purely by accident. Second, is the idea that a xenomorph can regenerate enough to survive years in space. What happened to the theory that it's skin turns black because of bruising? That it ages extraordinary fast? I can remember a time when it was thought a xenomorph's life was so short that it must spread it's seed quickly before it died. It's virility was directly connected to its violent and aggressive tendencies because it doesn't have much time to live. I don't know if we are still presuming that the Big Chap is found in a very bad state of decay, or in pieces anymore, but if it is presumed dead when found, but still regenerates back to it's original form, this causes a paradox in the established lore. Now they cannot be destroyed. They are effectively immortal, and god-like. This flies in the face of everything we have seem in all the movies and books. Shooting it, burning it, crushing it, blowing it up, and throwing it out an airlock, and into the gravity well of a celestial body.... Irrelevant. Big Chap will return again as if from the depths of Crystal Lake. Think about what that would mean going forward. The universe would be FILLED with these things, and we would have nowhere to hide, and no way to get rid of them.

[@dUCkslF]

I like this idea as it shows how xenos could spread to other planets

[@keithhooper5966]

They would first need to over come gravity some how

[@dUCkslF]

@@keithhooper5966 obviously lol but if being jettenisoned into space is proof they can do this then it's been done twice possibly now with big chap and the xeno from covenant you could say

[@Rogers1000]

Yeah an alien would have the ability to do this so it could survive re-entry to a planets atmosphere, probably ready to take that world over

[@dUCkslF]

@@Rogers1000 I like the idea because let's say you're on a ship that's been overrun. Yous manage to shoot it out of the airlock you're all saved but that xeno caccoons itself and in a years time lands on a distant planet dooming it's inhabitants! I think it just adds an extra creepy factor to the xeno and how much of a menace just 1 of these creatures can be

[@joeytruett5250]

​@keithhooper5966 what about them building a structure into space. If they can build their structures that fast with such small numbers. What could a planet wide invasion do?

[@Asc3ndans3y]

It makes absolute sense, Weyland would know the last whereabouts of the Nostromo due to the last broadcast, which I’m sure mother would’ve sent out since ripley activated the meltdown

[@leonramsden2875]

I like this a lot. It very much enhances the creatures resilience and makes it even more formidable. Very cool.

[@TalkToMeQA78]

I would be nice if the laser scan reveals how the Xenomorph species secreted a protective layer in the hive, so when a planet's core went critical and blew up had a Xenomorph preserved inside. The hive structure has to consist of existing material and the Xenomorph uses the secretion it produces to build on top of that material to create a hive. Using another planet that already had Xenomorphs on it would be more plausible than what's been described in this video. The Predator Hunter/Warrior species has mentioned in established lore comics explain the Xenomorphs are spreading across the galaxy so fast in fact the Predators are losing the fight. This is why I lean to this as a plausible explanation as how they encounter Xenomorphs in space.

[@swghavoc]

Great video. A highly plausible theory. One minor reminder. A salvage team recovered Ripley from the lifeboat at the beginning of Aliens. Thanks for the breakdown.

[@jamieharper-thorp1958]

I agree, that’s him! That also means the Queen from Aliens survived too!

[@sitcorocket]

Another question.....if this film is set between Alien and Aliens....and WY have a space station with xenomorphs on it ....why would Carter Burke authorise Newts parents to go on a fishing expedition looking for the derelict ship and its contents when according to this new film the company were well aware of their existence ??

[@unholyduckman]

I'm getting hyped for Fedes Alien.

[@NistoriusArce]

According to newly released rumours,the story starts with a spaceship discovering the remains of the first xenomorph from the alien movie.They bring it to the nearest spacestation and extract it for eggs which creates the facehuggers.Then the whole spacestation gets infected and all the humans dies,and leaves a big xenomorph hive behind. When contact is lost with the other spacestations.A spaceship is sendt to investigate. Then a battle breaks out,and only one off the investigators manage to escape. Or did she? In the end we see that she also is infected and she sets the escapepod to self construct,but before that happens,the escape pod lands on a unknown planet with small humanlike beings,but with blue skin. And that makes a cliffhanger for a follow-up movie ?

[@kevinkevin-ug9po]

I could never get why it was called. The perfect organism, when it could be wiped out. This regeneration idea takes it to a level that makes sense.

[@paulbarrett5791]

I wish you could add pictures here, but at 1:39 in the official trailer. Watch on the largest screen possible and slow the speed down to the slowest. In the bottom righthand corner is what looks like a ship. Could be the ship they came on, but to me, after blowing up the picture to me, it looks like the Narcissus. The basic shape is uncanny.

[@thtdiinc6739]

Absolutely love your Alien content Nate and really am glad the Romulus film has given you a new sense of optimism for the franchise. Its truly a special IP and reslly hope the film delivers not just for us but the franchise as a whole.

[@damongomez6882]

The uncurling Xeno fingers is either a Xenomorph molting like you've stated OR Big Champ waking up from it's hibernation out of the cocoon like thing.

[@krystoferbelknap806]

So the theory I suggested in your reaction video to the trailer is now blowing up into a legit theory. Crazy...

[@deadshot7062]

Honestly after the new trailer or the behind the scenes video they show a jar that is labeled Legacy Xeno so I do have a feeling they captured the Xenomorph from the first film that somehow survived and they were experimenting on it and making more. Even when you see the facehugger falling in the water it looks like it fell out of an artificial egg

[@stuartmacdonald7241]

I think your right, so what about the queen jettisoned from the Sulloco airlock at the end of Aleins 😮

[@donovanbradford8231]

As far as why Ripley took so long to be found I would imagine a search vessel was sent to check for the Nostromo and more than likely came across the ships path and while they may or may not have found debris of the ship's remains chances are the detected the higher levels of radiation in the area which would have been given off by the ships explosion. Given that fact I would imagine the whole ship and crew were writing off as dead and the company seemingly in normal channels wrote off the incident as an accident while others wrotevit off as they may have stumbled across a xenomorph and the ship was destroyed. As far as the Romulus station finding the Big Chap I'd wagef it was a happy accident they saw the asteroid gave it a quick scan, realized it was something else and did the usual scientific thing and said, "hey let's take a loom at this thing," them boom all hell breaks loose.

[@Screaminizzy]

No Ash tampered with the life boat. Right after Lambert suggested they use it

[@Do_Not_Comply_V]

It would be fantastic for the Alien that started it all to return. Makes sense that it could survive in outer space. Makes sense that it can cocoon or whatever it's done. This creature is the ultimate in survival at all costs.

[@jimt353]

I like this theory!!

[@doctoronishispsychosislab1474]

Debunking the tracking device theory. "Acid for Blood" Why would The Nostromo operated as a tug, Carry high tech shit like a tracking device

[@mambajoopa]

I was just about to post that statement.

[@cirescythe]

Maybe the acid is less reactive in space without oxygen. EDIT: or the actual tracker is incased in a small glas phial.

[@usersowhatgetoverit]

Very true but maybe the tracker isn’t fazed by its acid maybe it’s made out of a different type of alloy ?….or maybe as the alien was quite large the company managed to pick up a life form beacon by chance having drifted close to one of their many ships being a big company spread throughout space ??..either way it’s gonna be cool to see this story come together and bridge the gap between alien and aliens 🙌🏻

[@briankriens5645]

Good point.

[@montewright111]

It would quickly burn away a spear! Good one

[@meadow9]

Totally solid continuity theory, thanks!

[@LearnTrainPlay]

It could also be an alien egg encased in resin as a means to populate, it does have a similar shape.

[@crsmyth4428]

This is a theory that also popped into my head while watching the trailer

[@TheJaker5]

You answered your own question dude. The company weren’t looking for Ripley. She was found by accident 57 years later.

[@julieanngoodwin30]

Perfectly logical theory, very excited for this film.

[@mrmichaellee2009]

Completely agree with all of this, like ya said weyland would probably rather not find ripley at the time.

[@OkamiOni]

If that is the asteroid is the "Big Chap" then that means the alien queen from Aliens is also alive in space. Because Ripley also sent her out to space... This could be a good story for future Alien movies!!

[@montewright111]

The only answer is competing factions within Weyland- Yutsni. Actually, that explains a lot throughout alien lore .

[@petescript991]

The light catches just right at one point so you can see the tail embedded in the top right section of the cocoon.

[@richardwarner8648]

The grappling hook does not contain a tracer. They can chart the position of Ripleys escape module due to it possessing a beacon. From there its just math to plot a position of the Big Chap.

[@foetaltreborus2017]

The striations on the asteroid looks very striking..

[@lammin675]

Without looking too much into it, my first take is, it's a big chap in a cocoon and some of the stuff towards the end of the trailer is big chap emerging from said cocoon

[@GoddDamn]

I will definitely watch this when it comes out. So far the trailers have been great.

[@americanandpinay]

I just rewatched Covenant. When the Protomorph is born, it's fingers curl out like the hands in this trailer. Maybe it's not Big Chap they recover, but David's Protomorph. It could have fallen through the atmosphere.

[@CreedofDarkness]

Mr. H, you say that there isn't a plot hole but I believe this begs the question. How and Why did Wey-Yu know that there was something near or on LV-426, to order Ash onto the crew of the Nostromo refinery ship?

[@joshpetersen5968]

It's obvious they detected the signal the Derelict was sending out, decrypted it(Ripley was able to partially decrypt some of the signal with just shipboard resources so it would stand to reason that someone working with corporate resources could do so as well) and wanted to get their hands on the organism to experiment and monetize. So they find a ship that would pass close enough to LV-426 to easily divert there, but also staffed with personnel that were both troublesome(the bios that are in Aliens indicate that most of the Nostromo's crew didn't have the best corporate records) and expendable enough that no one would really miss them if they disappeared and put Ash in as their hidden ace to make sure they got their specimen. It was set up to be completely deniable, "Oh no! A commercial towing vessel disappeared with all hands, but no one important was on it so who cares. Oh and now we just so happen to have a new bioweapon to make megabucks off of."

[@CreedofDarkness]

@@joshpetersen5968 A definite possibility I suppose. That plot beat just never sat well with me to begin with, even in the original. Wish there was slightly more info on that aspect.

[@joshpetersen5968]

@@CreedofDarkness Me personally I find it an extremely logical chain of events. They intercept and decode the signal, but don't want an 'official' expedition sent to retrieve a specimen since that would mean there would be a chance that a rival Corp could learn of it and obtain specimens before WeyYu could examine and patent any breakthroughs. So they choose to divert a ship that would pass close to the source of the signal, crewed by thoroughly expendable and embarrassing personnel.(for example Ripley successfully sued the company for taking 'unauthorized' maternity leave, Kane had a history of substance abuse, Dallas was hostile to authority etc.) So the exec who thought this up would get rid of some troublesome personnel and obtain a potentially extremely valuable organism at the same time, while hopefully keeping any rivals ignorant of it until WeyYu could start selling product.