1979 Alien Concept to Evolution
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BigDave
MemberDeaconApril 13, 20121576 Views17 RepliesHow do you guys all feel regarding the Story of Alien and how it ended?
Do you feel that Aliens was not a legitimate sequel?
Lets look at how Alien was actually shown as a movie....
We get the crew of Nostromo come across a becon they go investigate LV426 and find the Derelict ship with its Pilot with his chest burst open. (The movie does not explain who or what he is or what the ships purpose was, Ridley latter hints its a guy in a Suit who is Pilot of a Ship carrying a Cargo of Bio Weapons).
The crew come across a chamber containing Eggs (some may not agree) these Eggs contain a Organism the Face Hugger which then inplants a Embrio into a Host, this embrio Grows inside the host and then it breaks free (Chest Burster) then it grows into the Xeno.
The Xeno is a creature that then hunts down and kills the crew.
Thats how Alien went, now with Eggs when we look at Eggs in Nature they are layed, either by a Female, or Queen or even in some cases a creature can reproduce Parthenogenicly meaning no need for male/seed/sperm etc.
This idea could mean the Xeno could lay its own Eggs that grow, or they could go with what Aliens did in that some become Queens who reproduce via Parthenogenesis.
As in Alien it never expained it otherwise.... This was mainly accepted by the Franchise all the way to Alien 3 etc.
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However if we take the full Alien movie and look at the deleted scene, then indeed the Xeno is seen in a different light. If that scene was included in the movie and accepted as part of the story then it would show that the Xeno is not some mindless killer, not some Organism with one purpose.
It would apear it is a Organism that thrives to survive, a Organism that would not just wipe out a Planet, but actually change the lifeforms on the Planet to become itself, this is how it would seem that Organism reproduces.
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Now looking at the Orginal Script there are no Eggs as per say, but what seems to descripe Urns that contain a Organism simular to what we see in Prometheus only more Leathery in apearence than Ceramic.
This concept seems to imply that the Organism does not lay a Embrio but indeed its somehow changes the DNA of its Victim. This Organism is described as being Squid/Octopus in description. (And thus maybe different to Gigers Art Work that inspired the Aliens in the Franchise).
Looking at the inclusion of a Temple that housed this Urns, and that the ship was seperate and thus maybe not house these Urns (but they could be carried on as cargo).
A lot points to Ridley going with Prometheus back to the Organism idea and the orginal opening plot of the Orginal Alien Script... Maybe he will also explore the way in the deleted scene that the Xeno seemed to create its Eggs from using a Cacooned Hosts DNA.
Now Ridley could go that route and link Alien which could be like a reboot and distance itself from the Orginal Alien Xeno, or maybe change the perseption of the Xeno to be nothing like or ever be like it was in Aliens.
Ridley would be silly to do that as it would split and kind of throw out the Idea of Aliens and Alien 3 to not have nothing to do with Alien.
What a clever Ridley could do, is use the idea behind the Orginal Alien Script and the Deleted Scene process to create a new Organism totally different yet simular to the Xeno in DNA. Which this new different Organism can then lead to its own Franchise.
But somewhere he would have to tie in Alien so as to give the Franchise closure as far as the Eggs and Xeno was... This could be explained via a freak acident of the new Organism causing a Hybrid that becomes the Proto Xeno, while then having the other Organisms become their own.
Bit like if you say Dinosaurs Evolved into Birds and thats covered by Alien, but also some Dinosaurs evolved into Reptiles which gives a new direction. Thus you descripe how Birds came to be, but then also from that point you can explore Reptiles and never have to touch upon Birds again as they already been covered (Alien/Aliens) and thus can make a Part 2 movie to explore Reptiles as your original movie about Dinosaurs ties in the Birds and allows you to create a new franchise based on Reptiles.
Funny Analogy but i hope you get what i mean.
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