alien deleted scenethat changed the xeno story

Hades: I agree with you. Thats how several insect species work as well. There's a variety of theories that all fit into canon, but most likley is either: 1. the xeno has the option of cocooning humans and other organisms to form eggs, then the first egg is a queen alien 2. xeno has an option of turning itself into a queen if its the only one, but might choose to bypass if egg laying conditions are not ideal (queens are large, need heat and humidity, etc, maybe on the nostromo the xeno decided it's best to wait to queen itself). in this situation, it has to turn captured prey into more numbers, so it can cocoon brett and dallas into xeno eggs or xenos themselves as drones are better able to survive the conditions on board. So a xeno can operate both ways. It's a genetic survival characteristic that plays into their unstoppable manner and lends itself two manners of reproducing.

I think there is a species of frog that can do it too, changed sexes either way to suit. hermaphrodite? would that best describe the xenos? Is there another term for it? I thought hermaphrodite was an animal with both genitalia?

Hey guys, I'm new here and also a fan of the Alien lifecycle as shown in the DC of Alien. I agree that the Queen lifecycle turns the Xeno into an animal and it loses the mystery and horror that Giger and Scott created. I disagree that both are being turned int eggs. I think Brett is transforming into an egg and Dallas is cocooned to host the hugger that will eventually form, continuing the lifecycle. I think the adult Xeno only lives for a short period of time and has a very specific mission, to recreate in this fashion before it expires.