Alien: Earth and Alien: Romulus sequel news

Alien and the sexual undertones

Alien-Covenant.com/forum/
Forum Topic
23323 Views16 Replies

ninXeno426

MemberPraetorianMarch 24, 2017

  It goes without saying,the Alien universe is snonymous with sex,so much  to a point where i don't know where to start,so I'll start with the xenomorph it's self.Let's begin with the Facehugger,for starters it looks vaguely vaginal as you can see in the image above.Then of course there's it's method ofimpregnation,it inserts it's proboscis down the victims throat and lays the fetus,simulating oral rape.Dan O'Bannon even made sure it was a male victim just to make sure it made the male audience uncomfortable.This is where we enter H.R. Giger's art.If you know his art,then you'll know that there is quite a bit of sexuality on display.While there is a lot more graphic art of his to be seen,I've decided to use the legendary Necronom IV for my banner.You'll see various sexual implications on display,such as the phallic Head and tail.O'Bannon's story combined with Giger's art had brought a new level of sexual terror that hadn't been seen before.The Big Chap himself came with more sexual implications,it seem as if no matter what it did to kill,there was always an act of penetration,be it the tail,or the it's extending tongue.Another sexual aspect of Alien is Ash's assault on Ripley.The attack perhaps implied that while being an android,Ash may have had sexual feelings.The attack felt pretty sexual especially when Ash attempted to force a magazine down Ripley's throat perhaps implying oral rape.There is also the long debated death of Lambert.Due to the fact that the last thing we see is the tail going between her legs,it's often believed the Big Chap may have sexually assaulted her thanks to her long and painful sounding death.The Alien Isolation DLC Lone Survivor even toyed with the idea,when you find Lambert's body,she is half naked and theres blood between her legs.Then in Alien's finale,the Big Chap layed in waiting until Ripley was mostly undressed as if it had been watching her.Nothing really comes to mind for Aliens,if I'm missing something feel free to point it out.In Alien 3,some of the sexuality returned,if only in a more human form.Ripley deflects Clemens questions by sleeping with him.She's also nearly raped by a group of prisoners.Perhaps the most notably sexual aspect of Alien 3 is the fact that Ripley her self has become impregnated by the xenomorph,a bit of a mockery of her motherhood.Thanks to the xenomorph,she was deprived of her daughter Amanda,as well as Newt,only to become the potential future mother of the xenomorph.I can't forget in Vincent Ward's wooden planet she was Physically raped by the xenomorph in that script.Less so in Alien Resurrection.Aside from jokes about sleeping with robots,the most notable thing is the Newborn Alien.Originally it was supposed to possess an ambiguous genitalia,what you might call a hermaphrodite,and attempt to mate with Ripley.Prometheus is perhaps the most sexual film since Alien.In the film,an infected Charlie Holloway engages in sexual intercourse with Elizabeth Shaw.Shaw,though unable to bear children,becomes impregnated with the trilobite,and removes it through C-section.In the Alien Engineers script,Holloway was supposed to give birth to the "beluga-morph" during the intercourse.Now in Alien Covenant,we have a couple being killed in the shower while having sex by a xenomorph/protomorph.While I'm certain I've overlooked somethings,that is the basics.What exactly is the series trying to tell us about sex?Sex is often associated with death,and there's plenty of that on display in the franchise,and sex and death at times in the same scene.And with a rather dark future ahead of us,just how closely will sex and death emerge together?    

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
Something Real
Group: Member
Rank: Trilobite
View Profile

NINXENO426 - Humans, like any animal, are sexual creatures. We express ourselves in subtle tones of sexuality without even realizing it most of the time. As with all life, sex and reproducion are the utmost important facets of our lives - for without them, nothing else is possible or holds meaning. Now, with that as the case, it is no surprise the centermost aspect of life is inextricably linked with death. Mother Nature demands we step aside in order to make room for new life - especially new life within our owns species. Alien and the films that follow it take those beautiful and necessary concepts and twists them into a nightmare - one which grips us at our core due to its subtley intimate nature.

User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Thank you Something Real!Your right on the money i think.One thing i keep thinking of is H.P. LoveCraft,who of course was a major influence on the original Alien,was personally terrified of sex,so he kinda translated that into his stories.Like Alien,he made sex terrifying with subtle undertones 

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
Something Real
Group: Member
Rank: Trilobite
View Profile

NINXENO426 - Indeed. Mr. LoveCraft was a, hmm, interesting individual. :)

User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

No doubt.The interesting thing was his wife claimed he was a good lover,just not a terribly active one 

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
Resurgence
Group: Member
Rank: Facehugger
View Profile

Umm... just one problem... in the banner... that's not a tail... it's protruding from the front...

Look upon my works, you mighty, and despair

User Avatar
Movie fan
Group: Member
Rank: Facehugger
View Profile

@ Resurgence

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Obsession is a Power, not a Curse ;)

User Avatar
Ingeniero
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Ridley Scott said he knew immediately that Giger was perfect for the evil theme he wanted to portray. I agree.

Giger was able to take sexuality and pollute it with a biomechanical saturation. I think Giger's use of sexuality in that context is great because you begin uncomfortable with what you see and as it all comes into focus, then horror begins.

The concept of biological pollution (from a foreign agent) is also applicable to the Nephilim undertone in relation to changing a created (divine) organism into one designed and created otherwise.

SpecialOrder937.com
User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Lol thanks for pointing that out Resurgence 

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Well said Ingeniero 

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
I Meme Everything
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Makes these movies all the more terrifying

"Part of the journey is the end..."

User Avatar
Ingeniero
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Thank you for saying that ninXeno426.

I gave you my best movie art critique. 

SpecialOrder937.com
User Avatar
Foxxy_User
Group: Member
Rank: Ovomorph
View Profile

I would say every Alien movie has sexual undertones to it.

User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Just about,I'm having hard time thinking of one for Aliens though.

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
ninXeno426
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Except for perhaps the motherhood theme of the film 

Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for 

User Avatar
Foxxy_User
Group: Member
Rank: Ovomorph
View Profile

Yes motherhood and gender.

It was Cameron who introduced the idea that Lambert was a male-to-female transsexual. In fact, some of the marines even slept with trans colonists called "Arcturians".

User Avatar
S.M
Group: Member
Rank: Xenomorph
View Profile

We don't quite know what the deal is with Arcturians.

Join the discussion!



Recently Active Forums
Alien: Covenant
Alien: CovenantDiscuss the Prometheus Sequel, Alien: Covenant
Alien: Earth Series
Alien: Earth SeriesDiscuss the Alien FX TV series here!
Alien 5 Movie
Alien 5 MovieDiscuss Neill Blomkamps’s vision for Alien 5 here
Prometheus Fan Art
Prometheus Fan ArtArtwork & Fiction From the Fans
New Forum Topics
Hot Forum Topics
Highest Forum Ranks Unlocked
Svanya
Svanya » Praetorian
89% To Next Rank
ninXeno426
ninXeno426 » Praetorian
62% To Next Rank
Thoughts_Dreams
Thoughts_Dreams » Neomorph
88% To Next Rank
Neomorph
Neomorph » Chestburster
93% To Next Rank
cuponator3000
cuponator3000 » Chestburster
84% To Next Rank
Unofficial Alien Animated Series
Alien: Analects - the unofficial Alien animated series
Watch Alien: Analects - The unofficial Alien animated series we created! Visit the official page!
Latest Media
Community Stats
This Alien Movie Universe community is part of the Scified network. Scified hosts a network of online fan-site communities containing 406,350 posts by 48,441 members (17 are online now). The Alien: Covenant Forum is the most recently active forum. The latest Forum topic added was: A new episode of The Xenomorphing podcast is out
VIPWhat are VIP?AdminModeratorSpecial TitleMember
Join the discussion!
Please sign in to access your profile features!



Forgot Password?

Log in to view your personalized notifications across Scified!

Scified Website LogoScified is the Hub for Sci-Fi Movie Fandoms
Hosted Fansites
AlienFansite
GodzillaFansite
PredatorFansite
Main Menu
Community
Sci-Fi Movies
Help & Info
+

Sign In to contribute!