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The T Ocellus and Vincent Ward's sheep xeno

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ninXeno426

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The T Ocellus and Vincent Ward's sheep xeno

I have no idea why it took me this long to make the comparison but I have a suspicion the sheep the Ocellus takes over is loosely inspired by Vincent Ward's Wooden Planet. In that version a flock of sheep are infected if you will by the xenomorph and produce this hideous variant. It's simultaneously the least scary xenomorph and the most terrifying sheep in one bizarre package. It's nothing new for Alien (or any long running franchise) to look to the past and draw upon unused concepts. The idea of spores that infect a host as seen in Alien Covenant was no doubt inspired by William Gibson's Alien 3. Even the Union of Progressive Peoples have made their way into the extended universe. So did Noah Hawley draw from Vincent Ward's Alien 3? Maybe not. Could just be a coincidence but it's certainly not the first time a sheep and a hostile alien species have met in this universe.

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Fascinating! I was actually unaware of this trivia. I wonder if he was inspired by that as well, though we haven't heard him mention that yet. Great topic!

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Here's a rundown of the wooden planet from AVPGalaxy. I first laid eyes upon this thing on Alien 3's special features. There's a segment dedicated to the wooden planet where Ward breaks down the plot of his unproduced script and shares some artwork. I initially thought that the sheep xenomorph was going to be his beast lol. Thankfully it wasn't. 

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Interesting found. And the sheep is really the MVP in this Season 1. It's calm and collected as opposed to the Xeno. I hope Ocellus stays in the sheep body. They are inseparable. 

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Nice catch! I totally forgot about sheep in VW's A3 and it's definitely not a coincidence imo as they could've chosen any other animal to become and remain infected in Alien Earth. There's a clear emphasis on the sheep creature in the series. That's what I believe anyway. 

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I agree though if i have to guess Kavalier is going to have the Ocellus take over Dame Silvia, maybe Curly, Kirsh or even Morrow. Morrow has a swollen eye in the teaser for the finale. Sadly I think the sheep will be abandoned 

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Well...I was anticipating that particular host choice lol

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The boy genius should get eyed.

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Glad the eye is out of the sheep. What were those 3 points on it's head that laid down after the sheep got eyed?

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OOoh, great catch! 

​"It's simultaneously the least scary xenomorph and the most terrifying sheep in one bizarre package. "

​I'm gonna be real honest, I think a xenomorph sheep would be deeply unnerving. ...What would its wool be like?? Would its lanolin be acidic!?

​...Why does that picture of the xeno sheep look like it has a human face on its butt??

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ninXeno426
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Because it does and I've never understood why lol. I don't think the script explains that

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There is indeed no explanation 

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Lmfao well...that's kind of hilarious. I mean... a sheep xeno with a human face for a butt would be doubly unnerving. 

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Sounds like a bad acid trip 😂

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