There's an interesting theory floating around
regarding Aien Romulus and its connection to the original Alien, which has been discussed
for some time but has really intensified since the release of the teaser trailer. Specifically, some snippets that preceded
the trailer on the official Alien Anthology Instagram account, which did not actually
end up in the final teaser trailer. I have read some spoilers about the movie,
they're a little hard to avoid sometimes, but this is something separate from what I've
read. But, I'd still like to offer a warning that
this potentially could be a spoiler, though, I'm quite honestly not sure if it is one,
or purely speculation. So, if you are concerned about spoilers, you
have been warned. As far back as I can tell, it began with a
tweet back in February, from an account I've discussed here before, VScooper, which gave
a brief description of some of the film's effects. The Xenomorph in the new "ALIEN: ROMULUS"
is mostly a practical suit, sometimes CGI complimented but it's said that it looks astonishingly
good and better than anytime before. With very menacing and visually damaged elements." This description lead to some speculation
of what this damage could be from...perhaps this alien was drifting in space, a little
burned and with a harpoon stuck in his stomach. One of the omitted teaser shots appears to
be large group of presumably Weyland-Yutani scientists and something covered in a sort
of tarp. If the possible connection isn't obvious by
now, the real question we're dealing with is: Does the original alien - Big Chap - return
for Alien: Romulus? Was Weyland-Yutani somehow able to find it,
drifting in space, horribly injured? Did they bring this specimen to the Renaissance
Space Station, which will be the main setting of the film? Many strongly believe this is the case. Many claim it is, in fact, mentioned in test
audience screening accounts and is definitely part of the plot, but I haven't actually seen
so for myself. It's kind of like the telephone game, enough
people say it's part of the definitive spoilers, you kind of begin to believe it. But for now, I'm still leaning toward theory,
but, maybe a very probable one. The story of Alien: Romulus, as we know, is
set in between the events of Alien and Aliens, so there's a lot of room for imagination. Maybe big chap has indeed returned for alien
romulus. Although I guess that presents a little bit
of a problem if you want to evaluate exactly just how damaged the alien really was at the
end of the original film. Based strictly on the basis of the film, I
think it's buyable. You see the alien blasted out of the shuttle
exhaust and left floating away in space. If you look to something like, Alien: The
Illustrated story, which to this day I know many to consider an unimpeachable companion
to the film, then it becomes a different story. It looks as if the blast incinerates the alien
into nothingness. This is also true of the final shooting script
of the film from David Giler and Walter Hill, based on the original draft by Dan O'Bannon
and Ronald Shussett. It's described as the following:
The burned mass of the Alien drifts slowly away. Writhing, smoking. Tumbling into the distance. Pieces dropping off. The shape bloats, then bursts. Spray of particles in all directions. Then smoldering fragments dwindle into infinity. This is also true of the novelization from
Alan Dean Foster, naturally, based on the screenplay. Here's what it says in the book:
A writhing, smoking shape was tumbling slowly away from the ship. Bits and pieces of charred flesh fell from
it. Then the incredibly tough organism finally
succumbed to the laws of differential pressure and the alien exploded, swelling up and then
bursting, sending particles of itself in all directions. Based on these descriptions, I think it would
be fair to believe the alien that once haunted the Nostromo is most definitively dead and
gone, and there would be nothing much to retrieve. However, if we're not to discount the screenplay
and tie-in publications, then we may also not be too fast to discount Ridley Scott's
own revision of the alien creature and its abilities. Quite notably, on his commentary track for
Alien: Covenant, Scott mentioned that the alien can regenerate. Even the alien that fought against Daniels
on the lander verhicle during the escape of planet four, apparently, would not be entirely
dead. Although it was crushed in the lander's claw,
Scott has said, "When it gets on the ground will DNA back to parts and regrow. He's indestructable." If that's the case, then surely there's not
problem with bringing Big Chap back no matter how damaged he may have been at the end of
Alien. It kind of tracks, for me. This is purely speculation on my part, but
after hearing Fede Alvarez, the writer director of Romulus, speak in interviews about an idea
he shared with Ridley that seemed to pique his interest, I'm starting to think...maybe
this was the idea. Maybe he said what if the alien from the first
film was out there and they found it? And Scott, with the indestrubility of the
alien in mind, was very receptive to that. If there's another another problem to this
concept, then it speaks to the nitpicky side in me. So you're telling me, within this decades-long
period of time.... the company couldn't find the Narcicuss, they couldn't find the derelict
ship with all of the alien eggs, but, they were able to find fragments of an alien creature
floating around in space? Maybe a little bit of a stretch, but if I
can argue against my own points for a moment. If we go by the novel Alien: Out of the Shadows,
which also takes place between Alien and Aliens, it's very clear that Ripley's shuttle was
intentionally veered off course by ASH, who had uploaded his consciousness into the ship's
computer. It was not a slow, accidental drift off the
intended course, it was far off enough where no one would even think to look for her. I would also assume if the company were attempting
to retrace the events, they'd be looking at the Nostromo's course - so, the remains of
the alien still would be somewhat close to there, depending on when they were looking. As for the location of the derelict ship,
well, that is something I've touched on in previous videos and the long and short of
it is this: 1. most of the Nostromo's information was lost
- including the coordinates of the crash site, and the only person alive with those coordinates
was Ripley, who, of course, was MIA at the time. And 2. building the Hadley's Hope colony on LV-426
was, essentially, part of the plan to ultimately find and investigate that site. Colony workers were encouraged to take on
salvage missions on the side for some big bonus checks, and it seems always in the best
interest of the company to have a blue collar employee "accidentally" find a specimen, that
they'd still end up owning, rather than search it out for themselves. After a ship such as the Nostromo goes missing,
it would likely be a standard practice to follow its course to see what may have happened,
and finding the remains of Big Chap during that procedure, maybe doesn't seem too far-fetched
afterall. Altogether I think it is kind of a neat idea
to bring the original alien back. For new movies I know they'll always try for
some connection to the original movie, try to harness that appeal. Try to get actors back - which is always tricky
for the alien movies since so many characters and up dying, and especially with a chronological
followup to Alien, where the whole crew of the Nostromo is dead and Ripley is off drifting
in space for 57 years. So, it's not like they could get Sigourney
Weaver back to star in it. But, with respect to Weaver, the biggest star
of Alien, was probably the alien itself. So to see that specific alien back would be
interesting. And again if this is true, I think it will
be presented in a way that's not too overbearing. More of a strong suggestion. Alvarez had said that there are things people
who have never seen an alien movie will appreciate as a standalone, and the fans who are very
familiar with the series are sure to recgonize the significance of what's presented. So, you can imagine the scenario of this movie,
where scientists find something out in space and bring it to their research station for
the average viewer....but for the mega alien fan, the scenario is, holy shit, they found
Big Chap. Once more I have to stress this is still a
theory. Obviously this information hasn't been officially
revealed in any way, and spoiler reports, from what I've seen, still seem a little iffy. As far as the damaged alien description goes,
that part at least appears to be accurate. A closer look at the Alien we saw in the teaser
trailer reveals some damage. This could be something completely unrelated
to the overall theory, or, it could just be, that the entire time, we've been face to face
with Big Chap again. As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Would you be interested in seeing the original
alien return? Do you think it's still more on the far-fetched
side? If this is, indeed, 100% accurate and the
case, do you think it would be benefitional to lean into this aspect in the next trailer? Comment below and let me know what you think. Thank you very much for watching today. Be sure to leave a like if you enjoyed this
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