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Alien is a science fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbender) and the aliens referred to as the "Engineers".
In Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley, a 2004 literary analysis of the Alien franchise, Jason Smith and Ximena Gallardo-C. describe Burke as a "monster" who is the by-product of organizational culture and willing to have Ripley and Newt impregnated for capital gain because of their "'natural' wombs". [42]
The Alien / Aliens literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of Alien. In the 20th century, all Alien -related novels published were adaptations of pre-existing material.
Dark Horse Comics is the most well-known publisher of Aliens comics, having published many limited series from 1988 to 1999. Publishing took a hiatus until 2009. [2] The Predator creature exists in this extended comic universe due to multiple Alien vs. Predator crossovers.
Four of them feature Ripley — 1979’s original; the James Cameron-directed sequel “Aliens,” from 1986; “Alien 3,” directed by David Fincher, in 1992; and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Alien ...
Due to horizontal gene transfer during the gestation period, the alien also takes on some of the basic physical attributes of the host from which it was born (something noticed by Ripley in Alien 3, when the xenomorph plaguing the complex moved on four limbs, having gestated within a quadruped (a dog in the theatrical release and an ox in the ...
Romulus was created in direct response to Covenant, the last Alien film, which was released in 2017 to mixed reviews and poor box office.I loved it, specifically as a feverish collision between ...
David 8, stylized as David 8 and commonly known simply as David, is a fictional character featured in the Alien franchise, portrayed by Michael Fassbender.Introduced in the first prequel film, Prometheus (2012), David is an android serving as a butler, maintenance man, and surrogate son to his creator, Peter Weyland, the founder of the Weyland Corporation.