When you hear the word "alien" in reference to the film series begun by Ridley Scott in 1978, you probably think of one specific kind of alien: the Xenomorph. The ultra-violent extraterrestrial ...

The Xenomorph species, on paper, is far more efficient than humans. They are perfectly engineered to be apex predators, possessing an extremely efficient hive-mind-like mentality, a relentless drive ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Few monsters manage to terrify me. Demons and ghosts do absolutely nothing for me, and while home invasion and crazed serial killers get a reaction out of me, it never lasts. Sure, there are instances ...

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Alien: Earth through Episode 3, “Metamorphosis.” With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be ...

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In its penultimate episode, Alien: Earth does something that only a show set on Earth could do: take the Xenomorph outside into the sun. While the movies all take place on dimly lit spaceships or dark ...

Queens are further developments of the Drone and mark the last phase of the Xenomorph’s life cycle. While every Drone will serve different roles in the Hive, not all will become Queens. These are ...

Alien: Earth has endeavored to expand the Alien franchise’s lore into a compelling TV prequel series – and seems to be succeeding at it in a big way. However, the first two episodes of the show ...

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