Earth's game-changing ending, explained "We were very keen to explore Xenomorph design, but we were also very nervous about that, because within the creature design space, the Xenomorph is highly ...

Fans of the Alien franchise almost got an explanation for where the Xenomorph came from in the first sequel, 1986's Aliens. James Cameron, of course, went in a different direction when he signed on as ...

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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 ...

Of all the science fiction movies out there, few have created a monster as iconic and frightening to behold as director Ridley Scott's 1979 classic "Alien." The film's groundbreaking special effects ...

Alien aficionados will know that creator Ridley Scott’s original idea for the ending of the sci-fi horror masterpiece saw the xenomorph kill Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley then mimic her voice before ...

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

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 ...

In the season finale of Alien: Earth, we see a side of the Xenomorphs that it entirely new. Are we ready for the aliens as loyal but scary pets? In the decades since the Alien franchise began, we’ve ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Ridley Scott's Prometheus came out in 2012, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. Scott aimed to fix that ...

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 ...