Let's keep the terminology within the "Alien" universe: "Quadrilogy"….

1) Because he wasn't killed by the shoggoth-worm, like stupid-biology guy; his helmet was breached by acid, and he fell face first into the shoggo-plasm, which infected and mutated him;
2) David was under orders from Weyland to hurry the hell up and produce and answer, or something; plus he asked first - and Holloway…

1) Because he wasn't killed by the shoggoth-worm, like stupid-biology guy; his helmet was breached by acid, and he fell face first into the shoggo-plasm, which infected and mutated him;
2) David was under orders from Weyland to hurry the hell up and produce and answer, or something; plus he asked first - and Holloway…

Or: xenomorphic black goo / Ubbo-Sathla?

Or: xenomorphic black goo / Ubbo-Sathla?

I will be "that guy" who points out that, really, the black goo / Shoggoths are the true Xenomorphs, and the evolved facehugger/chestburster life-forms are their stabilised unholy star-spawn.

I will be "that guy" who points out that, really, the black goo / Shoggoths are the true Xenomorphs, and the evolved facehugger/chestburster life-forms are their stabilised unholy star-spawn.

1. Agree with Darling Of The City Fathers above (below?), and hadn't thought of it: first shot is of Palien/Megaman/Romanoid version of Prometheus, stealing the fire of life creation, suffering terribly - and creating earther planet of later hu-men.

1. Agree with Darling Of The City Fathers above (below?), and hadn't thought of it: first shot is of Palien/Megaman/Romanoid version of Prometheus, stealing the fire of life creation, suffering terribly - and creating earther planet of later hu-men.

Why is a 2,000 year old head with the same DNA as humans still preserved enough to wake up briefly under electrical current, before exploding? Why the hell did it explode?

Why is a 2,000 year old head with the same DNA as humans still preserved enough to wake up briefly under electrical current, before exploding? Why the hell did it explode?

"…why have the giant alien get chest-bursted on the floor of Rapace’s shuttle, rather returning to his pilot’s cradle…"

"…why have the giant alien get chest-bursted on the floor of Rapace’s shuttle, rather returning to his pilot’s cradle…"

Thanks for this. My family moved across the US during this decade (I've only heard the stories), plus I've done a fair bit of interstate driving and stopping at out-of-the-way places myself. You are right about the effect of cars and TV - and it's a great basis for a series looking at the country before it was changed…

Thanks for this. My family moved across the US during this decade (I've only heard the stories), plus I've done a fair bit of interstate driving and stopping at out-of-the-way places myself. You are right about the effect of cars and TV - and it's a great basis for a series looking at the country before it was changed…

SPOILER:

It's not a prequel, unless you count a story setting up the basis for the first movie as being a prequel.

Summary:

Lads, lads, lads…. the movie's already out here - no review yet?
And for those of us who thought it wasn't a prequel, all I can say is:

Who killed Cock Robin?
I, said Quentin Sparantino,
with my bow and arrow,
I killed Cock Fucking Robin.