Romulus’ reveal makes Ellen Ripley’s survival before aliens even more miraculous

Warning: Major spoilers for Alien: Romulus below!

Alien: Romulus has a well-hidden Easter egg with Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley – and one that makes her cryosleep journey between the first and second films even more impressive. Nobody is interested in the original Alien Movie expected it to become a franchise. Director Ridley Scott even wanted to include an ending where Ripley was killed by the titular Star Beast, who would then send a distress signal with the voice of Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt). Instead, the end of Alien Saw Ripley and her cat Jonesy going into hypersleep and hoping for rescue.

Aliens Ripley has been drifting in space for 57 yearsAnd that her daughter Amanda died during that time. Weaver’s Ripley has become one of the most iconic characters in sci-fi cinema, although the actress has ruled out any type of return for a future entry. This extends to Fede Álvarez Alien: RomulusWhich nevertheless features many Easter egg nods to Alien, Prometheus And other articles in the series. Romulus It even brings back Ian Holm as the new Android slide, through the use of AI technology.

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Romulus reveals Ripley’s pod made a detour between movies

Álvarez is a self-confessed fan of the entire series, so it’s no shocker to learn that he buries various nods in his film. One of the most shocking reveals is that Ripley’s Narcissus shuttle can be seen drifting away from the Renaissance station as it is destroyed during Alien: Romulus‘Finally. This shuttle can also be spotted in the background of a scene where Isabela Merced’s Kay is trying to get away from a rampaging Xenomoprh. This Reference confirms that instead of just floating in space for decades, Ripley’s shuttle was Recovered by Wieland-Yutani.

The company also recovered “Big Chap” from AlienWith the offscreen resurrection of the creature was kicked Romulus History in motion. It makes sense that if they could retrieve the creature itself, they could have tracked down Ripley’s escape shuttle as well. It should be underlined this is a well-hidden, background detail in the movie, so Viewers are given no hint when the Narcissus was recovered, what Weyland-Yutani’s intentions were with the shuttle or if they tried to wake Ripley of her hypersleep.

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Ripley is even luckier when taking the events of Romulus into account

Ripley being discovered among the events of Alien And Aliens Implies a lot. Probably, after they recovered her pod she was not considered any kind of priority by Weyland-Yutani. Pulling “Big Chap” from the Nostromo’s wreckage and teaching him would be the research station’s number one directive, while Ripley is left in her shuttle until the company decides what to do with her. There is a version of the story where they just killed Ripley in her sleep to cover up the events of Alien too.

Luckily for you, that didn’t happen. However, considering Alien: Romulus Renaissance station itself is infested with Xenos, one of whom may have discovered Ripley sleeping and either killed her in the pod, or yanked her out to be used in the nest. finally, Ripley may also be killed when the space station crashes into the planetary rings during the finale too.

Put like that, it’s almost a comedy of errors that Ripley survived her stay at the Renaissance station. Be it by Wiland-Yutani’s hands or the station is destroyed, there are many ways she could meet her end. instead, Romulus Suggests Ripley has a brief pitstop while gliding through the vastness of space, before detaching and floating away again in the chaos of the station being destroyed.

Ripley’s survival in Aliens is a true miracle thanks to Alien: Romulus

As Burke said, the odds of being found are “one in a thousand.”

After Ripley’s shuttle floats off in Alien: RomulusShe essentially spends the next three decades drifting before a recovery team comes across her. When the smart Burke (Paul Reiser) brings the news about how long she was in hypersleep, he highlights just how miraculous her rescue was and that the odds are “One in a thousand.“ Given Ripley’s brief stay at the ill-fated Wayland-Utani research outpost, this makes her survival all the more impressive. Indeed.

Given that he went to some length to add the replay Easter egg, the next question is whether, Álvarez have something in mind for the character? During a post-screening Q&A for Romulus (via Film Stories), The director said “… I even take the novels as canon and the comics. I always had [Xenopedia] Opened on my laptop when I was writing.“While most filmmakers approaching a new entry in a famous franchise might just regard these movies as canon, Álvarez’s comments suggest a higher level of respect when it comes to foreign s Expanded universe.

If he is thinking about the novels, there is a 2014 book called Out of the shadows By Tim Lebbon that detailed another one Replay adventure between the first and second films. It’s set 37 years after the first movie, where she wakes up on a mining ship in the midst of another Xenomorph outbreak and discovers that Ash’s AI consciousness survived in the shuttle’s computer. The end of the book explains why she doesn’t remember any of this AliensSo perhaps Álvarez is thinking of Out of the shadows As a possibility Alien: Romulus Follow-up.

Source: Film Stories