Warning: Contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus!
The black goo is one of the most important plot elements in Alien: RomulusAnd here is what happens to the substance at the end of the film. After first making his debut in PrometheusThe Alien Franchise’s black goo is one of the most important yet most mysterious elements in the franchise. The Prometheus Black Gu has all kinds of interesting powers, and although there are still a lot of unresolved questions after his appearance in Alien: CovenantMany expected these to never be resolved. however, Alien: Romulus Made the surprising choice to bring the black goo back.
During the events of Alien: RomulusAndy is given a new primary objective, with him mysteriously working toward a goal that seemingly benefits the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. As it turns out, the Romulus And Remus space station that the cast of Alien: Romulus Has been exploring over the film actually contains a laboratory that focused on the black Gu of Prometheus. The scientists on the ship performed various tests on the black goo, and once the space station was abandoned, Viland-Yutani realized that they needed to bring the black goo back to safety. However, the evil corporation failed in their mission.
Rain has some of the black goo vials at the end of Alien: Romulus
They are on the ship and headed to Iwaga
Like these Alien: Romulus Cast is attempting to escape the Weyland-Yutani space station at the end of the film, the black goo (also known as Prometheus fire) changes hands several times. When Rain decides to go back and save Andy, she gives the remaining vials of the black goo to Kay, telling her to bring it to their ship. Once on board, the injured Kay decides to inject himself with the black goo, leading to the birth of the terrifying human hybrid monster from the end of Alien: Romulus.
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Although Rain’s battle against the monster is epic, it distracts from the fate of the black goo vials. At the end of the events of the film, the last samples of the black goo are still on Rain’s ship, With them heading to the planet Ivaga. Although the fate of the black goo vials is left unresolved by the end of Alien: RomulusThe fact that Rain still has them could play a massive role in the franchise’s future, opening up even more mysteries that the series needs to address.
Why rain did not destroy the vials
She could have left them on the space station
The vials of black goo are clearly dangerous, with them being behind much of the conflict Alien: RomulusRaising the question, why Ren did not destroy them. Since the Black Gu has shown a propensity to create dangerous monsters, it would make sense for Rain to destroy them when it escapes the space station. However, it is not known if the black goo can even be destroyed. Prometheus And Alien: Covenant Shown that anything that interacts with the black goo gets mutated, and if Rain tried to destroy it, that could have happened to her too.
Another option would be for Rain simply leaves the black goo vials on the space station when it crashes. However, Rain and the gang are clearly in a crunch for time while trying to escape, and she may not have enough time to leave the ship with the vials one more time. In addition, rain keeping the vials means that Wayland-Yutani has no way to recover them from the wreckage, out of the evil corporation’s hands.
The black goo vials may be important to Alien: Romulus’ sequel
They can lead to a tragedy
Rain keeping the black goo vials may have been a bad idea, as they could have a terrible impact on the story of a potential. Alien: Romulus Sequel. Keeping the black goo around means that even more monsters may appearCreating more dire situations that rain has to survive. On top of that, Weyland-Yutani could attempt to come to Iwaga and steal the black goo back, bringing danger to the peaceful planet.
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David’s story in Alien: Covenant is also a sign of how bad things could get for rain in Alien: Romulus 2. When David brought the Black Gu to a planet of engineers, he was able to wipe out civilization with ease. Even if Rain wasn’t trying to destroy Iwaga, bringing the black goons along would inadvertently lead to the catastrophe, creating a dark future for the story of Alien: Romulus.