12. Alien: Why is the alien in "ALIEN^3" different than the otheraliens we've seen?
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This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
12. Alien: Why is the alien in "ALIEN^3" different than the otheraliens we've seen?
- The alien species is similar to the hymenoptera (the class that ants, bees
and termites belong to). There is a queen who is tended by an army of
female helpers. There are occasoinal males in these insect societies,
only they are short lived and are only necessary to fertilize a new queen.
The alien in "ALIEN^3" would be a male alien. It is definately different
looking -- perhaps a bit smaller (males in hymenoptera species are
smaller.) This makes sense in the context of "ALIEN^3" in that Ripley is
carrying a queen -- something HAS to fertilize it before it can reproduce.
- It's possible that the aliens copy some of their host's DNA in order to
help them adapt to the new environement that they'll be born to (this
concept was in an old draft of the script for "ALIEN"). The alien would
be different because it came from a dog. Same reasoning as with the previous
question.
- We have seen relatively few aliens. If you imagine what a whole planet
full of them would be like, there might be a variety of different kinds:
warriors, workers, messengers, etc...
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