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Alien: Romulus Reveal Makes Ellen Ripley's Survival Before Aliens Even More Miraculous
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Warning: Major spoilers for Alien: Romulus below!

Ripley's cryosleep detour in Alien: Romulus adds an extra wrinkle to her survival between films. The movie includes well-hidden Easter eggs connecting to the Alien franchise's expanded universe. Ripley's miraculous survival and the recovery of her pod setups potential future storylines.

Alien: Romulus has a well-hidden easter egg involving Sigourney Weaver's Ripley - and one that makes her cryosleep journey between the first and second films even more impressive. Nobody involved with 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, which would then send a distress signal using the voice of Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt). Instead, the ending of Alien saw Ripley and her cat Jonesy going into hypersleep and hoping for rescue.

Aliens revealed Ripley was drifting in space for 57 years,...
See full article at ScreenRant
  • 8/26/2024
  • by Padraig Cotter
  • ScreenRant

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