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Alien: Romulus has made quite a splash at the box office, proving that the public's interest in the Alien franchise is as strong as ever. The film serves as a midquel between the events of Ridley Scott's first film and the James Cameron sequel, Aliens. Over the past 45 years, the franchise has gone in many different directions, expanding its lore with a duology of prequel films, a duology of Predator crossovers, and even an upcoming TV series by Fargo's Emmy-winning showrunner, Noah Hawley. Aside from the hit 2014 video game, Alien: Isolation, however, there has yet to be another direct sequel that has incorporated the use of its most well-known character, Ellen Ripley. This is somewhat understandable after the...