I was thinking about this recently, and I think it would be cool to ask. How do you feel about the xenomorph building structures like in Alien labyrinth comic? With that infamous scene in with the hive. I think it Would make the aliens more smarter and terrifying as a species, but that's just me.
I love it. I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence so much as how long the hive actually has to develop and whether there's an existing structure to just build into.
I'd love to see a story with an old, established hive in a movie.
Me too, dude. I would love to see it The full screen
would love to see that. how old would that hive be? decades?
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and that s what i don t understand: clearly the op establishes something that most people who knows the franchise and all the eu stuff will absolutely love yet no one at fox says: let s at the very least investigate some of these "loved" lore examples and keep those in a jar somewhere to add a new movie. or is prey an example of this happening? or is romulus now doing this?
It's been a while since I read that series. What did they build in it?
Different rooms and chambers for different purposes.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 23, 2024, 07:24:26 AMIt's been a while since I read that series. What did they build in it?
I vividly remember that the stench of the hive was an incomprehensibly loathsome miasma that raped one's soul through the lungs.
Yes that too.
Why not.
Labyrinth is one of my favorite comics and the novel that goes with it is also really rough.
yes, it would be quite interesting to see a nest that exists a little longer and continues to develop, so to speak.
But it really shouldn't go too far.
So no alien post office or anything like that...
"You can send your eggs here.
Address: understood, Sulaco intermediate floor, no problem...
sorry for the old story :)
I think it could fit in easily with the established mythos. It always reminded me of some species of wasp that when they start their paper nest late, it looks like a wasp nest, but when they actually finish it, it looks more like a hornets nest (though these particular wasp aren't the hornets you are thinking about).
I think it should be centred around hives first and foremost, creating areas where victims are stored. I'd prefer the Aliens to be like bees who are creatures focused on what they do, which is serve their Queen and simply do what they do to multiply their species. They're smart but instinctual, not going into the territory of human-like structures or wanting any form of comfort for leisure.
I get where you're going at, but personally I wouldn't go that route. I would prefer that if they made it even if they're not near eradication just to make them more weird and alien.
Quote from: Neila on Apr 24, 2024, 09:34:39 AMLabyrinth is one of my favorite comics and the novel that goes with it is also really rough.
yes, it would be quite interesting to see a nest that exists a little longer and continues to develop, so to speak.
But it really shouldn't go too far.
So no alien post office or anything like that...
"You can send your eggs here.
Address: understood, Sulaco intermediate floor, no problem...
sorry for the old story :)
Alien post office lol
I picture the mail carrier looking like this:
(https://i.etsystatic.com/30796310/r/il/b38127/4491465841/il_570xN.4491465841_d1q7.jpg)
Quote from: Huntsman on Apr 26, 2024, 12:35:30 PMI think it should be centred around hives first and foremost, creating areas where victims are stored. I'd prefer the Aliens to be like bees who are creatures focused on what they do, which is serve their Queen and simply do what they do to multiply their species. They're smart but instinctual, not going into the territory of human-like structures or wanting any form of comfort for leisure.
I myst respectfully disagree. I prefer The Alien to be eldritch being that comes like a destroyer god to humble mankind.
On the subject of building, I'm sure I recall that during the concept phase for the unfilmed hive scene in Alien 3, that there would have been a blue laser/protective mist just like on the derelict in 'Alien' suggesting the Alien constructs it to protect the eggs..
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Quote from: Local Trouble on May 12, 2024, 03:12:35 AMhttps://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExazU3MXBzdWw5OHYyZXBma3g5ODE5aWluam00aGwya3BvM3JldXBsdCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/P3E5BvSH0lgRrOmLL2/source.gif
I completely agree 😂 (and so pleased it didn't happen... hive scene I'd have loved, but no blue laser for me personally!) I'm sure it was on these forums I read it, when photos of the cocoons being built were shared.. 🤔 if true about the blue light, (and wasn't just here-say being added to the mix) its interesting that it was actually being considered at some point...
The script mentions it
Quote from: SiL on May 12, 2024, 08:41:31 AMThe script mentions it
Thanks for the clarification SiL 😁👍 It'd have been an interesting take for sure.. in many ways I like seeing the Xenomorph as portrayed as an intelligent creature, but I'm not sure how I feel about it being technologically capable, so it'd have been interesting how they would have implemented it... full laser, or whether they'd have retconned the laser part out and make it just a reactive blue mist (biological).
Considering all the other shit they threw at the wall when writing Alien 3, it doesn't surprise me that they considered it.