New Alien 5 Ripley/Hicks Concept Art

[Rankles75]

I was talking about the first two. I don't even acknowledge the existence of the other Terminator films...

[Born Of Cold Light]

That armor looks rather ungainly and Halo-y.

[Quarax]

What happened to all of his older posts?

[noname]

Why korea? That is so out of the blue 

[DaddyYautja]

So this is going to be Aliens Part 2 and he is going to put marines in Chappie armor.

[Immortan Jonesy]

I wonder who the guys are behind them. Definitely not human but very different to the other alien figure Ripley was standing next to in the other artwork.

They both look human to me. Same kind of stylisation as Ripley in the foreground.

I am not saying that it was Arcturians, but it was Arcturians 

[evolution_rex]

I'm 100% those background individuals are humans, nothing more. They may be some sort of Space Korean soldiers, which is why one has a mechanical suit and the other are bald. As for why there is a South Korean flag, who knows. The Colonial Marines are American,but I always sort of hoped that each film would take place farther and farther into the future and that connections to Earth would be little to none, but I don't really mind South Korea playing a role. It may be Yutani, but Yutani was always intended to be Japanese, and I'm not aware if it's a Korean last name. But I guess the Yutani could be named after a Korean who is of Japanese ancestry or perhaps Yutani just becomes a Korean last name in the future.

[Corporal Hicks]

Hicks is also wearing a flight suit with a ship crew patch on his left shoulder. Perhaps they are both serving on a civilian vessel now?

I imagine they'll have gone rogue and are operating under the radar with whatever means they can.

[Xenomorphine]

If those are Arcturians, it very much would matter if "yours was a male"...

[Corporal Hicks]

I'm sure they're just meant to be human background characters. Not distinct enough to be intended to be anything else IMHO.

[Kel G 426]

Hicks is also wearing a flight suit with a ship crew patch on his left shoulder. Perhaps they are both serving on a civilian vessel now?

I imagine they'll have gone rogue and are operating under the radar with whatever means they can.

I'm eager to find out how they get involved.  Hicks' connections to the military maybe?

[Corporal Hicks]

Quite probably. It's really easy to conceive that Hicks' would have those kind of connections. Probably people who left the military or people he had run ins with whilst in the service.

[Kel G 426]

That leaves me to wonder why he gets Ripley involved.  Is it simply because they shared the same ordeal?  Maybe he needs a flight officer he can trust.  Perhaps she's the one who gets him involved.

Can't wait to find out the status of their relationship.  Have they kept in touch?  Are they a couple?  Or is this the first time they've met in 30 years?

I want to see Hicks kick somebody's ass.  Overpower some guards, take their guns, shit like that.

Hehe, I was cautiously optimistic before, but now that Blomkamp has released another Rip n Hicks pic and said he's loving it, I really want to let my guard down and believe this is happening.   I just need cast confirmation.

Exciting!

[Whiskeybrewer]

I'm loving Blomkampfs concept art. shows how much he wants it to look fantastic, but i'm still reticent about the possibilities of retconning the series

[Corporal Hicks]

You know what - on first reaction I would expect it to be Ripley who gets it all kicked off but I'm not so sure any more. I either expect them both to go have gone off the grid or spent the last decades on some sort of crusade.