Ok, first of all, I can see that this thread is going to turn into another "New Reproduction" thread...which is good. BTW, where the hell is Sil? I thought he would've said something in here, by now.
Alright, anyway, I want to be a part of this conversation, as well.
I don't want to repeat things I stated MANY, MANY times over in that "New Reproduction thread", but I might have to here.
The way I saw it was Cameron introduced the Queen, becauase at the time, the egg morphing scene was never released to the public/theaters in the first place, so Cameron came up with his vision and his addition to the Alien cycle. He introduced something that was not previously seen on screen.
Now, that doesn't mean egg morphing isn't possible, if it only applies to Aliens that are without a Queen present. Sure, Queens can still be born through a facehugger embryo --> chestburster.
However, what still has me confused is the Queen-molting idea. I guess it's possible, but to me, it seems too difficult to suddenly imagine an Alien warrior change sex and suddenly start turning into a Queen.
So, I can understand that this regurgiation method works for a young-Queen between the stages of burster and full-grown. I have said this MANY times here, already. Just because we have not seen it before, doesn't mean it can't be possilble. Yes, you can argue that it means the directors/writers have total freedom of what they can put in, even if it's canon. Everything that is introduced in a movie is canon.
In every Alien movie, SOMETHING new is always introduced, because of the writers/director. Egg morphing, Queen, acid-spitting, taking the form of the host, etc. etc. the list goes on. The Alien cycle can be expanded. The characteristics of the Aliens can be expanded.
In every Predator movie, SOMETHING new is introduced, because of the writers/director.
I ask people to stop just going by what they have seen on film, before. Open that box and think outside of it. What was established before is still being kept, but in this movie, the story/situations are allowing for new things to be introduced, which helps the story...yes, but also can expand the cycle and other ideas, further.
People are bashing this movie, based on what they have seen before, but have not realized that what they have seen before was either new, or began as something new to start with.
Anyway, I think I have said what I wanted to say and have made my point.
Just wait and see the movie, people. Sure, we can speculate on what we have seen/heard, but we need to wait another month and reserve final judgment, then.