In these ways, “Alien: Romulus” is connected to “Alien” and “Prometheus.”

This week saw the release of Alien: Romulus, the ninth film in the series. alienThe franchise is in theaters. The film has all sorts of connections to other films in the series, especially Ridley Scott’s. In this article we explain exactly how all this works.

Note! In this article The spoilers Discussion. We recommend reading this article after you. Foreigner: Romulus I saw.

The “first” foreigner.
Contact Scott Origin alien It was actually made in the opening scene. We see the remains of the Xenomorph that Ellen Ripley defeated. alien He is transported to the Romulus/Remus Two-Face Station, where the main story of the film takes place years later.

Many foreigners with whom the young main characters are present. Foreigner: Romulus It is the result of research and experiments conducted on the remains of the “original” Xenomorph.

ash
Another big connection with alien It features an android/artificial named Rook, the same type of android Ash had in the original film. He is played by Daniel Bates, but using computer-generated imagery he looks like Sir Ian Holm, the actor who played Ash.

Holm died in 2020 at the age of 88 and had already retired from acting in 2014. He then returned as Bilbo Baggins. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Promethean lineage
Foreigner: Romulus It is also primarily associated with Scott’s Prometheus prefaces and Foreigner: CovenantRook reveals that the purpose of the Romulus/Remus station is to use the Xenomorph remains to perfect the “Prometheus bloodline”.

This is an experimental fluid based on the original biological weapons fluid used by engineers from PrometheusThe intent was to use the fluid to transform humans into “perfect” living beings, but this resulted in death and destruction. In the film, he created a horrific hybrid of a Xenomorph and a human, very similar to the Engineers.