Were still shook at the complete madness directorFede Alvarez unleashesat the end ofAlien: Romulus.
Then, just when they all are about to settle in for some nice hypersleep, Kays pod ejects.
Her baby is coming and the baby is not human.
The Xenomorphs are back in Alien: Romulus.Image: Fox
Within all that, theres a ton to dig into, and lets start with the goo.
Weve seen that goo before, most prominently inPrometheuswhere it had a similar destructive streak.
InAlienfandom, its true name is Chemical A0-3959X.91.
Its been around forever and is never, ever good.
The implication is Weyland-Yutani didnt want the Xenos as weapons, they wanted them to save humanity.
Talk about a twist, if its true.
Which we dont believe it is.
Was the company after the Xenomorphs or this mysterious building block they possess?
Did Rook actually believe it was a cure or did he want it because it was a killer?
And whats become of the goo in the subsequent years?
The film doesnt answer any of this so were just left to speculate.
Here though, its the human giving birth, which is why Offsprings a bit more human-looking.
First, we learn Kay is pregnant.
Rook then talks about the goo and we see what it can do via the dead hybrid rat.
So by the time Kay takes the goo, we know its a bad thing.
Those tiny bits of information dropped throughout prepare us for what eventually happens.
Thats another reason why the idea works better here.
This creature is more interesting and realistic.
Therefore, its even scarier.
Offspring is going to give us nightmares for months to come.
Especially since now we know the Xenomorphs have a fail-safe system that puts them into stasis in space.
That sure changes the ending of some of those other movies, does it not?
Where do you stand on the hybrid creature, Offspring?
What about the use, and implications, of the black goo?
Let us know below.
Alien: Romulusis now in theaters.
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