Romulus confirmed (and it changes their history before aliens)

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Alien: Romulus.

Alien: Romulus‘ VFX supervisor confirms where to find the film’s Ripley Easter Eggs, and they change the character’s story before Aliens. Directed by Fede Alvarez, the latest installment in the Foreigner The franchise follows Cailee Spaenys Rain and her companions as they battle a Xenomorph aboard the abandoned space station Renaissance. Alien: Romulus takes place between Ridley Scott’s 1979 original film and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, meaning that Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is canonically in cryosleep during the events of the film.

In a recent interview with CinemaBlendWeta VFX Supervisor Daniel Macarin confirms a theory posted on AVPGalaxy.net, which claims that in one scene, Ripley’s Starcub-class shuttle subtly drifts away from Renaissance Station. However, Macarin also addresses another sighting, confirming that Ripley’s Narcissus shuttle is seen docked in the background of a scene in which Kay (Isabela Merced) is locked in a chamber with a Xenomorph.. Check out Macarin’s comment below:

We used an incredible amount of references. Whenever we’re asked to do Easter eggs, it’s really fun. The hard thing is not to make it too obvious and not to distract from the story. So a lot of times it’s like, “Oh, wouldn’t it be funny if we did that?” It’s like, “Yeah, but then the shot gets lost.”

I don’t want to put something in that makes the audience think, “Oh, there it is.” And then people start puzzling over it. They think about it. So if you put (Ripley’s) ship in really small, that’s fine. And if you have people who have been there two or three times and they notice these extra details, they might see it and it’s fine.

But every Easter egg has to be designed in a very specific way so that it doesn’t distract from the story. You give it to the fans who see the film multiple times in the cinema and give them something to question later. … But once you’ve seen it, you can’t forget it.

How Alien: Romulus changed Ripley’s story

Ripley’s appearance in Fede Alvarez’s film is the perfect Easter Egg

Scott’s celebrated Foreigner ends memorably with Ripley shooting the Xenomorph into space, seemingly killing it, before she then falls into cryosleep. In Cameron’s sequel, Ripley’s ship is rescued by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and she is awakened after 57 years of cryosleep, implying that she has been adrift in space the whole time. Confirmation of Ripley’s presence in Alien: RomulusHowever, this changes.

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Alien: Romulus begins with a Weyland-Yutani ship searching the wreckage of the Nostromo, the ship from the first film, and recovering the very same Xenomorph that Ripley seemingly killed. The alien had somehow survived the vacuum of space, and after Rain and her companions reach Renaissance Station, it is revealed that this same Xenomorph killed most of the station’s inhabitants. In addition to picking up this Xenomorph, however, the new Easter Egg confirmation reveals that Ripley’s ship was also recovered and stowed on the Romulus before being thrown back into space..

Well, fortunately, that doesn’t really harm Ripley’s story, Aliens. Ripley doesn’t know she was ever on the Romulus, after all, because she was in cryosleep the whole time. Ultimately, the Ripley Easter egg is just that: an Easter egg. It adds a fun new context to Ripley’s larger journey in the franchise without really disrupting the canon in a big way. The latest confirmation will also surely Alien: Romulus a funny entry to revisit.

Source: CinemaBlend

Alien: Romulus

3.5

Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien series. The film was directed by Fede Álvarez and focuses on a new group of young characters facing the fearsome Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a standalone film and is set in a time not yet explored in the Alien series.

director

Fede Alvarez

Release date

16 August 2024

Studio(s)

Scott Free Productions, 20th Century

Sales Partner

20th century

Authors

Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett

Pour

Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Rosie Ede, Soma Simon, Bence Okeke, Viktor Orizu, Robert Bobroczkyi, Trevor Newlin, Annemarie Griggs, Daniel Betts

Character(s)

Rain, Andy, Tyler, Kay, Bjorn, Navarro, WY Officer, 10-Year-Old Punk #1, 10-Year-Old Punk #2, 10-Year-Old Punk #3, Offspring, Xenomorph, MU/TH/ UR (voice), Rook (facial and vocal performance)

Duration

119 minutes

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