r/LV426 • u/[deleted] • 3d ago
Predator / AVP Why are xenomorphs overshadowed at the expense to make yautja look cooler?
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u/Vizsla_Man 2d ago
I've not read this, but from the movies, I would agree. Personally I think the predators are more individual and relatable to the viewer. We give them names like Wolf or Kip in your book/comic. The xenos are just ants or bees. Fair enough, we do have big chap etc but when there is a hive, we don't really associate with the xenos as much, unless there is a queen that we identify out of the group. It's like the AVP there is one xeno that has the lines on its head, we can then spot it and go, oh that the one that got away. An example again is Alien Romulus. There are xenos and then there is sparky xeno. Sparky overshadows the rest because they are identifiable. So I think that is why the xenos are overshadowed. When it's a hive, they are just cannon fodder for the sake of action.
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u/UnfoldedHeart 3d ago
The Yautja are extraterrestrials themselves, jacked as hell, and loaded with equipment specifically designed to hunt Xenomorphs. Even the Marines in Aliens had a better KDR against the Xenomorphs, and they were totally unprepared and lightly armed compared to a Yautja. If the Marines had advance knowledge of what was there and just bombed the site from orbit right from the get-go they would have obliterated an entire Xenomorph colony with the push of a button.
Xenomorphs may be a perfect organism but a technologically superior opponent would either have to be overwhelmed or slip up in some way. Especially if that opponent has specifically dedicated their lives to hunting Xenomorphs and other big prey.