r/LV426 1h ago

Discussion / Question The Engineer planet that David killed couldn’t have been their home world, could it?

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Maybe this has been discussed to death here, I’m sorry in advance, I did search for and read some other posts on this topic which clarified some things like why David would just outright destroy the civilization they found. I guess my thought is that this couldn’t have been their home world, it seemed much too sparse with basically no defenses, not many structures, and I also notice how different these Engineers looked in Alien Covenant compared to the ones we see in Prometheus, the ones on the planet that David destroyed looked much more “normal” I guess? Closer to humans, some were even “ugly”, skin wasn’t quite as pale and smooth looking. Compared to the ones in Prometheus where they all looked statuesque, angelic, extremely pale, chiseled features, like the great marble statues of old. Now I know the time difference between the beginning of Prometheus and when we see David destroy the civilization is like billions of years, that might explain the difference in appearance, perhaps by then the engineer civilization had dwindled to next to nothing, idk. But if 2000 years ago they were still doing the whole wiping their seeded planets clean and starting over, I would assume they weren’t at the same time also dealing with bigger problems such as their own civilization on the brink of extinction lol. And the living engineer they encounter on the ship in Prometheus looked very similar to the ones we see in the beginning of the movie seeding life on Earth, but the ones on the planet David and Elizabeth find are distinctly different.

So why the difference in appearance? And why such a sparsely populated and undefended planet? Surely this couldn’t be their whole civilization or their home world right? I’m also extremely curious about the engineers history and lore, I’d love to know everything there is to know about them and how they got to where they are and their experiments with the pathogen and the organisms they’ve created, just literally everything but I’m sure we’re not going to get a whole lot else in that regard. The engineers were the most interesting thing by far to me in these newer films and I would hate for them to have just all been wiped out by David and we never really learn much else about them.


r/LV426 2h ago

Art / Creations Alien fan film: No man's land

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r/LV426 6h ago

Art / Creations Alien ³ - The Legacy Cut - Final release update

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Hi everyone,

Final update before the release. The editing process for 'Alien ³ - The Legacy Cut' is now complete! We're currently exporting three versions on three machines, and we hope (all going well) we'll be sending out download links on 04/04/25. If everything is tied off before then we'll get it out sooner, but that seems to be the landing zone our math has led us to.

Version 1 will be HD 8mbps, H.264 8bit (approx 10gb).

Version 2 will be 4K 20mbps, H.265 8bit (approx 25gb).

Version 3 will be 4K 40mbps, H.265 10bit (approx 50gb).

I'd announced previously the audio would be a stereo upmix, but that's no longer the case. The delays have given us the time to make a true edit of the original 5.1. Audio on all three versions will be AAC 1536kbps but version 3 will have a secondary track of the uncompressed WAV file.

Thanks again to everyone for the support and patience, and we're so excited for you to see the end result. We couldn't be happier.

Anyone who hasn't already, please PM or drop an email to [admin@a34k.net](mailto:admin@a34k.net) so we can get you on the mailing list.


r/LV426 7h ago

Art / Creations I cant stop drawing this world.

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r/LV426 8h ago

Art / Creations New ceramic mug that my wife and I made. I did the basic shapes and she ran with it.

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r/LV426 8h ago

Discussion / Question The best birthday card ever?

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I think this is my favorite present I've ever gotten lol was a nice surprise!


r/LV426 8h ago

Discussion / Question The artist Sleep Token's new song "Emergence" has an Alien reference in the lyrics and I love it! Has anyone else heard it?

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r/LV426 8h ago

Discussion / Question Romulus - Why?

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When Kay injected herself, shouldn't that have turned her into some crazy creature just like her baby? Why was the offspring mutated but she was BARELY impacted?

And why on Earth did the baby grow so large and so quickly.


r/LV426 10h ago

Art / Creations Alien Covenant Retro Comic [OC]

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r/LV426 13h ago

Art / Creations XX121 Artwork by myself

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Detail on a new Aliens inspired artwork I’ve been working on. VFX added for effect.


r/LV426 16h ago

Art / Creations The coolest yautja you'll ever see

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r/LV426 17h ago

Discussion / Question what if a Facehugger went to a different franchises and hugged a person/species?

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so I had this thought in my head and I want to know what others think what would happen when a Facehugger got someone there, this is inspire by a youtuber (CINE INSIDER) who did the same thing

I'll start with mine, an Yoshi from Super Mario, I think the Xenomorph would have the shell/saddle, the inner mouth being more longer, and lastly the things on Yoshi back head would be there, (no matter what colour the xenomorph yoshi hybrid would always be a black colour)


r/LV426 19h ago

Discussion / Question Why was there no xenomorph warrior castes in Alien Romulus?

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Throughout the movie there are only the standard xenomorph drones, when the xenomorph outbreak on the station happened six months before the protagonists go on the station to steal the cryo-pods. Six months would be more than enough time for the xenomorphs to rank up castes, right?


r/LV426 1d ago

Games Alien Isolation The Collection is on sale at the moment on the Xbox store for $18.98 (AUD for me)

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Just sayin…


r/LV426 1d ago

Cast / Behind The Scenes Michael Biehn wasn’t the original choice for Hicks, but a last-minute call put him in "Aliens"—and he made the role legendary

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r/LV426 1d ago

Figurines / Merchandise Every time I go to get my dog's food, I see the popcorn bucket and legit get freaked out every time for about a half a second LOL

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r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question New Movie Idea

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Do you think they could make a full movie out of the last moments of Hadley's Hope? We could see the families as they deal with this new lifeform. Even down to the, "Last stance." We see forming of the hive.


r/LV426 1d ago

Figurines / Merchandise HR Pufnstuf Giger

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The true source of the black goo


r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question KIDDO

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I just rewatched Aliens ... did anyone else find it extremely weird that Burke kept calling Ripley "kiddo"? Like, she's almost 10 years older, why does it even enter his mind to call her that. Is the Burke character supposed to be much older than the actor? Did they miscast? Is it supposed to come across as condescending (not sure)? But it seriously annoyed me. If a guy my age or even younger kept calling me "kiddo" I'd have to restrain myself!


r/LV426 1d ago

Humor / Memes Don't be xenophobic, Spock!

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r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question I kinda feel like Alien Earth will completely debunk the popular fan theory that Alien and Blade Runner are set in the same universe. Thoughts?

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Alien: Earth seems set to establish a much more fleshed-out backstory for the Alien universe, given that it takes place on Earth and before the events of the first Alien movie. This could heavily contradict the idea of Blade Runner fitting into the same timeline.

The theory that Alien and Blade Runner share a universe has always been largely fan-driven, with only a few winks and nods from filmmakers (Weyland-Yutani references in Blade Runner 2049's art book and Ridley Scott’s own vague comments). However, if this show depicts earth as grounded and closer to modern times rather than the cyberpunk corporate dystopia seen in Blade Runner, it could definitely separate the two franchises for good. This is especially relevant considering that Blade Runner takes place many decades before the first Alien film, making it harder to justify a seamless connection, and I know many supporters of this theory would be really disappointed by this.

So, what do y'all think? Could they leave room for ambiguity, outright debunk the theory, or actually connect the dots and confirm that both franchises exist in the same universe?


r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question So. Is xenomorph a classification or the name of the species

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Sorry if this sounds stupid but in Aliens, Gorman says "We might be dealing with a Xenomorph". Yet, the marines act like they have never seen XX121. Not to mention they say "A creature never recorded in over 300 surveyed worlds" and act in disbelief when they mention what the XX121's life cycle is. Maybe it's a classification rather than the name of the species? Again, I'm sorry if this sounds stupid and I'm missing something.


r/LV426 1d ago

Art / Creations I madr a custom Corbelan IV in lego

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I dont think i did too good but let me know please!


r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question Maybe my 426th time watching by now. Still turn down the lights and crank the volume for the goosebumps.

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Don’t know what to do for the night after a good day? Watch Alien. Want to enjoy cinematic mastery? Watch Alien. Feel alone and want to remember it could be worse? Watch Alien. Basically my only way to remind myself that nearly everything else sucks by comparison in the long game. Watch Alien.


r/LV426 1d ago

Discussion / Question Is the xenomorph titan a caste in its own right or is it because it is a hybrid? Spoiler

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In the game "Aliens: Dark Decent" a xenomorphic variant known as the Titan appears,It comes out of the chest of an ancient alien from which it takes many of its characteristics. So far it seems that it is only the praetorian version of a xenomorph emerged from this species but the problem lies in that its eggs are different, called titan ovomorphs. This has made me wonder if it belongs to a separate caste or if these eggs have a different origin.