Romulus contained an Ellen Ripley Easter egg hidden in plain sight

A huge Easter egg linked Alien: Romulus to the first two Foreigner Films. It is now confirmed that Ripley was aboard the Romulus along with the Xenomorph ejected from the original film.

Alien: Romulus dropped its first Easter egg in the opening scene, which shows Weyland-Yutani retrieving the xenomorph Ripley, who was flushed out in the first scene Foreigner Film. This revelation sparked speculation about it Alien: Romulus more hidden Foreigner References as an incentive for repeat viewings; In an interview with Cinemablend, VFX supervisor Daniel Macarin said that they snuck in a “cameo” from Elen Ripley in one scene. “I don’t want to put anything in there that makes the audience say, ‘Oh, there it is,'” he said. “And then people start guessing about it. They’re thinking about it.” That’s why Most viewers didn’t see Ripley’s escape pod docked with the doomed ship.

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Midway through the film, there is a glimpse of Ripley’s shuttle when Rain asks Andy to open the chamber where Kay was imprisoned. It’s easy to miss the reference and focus on the intensity of the scene; Andy refuses to unlock the door because that would also release a xenomorph from inside.

“So with (Ripley’s) ship, if you make it really small, it’s fine,” Macarin added. “And the people who have been there two or three times and start noticing these extra details might see it and it’s OK.” This confirmed the fan theory put forward by AVPGalaxy.net, which claimed Towards the end of the film, the same capsule could be seen drifting away from Renaissance Station.

“Once you see it, you can’t see it again.”

Macarin said he made sure the Easter eggs didn’t distract from the story. “We have created an enormous amount of references,“, he asserted. “Every time we’re asked to put Easter eggs in it, it’s always fun.” The hard part is not to make anything too obvious and not to distort the story. A lot of times it’s like, “Oh, wouldn’t it be funny if we did that?” It’s like, “Yeah, but you’re going to lose the shot.” But each Easter egg has to be designed in a very special way, so that it doesn’t deviate from the story. They give it to the fans who see it multiple times in theaters and give them something to question later… But once you see it, you can’t remove it.”

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The revelation could explain a plot detail in the canonical story. In AliensRipley learned that she had been floating in space for 57 years. The end of Alien: Romulus indicated that their capsule had already been recovered but was ejected before the crash; Weyland-Yutani had to locate and rescue her ship. This also explains how Rook knew about the Nostromo’s sole survivor and how the Company used the ship’s logs to locate the xenomorph Ripley, who was ejected from the airlock. However, the question still remains as to why the company didn’t revive Ripley immediately after her recovery. Hopefully director Fede Álvarez will solve this mystery Alien: Romulus‘Continuation.

Alien: Romulus is streaming on Hulu.

Source: Cinemablend

While searching the depths of an abandoned space station, a group of young space colonists stumble upon the most terrifying life form in the universe.

director

Fede Alvarez

Release date

August 16, 2024

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

writer

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

Duration

119 minutes

Studio(s)

Scott Free Productions, 20th century

Sales partner

20th century

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)

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