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And the rest of the story continued aboard the Nostromo, which has oxygen but is still different from Earth's. Aliens: Also on LV, this time with a breathable atmosphere. However, it is probably not ready yet lower oxygen content than on Earth.
We see one person being attacked by a Facehugger in the Special Edition , but we don't see the Chestburster hatch. We also have one woman being killed by an Alien bursting out of her, but no info as to when she was implanted. The fact that one subject was killed when the Facehugger was removed before implanting suggests this process takes considerably longer than a few minutes.
Alien 3: Took place on Fury which had a different air than Earth, which would explain why the Alien grew faster than in Alien but slower than in AvP. The embryo in Ripley took about a week to grow because the Alien was a Queen, which takes longer then the other Aliens. Alien Resurrection: As in Alien, the movie took place on a ship, which has oxygen tanks but the air is different than on Earth, which would explain why it took a few hours for the Alien at the end to break out.
And the Predalien inside Scar Predator took longer because it was a Queen. Aliens vs Predator - Requiem: Facehuggers on the Predator shuttle were in spaceship oxygen for who knows how long, and as in Alien and Resurrection, it takes longer when exposed to air tanks, which is why it took a few hours for the Facehuggers' embryos to mature and hatch.
And the rest of the Aliens were directly implanted into women's bellies by the Hybrid. Another possibility is that the Aliens mature faster when they've recently been born. In other words, the younger the eggs and Facehuggers, the faster the Aliens grow and mature; the older the eggs and Facehuggers, the longer it takes for them to mature. Alien: The eggs were perhaps thousands of years old, which could explain why it took 24 hours for the embryo to be implanted and mature, and almost 24 hours for the Alien itself to grow to full height.
Aliens: Same eggs as in ]Alien, which goes a long way to explain why these Aliens take some time to grow and mature. Also, the Queen was born from this hive, so she could also lay "old" eggs with a slowed-down cycle.
Alien 3: One egg originating from a Queen that was born from an old egg. The other Facehugger in this film was a Queen Facehugger. As for the Queen embryo, it may take a longer time for a Queen to grow. Alien Resurrection: The military might have had eggs for a while and seemed to have bred 14 Aliens including the Alien that blew up in the escape pod and the first Alien Ripley killed in a few hours or days.
So the eggs may have been laid a few days before implantation. There were seven people implanted and there seemed to be about 15 hosts, which means they may have bred seven Aliens at a time.
Purvis was among the first batch of people to get implanted he can be seen among them in the implantation scene , so it is unexplained why it takes his Alien until the end of the film to out of his chest. Perhaps he is in ill health, which may slow down the growth. Predator: The team in the sacrificial chamber was implanted a few minutes after the eggs were laid, so the eggs were fresh.
The Queen was older, but the Predators' methods to keep her in cryostasis may preserve her better than the ship on LV did. That may explain why they matured so fast. Aliens vs Predator - Requiem: The Facehuggers in this film were kept in tubes for an indeterminate period and after they found a host it took about 24 hours for the Aliens to grow. The embryos the Hybrid laid in the women's bellies birthed a few hours later because they were just laid. A third theory is that the Aliens have been engineered.
If it was a weapon of war, you want some time from implantation to expulsion so that the host can get back to his own kind and spread the infection and to make sure the Chestburster doesn't pop out before the host is back where you want him or her to be.
The Predators may have re-engineered the Alien Queen in the chamber to produce quicker maturing eggs that produce quicker growing Aliens, so that the Predators could get there and have a lot of fast prey to hunt in an hour or so instead of having to wait a whole day.
The hunting ritual did not go as planned; the humans were not supposed to take the plasma cannons, the Predators were. The Predators were taking part in a "coming of age" ritual and were quite young technically analogous to human teenagers.
However, there were still humans running around in the pyramid who were keeping the Predators too busy to be minding the Aliens. Normally, there would only be enough people for breeding Aliens, and they would be dead already when the hunt began.
The first Predator was distracted by Lex so that the Alien was able to stab him in the back. The second Predator got careless towards the end of his fight with the main Alien. He likely assumed the Alien was trapped in the net and helpless, but the Alien broke free as the Predator was about to strike the final blow. Basically, the circumstances were difficult in this particular hunt, and these Predators simply lacked the experience to effectively cope with it.
The movie offers an explanation for this, albeit a fictional one. It is said that Antarctica including Bouvet Island, although this is not actually a part of Antarctica as the movie suggests used to be free of ice, making it habitable. However, this was several million years ago, before humans ever evolved. A better explanation is that, since the pyramid is located in a cave under the ice and Bouvet Island is prone to volcanic activity, geothermal warmth would be strong enough to melt the ice and snow in some surface areas.
Geothermal warmth could have also sustained the inhabitants of the pyramid inside the cave, along with warmth produced by the Predator technology embedded in the pyramid.
Though we don't actually know how old the human race is and since the civilization was in Antarctica before the humans crossed the world after the explosion, we found no evidence there because we did not think to look or the evidence might have been wiped out by the Predator explosion. It's possible the human race started a lot earlier than we think and was wiped out, so it still would be possible for the humans to build the pyramids on Antarctica way before it iced over.
Either the pyramid in the flashback was a different one or another group of Predators could have rebuilt it for their hunting purposes. It's also possible that the explosion destroyed all biological life, but left the structure intact.
Alternatively; this wasn't actually a flashback, but just a depiction of the story that Sebastian was reading. In , the Predators used the inhabitants of the whaling station, to which Lex makes reference. The only other bodies found inside the pyramid belonged to the ancient civilization. After that civilization was wiped out, the Predators could have abducted people and brought them to the island, used animals, or cleaned up after themselves. The most likely answer given that there were no bodies except those in the sacrificial chamber is that the pyramid lay dormant until Then years later, when technology was advanced enough, they could lure people there with the heat bloom.
These could have been different clans or tribes, each with their own different hunting rituals. Or perhaps the Predator "society" has different castes with certain privileges for the highest members. In any way, since Aliens form the "ultimate prey" in the AvP movies and are not easily obtainable, perhaps only the most promising hunters from privileged tribes or the highest caste are eligible for this ritual.
This excludes the majority of Predators from participating in this particular ritual, who may have to resort to other ways of obtaining a respectable status. Depending on experience, this could be hunting for humans in a carefully constructed hunting ground as seen in Predators , or hunting humans in their natural habitat Predator and Predator 2. Another theory is that first they hunt humans as their initiation test.
If they are successful in hunting worthy humans, they then team up with two other hunters of equal standing and hunt the Aliens to become official clan members. Though this contradicts part of the storytelling in some of the Alien vs.
So it would be vice-versa and the Aliens would be the initiation and the humans would be the ultimate. Though the other way around makes more sense as Aliens can see Predators when they're cloaked, they don't panic and even when wounded or maimed they still pose a great threat.
Whereas humans are the opposite. A third theory could be that the mark means you are one of the skilled hunters, which means if you slay an Alien then you are an ultimate hunter.
So it could mean they did not have marking because they did not take part in the ritual and didn't mark themselves. The novice hunters go with a group to hunt Aliens and become "blooded", after which they are allowed to hunt on their own. Chances are this part of the backstory was not invented before the earlier movies, and therefore would not have existed. Another theory is that certain groups of Predators hunting the Aliens are required to have different trophies. In AvP, they are required to burn the symbol in their forehead.
However, in Predator 2, when the camera pans around the spaceship, a skull that strongly resembles an alien head can be seen on the wall of the ship. The skull may have been the required trophy for that particular Predators hunting group. This may also be an indication of how Scar knew that the alien head would protect Lex like a shield. They most likely just didn't have time, so they strung them up to skin them, but Quinn spotted them, so they had to chase him down and take care of him first, and they followed him down the ice chute so they didn't bother wasting time going back up to skin their first victims.
Predators are on Antarctica for hunting Aliens for a coming of age ritual, the humans are merely collateral damage and were used for breeding the Aliens. They were only killed by the Predators when they got in the way. At best, the only human survivor from this movie is Lex, who was left alone on the island after the Predator ship took off, making it possible that she died there.
But if she did survive, most likely no one believed her story. She was there on behalf of Weyland, so anything she tells the company will be kept under wraps. In Alien, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation knew of the existence of the Aliens for some time, but they chose to keep it under wraps so they could use them for their own means; the crew of the Nostromo were not supposed to know about it, except Ash Special Order was for "Science Officer Eyes Only". Scar got his name because of the mark he burned into his forehead.
Grid was named for the grid-like battle scars on his head. Chopper was named for his long arm blades he is also referred to as Gill, due to the gill like designs on his helmet. Celtic was probably named due to the designs of his mask and armor that give him a slightly Gaelic look. It's interesting to note, that in the AvP canon, the predators all have acid-proof armor and weapons. However in this film, when Celtic Predator was fighting the Alien, his wrist blade melts away after using it on an alien, then he gets some acid on his armor and it starts to melt.
However, Scar Predator used his wrist-blades and many other weapons on the Aliens and they didn't melt at all. This could have partly meant why the ritual went awry so fast is that the team leader Celtic was not properly equipped for the hunt, he may have grabbed the gear for hunting humans instead of the gear for hunting aliens, or there was a supply mixup.
This would explain why he paused to look at what was left of his wrist-blades and seemed surprised that they had melted. It is not uncommon for Earth militaries to accidentally send the wrong, or defective, equipment into a battlefield, so what's to say the Predators' Warrant Officers and other supply personnel don't make mistakes?
It's possible that Scar was the only one who knew about the acidic blood; he might have been the only one who actually did his homework and researched the Aliens, either forgetting or choosing not to pass the relevant information on to the other two like a group of University roommates where only one actually studies.
In the original Predator film, Dutch said to Anna, "Don't, leave it [the gun]. He didn't kill you because you weren't armed, no sport. This is done by either attacking it or carry a weapon.
The type of weapon really does not matter. In the first film, Dutch was theorizing this due to observation. Whoever attacked or stood up to the Predator was "fair game". It is true that Dutch had no modern weapons at the end of the first Predator film, but Dutch still attacked the Predator with weapons made from his supplies, using natural camouflage i.
Not to mention, Dutch as well as the rest of his team, had been carrying weapons the entire time. The Predator granted Dutch a "fair" fight", to show respect towards him. Basically stating the Predator recognized Dutch as an equal opponent, not prey. It killed Billy who was armed with a knife and Mac who, although left his weapons behind in order to bait the Predator, still carried previously and fired upon the Predator.
In AVP, yes, they attacked the humans, but everyone at base camp was carrying firearms and, in the temple, some people were carrying semi-automatics. They also had the shoulder cannons, even if they did not know how to use them.
If you carry a weapon, you are still considered armed. When Weyland tried to fight the Predator to give Lex and Sebastian a chance to escape, the Predator scanned his body and found that he was sick. In Predator society, there is no honor in killing a sick, unarmed old man, so it walked past him. He was only killed after burning the Predator with the torch. They also attacked the humans that had the weapons from the case.
When Lex kneels and offers the weapon to a Predator, he stops and takes it from her, and doesn't attack her. It's possible that, had they been unarmed and handed over the weapons from the beginning, the Predators would have had no reason to continue pursuing the humans as several Aliens had already been "born". Yes, they can. In all three Predator movies, as well as the two AvP movies, the Predators all have their masks removed for extended periods of time and seem to have no difficulty breathing, howling, growling, making their clicking noises, roaring, and speaking English words.
As an example, the City Hunter from Predator 2 was without its mask for almost the entire third act of the film, but it was also shown to have a small device it put over its mouth and took three or four deep breaths. After this, the device is never used again. It was likely because City Hunter was severely wounded and was either having difficulty breathing or the mask held a sort of stimulant to keep him going until he was able to treat his wounds.
Another point to add to this is when Harrigan is on board the Predator's ship at the end of the same movie, he is able to breathe perfectly fine and the Elder Predator didn't have a mask on. This shows that they were both breathing oxygen. There is a common misconception that the Predator's mask is used for breathing, yet no other part of their equipment shows to be air tanks but this doesn't rule out the possibility that the mask uses some sort of air-filtration unit, seeing as how it appears to be airtight.
It's a direct nod to the original AvP comics. Which was the inspiration for both this film and the video games. In the comic book, the lead Predator protects the humans from both Alien and Predators because they found him unconscious and wounded and nursed him back to health. That Predator however, never killed any humans. In short, part of what makes the Predators so scary is the fact that humans don't quite know where they come from or what exactly they want other than to hunt them down and dispatch them with extreme violence.
Sometimes they're hunters, sometimes they're conquerors. Either way, these beasts are just downright scary. The first time we see Predators encountering modern human beings is in , in the jungles of Central America. The first Predator film sees U. Special Operations Forces veteran Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer lead a group of five highly trained commandos and an old friend from the CIA on a daring mission against some guerrilla troops.
After a successful albeit deceptive mission, the group learns that they're being stalked by someone or something on their way to their extraction point. One by one, the creature picks off Dutch's men, who rely on their training but are simply no match for their bigger, stronger and more technologically advanced opponent. However, the armor starts to crack when Dutch realizes that the creature seems to be hunting for sport, ignoring their unarmed female captive.
Dutch instructs her to head to the chopper unarmed while he hangs back. When he's knocked into the mudbank of a river, the Predator has a tough time seeing him because his heat signature has been reduced. Armed with some camouflage and makeshift traps, he engages the creature once more. Through a series of clever strikes and brute force, Dutch is able to damage the Predator, who takes off its mask in an apparent show of respect before Dutch faces off against the Predator one final time.
He then manages to capture the creature in a trap, forcing it to set off a self-destruct bomb to eliminate any trace of its failed hunt. The Predators return years later for 's Predator 2 — and instead of the jungle, one of their number opts to hunt in urban Los Angeles. After witnessing the heroism of police Lieutenant Michael R. Harrigan, this Predator proceeds to hunt the cops and robbers in his orbit.
Harrigan unknowingly tracks the monster before encountering Agent Peter Keyes, who informs him that the U. Keyes reveals the bout with Dutch in Central America was only the latest in a string of encounters in combat zones. The feds set up a trap for the Predator at a slaughterhouse, revealing that the species feeds on animal meat — meaning they don't hunt for sustenance. Keyes' team springs the trap thinking they have the upper hand by masking their heat signatures.
However, the Predator switches to a different view on his helmet and tracks their flashlights. Surprise surprise, everyone dies but Harrigan. At another point in the film, the Predator chooses to spare a pregnant woman, despite her being a threat to it.
For some reason, they value procreation of Earthlings, but more on that later. Eventually, Harrigan chases the Predator to its ship and engages it in single combat. After he scores a narrow win, several more Predators uncloak themselves and collect their dead comrade's body. They present Harrigan with an antique pistol as a trophy for besting their champion and allow him to leave the ship unharmed before they take off from the planet, seemingly in defeat.
The same year fans caught a brief glimpse of a Xenomorph skull in Predator 2 , Fox — which owned the Alien franchise as well as the Predator movies — licensed a series of crossover comics tie-ins that eventually led to the film Alien vs.
Predator , in which it's revealed that the Predator species arrived in ancient Egypt and helped humans construct the pyramids. In exchange, the people provided sacrifices as hosts for the Xenomorphs so that the Predators could routinely return to Earth to hunt them as some kind of twisted rite of passage.
Alien vs. Predator was followed by a sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem , but there's an ongoing debate over whether these films count as canon for either franchise. When Ridley Scott returned to the Alien franchise for the prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant , he ignored the AvP story of the Xenomorphs — but the Predator franchise seemed unaffected by that, and made winks to the crossover films as late as 's The Predator.
Either way, Predators have a storied history in comic books and other extended material, and the Alien crossovers make up a big part of that history. Regardless of the disagreement over whether the films actually happened in each respective universe, since the people behind Alien are the ones brushing off the crossover movies and not the people behind Predator , they definitely count for our purposes here. In , a group of scientists led by industrial tycoon Charles Bishop Weyland discovers an underground pyramid some feet beneath the ice in Norway.
He leads the team on an exploratory mission just as a trio of Predators arrive at the entrance to the pyramid.
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