Aliens: Dead Orbit #1
Jun. 6th, 2019 08:50 am
"Like anything, I think [the Xenomorphs] are creepier the less you know about them. I love most of the sequels and other stories, but they do tend to demystify them a lot, which takes away from the horror. I've got a production book about the first film where Ridley Scott was explaining how he intended the Alien to be a savage, removed from its own culture and identity and reverting to its basic primal instincts, like a baby with fangs. That's not a concept that leaps out at you during the film because you know nothing about the Alien or where it comes from at that point, but it's a wicked idea." -- James Stokoe





It's clearer in the actual miniseries but the miniseries goes back and forth in chronology. The following pages are a flash-forward after everything goes to hell.



