Alien (franchise) Quotes

“Alien³ (22 May 1992)”

“Last words in Aliens media”

“Alien (film) (25 May 1979)”

“Aliens (film) (18 July 1986)”

“Alien: Romulus (16 August 2024)”

“Prometheus (2012 film) (20 May 2012)”

“Alien Resurrection (26 November 1997)”

“Alien vs. Predator (film) (12 August 2014)”

“Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (25 December 2007)”

“Wikipedia: Alien (franchise)”

“Alien: Covenant (May 19, 2017)”

“I felt that Ripley was going to become a burden to the story ... There are only so many aspects to that character you can do.”

“The underlying theme of all the “Alien” movies, the distant glossy ancestors of Howard Hawks’ 1951 “The Thing,” is the rot in the technology, bugs-against-machines.”

“For some, part of the interest of the Alien franchise comes from the underlying elements of maternal malevolence and gender-subversion, from a male giving birth to the penetrative-parent alien.”

“Alien was marketed in 1979 with a clever tagline, "In space, no one can hear you scream."
It's an apt phrase. In this film quartet, the world is a pitiless place where no one would be moved by your screams.”

“The first 3 Alien films are firmly about Ripley, following her from minor officer to battle-fatigued survivor to sainted madwoman, always following her intuition and watching everyone around her pay for their lack of fear.”

“Had we done a fifth one, I don't doubt that her humanity would have prevailed. I do feel like there is more story to tell. I feel a longing from fans for the story to be finished. I could imagine a situation where we finish telling the story.”

“This is a series, it seems, all about Old Testament vengeance, and how humanity has failed to live up to its spiritual potential. We refused to be humble in the face pf the infinite cosmos, failing to grasp our own humility, hence, divine-ish beings from beyond are looking to settle the score.”

“I don't think Alien belongs on Earth popping out of a haystack, which is where I was afraid it was going to go. I feel it should take place in the far reaches of the universe where no one in their right mind would go. There are very few filmmakers that I can think of that I would want to entrust this to.”

“Maybe Alien was a thing of its time, and now we're too savvy to be scared by big, slobbery, rubber suit xenomorphs. Back then, a lack of sophisticated effects meant the aliens remained hidden by necessity as much as design. Now, they're all CGI'd up, sprinting around in full light, and no longer mysterious. Or scary.”