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Warriors average in size at about 8 feet tall (~ 2.4 meters) standing on hind legs, and about 14–16 feet long (~ 4.2 to 4.9 meters), tail included. In most cases, the Warrior looks the same as a Drone, except that the dome on top of the head is generally ridged. It's believed that eyes evolved originally from clusters of photosensitive cells on the skin surface. These rudimentary "eyespots" were only capable of detecting ambient light levels without directional sensitivity (like how we detect heat on our skin). Later, these cells formed into slight depressions on the skin, allowing limited directional sensitivity. Some varying reports of Praetorians with massive shield-like growths on their forearms have been seen. In the climax of Alien vs. Predator, the queen's basic design was altered to make her more "streamlined" in appearance and her overall size was increased to six meters (20 feet) tall. Other changes include the removal of the "high-heel" protrusions on her legs, including additional spines on her head and making her waist thinner because there was no need for puppeteers inside her chest. The animatronic queen had 47 points of hydraulic motion. [20]

The Xenomorph's method of reproduction is rather reminiscent of that employed by the Ixtl, a species featured in the novel The Voyage of the Space Beagle, which predates the Xenomorphs by almost 30 years. The first Alien film has even been accused of plagiarism regarding the book, although the producers denied any possible influence or connection. The spines may be for chestbursters to latch onto, allowing the adult to bring them to a safer location. Egg-laying Alien queens possess an immense ovipositor attached to their lower torso, similar to a queen termite's. Like some insect queens, there appears to be no need for an Alien queen's eggs to be fertilized. [11] [25] When attached to her ovipositor, the queen is supported by a "biomechanical throne" [29] that consists of a lattice of struts resembling massive insect legs.In some cases, morphological traits acquired from the host may already be visible in the chestburster stage, for example: a chestburster born from a Yautja will already display the characteristic mandibles of the race. Some chestbursters already have legs when they emerge, including the royal chestburster and the "Runner". The body fluid of all Xenomorphs appears to be a highly concentrated acid. It is frequently referred to as "acid blood", although it isn't clear whether or not it's used to carry any nutrients through the body. In Alien: Isolation, the majority of the Drone's kill animations end with it Headbiting the player. Unscripted NPC kills also typically end with the Drone Headbiting them.

The most notable feature of the Xenomorph species is the elongated, banana-shaped head. A potential explanation for this curious shape may be that the head may store muscles required to power the Xenomorph's inner mouth. For Nathan's Headbite in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, a silicone and fiberglass bust [7] was created with the likeness of Ty Olsson, the actor who played the character, [7] from a head cast. [8] The bust was loaded with an air-powered canister of brains (made out of bananas from the craft service table) and blood. [8] Alec Gillis and Steve Frakes prepared the bust before Alien actor Simon Burnett grabbed both sides of the bust's head. [7] A pneumatically-fired Alien inner jaw was aligned to, and then pierced, a pre-cut hole. [7] Trivia [ ]

Basic senses

Prior to writing the script to Alien, O'Bannon had been working in France for Chilean cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky's planned adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science-fiction novel Dune. Also hired for the project was Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger. Giger showed O'Bannon his nightmarish, monochromatic artwork, which left O'Bannon deeply disturbed. "I had never seen anything that was quite as horrible and at the same time as beautiful as his work" he remembered later. [9] The Dune film collapsed, but O'Bannon would remember Giger when Alien was greenlit, and suggested to director Ridley Scott that he be brought on to design the Alien, saying that if he were to design a monster, it would be truly original. [6] Carlo Rambaldi, the creator of the mechanical head-effects for the creature, was most famous for designing the title character of the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial In Alien Evolution, a doc. charting Alien’s creative process, screenwriter Dan O’Bannon confirmed that the alien’s use of humans as living hosts was intended to disturb male viewers. The alien life cycle, O’Bannon explained, is not a straightforward depiction of female human pregnancy, but of “cross-species homosexual oral rape”.

In the novelization of the movie Alien, the creature is held mesmerized by a spinning green light for several minutes. I have to re-watch the movies, but my recollection is that aliens move about as if they relied on non-visual senses. First off, they live in very dark environments (there's no lighting in the xenomorph hives), and even when they leave they mostly come out to hunt at night, mostly. Dan O'Bannon, meanwhile, envisioned the Alien as being part of a higher culture, and the only reason the individual aboard the Nostromo is so hostile is because it finds itself alone and ignorant. [17]The spines might be used as a defense mechanism, to repel enemies that try to sneak up on them from behind or above. The basis of any Xenomorph hive; the Drones are very much like worker bees or ants. Their main tasks are to keep the hive in good condition. Also, they seem to have the job of creating their nests with their own secretions. The Xenomorph Queen is the largest and most intelligent Xenomorph and can grow incredibly large, up to 100 feet tall (~ 30.5 meters) if given time. She lays many eggs that hatch to become the first stage of Xenomorph. It is unclear whether the Queen engages in combat outside of protecting her hive. The Queen is usually nestled deep within the hive, protected by Praetorian guards. The colloquial terms “facehugger” and “chestburster” originated, of course, from the events of Alien, which visually outlined a xenomorph’s complete lifecycle in detail. Secretions and Liquids Giger's original design for the facehugger was