#alien: isolation

[thelvadams]

ALIEN: ISOLATION (2014) • Creative Assembly

[providence-park]

ALIEN: ROMULUS

2024 | Dir. Fede Álvarez

[dstriple]

Alien recreated in Animal Crossing!

Dream Address: 7125-6003-7296

[hauntingsunshine14]

SPOILERS FOR ALIEN ROMULUS

no seriously like spoilers for the ending not just a bit in the middle

It's just a funny (hilarious) bit of foreshadowing but still spoilers

I'm driving home from watching this movie with my mother, and we're both just yapping about how we liked it, and I was suddenly reminded of what I noticed about Isabela Merced's character Kay!

Early on in the movie, we get a shot of her in bed after she tells Rain that she's pregnant, with a flat oval necklace clearly displayed.

This isn't the exact scene, but example:

you can kinda see the necklace once you zoom in

This medal is easily identifiable even from the distance/lack of detail thanks to Catholic guilt! yay! This is a Miraculous Medal (pictured below)

This is a necklace that centers Mary with a whole bunch of lore attached that details how St. Catherine Labouré saw Mary in a vision (twice technically) and the second time was instructed to

 “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck. Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be, in a special manner, under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.”

tldr: it's a very common and recognizable representation of Mary, they often have these medals at catholic churches as back when I worked at mine they were literally just sitting in the lobby.

What made me laugh so profusely in my car ride home is that Mary is considered literally THE mother in Christan lore and Kay does in fact give birth at the end of the movie... to what is essentially Weyland-Yutani Jesus.

Technically she took David's goo injection and produced the 'Offspring' (apparently what the horrifying human/xenomorph is called) (I prefer W-Y Jesus)

This is a wonderful bit of foreshadowing for the ending sequence, coupled with the engraving of Romulus and Remus and the Capitoline wolf, as well as the painting that was zoomed in on right before of a mother and child. And kinda as well to the whole thing about Weyland-Yutani trying to 'play God' with humanity's evolution.

But, on a larger more franchise-wide scale, this foreshadowing continues on with some of the themes from the previous two movies concerning origins and beginnings, as the whole Mary/Jesus thing is technically speaking, the 'origin/beginning' part of the New Testament. This is shown very plainly in the titles (Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus) which are all pulled from various origin stories - Greek, Abrahamic, and Roman. Prometheus stole fire, the covenants in the Torah/Pentateuch, and the founding of Rome. All different stories about the growth of humanity, ranging from how to live all the way up to founding empires. These ideas somewhat parallel the actual events of the movies.

B/c we watch David - and therefore Weyland-Yutani - discover the goo, experiment on it, learn how to interact with it, and then attempt to build a new empire with it.

It's a very messy analogy and kinda? does not fit with the Mary thing in Romulus, but in very broad strokes it ties in well enough, which for the whole confusing Prometheus/Covenant situation is par for the course.

Overall, Alien: Romulus is an amazing addition to the franchise and at the risk of sounding cheesy is literally a breath of fresh air. Right down to the pacing of the movie, it's classic Alien. I loved it, and even if you haven't seen any of the alien movies or even if you've only seen the first, and even if you have these spoilers, it's a fantastic experience!

(and for all the alien: isolation lovers there's such a cute nod to the game in the movie)

[fayesscribbles]

trying to play alien isolation like

[brokehorrorfan]

Alien: Isolation's soundtrack is available on vinyl for the first time via iam8bit. It features music by The Flight (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Lockwood & Co.) and Christian Henson (Triangle, Top Gear) along with original Alien themes by Jerry Goldsmith.

The album is pressed on Blood Green colored vinyl. It's housed in a jacket designed by Nimit Malavia. Priced at $33, it will ship in early 2025.

[one-of-us-must-be-crazy]

Do you ever think about how Alien: Isolation is about uncertainty? Do you ever think about how there's no closure for the families of those on Sevastopol? How we never hear exactly what happened? How we don't know what exactly made most of the Joe's go insane, or the timeline for it? How we never find out what happened to Verlaine, Conner? How Samuels's body vanishes? How the entire station, all proof and records crash into a gas giant? How all those IDs the player collects mean nothing in the end? HOW WE DON'T EVEN FIND OUT IF AMANDA SURVIVES?

the entire thesis of it is that there's no closure, no definite answers, and that's such an ongoing theme in the franchise, keeping a human/emotional/tragic dimension to the story instead of just being a horror series. In a meta turn of events, we don't even have closure on what happened after Alien: Covenant. The whole series's thesis is that the universe is uncaring, random, indifferent, often violent, but nature has her own sense of order and renewal and is still beautiful even when she's killing you.

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

HOLY SHIT, ALIEN ISOLATION FANDOM WE WON??? WE FUCKING WON

[acecroft]

ALIEN: ISOLATION 2014

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besties ♥

[bioshocked-astroghost]

Hellooooo Alien Isolation fandom, good to see all 14 of us again

Hey so I had another super fun definitely lighthearted and not sad idea about our dearly beloveds Amanda Ripley and Christopher Samuels

Consider this:

An alternate reality, where Ripley dies (before Samuels ever gets to the Apollo reformat chamber, but after Taylor is already injured and things are quickly getting further out of control), and in his concern over not hearing from Ripley for a long time, Samuels makes the decision to go look for her in the last place she told him she was in. As he searches he feels an anxiety that he’s never known before. He tells himself she’s fine, likely hiding from the Joes or the Alien itself. But then he finds her, bloodied and unresponsive in a corner and feels his entire system freeze up. He feels a strange and desperate urge to check her pulse even though he can tell from here that she’s dead. She’s dead. No, this wasn’t supposed to happen. This was supposed to be quick, in and out, just like Verlaine had said. But now, now the one time he makes a personal decision to help someone, he damns them instead. The story of a young girl, losing her mother under mysterious circumstances and searching for her for 15 years had spoken to him and for the first time in his life, he had wanted to make a difference in someone else’s. He suddenly finds himself in front of a gurney, where he’s moved Amanda’s body so she won’t be left to rot on the cold metal floor. He also finds he can’t move, eyes glued to hers, which in turn are fixed on a point no one else can ever see.

“I’m so sorry, Amanda. I only wanted to help.”

And he stays there beside her, unwilling to leave her. He knows they have no chance without her anyway. There’s nothing for him to return to. No point in returning to his post even if he could. He’s failed to recover the Nostromo’s flight recorder unit, but more importantly, far more importantly - to him anyways - he’s caused the death of the one person he had wanted to help. So he remains there, beside her, as the ship continues to disintegrate and tear itself apart around them, the screams, gunfire, explosions, and alien shrieks all slowly being drowned out by his own thoughts:

I failed her. I failed her. I failed her.

[thelvadams]

10 YEARS OF ALIEN: ISOLATION • October 7th 2014

I wanted Amanda Ripley to have closure.

[meltingangels]

[zekreet]

this thing is so me

[bloodborne-on-pc]

Between spending the past week playing Alien: Isolation, and seeing Alien: Romulus today, I've decided I'm gonna poll everyone on a question that's been on my mind this whole time

[sharkgem2000]

Women of Alien. I love the Alien franchise. The first is my #1 favourite horror movie of all time. I also love how empowering Alien is for us ladies. I added Ashlin from the fan-made anime short film, Alien: Monday, on YouTube by OtaKing Animation. It's non-canon, but Ashlin is a fucking badass and deserves to be on here