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Alien Resurrection

Ripley returns, 200 years later

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Do you need to watch it?

Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

Where it falls in the order

  • Main storynot included
  • Chronological14 of 15
  • Everything14 of 17
Spoilers for this title

Quick recap

Two hundred years later, military scientists aboard the ship Auriga clone Ripley from blood samples taken on Fiorina 161 and remove the Queen from her. The clone, Ripley 8, has superhuman strength, acid blood and a strange bond with the creatures. Mercenaries from the freighter Betty deliver kidnapped humans to serve as hosts. The Xenomorphs break out and take over the Auriga, which is on autopilot to Earth. Ripley escapes with the mercenaries and with Call, who turns out to be an android sent to destroy the project. The Queen, carrying human genes, gives birth to the Newborn, which sees Ripley as its mother. Ripley kills it by having it sucked through a hole in the hull. The Betty breaks away in time, and the Auriga crashes into Earth.

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3 easter eggs

Hidden details

  1. Behind the scenesThe behind-the-back shot was real

    Sigourney Weaver trained for a month and made the backward shot for real. Ron Perlman broke character with an "Oh my god!", but there was enough of a pause for the editors to cut around it.

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  2. ReferenceMother gets a Father

    The Auriga's computer is called Father, a counterpart to Mother, the Nostromo's computer in Alien.

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  3. Behind the scenesJoss Whedon's five endings

    Joss Whedon wrote five different endings for the script. He later said the film followed his script but was poorly executed.

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