Summary

• Sequel & prequels continue iconic Alien franchise, exploring themes of creation & destruction.
• Memorable quotes from characters like Dr. Shaw & Ash reflect series' philosophical roots.
• Iconic tagline "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream" continues to resonate with fans.

Beginning in 1979, the Alien series remains one of the most important sci-fi horror film franchises. It's seen some sequels, terrific world-building, and lore expansion with its prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and even survived a Disney purchase to return with Fede Álvarez's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Alien: Romulus.

With so many movies that exist in the Alien series and with a new director at the helm for each one (except the Ridley Scott ones), there will always be plenty of unforgettable moments and iconic lines said by characters. From the original Ridley Scott film 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to James Cameron's glorious sequel to Prometheus and Alien: Romulus, here are Alien's best quotes.

12 "It Is New Year's Day, The Year Of Our Lord, 2094. My Name Is Elizabeth Shaw, Last Survivor Of The Prometheus. And I Am Still Searching."

- Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Prometheus)

After the first movie, the last survivor sign-off has instilled itself as an iconic part of the Alien series. Ridley Scott brought it back for his 2012 sequel, Prometheus, where Shaw delivers a more hopeful concluding message that she'll continue her search for the Engineers to unlock humanity's secrets, despite having gone through everything she did in the movie.

It's a callback to Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, and it's a much more subtle nod than all the things Alien: Romulus had going on in its plot. And, unfortunately, if you've seen Covenant, you'll know Elizabeth's search ends rather quickly when the synthetic David kills her and then uses her body for his experiments.

11 ꦅ "We Made You Because We Could." ꦺ

- Dr. Charlie Holloway (Prometheus)

The Alien prequels Prometheus and Covenant focus more on philosophical points and explore the relationship between a creator and their creations, which is shown throug🧜h the parallels of humans and AI, the Engineer race and humans, and, finally, Dav🏅id and his Xenomorphs. This quote from Holloway is probably the most significant one in encapsulating the major theme of the series.

David is intrigued by the answers the Engineers could hold about humanity and poses a question to Dr. Charlie Holloway about man's creation of synthetic androids. Holloway responds by nonchalantly saying "We made you because we could," showing David that humans have a complete lack of understanding of what they've achieved.

10 𝓡 "Sometimes To Create, One Must ✱First Destroy."

- David (Prometheus)

There you have it again. Another tie to creation and just one of Michael Fassbender's beautifully said lines in the prequel films. During the pivotal twist in Prometheus, it's revealed that an Engineer is still alive and sleeping in a hypersleep pod in the Space Jockey cockpit room of the ship. David awakens him, which ends horribly for him, Peter Weyland, and the remaining Prometheus crew.

It's revealed that the Engineers were on their way to Earth with their cargo of black goo bioweapon canisters to seemingly destroy the human life they helped create all those billions of years ago. That's when David cryptically says, "Sometimes to create, one must first destroy," and he takes his own advice to heart when he unleashes the pathogen on the alien inhabitants of Planet 4 in Covenant's prologue.

9 🤡 "Your Petition Is Not Accepted. Have A Nice Day!"

- Rain (Alien: Romulus)

For the most part, Alien: Romulus has standout dialogue due to David Jonsson's Andy being programmed to tell a clever dad joke in sticky situations. However, one quote where the main protagonist Rain shines is her comeback one-liner to the android science officer aboard Renaissance Station called Rook, who has Ian Holm's likeness. It's a quote that feels like it's made for Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, yet it's finally an original one for Romulus.

One of Rook's programmed responses when denying a request that goes against company protocol is, "Your petition is not accepted." Rain uses his own words against him and adds, "Have a nice day!" before shutting him off and leaving the Renaissance to its inevitable destruction. Rook tries to send Rain's ship to Jackson's Star colony so that she can deliver the Z-01 Prometheus Fire compound to Weyland scientists, but Rain continues to Yvaga, disobeying his directive.

8 "You Still Don't Understand What You're Dealing With, Do You? The Perfect Organism. Its Structural Perfection Is Matched Only By Its Hostility... I Admire Its Purity. A Survivor... Unclouded By Conscience, Remorse, Or Delusions Of Morality."

- Ash (Alien)

Ash was the synthetic android aboard the Nostromo posing as a huma🔯n science officer when his true sinister agenda was revealed: preserving the Xenomorph specimen to deliver it to the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Like his prequel counterpart David, Ash is extremely fascinated and impressed by the alien ﷽organism and its capabilities.

Ash calls the Xenomorph a "perfect organism," a line that will be echoed by Rook in Alien: Romulus when also describing the creature. Ash considers the Xenomorph superior to humans in every way, from its behavior to its genetic construct, resilience, lack of morality, and "purity." It's truly one of the most iconic, frightening, and relentless alien creatures ever created in sci-fi horror cinema 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and has received so many iterations.

7 "I Can't Lie To You About Your Chances, But You Have My Sympathies."

- Ash And Rook (Alien And Alien: Romulus)

Androids don't have emotions like humans, and their processing center thinks in terms of probability and chances of success rather than letting fear and anger cloud their judgment, like the crew of the Nostromo when confronted with the Xenomorph on their ship. Ash's final words in the 1979 movie are essentially his synthetic way of saying "good luck."

The crew's chances of survival are quite slim, and only Ripley and her cat, Jonesy, will be alive by the end. However, Ash puts it in such a way that it's become iconic to repeat, especially when it can be relatable to video games. Then, in Romulus, the late Ian Holm returns in CGI as Rook, and his character says this exact liওꦛne again as an homage, which is fitting, considering Rook and Ash are ꦑthe same model꧟.

6 "That's It, Man. Game Over, Man. Game Over!"

- Private Hudson (Aliens)

This is probably a quote you least expect to hear from a movie set in the Alien universe, but it's brilliantly spoken in James Cameron's Aliens by none other than Private Hudson of the Colonial Marines when everything goes to hell. Usually, marines would refer to the situation as a SNAFU, but Hudson must enjoy video games because he whines and cries, "Game over, man!" while pacing across the wreckage.

While Hicks had already told Hudson to get ahold of himself, he clearly disobeys that command and lets all his emotions out when saying, "Game over, man. Game over!" Playing the scene back, it's hilarious to hear, especially since Hudson exclaims this in the background while Ripley and Newt share a dramatic moment. Hudson's actor, the late Bill Paxton, also .

5 "Andy, Open The Door! Andy, Open The Door! What Are You Doing? I Need You To Open That Door Right Now. Come On, Open The Door!" ꦇ

- Rain, Tyler, And Kay (Alien: Romulus)

An edge-of-your-seat moment in Alien: Romulus that will haunt you long after the film ends is when Rain's android companion, Andy, refuses to open the door to let Tyler's sister, Kay, out of the docking bay with a Xenomorph right behind her. That's because Andy's chip had to be swapped for Rook's so he could get access to the station to wherever they might need it.

This messes with his original protocols and overrides them to obey the company's directive. You see Andy go from a very funny and sweet android who delights in telling jokes to one more cold and calculated like Ash, Rook, and David. No matter how many times Rain, Tyler, and Kay cry out and plead with him to open the door, Andy lets Kay get taken by the Xenomorph so that he can save them from harm.

4 ꦐ "Get Away From Her, You B*tch!" ꧃

- Ellen Ripley And Andy (Aliens And Alien: Romulus)

James Cameron is known for having characters deliver some truly iconic one-liners in his films, like Arnold Schwarzenegger's "I'll be back" or "Hasta la vista, baby" from the Terminator series, but Sigourney Weaver gets her own as Ellen Ripley in his 1986 sequel to Ridley Scott's classic. It all happens when Ripley dons the P-5000 Power Loader and takes on the Xenomorph Queen.

Ripley is getting the gigantic Xeno's attention away from Newt when saying this line, which ends up becoming the most memorable. 2023's Mortal Kombat 1 even made a reference to it in the story campaign, and, although a bit more cringe-worthy, Fede Álvarez made sure to include it again in Romulus when David Jonsson's Andy rescues Rain from the Xenomorph, blasting it down the elevator shaft.

3 "Big Things Have Small ♕Beginnings."

- David (Prometheus)

A simple yet profound line said by David in 2012's Prometheus ends up having the most consequences for the entire series. The ever-curious and scientifically-driven David examines a droplet of the black liquid pathogen from the canister he stole during the Prometheus expedition on LV-223. As if talking to it and admiring it, he says, "Big things have small beginnings."

From there, he gets the idea to slip the black droplet into Dr. Charlie Holloway's drink to see what effects it will have on him, which doesn't end well for Holloway, nor Dr. Elizabeth Shaw for getting pregnant by Charlie and birthing a Trilobite alien Facehugger that would create a Deacon. From this black pathogen begins all the alien species you see in the films. Romulus especially shows how it can lead to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:even bigger, bigger Resident Evil-tyꦗpe things.