About: Alien (Alien franchise)   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/1ro4xEDP2onYcrlR4CStTw==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The alien, also called the xenomorph,, is a fictional parasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien film series. The species made its debut in the 1979 film Alien and reappeared in its sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). It has also appeared in the series’s two spinoffs Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), as well as the series’s subsidiary literature and video games.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Alien (Alien franchise)
rdfs:comment
  • The alien, also called the xenomorph,, is a fictional parasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien film series. The species made its debut in the 1979 film Alien and reappeared in its sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). It has also appeared in the series’s two spinoffs Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), as well as the series’s subsidiary literature and video games.
Portrayed By
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:annex/prope...iPageUsesTemplate
Last
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Name
  • Alien
Caption
  • A human-spawned alien warrior as it appeared in Alien vs. Predator.
First
  • Alien
Created by
designed by
Classification
abstract
  • The alien, also called the xenomorph,, is a fictional parasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien film series. The species made its debut in the 1979 film Alien and reappeared in its sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). It has also appeared in the series’s two spinoffs Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), as well as the series’s subsidiary literature and video games. Unlike many other recurring enemy extraterrestrial races in science fiction, the aliens are not an intelligent civilization, but predatory creatures with no higher goals than the propagation of their species and the destruction of life that could pose a threat. Like wasps or termites, aliens are eusocial, with a single fertile queen breeding a caste of sterile warriors. The aliens’ life cycle, in which their offspring are violently implanted inside living hosts before erupting from their chests, is in many ways their signature aspect. Their design deliberately evokes many sexual images, both male and female, to illustrate its blurring of human sexual dichotomy. The alien design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph called Necronom IV and refined for the series’s first film, Alien. The species’s design and life cycle have been extensively added to throughout each film.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software