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Xenomorphs
The xenomorph (also known as a Xenomorph XX121, ''Internecivus raptus'', ''Plagiarus praepotens'', or simply the alien or the creature)Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report is a fictional parasitoid, endoparasitoid Extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial species that serves as the main antagonist of the Alien (franchise), ''Alien'' and ''Alien vs. Predator'' franchises. The species made its debut in the film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ''Aliens (film), Aliens'' (1986), ''Alien 3'' (1992), ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), and ''Alien: Romulus'' (2024). The species returns in the prequel series, first with a predecessor in ''Prometheus (2012 film), Prometheus'' (2012) and a further evolved form in ''Alien: Covenant'' (2017), and the 2019 short films ''Alien: Containment'', ''Specimen'', ''Night Shift'', ''Ore'', ''Alien: Harvest, Harvest'', and ''Alien: Alone, Alone''. It also featured in the Alien vs. Predator, crossover films ''Alien vs. Predator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Resurrection
''Alien Resurrection'' is a 1997 American science fiction horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It is the fourth installment of the ''Alien'' franchise, and was filmed at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California. In the film, set 200 years after the preceding installment, ''Alien 3'' (1992), Ellen Ripley is cloned, and an Alien queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military (USM) hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM ''Auriga'', using human hosts abducted and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, and Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the ''Auriga'' before it reaches Earth. Additional roles are played by Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott. ''Alien Resurrection'' had its premiere in Paris on November 6, 1997, and was released to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (franchise)
''Alien'' is a Science fiction film, science fiction Horror film, horror and Action film, action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Xenomorph, Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbender) and the aliens referred to as the "Engineers". Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series began with ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and was followed by three sequels: ''Aliens (film), Aliens'' (1986), directed by James Cameron; ''Alien 3'' (1992), directed by David Fincher; and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Scott also directed the prequel series films ''Prometheus (2012 film), Prometheus'' (2012) and ''Alien: Covenant'' (2017). This was followed by ''Alien: Romulus'' (2024), which is set between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living inside the host (''endoparasitism''), allowing it to continue growing before emerging as an adult, to Paralysis, paralysing the host and living outside it (''ectoparasitism''). Hosts can include other parasitoids, resulting in hyperparasitism; in the case of oak galls, up to five levels of parasitism are possible. Some parasitoids Behavior-altering parasite, influence their host's behaviour in ways that favour the propagation of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of Taxon, taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliens (film)
''Aliens'' is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron. It is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film '' Alien'', and the second film in the ''Alien'' franchise. Set in the far future, it stars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship. When communications are lost with a human colony on the moon where her crew first encountered the alien creatures, Ripley agrees to return to the site with a unit of Colonial Marines to investigate. Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Carrie Henn are featured in supporting roles. Despite the success of ''Alien'', its sequel took years to develop due to lawsuits, a lack of enthusiasm from 20th Century Fox, and repeated management changes. Although relatively inexperienced, Cameron was hired to write a story for ''Aliens'' in 1983 on the strength of his scripts for '' The Terminator'' (1984) and '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985). The pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrials In Fiction
An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. (The word ''extraterrestrial'' means 'outside Earth'.) Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody '' True History'' by Lucian of Samosata. History Antiquity The 2nd century writer of satires, Lucian, in his '' True History'' claims to have visited the Moon when his ship was sent up by a fountain, which was peopled and at war with the people of the Sun over colonisation of the Morning Star. The way people have thought about extraterrestrials is tied to the development of actual sciences. One of the first steps in the history of astronomy was to realize that the objects seen in the night sky were not gods or lights, but physical objects like Earth. This notion was followed by the one that celestial objects should be inhabited as well. However, when people thought about such extraterrestrials, they though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predators (film)
''Predators'' is a 2010 American science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ... action film directed by Nimród Antal, a standalone sequel to ''Predator 2'' (1990) serving as the third installment, and fifth overall including its crossover movies, of the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' franchise. The film has an ensemble cast starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, and Laurence Fishburne, and follows a group of proficient killers who have been abducted and placed on a planet that acts as a game preserve for two warring tribes of Predator (alien), extraterrestrial predators, leading them to try to survive and look for a way back to Earth. Producer Robert Rodriguez had developed a script for a third installment as early as 1994, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concrete Jungle
A Concrete jungle usually refers to urban areas with very little nature or scenery. Concrete jungle may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Concrete Jungle'' (David "Fathead" Newman album), 1977 * ''Concrete Jungle'' (Dive album), or the title song, 1993 * ''Concrete Jungle'' (Nneka album), 2010 * ''Concrete Jungle'' (Scorcher album), 2009 * ''Concrete Jungle'' (Sway & King Tech album), or the title song, 1990 * '' Concrete Jungle Vol. 1'', or the title song, by South Central Cartel, 1999 Songs *"Concrete Jungle", by Bad Omens from '' The Death of Peace of Mind'', 2022 *"Concrete Jungle", by Black Label Society from ''Shot to Hell'', 2006 *"Concrete Jungle", by Bob Marley and The Wailers from ''Catch a Fire'', 1973 *"Concrete Jungle", by Big Youth from ''Screaming Target'', 1973 *"Concrete Jungle", by The Specials from ''The Specials'', 1979 *"In the Jungle (Concrete Jungle)", by The Motels from the soundtrack of the film ''Teachers'', 1984 *"Concrete Jungle", a 2016 single by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator 2
''Predator 2'' is a 1990 American science fiction film, science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins (director), Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. It is the second installment of the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' franchise, and sequel to 1987's ''Predator (film), Predator'', with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator (alien), Predator. Set ten years after the events of the first film, in Los Angeles, ''Predator 2'' focuses on a disgruntled police officer and his allies battling a malevolent and technologically-advanced extraterrestrial known as the Predator. ''Predator 2'' was released on November 21, 1990, and received generally negative reviews upon its release. It grossed $57 million worldwide, a moderate return compared to the previous film's $98 million. While initially seen as a disappoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem
A Requiem (Latin: ''rest'') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead () or Mass of the dead (), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually celebrated in the context of a funeral (where in some countries it is often called a Funeral Mass). Musical settings of the propers of the Requiem Mass are also called Requiems, and the term has subsequently been applied to other musical compositions associated with death, dying, and mourning, even when they lack religious or liturgical relevance. The term is also used for similar ceremonies outside the Catholic Church, especially in Western Rite Orthodox Christianity, the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in certain Lutheran churches. A comparable service, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, exists in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches as well as some Methodist churches. The Mass and its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone
Alone may refer to: * Solitude, a state of seclusion or isolation * Loneliness, negative emotions arising from seclusion Film and television Film * ''Alone'' (1931 French film), by Henri Diamant-Berger * ''Alone'' (1931 Soviet film), by Leonid Trauberg and Grigori Kozintsev * ''Alone'', a 1991 short film featuring Paul Ben-Victor * ''Alone'', a 1997 American television film starring Ed Begley Jr. * ''Alone'' (1999 film), a Spanish film by Benito Zambrano * ''Alone'' (2001 film), a Croatian film by Lukas Nola * ''Alone'' (2004 film), a German film * ''Alone'', a 2004 short film by Gregory Orr * ''Alone'' (2007 film), a Thai horror film by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom * ''Alone'' (2008 film), a Turkish film by Çağan Irmak * ''Alone'' (2013 film) or ''Phobia'', an American horror film * ''Alone.'' (2014 film), an American documentary film * ''Alone'' (2015 Hindi film), an Indian horror film by Bhushan Patel * ''Alone'' (2015 Kannada film), an Indian acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvest
Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish (as well as fungi) as food, especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large mechanized farms, harvesting uses farm machinery, such as the combine harvester. Automation has increased the efficiency of both the seeding and harvesting processes. Specialized harvesting equipment, using conveyor belts for gentle gripping and mass transport, replaces the manual task of removing each seedling by hand. The term "harvesting" in general usage may include immediate postharvest handling, including cleaning, sorting, packing, and cooling. The completion of harvesting marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covenant
Covenant may refer to: Religion * Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general ** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible ** Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people ** Covenant of allegiance in Ahmadiyya Islam, which requires followers to fulfill the Ten Conditions of Bai'at ** Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in the Bahá'í faith, two separate binding agreements between God and man *** Greater Covenant, the covenant made between each Manifestation from God and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God *** Lesser Covenant, regarding the successorship of authority within the religion ** Covenant theology, in Christianity interpretations of a covenant surrounding Jesus's death and resurrection ** Mosaic covenant, a biblical covenant between God and the biblical Israelites, including their proselytes. ** New Covenant theology, a Christia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
