Xenomorphs, "Alien", Ridley Scott, Prometheus, David 8, David B & Walter
Ridley caught onto a future where humans live alongside androids, Replicants, constructs.
Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl took it a step or more further, you are sharing thoughts of an android and seeing the humans through Emiko's eyes as they abuse her.
Bruce Sterlings Shaper / Mechanist stories laid out the human's choice -
go with replacement mechanical parts and pieces and be that cyborg type.
Or go higher tech, biological shaping / shapeshifting.
Of course, many shades , hues variants in between those are on already.
The two Ishiguro's have seen to that.
These ideas, movies, books, futures, templates, myths and Hollywood huge budget redo's all figure in everyday life, in ways small or some , large.
We need to keep exploring the ideas presented - robotics, android people, how we treat our animals - clue to how those much mooted future Skynet -ish AI's will treat us ?
Then, Ridley tries to use the prequels to say that the Android David aka David 8 created the Xenomorphs.
That seems to pee all over the mystery of the Xenomorphs, turns them into
simply one android's 'revenge' on stupid humans.
And while liking the idea of say, visiting the Xenomorph's planet and having enjoyed "Aliens" many times over - i do find something too in as Marc Caro says ,
' the Xenomorph is great when presented as one creature only ', not so many.
Whether one 'liked' their Alien movie or not is another matter.
Science fiction visionary Marc Caro on 'Alien,' 'Dune,' 'Metal Hurlant', and the 30th anniversary of his dystopian classic 'Delicatessen.'
www.inverse.com
Currently reading Alien Sea of Sorrows, as found in the local book box : )
Human empath and relative of Ripley's has Xeno's in his dreams and so ...
Enter Weyland - Yutani !
Peter @ TED
David speaks for himself
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