movie in alien The franchise is always full of references to each other, and Alien: Romulus No exception. In Fede Alvarez’s alien sequel/alien In the prequels, there’s a subtle set decoration that has become a tradition for the series: the drinking bird.
in the first scene Alien: RomulusMiner Wren Carradine (played by Kelly Spaeny) and her robot brother Andy (played by David Jonsson) are dining in the Weyland-Yutani Company cafeteria. On their table sat a drinking bird. The drinking bird, a toy that sometimes appears on office desks, was patented in 1945 by American scientist Miles V. Sullivan and is now sold in bulk on Amazon in varying qualities.
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It’s a double-spherical glass bird on a fulcrum that uses thermodynamics to repeatedly dip its beak into a glass of water. Plus, they usually have a nice little hat because this is a place of business.
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The drinking bird, sometimes called the “dippy bird”, appears in some works. alien Movies, comics, and video games, including alien 3, Alien vs. Predatorand Alien: Covenantand games Alien: Isolation. It’s a tribute to Ridley Scott’s first shot from 1979 alienas the camera tilts across the Nostromo ship, two drinking birds are seen sitting on the ship’s dining table, slowly walking away. In fact, the toy birds are on the table during the movie’s famous chest-burst scene, doing nothing when Gilbert Kane (John Hurt) delivers a small alien punch to the chest during dinner Sitting aside.
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exist Alien: RomulusBeyond the obvious fan service, the drinking bird has its own meaning as a symbol of the overworked indentured mining workers of the colony of Wayland-Yutani. Unable to break the rigid monotony of the cog-like characters, Wren and her friends seek escape and fulfillment elsewhere—but are doomed to fail even if they try. them yes Birds, people.
This isn’t the only Easter egg or franchise twist in Alvarez’s film, but it’s a good one.
Alien: Romulus Now playing in cinemas.
