TheAlienfranchise is filled with great deleted scenes.

The now-infamous “cocoon” scene would have changed the entire franchise irrevocably.

The cocooning concept actually survived long afterAlien, in a way.

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A deleted scene fromAlienswould have seen Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) in a cocoon.

EvenAlien: Resurrection’s ending saw Ripley encounter several of her crew members and soldiers in cocoons.

There’s also no telling whatAlienswould have looked like with an entirely different concept.

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in front of a xenomorph egg and a planet in Alien

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It’s hard to imagine it would have been as good as the version that ended up being made.

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Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, is a science fiction horror film that follows the crew of the commercial spacecraft Nostromo. Upon investigating a distress signal on a distant moon, they discover a deadly extraterrestrial lifeform. The film stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley and became a seminal work in both the sci-fi and horror genres, known for its atmospheric tension and groundbreaking visual effects.

Upon investigating a distress signal on a distant moon, they discover a deadly extraterrestrial lifeform.

Aliens is a 1986 Sci-Fi classic by writer and director James Cameron.

Ripley must band together with a group of Colonial Marines to investigate a disaster at a terraforming colony.

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Aliens is a 1986 Sci-Fi classic by writer and director James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, it’s widely considered one of the best Sci-Fi Horror films ever made. Ripley must band together with a group of Colonial Marines to investigate a disaster at a terraforming colony.

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