Alien: Romulus vs. Alien: Earth Xenomorph suit design comparison

Chris
AdminEngineerAugust 18, 2025Some recent set photos from Alien: Earth give us a better look at the practical Xenomorph suit used in the show. I compared it to the Alien: Romulus Scorched Xenomorph suit set photos shared by suit actor Trevor Newlin.
Which design do you prefer? Looking at them side by side there are some significant differences.
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Holy s*** look at those arms! I don't remember the cgi equivalent being that bulky. Yeah I prefer the Romulus one by far. The Earth one looks like an impressive cosplay suit.
omg, yeah. alien earth's has like a black leather feeling to it. it looks like a guy in a suit.
(Xeno voice in her head)
"WOOOOOOO yeah! I bust my tight ass 'n' lift weights 10 hours a day 8 days a week! My starvin' Marvin brothers ain't got s*** on me cuz I only do alpha male s*** straight up dawg beach 2026 that's what's up"
🤣🤣 That Xeno is yoked to the gills!He's 100% natty! He uh eats raw liver.
The Xeno Trens hard Anavar gives up 💪🏻
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The Romulus Xenomorph looks like a mix of the 1979 Big Chap and the Resurrection cloned Xenomorphs. While the Earth Xenomorph (that everyone calls Bear) to me looks like a mix of the 1979 Xenomorph and the Alien 3 Runner design. I prefer the Romulus design, though it doesn't mean I'd get an NECA figure of Earth Xeno.
The thread thumbnail looks like they're about to fight in a boxing ring.
Alien boxing game, when?
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I wonder which Xeno would come out on top if they DID fight.. 👀
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Is the black goo in the DNA of the engineers and the xenomorph? If so, are we supposed to believe it is in humans?
Is the black goo in the DNA of the engineers and the xenomorph? If so, are we supposed to believe it is in humans?
This is OT but according to the story in Prometheus and in chronological order, the Engineers created us using the black goo. Alien Covenant further built upon this creation idea as David 8 had been experimenting with the goo on planet 4 for several years until he managed to scientifically develop/grow the first eggs which as we know (and without spoiling for those who haven't seen A:C) lead to the first protomorph (predecessor to the xenomorph)
Does this make sense?
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.....continued. Romulus stays on this path with the surgical extraction of the goo from the first big chap xenomorph (although this is a retcon as the idea of this goo never existed until the Prometheus script was rewritten and the everything-possible lore clay was conceived)
With this in mind, the goo exist in xenomorphs IF you follow above mentioned films. As for humans or engineers I have not seen any lore hints suggesting that the goo is in the DNA although the goo can "rewrite" human DNA so maybe it was in our system all along.
Is the black goo in the DNA of the engineers and the xenomorph? If so, are we supposed to believe it is in humans?
To try to answer your question, Fede Alvarez said that the black goo is the root of all life, and Xenos especially come out of it and its part of them, and Engineers also came out of the pathogen, so that's why the Offspring had both Xenomorph and Engineer characteristics.
I guess that LV-223 Engineers were created using the black goo; the Planet 4 Engineers were more natural. So I think black goo has Xenomorph and Engineer DNA, which is why anything it mutates either has Xenomorph or Engineer traits, such as elongated head, biomechanical aspects, pale skin, acid blood, etc.
Furthermore, let's not derail from the topic.
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