Why is the origin of the Xenomorph race suddenly so important

>>83232306
>Why is the origin of the Xenomorph race suddenly so important and integral to the Alien franchise?
Money

>Why is it and important, who actually cares?
20th Century Fox execs

>>83232306
its called "alien"
and the movie is about THE alien

what the fuck did you expect moron

>>83232422
But anon, what if the Aliens are...us?

Soooooo why were the engineers going to kill humanity in Prometheus anyway?

>>83232482
Probably they watched the movie and wanted to kill Ridley with all the human kind.

The new generation of millennial "geeks" only cares about random pop culture trivia.

They want answers, they want trivia, they want lore, they want more of everything that is related to their childhood or is fashionably geeky.

>>83232482
Because Jesus was an Engineer and the jews killed him.

This post is not a joke.

>>83232422
>its called "alien" and the movie is about THE alien

The original Alien was a movie where a bunch of people in a cramped space ship were running away from a giant monster while the lights flickered.

Sure, there was lore, world-building and unanswered questions, but that's part of basic sci-fi writing.

>>83232306
>Why do the screenwriters of the newer Alien movies
It's literally just Ridley Scott, he's been banging on about this for years.

Ridley Scott had an existential crisis and wanted to make some money off of it.

>>83232306
cash grab sequels
none of the alien prequels were planned out when Alien was made

>>83232509
>fashionably geeky.
when will this shit be over?

>>83232510
why do (((((((((((those)))))))))))) guys ruin everything?

Because every movie needs to be part of a bigger franchise and have tons of "world building".

>>83232306
because ridley scott is a hack who underestimates the power of mystery and human imagination in storytelling