What is the 'Red Strain' of Xenomorph? - Explained

On the planet of G-435, a new strain of "Red" Xenomorphs emerged, leading to a civil war between the new and old aliens of the planet. This video explores details from the comic and novelization of Aliens: Genocide regarding this variant.

ELLEN RIPLEY TIER OF EXCELLENCE: Lady Anne ^^ö^^(Jessica M Kandal, PhD)
WEYLAND YUTANI EXECUTIVE: NanashiFx
QUEENS: Ronni Jensen, XenoShadowMorph, Alyssane, Grizz4756
PRAETORIAN: John Griggs
WARRIORS: Kurt Venetis, Blockerman
DRONES: KuroNyra, Grace Ryder, Matthew Coleman, Yunners, Waya525

CHESTBURSTERS: Anne Mac, James Aponte, Rafael Aguila, Oliver, Stewart Crichton, Matt Bro, BWXenogears, Thomas Watvedt, Gregor Mundell. John C Jones, Sean Arme, Thomas J Gettings, Commodore Erickson, Tariq_RUH, Arkuras, Ambrosia. Project Acheron, Robert Johnson, Axel R. Garcia, Adam LaZerte, David Hokanson, Mark Lennon

[dfailsthemost]

Dude, if anyone hasn't watched, Alien Theory's Earth War and Beyond the Earth War videos are amazing. Same for the Ryuishi videos. Extremely entertaining.

[Wigglyferret]

Personally I've always loved the red strain alien as it's it's captured my imagination. One unique idea I had was that they shot a film featuring the red strain versus the black strain But the entire film was shot like a very intense nature documentary. Perhaps the announcer could be a synthetic, going unnoticed amongst the hordes of warring aliens and giving us a unique close up look and perspective to the species

[Warrior-Of-Virtue]

My theory on this is that when the Matriarch was killed, it triggered something in the surviving xenomorphs which made them much more prone to mutation. This created multiple strains which each created their own hive which were instinctively driven to destroy one another to ensure that only the strongest strain survived.

[nikodimus]

I remember reading those old Alien comics. Still baffled that there was never a movie made by using the comics as a template. The one comic where a corporate leader goes to kidnap the queen for her "queen jelly" to use as a performance enhancing drug, seemed especially interesting. Too bad it was never used for a script similar to the Alien 2 movie. Although based on the action I'm guessing it would have been too elaborate and costly to shoot back then. Perhaps with todays CGI effects the alien battles could be filmed more easily and cheaply.

[afillari]

Interesting note, the Kenner Aliens toy line from the early 90s was supposed to be tied to an Aliens animated series called Operation: Aliens, which never made it to TV. It was basically a Saturday morning cartoon version of the Aliens movie, and it would have introduced new Xenomorph types as Ripley and the crew of marines traveled to different planets. With the show prematurely cancelled, Kenner still went forward with the toys and sold them as simple Aliens action figures. This is the reason why the toy designs are so weird and colorful.

[LoneWolf-kwol]

i like this idea; a recessive gene that causes the xeno to be less of a hive mind creature and more of an instinctive animal. Could make for some interesting stories

[dfailsthemost]

As shady scientists in the alien universe go, Begalli was pretty modest in his ambitions.

[EricLinstone]

Sounded like at one point they had the Xenomorph and the Neomorph fighting in Alien Covenant. Would've been interesting to see.

[superzilla]

Years ago, after the release of the 2010 Aliens Vs Predator game when the ending revealed the next game was gonna take place on Xeno Prime, I was keeping my fingers crossed we would finally see the Red Xenos in game.

What I was hoping to see happen would be the game opening on Xeno Prime to show there is currently a Hive War taking place across the planet. Red Xenos and the original Xenos fighting in massive battles, looking like the opening of Lord of The Rings when the Last Alliance invaded Mordor to stop Sauron. you play as an original Xeno somewhere amongst the chaos, and this would have just been level 1!

I wish we could have gotten that sequel game.

[JP-djow]

I remember looking through all the Aliens comics in the book store at the mall for hours as a kid. I had and still have the novels including Genocide. I always wanted to see Dr. Church's story in Labyrinth made into a movie. The art in that was so damn good. I can't look at the Marvel Aliens just because for me the Dark Horse comics and art is what I've looked and loved for so long.

[ameliaward]

Man. This IP seems to have an endless supply of lore.

[cheshiregrinn]

What a rush of nostalgia! I remember the red Xenomorph toy was the bull, one of my favs. Along w/ the Green Mantis Xenomorph of course. Always wondered why they haven’t incorporated Those Xenomorph variants instead of the more recent films creatures (I haven’t wasted my time… the OG Xenomorph is my fav and neither the black nor white deacon?… can replace that… I actually just learned there’s more/other films that include the Xenomorphs + their story). haha, awesome vid bro, love your channel!!

[wickdaline]

The red strain would of been so cool to see on screen!

[cultureofone]

Your content is great. Extremely informative and enjoyable to listen to. As an avid collector and fan of the franchise. You hit every note and more.
Your comic readings are very thoughtful and thorough.
A great channel. Thanks for keeping the classic comics alive. 🙏🏻🖖🏻

[daviddunn]

Originally the artist did them red so we the reader/viewer of the story could tell the sides apart at least that what I had heard . Kinda glad they mixed it into the lore if that’s what they did in the end .

[MereelSkirata]

They were red so the reader could differentiate between those fighting in the original comic.

[stevebiggers]

The red strain would be interesting to see used in a film at some point of the future

[Jfleck]

Genocide was the 2nd comic I read out of the newer marvel omnibus. I haven't read the comics since I was a kid. It's been a thrill going back to them . Love the videos .

[zooropa]

Man, I was obsessed with those action figures as a kid, haha. The only one of the original line I never managed to snag was Apone. My favorite part was the pictures on the back. The one of Bishop is a wonderful monument to terrible photo editing pre-PhotoShop.

[Burlaphen]

This takes me way back and I had these comics so thank you for recapping all this and this is also interesting