Romulus is one of the best-reviewed films in the franchise, and its box office success has led to confirmation of an Alien: Romulus sequel. The franchise has had its ups and downs, and hopefully, the latest entry can serve as a blueprint for how to keep the franchise feeling fresh.

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Alien: Romulus' Sequel Needs More Interesting & Creative Monsters Like The Offspring

The Film Franchise Has To Continue To Evolve

One of the biggest successes of Alien: Romulus was the Offspring, a brand-new type of Alien that was created from the black goo that first appeared in Prometheus. The reveal of the creature was quite a big surprise, as Romulus was meant to emulate the original Alien, which features just one Xenomorph, but at the end, the film swung hard out of left field with this crazy amalgamation of human, Xenomorph, and Engineer, alongside multiple traditional xenos. The Offspring also appears after the survivors escape from the Renaissance and the threat is seemingly neutralized, adding to the shock factor of the creature's appearance.

Outside the Offspring's excellent design in Alien: Romulus, the creature works because it is different from what has come before. Alien is a long-running franchise, and despite many of the films being great, a lot of them follow the same basic story structure, which can lead to them feeling too similar. The Offspring is a great symbol of the series' willingness to experiment with creatures outside the classic Xenomorphs, and the franchise needs to keep that up if it hopes to prevent itself from feeling boring.

The Alien: Romulus Sequel Can Take Inspiration From Aliens

It Would Make Sense To Follow In The Footsteps Of The Series' Best Sequel

The original Alien remains one of the best Alien films, in large part because, when compared to most other properties in the franchise, it is quite simple and more straightforward, telling the story of Ripley and the crew trying to survive an alien attack. However, the sequel, Aliens, came out a few years later and introduced a ton of new lore and monsters, specifically the Xenomorph Queen, greatly expanding what was possible in the universe. If Romulus is Alien, then its sequel should take inspiration from Aliens, and expand upon everything set up in Romulus, including the Offspring.

This could take many forms, and with the way Romulus set up the Offspring, anything is possible. The black goo transformed a human baby into something entirely different from a Xenomorph, so it could likely infect any number of things, and there is still plenty of it on Rain and Andy's ship. There could be more hybrid creatures created from interaction with full Xenomorphs, or maybe to take the reference all the way, there could be a Xenomorph Queen/Offspring hybrid of some kind. The possibilities are endless, and Alien: Romulus' sequel has plenty of tools to capitalize on them.