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gargantuan Started conversation Jun 11, 2007
if i am correct, the word "xenomorph" is used in the film ALIENS
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Aladdin Sane Posted Jun 11, 2007
Xenomorphs have to be destroyed in Space Cadet, XP2's pinball game.
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Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Jun 11, 2007
You would be correct, it is used in the second film of the Alien Quadrilogy: Aliens.
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Geggs Posted Jun 12, 2007
But I find myself thinking that it doesn't fully describe the aliens. 'Xeno' means alien, and 'morph' means shape, so describing them as 'xenomorphs' just mean that they are an alien shape, but says nothing about what they do.
If they were called 'xenocidal', that is, that they kill anything aliens to themselves, then that would start to define their actions.
Or combining the two, 'xenocidal xenomorphs', would be creatures of an alien shape that kill anything alien to themselves. That would get a little closer.
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