![]() ![]() ![]() So, Ripley woke up an entire horde of them to kill the Terminators, meaning the Alien’s Xenomorphs and Predator’s Yautja actually worked together to stop a common enemy. This battle was happening in an off-the-books laboratory in deep space where Xenomorphs were kept in stasis for experimentation and research. Unfortunately, the hybrid machines prove to be too much for Ripley and the Predators to handle, so Ripley does the one thing she thought she’d never do: she recruits the help of Xenomorphs. Since this threat to the cosmos is unparalleled, the Predators decided to team up with Ripley8 (the clone of the original Ripley from Alien Resurrection) to take the Terminator/Xenomorph hybrids down. In Aliens vs Predator vs The Terminator #4 by Mark Schultz and Mel Rubi, the Terminators are attempting to create new machines that merge Terminators with Xenomorphs–and they’re successful. Related: Alien Is Finally Redeeming Predator's Biggest Missed Opportunity For years following that first story, there were a number of comic book series, novels, video games, and eventually a short-lived film franchise that dove head-first into establishing a lore that encompassed these two alien lifeforms and their seemingly eternal conflict in the universe, though after a while, it got kind of repetitive–at least, until Terminators got involved. He warns of Skynet’s plan to re-create itself. Trollenberg and finds a message secretly implanted by John back in the 21st century. However, once fans got a taste for what a Xenomorph vs Yautja battle could look like, they demanded more. John Connor: Call (the android from Alien Resurrection played by Winona Ryder) taps into the deceased Infiltrator Terminator named Dr. When both franchises first began ( Alien in 1979 and Predator in 1987) they were completely separate with absolutely no indication that they shared a continuity. ![]() The idea for a shared Alien vs Predator universe began with one story inside a Dark Horse Presents comic back in 1990 which was followed closely by the Xenomorph cameo in Predator 2. While Alien vs Predator exists in its own continuity completely separate from that of The Terminator franchise (at least, usually), AvP did evidently require some help from The Terminator as it suffered from a repeating trope that made the series a bit repetitive and boring with every new installment–and The Terminator saved Alien vs Predator from that cliché. ![]()
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