Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Alien: Romulus!
The black goo is one of the most important plot elements inAlien: Romulus, and here is what happens to the substance at the end of the film. Having first made its debut inPrometheus, theAlienfranchise’s black goo is one of the most important yet most mysterious elements in the franchise. ThePrometheusblack goo has all kinds of interesting powers, and while there were still a lot of unresolved questions after its appearance inAlien: Covenant, many expected these to never be resolved. However,Alien: Romulusmade the surprising choice to bring the black goo back.
During the events ofAlien: Romulus, Andy gets a new primary objective, with him mysteriously working toward a goal that seemingly benefits the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. As it turns out, theRomulusandRemusspace stationthat the cast ofAlien: Romulushas been exploring throughout the film actually contains a laboratory which focused on the black goo fromPrometheus. The scientists on board the ship were running various tests on the black goo, and once the space station became abandoned, Weyland-Yutani realized that they had to get the black goo back to safety. However, the vilainous corporation failed in their mission.
Rain Has Some Of The Black Goo Vials At The End Of Alien: Romulus
They Are On The Ship And Headed To Yvaga
As theAlien: Romuluscast is attempting to escape the Weyland-Yutani space station at the end of the film, theblack goo (also known as Prometheus fire) changes hands several times. When Rain decides to go back and save Andy, she gives the remaining vials of the black goo to Kay, telling her to bring it to their ship. Once on board, the injured Kay decides to inject herself with the black goo, leading to the birth of the terrifying human hybrid monster from the end ofAlien: Romulus.
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Although Rain’s battle against the monster is epic, it does distract from the fate of the black goo vials. By the end of the events of the film, the last samples of the black goo are still on Rain’s ship,with them heading to the planet Yvaga. Although the fate of these black goo vials is left unresolved by the end ofAlien: Romulus, the fact that Rain still has them could play a massive role in the franchise’s future, opening up even more mysteries that the series needs to address.
Why Rain Didn’t Destroy The Vials
She Could Have Left Them On The Space Station
The vials of black goo are clearly dangerous, with them being behind much of the conflict inAlien: Romulus, raising the question of why Rain didn’t destroy them. Since the black goo has shown a propensity for creating dangerous monsters, it would make sense for Rain to destroy them upon escaping the space station. However, it isn’t known if the black goo can even be destroyed.PrometheusandAlien: Covenantshowed that anything that interacts with the black goobecomes mutated, and if Rain tried to destroy it, this could have happened to her too.
Another option would have been forRain to simply leave the black goo vials on the space station as it crashed. However, Rain and the gang were clearly in a crunch for time while trying to escape, and she may not have had enough time to leave the ship with the vials one more time. On top of that, Rain keeping the vials means that Weyland-Yutani have no way to recover them from the wreckage, keeping them out of the evil corporation’s hands.
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Rain keeping the black goo vials may have been a bad idea, as they could have a horrible impact on the story of a potentialAlien: Romulussequel.Keeping the black goo around means that even more monsters could appear, creating more horrific situations that Rain has to survive. On top of that, Weyland-Yutani may attempt to come to Yvaga and steal the black goo back, bringing danger to the peaceful planet.
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David’s story inAlien: Covenantis also a sign of how bad things could get for Rain inAlien: Romulus 2. When David brought the black goo to a planet of Engineers, he was able to wipe out the civilization with ease. Even though Rain isn’t attempting to destroy Yvaga, her bringing the black goo along would inadvertantly lead to this catastrophe, creating a dark future for the story ofAlien: Romulus.
Alien: Romulus
Cast
Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez and will focus on a new young group of characters who come face to face with the terrifying Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a stand-alone film and takes place in a time not yet explored in the Alien franchise.
