Xenomorph Biology Experiments Performed by Dr. Church - Explained 

NOTE: In case you were wondering why acid blood didn't spray everywhere and kill everyone during the autopsy, there is an explanation if you pause this video @ 3:38

Seriously, once you see what happened to Church, you almost can’t blame him for being straight up coo-coo. Brilliant but coo-coo.

I think the observation that captive aliens separated from the hive eventually die is somewhat confirmed in the first Alien film, when it shows the creature becoming lethargic and indifferent in the Nostromo's escape pod.

This comic proves that the answers can be just as interesting as the questions

It's impressive that writers for the alien universe have been able to capture the indomitable nature of humanity by depicting a creature that should be superior by all measures.

the labyrinth series was one of my favorites during the 90's and still holds up well today. Its a shame that the artist didn't really do any other alien comics because he was one of the few people who could nail the xenomorph perfectly on print and i loved his art style

Church you are the most awesome doctor that studys xenos mad or crazy it dont matter he's one tough smart doctor.

They could do an "alien autopsy" scene in next Alien film. That could be something new for once.

That experiment on "regular stone cold sober, frightened man VS drug induced over-confident fearless man" is actually pretty interesting.

Dr Church is one of the best villains in the Alien franchise. Realy scary guy.

Dr. Church is a really interesting character/villain. He sort of reminds me of Dr. Desty Nova from "Battle Angel Alita" in that they are both sympathetic, yet sadistic, insane, yet logical, very well written, and not just an evil scientist stereotype.

Only logic issue I see with the xenomorph dying just from being away from the hive: How might a solitary drone start a new hive then, if it'd just die after a couple months?

Poor aliens. They really have no idea what they got themselves into when they ran into humanity.

Turns out they have cellphones and only pull them out when no one is looking.

I don't support the testing on xenomorphs. I prefer cage-free, free roaming xenomorphs that are ethically treated without hormones or drugs.

"You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage!"

I remember reading this comic when I was in high school. It's 4 issues if I remember correctly, and it's quite brilliant. I recall 2 things in particular, a scene where the doctor is scaring the pants off everyone as he walks a xenomorph down a corridor outfitted with some kind of harness which renders it harmless. And the sequence which details the doctor's own history with the xenomorph, which you hint at in the video, and involves his family. It's incredibly disturbing. But also very well done. Thanks for making this video!

Dr. church is someone who truly understands those creatures and the one who studies them.

Labyrinth is one of my favourite Alien based comicbook stories

You are a refreshing break from the chaos in the world and seemingly all around the internet these days. Keep them coming buddy, great stuff.

This is a pretty interesting take .. thanks for sharing this ... but if xenomorphs can essentially "sense" humans, it creates a question as to how Newt (or anyone) could hide from them for any appreciable time.

These are the stories that need to be adapted into movies

Labyrinth still has some of the most disturbing content I've read in a comic. The whole backstory of Church was haunting, not for what was shown, but what was implied.

I'm not usually a fan of the comics, but Labyrinth was just so bizarre and interesting, I wound up getting the comics; and the book version made me pity the captive xenos a bit more. Awesome job on this video. Looking forward to the further ones on this comic.

Instead of movies, why not a TV Series? It goes more in depth and we can explore the lore in 12 episode or more in 1 season to 2

R.I.P Trixie, Taphey, and Toodles. You all will be missed.

I think in the series Aliens: Stronghold that they said it was pheromones that let the Aliens tell friend from foe. It allowed them to have an android alien infiltrate that hive. But there is a lot to support that they have some psychic ability going on there as well. A lot of the comics and books imply that they cause nightmares too.

About the armed man or the pig test: I like the concept that an alien would go after the foe first to prevent a threat before feeding, but the idea that it doesn't care about its own well-being and only the hive is kinda silly. Because every xeno makes the hive. And if every drone/warrior tossed self preference aside, their numbers would drop seriously low with the Queen crown-palming at her dead defenders. Another example say in the game alien isolation. When Amanda holds up the torch gun, the drone pauses and briefly covers its face, not wanting to get burned. And instead of continuing a rushed attack, it approaches slowly as to give Ripley a false sense of security before knocking her down and hiding again to try another sneak assault. In other words, it still attacked but with caution.

0:19 I love little extras like the flickering screens. And a good horror comic read. Good stuff!

there is a hive mind but also a hierarchy in which lower rung members listen and obey higher tier individuals, as well as individual thought and a collective mentality meaning the more individual xenos present in a given area the smart each becomes as they share experience and ideas with one another.

did you like Alien Isolation? Think you could do a video on it some day?

The aliens died of the same thing Padme died of.

I've not read this story, but the xenomorphs having massive structures of nerve tissue designed to receive signals, a vulnerability to powerful electromagnetic waves, and a hive mind of sorts suggests something like a 'natural' wi-fi system. The same system could be sensitive enough to pick up the stray signals even from quite small amounts of nerves firing, with a big enough 'antenna', or even the interference patterns created in ambient microwaves and short frequency radio by moving objects containing conductive materials (materials like water for example). OK, that's about 85% my own headcannon at the end, but I like it - it goes well with the bio-mechanoid' nature of the creatures, as first conceived, and would explain why they don't need eyes per se - that elongated head is their eye, letting them see in microwave and radio frequencies, and letting them hear/perceive their hive mind. i can even work in the Queen's headcrest - as the wi-fi system's hub and server she would need a better, more directable antenna, and the headcrest, just by artistic coincidence, looks like something that might fulfil such a role.

Sometimes I wonder if these Aliens are real somewhere in the universe 😂 They have created such a deep story to them and the science behind the functioning of the alien in this canon especially, is so detailed, almost believable, you can’t imagine how people come up with such specific detail. This is why I never get bored of the alien universe, it just keeps on giving.

You should cover the Xeno-scout in Team Fortress 2

Good video, thanks :)

This video is wonderful. And I like how you show the pages as physical evidence and read the passages.

I appreciate these experiments. I always wanted to study these creatures too. We need more ppl like this

It would be really interesting if the creators of the Alien franchise make an Alien movie with Dr. Church as the main character and have it about his crazy experiments on the Xenomorphs. There was an Alien movie where the Xenomorphs were tested on but it didn't go too much into length, I think it was a scene or two and don't know / recall / remember if Dr. Church was behind the experiments in that movie.

That's really cool. I love the way the Dark Horse comics extended the mythology and mystique of the Alien into the corners of human psychology

Amazing dive into Alien lore and the iconic characters. Please keep them coming!

2:10 (The Terminator in 3 seconds)

Can you do a video on the Alien king from the comic/novelization of Aliens: Rogue

I never read the comic, but I did read the novelization of Labyrinth. Damn good story.

4:06 So if strong EM fields can give Xenos an ice-cream headache, perhaps an EMP would act like a flashbang grenade; momentarily disorienting or even stunning them. Perhaps if a powerful EMP was detonated in proximity to a queen, it could disrupt the hive mind, as her pain would be felt by her children and their connection would be disrupted, leaving them unable to coordinate their actions.

That's a really nice bit of editing and effects work @ 0.19

Whoever wrote Dr Church’s dialogue is a goddamn genius

just finished watching the making of Covenant , that shit was amazing , make you appreciate the film even more

Alien Theory are you going to explore Church's origins?

Telepathy makes sense, they sense their surroundings, they don't have visible eyes or ears so they just sense what's around them and communicate with each other telling everyone in the hive everything, and it all must go back to the queen, so wherever one xenomorph has been they basically all have been there, just a thought

Your other video that explained Church's backstory shines perfect light on why be is the way is. He is a man that had seen things

Very interesting. My only exposure to the franchise is the first two films and some of your other videos. As for the experiments themselves, they all sound intriguing and valid. I would object to the reckless endangerment of human life, however, though I suppose the logical answer of giving every human enough firepower to kill it would present a supply problem.

Honestly man this is the best video u have made. Fantastic info may better than Covenant.

I started to FEEL for the Xenomorph Doc Church needs his own movie

great videos and theories! ALIENS: LABYRINTH has always been my favorite side story in all the films, games, books, and graphic novels (with Rogue an Stronghold in 2nd and 3rd place) - the writing and art really captures a monster somehow scarier than the xenomorph and I finally found the novel based on this comic that goes even deeper into Church's background with the xenos and what prompted his research. SUCH A COMPELLING STORY! OMG, Hollywood - the script is already written and we've got great young animators and practical FX people everywhere. Let's get a new, fresh, look at the Alien and PLEASE LET RIPLEY R.I.P.! Her story is over. This needs to be a film or series!

Its nice comic novel even more interesting some of the alien movies like Ailen4 and Covenant. Church is not the only survivor of the chestburster removal we do have Dr Shaw even if it was a trilobite. Dr Church also survived an alien hive not many have done that. Funny that Dr Church refer to the alien hive as something that belongs to him. However, its reasonable that you lose you mind if you have been captured in the alien hive for weeks. Its logic that Aliens would communicate telepathically and if they can hear noises im sure they can communicate via hissing as well. I recall that Dr Church said that Aliens could sense what was in front of them like choosing food rather than to escape.Not sure if aliens can see or perhaps they are more like bats.

In Alien Covenant it was revelied that the Xenomorphs had eyes inside their heads.

One of the best alien comics

I love your videos about the comics.

The elongated head being a receiving antenna is a neat idea. It could have a RADAR system for low light environments, but it would not help see through metal.

I had a couple of issues from this series, I forgot all about them until I saw this video. I remember the panel where the doctor is leading an alien in a harness around the laboratory halls.

Speaking of the "hivemind" - it's safe to assume that they are like ants in so many ways (their blind loyalty to their Queen, their aggressive nature, etc.) ; Rather than telephathy, they use pheromones to communicate most of their information, like positioning, disposition and mood. Just a thought.

Wow these vids are so great. Thank you for these tremendous efforts. Really enjoying all of them

Hell yeah! killin it with alien content my man

xenomorph being even slightly psychic makes them scarier, i think. i wonder if you would be willing to make a video where you discuss defense strategies vs aliens? surely you could draw from the materiel but i want to know what you think would be viable or permanent vs them, or even just a compilation of failed ideas?

Once gain, you exceed my expectations with your attention to detail and your rhythmic voiceover. Sometimes the ones who admire the creatures are almost as dangerous as the creatures themselves.

Hard to tell what’s canon or non, but I think Xenomorphs do communicate via telepathy. They’re massive heads do give off they’re psychic vibe, but it’s possible they communicate via they’re shrieks or echolocation.

Also when comparing the Xenomorph species. In many ways it acts more like a bee hive than any other insect hive. Bee hives have queens. A bee hive can only have 2 queens in the same hive if it’s mother and daughter. All the bees but the drones are female. Which makes sense if the entire Xenomorph species is female. That’s how a Xenomorph can become a queen since it’s already female from birth. Bees scout for food then relay it back to the hive. In which more bees accompany it to retrieve the food. Also that bees guard the hive only it the target is presented as a threat. The guards don’t chase after a threat but attack it if it tries to enter the hive. If a non-threatening target, say an Android, enters the hive. A Xenomorph CAN ignore it until it presents a threat. I can keep going but I’m assuming people get the idea between the similarities. It’s the Bee Hive but as a sentient race in more ways than we could have hoped for.

The science in this is so thorough it seems real.

From what I've had gather, Xeno's seem to posses strong enhance senses to electromagnetism. Similar to what sharks and electric ells posses, but it is a more modify version enabling them to sense what emotions that a creatures makes when it would encounter one. It also may explain how the creatures have a 'hive mind', they understand each others emotions and possible enable directly communicate with each other. As for their solitary deaths as one may call it, Xeno's are clearly a social species (with their own kin of course) and that being forcibly alone may cause a "lost of will" affecting the animals health causing eventual death to the creature.

I love the Labyrinth comic story. I think I've read it 5 or 6 times. Great video as always!

By far the best breakdowns man ! Do u have video on the Red Xenonorphs ? Or the difference between the aliens in all the movies my friend was telling me some of them are different species?

This is amazing 🙌 A new look on the Alien series 🤘

Your vids are getting better and better. Good job 🖒😁🖒

Man I’d love if you did this with the Aliens:Stronghold comics and Aliens:Dead Orbit!

Why doesn't Ridley Scott make an Alien Movie about Dr. Church and his experiments.

Great video. This, Music of the Spears, and Genocide were some of my favorites growing up.

Awesome video! Any chance you will be mentioning the reasoning behind Belvieu deleting all data on Church in Aliens: Colonial Marines?

They most likely communicate in a multitude of ways at the same time. first there could be a base telepathic hive mind that is connected to the Queen. Then they could possibly communicate verbally as well with each individual "Drone" or have a form of bio-chemical communication like some insects have with each other. Watching the "cannon films", as the two AVP movies don't count, my hypothesis kind of makes sense as in different films they seem to communicate in different ways. This is most likely due to the different writers not taking multiple movie's continuity into account when they write their scripts. It would be interesting if they made some of the best Alien comic book runs into cannon films as some of them would fit in well with the 6 cannon movies. It would also be nice if they fully and properly linked the Predator franchise to the Alien franchise. As having the Predator's become aware of the new species, created by David, as new hunting stock could make for an interesting movie. They could do a full and proper version of the Alien vs Predator graphic novel, which would fit in as a introduction to showing the Predators and a good Alien movie. One which takes place on a full fledged colony instead of some people randomly finding a planet with Xenomorphs on it for once. It would be nice to see colonists trying to fight a Xenomorph infestation and how "some" survive.

Anyone else noticed that the captive Xenomorphs had their tail scythes cut off?

This is the first meaningful story in the franchise since the first 3 movies!

I would have thought it more likely that the aliens communicate with each other via sound, ultrasound and pheremones. I'm not a fan of the idea that they use telepathy, it doesn't seem very likely.

I laughed how the whole 6:00 on dialog is the Apocalypse Now Brando Speech

Def cover Church's story. His childhood is more than interesting!

Dr. Church is right: Mad science is best science!

Really enjoyed this! Can't wait for the next addition to the movie franchise.

The only thing I’d hate more then being chased by a alien, is being a alien under Dr Church’s contro.

We need a movie series about Dr. Church

Could you provide a brief timeline of when the source material you reference was published? Even if just in the description. I like to be able to put together what may be based or influenced or perhaps ignored by the writers. Thanks for your concise videos on particular topics.

Great video you should do audiobooks I can't find anyone that does the Aliens books

Can we take a min to appreciate the artwork in this Labyrinth series

David must be really interest in this data.

Very Badass info there man, keep it coming!!

I loved labyrinth!

I didn't realize it for a second, but MAN THIS DOCTOR HAS A BIG FOREHEAD!

Well done man.Read this some years ago.then read it again and alowed myfelf to be immersed in it and, it was the most terrifing thing i had ever read.

Y'know, before, I would propable just write off Dr. Church as another crazy scientist *villain* who has no idea what he's doing with his obsessions... but the thing is, the first video ever I watched about him was you covering his Origin story. :( While I don't agree with the guy nor do I really empathize with him, I kind of understand why he is the way he is and how he got to where he is now. I can't help but respect and admire him a little. All that undescribable hell... and he managed to walk through it. Trully, if I were to label his character, I would call him and antihero. The struggles he endured and overcame are no joke and worthy of great praise. It is unfortunate his character made the turn it did, but at the same time, it's understandable why it did. I actually got curious to know how his story ends. Knowing the Alien franchise, I'm not expecting a happy ending, but I do hope he at least goes out fullfilled. Realized. I know it's weird for me to say this, but I can't help it. I gotta be honest. This is how I feel about this guy.

This was a great comic. Is a great comic. They released a bunch of great Alien comics back then with really good creative stories. That storyline alone would have been enough to make a much better movie than Covenant.

could you create dr. church playlist please

Such a profound concept, fascinating