As per the course of the first film, in space, no one can hear you scream.
As expected, the short films really delivered on giving many fans nightmares in only a few short minutes.
Harvest:
- The very premise. The USCSS November is about to collide with a comet that it was harvesting plasma from, and only four surviving crew members remain. Their attempts to escape the Xenomorph on board in dark, claustrophobic corridors pays homage to Alien very well.
- Mari, pictured above. From how she acts, and the way she's dressed, you'd think she'd be an expy of Ellen Ripley, right? Wrong. Instead, she's the company synthetic that successfully manages to get some alien eggs delivered to the Company, with the two survivors in the escape pods the helpless victims.
- While most synthetics in the franchise don't really think much of humanity, namely Ash and David, Mari is the only one who clearly enjoys her cruel actions.
- The ending. Hannah and an injured Alec are on-board the escape pod, with Mari apparently sacrificing herself to save them. But as the shuttle is preparing to eject, Hannah notices a containment warning announcement. Then, she glances at Alec only to see a Facehugger on his face, and two eggs nearby. When she looks back at Mari, we see the most disturbing Slasher Smile on Mari's face as a Xenomorph comes behind her. Then the Xenomorph impales Mari, revealing her as a traitorous synthetic when she spurts the trademark white blood from her mouth, and as the second egg opens up, the escape pod's hatch seals, trapping them inside, and all Hannah can do is scream before she meets her horrific fate.
- As the pod ejects and starts its course to the Weyland-Yutani probe, it sends out a transmission to confirm the presence of the specimens on board. Looks like Weyland-Yutani has won this round in the end.
