Even the more recent installments like "Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant" didn't force a lot of Easter eggs and callbacks to previous entries, simply because that's just not Ridley Scott's style ...

Here are six Alien Easter eggs and references that we spotted: Probably the most on-the-nose reference here is the cat itself, an obvious call-back to Ripley's cat Jonesey from the original Alien ...

The discovery was quickly shared online, with many commenting on the alien-like appearance of the eggs. However, experts explained that these were simply bryozoans - creatures that have existed ...