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Been a while since I watched this but why did the engineer s leave maps to themselves on Earth?
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Sep 6, 2018 16:15
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Do you think would a squad of marines (ala Aliens) totally own the Engineer homeworld too?
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Sep 6, 2018 16:21
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UmOk posted:Been a while since I watched this but why did the engineer s leave maps to themselves on Earth? They didn't. It's inbuilt into the dna of all of us for whatever reason, and the humans from the different times drew them.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:23
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happyhippy posted:They didn't. It's the same branding as how in both Blade Runner movies every cell of a replicated being has a serial number on it you can view under a microscope.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:31
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UmOk posted:Been a while since I watched this but why did the engineer s leave maps to themselves on Earth? I took it as a test. Seed some planets with life, leave a map, and when they are sufficiently advanced, they will come to you to be evaluated. Easier than trying to monitor every planet out there forever.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:40
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It's implied(and explicitly stated by Scott in interviews, if you're into that kinda thing) that a rogue Engineer took a liking to humans, and he's the one who gave us the map. But the map was a warning, like "never go here, death lives here" and humans simply lost it's true meaning over time. Kinda like how we debate today over how to most effectively mark nuclear waste so that future humans don't get curious and seek out our dump sites thinking it's lost treasure or something. The idea is that the Engineers found out about this and didn't like it enough that they decided to return to Earth and exterminate us. As they were preparing to leave for Earth the outbreak occurred.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:52
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BiggerBoat posted:I think a film focusing on xenomorphs on earth would be fun. Sort of an Area 51/Half Life approach where they have several specimens in a secure remote underground facility and need to stop them from breaking out and getting to the surface once all hell inevitably breaks loose. Get away from the complicated lore and convoluted backstory and back to the desperation, suspense and panic that made the first 2 films so great and where the stakes are "holy poo poo. We can't let these things get out". It’s not set on earth, but the recent book ‘Alien: The Cold Forge’ is literally this and it’s loving great. The general consensus in the AvP community is that it’s the best Alien book written to date. The protagonist is a Weyland Yutani auditor sent to check on a secret facility, and oh boy is he a hilariously awful corporate piece of poo poo. He makes Carter Burke seem like Mr Rogers and it’s amazing.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:58
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happyhippy posted:Do you think would a squad of marines (ala Aliens) totally own the Engineer homeworld too? Lol they would do exactly as well as they did in Aliens. They're walking allegory for military hubris.
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Sep 6, 2018 17:42
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Xenomrph posted:It’s not set on earth, but the recent book ‘Alien: The Cold Forge’ is literally this and it’s loving great. The general consensus in the AvP community is that it’s the best Alien book written to date. Oh I’m kind sold. The last book I read was that weird in betweenqual set between alien and aliens about Ripley going to some place, getting attacked by aliens and then getting bonked on the head to keep continuity. It was lame.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:08
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SirDrone posted:So why did Fifield turn into Sasquatch? Was there no better designs other then zombie bigfoot man because that whole scene is still randomly out there. Because whomever thought that scene up was unimaginative as gently caress. Just got the Alien: Covenant David's Drawings book this week and it's pretty dope, a lot of really good art in there but not as much as I thought there would be.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:13
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Since the newer movies do comics and stuff try to bring in engineers since they’re ~cannon~?
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Sep 6, 2018 20:20
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There’s a big cross over that’s Alien Vs Predator Vs Prometheus. They all have their own issues as well as crossover ones. I glanced at it a few times in the store, didn’t really feel it.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:22
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Crimpolioni posted:I've run into the idea (only on science fiction forums, for reason) that by doing death of the author type interpretations one is trying to 'steal' control of the work away from the author and its not only an arrogant but fundamentally immoral act. Takes all kinds, I guess. Low Desert Punk posted:nerds are loving insane, what else is new Invalid Validation posted:I bet Star Trek writers did the same thing each episode.
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Sep 6, 2018 20:57
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I like this Fifield design a lot more. It's got a zany 50s sci-fi vibe going for it, and it's way more interesting than the final version.
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Sep 7, 2018 01:42
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Ersatz posted:I like this Fifield design a lot more. It's got a zany 50s sci-fi vibe going for it, and it's way more interesting than the final version.
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Sep 7, 2018 03:37
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I like that he turns into a lumpy wolfman. It echoes the earlier scene of him howling while releasing his "pups"
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Sep 7, 2018 03:50
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wyoming posted:I like that he turns into a lumpy wolfman. Plus when they're all eating before leaving the ship instead of eating like a human he literally drinks directly from a huge bowl.
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Sep 7, 2018 03:55
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He says he’s not here to make friends, and the black goo makes him unfriendly. That, see, that’s irony.
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Sep 7, 2018 04:01
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happyhippy posted:Do you think would a squad of marines (ala Aliens) totally own the Engineer homeworld too? I don’t think the marine ship would get the near the planet’s orbit. It would be blasted out of space by whatever advanced defenses the engineers have. Though I really think the engineers died out and I wouldn’t be surprised if their homeworld is a ruin filled with xenos.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:32
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General Battuta posted:He says he’s not here to make friends, and the black goo makes him unfriendly. That, see, that’s irony. Every single character in the movie got exactly what they passionately asked for.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:58
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I'm watching AvP Requiem, and I could have sworn I saw this movie in the theater. But, I'm pretty sure I'd remember a kid getting chestbursted.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:43
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It happens in the first 15 minutes. In the first five the kid and his dad get face hugged.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:44
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I still think I'd remember that. It's not often kids get killed in horror movies. Why am I spoilering this? Does anyone really give a poo poo?
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Sep 10, 2018 00:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hev58y1AYBw
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Sep 10, 2018 00:48
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When does the terrible darkness set it? It's night in the movie right now, but it's not awful dark. Could it make a difference having bought it in Vudu?
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Sep 10, 2018 00:51
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Leavemywife posted:When does the terrible darkness set it? It's night in the movie right now, but it's not awful dark. Could it make a difference having bought it in Vudu? Has the Predator gone in the sewers yet? I remember that being pretty dark in the home release.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:54
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Jesus Christ, who the gently caress decided on this lighting?
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Sep 10, 2018 01:09
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Poetry in two posts
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Sep 10, 2018 01:09
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I maintain that AvP:R would be a lot better if it had a Giallo soundtrack.
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Sep 10, 2018 03:01
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AVP and AVP2 are masterpieces.
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Sep 10, 2018 07:18
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Tenzarin posted:AVP and AVP2 are masterpieces. they're certainly pieces (of poo poo)
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Sep 10, 2018 09:47
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Neo Rasa posted:Every single character in the movie got exactly what they passionately asked for.
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Sep 10, 2018 14:26
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Halloween Jack posted:Fifield never got to gently caress those rocks. A whole day passes where he's off camera. EU novel idea....
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Sep 10, 2018 17:36
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Neo Rasa posted:A whole day passes where he's off camera. EU novel idea.... I had an idea for a short story if they do another ‘Aliens’ short story anthology - it focuses on a scientist on Thedus Station, and he just has... the shittiest day possible. No hot water in his apartment, work overload from his boss, malfunctions in the lab, everything. At the end of the day, his ship assignment even gets switched up, totally derailing the rest of his year because of the planned transit time. What else could go wrong? Turns out the scientist is the science officer that Ash replaced on the Nostromo, and he just dodged the biggest bullet of all time.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:51
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Xenomrph posted:I had an idea for a short story if they do another ‘Aliens’ short story anthology - it focuses on a scientist on Thedus Station, and he just has... the shittiest day possible. No hot water in his apartment, work overload from his boss, malfunctions in the lab, everything. At the end of the day, his ship assignment even gets switched up, totally derailing the rest of his year because of the planned transit time. What else could go wrong?
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Sep 10, 2018 18:25
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Dumb question, has there ever been more backstory on Apone?
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Sep 10, 2018 21:15
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Colostomy Bag posted:Dumb question, has there ever been more backstory on Apone? I don’t think any of the Sulaco marines have too much backstory, off the top of my head. I know Vasquez and Drake enlisted in lieu of prison sentences.
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Sep 10, 2018 22:11
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Xenomrph posted:I don’t think any of the Sulaco marines have too much backstory, off the top of my head. I know Vasquez and Drake enlisted in lieu of prison sentences. I want to say in the pre-Alien 3 version of Earth Hive the Vasquez equivalent talks a little more about their past too.
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Sep 10, 2018 23:56
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Neo Rasa posted:I want to say in the pre-Alien 3 version of Earth Hive the Vasquez equivalent talks a little more about their past too. Like, in the flashback/nightmare bits? I’ve got a copy of Earth Hive on my shelf, I can take a look.
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Sep 11, 2018 02:32
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Didnt the Colonial Marine crew get a few short stories in that book of Aliens short stories that came out where they were going on bughunts against other stuff? I remember Apone was at least in one, I think.
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