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Has anyone read the "Aliens: What If?" comics where Burke survives the events of Aliens? I want to but I'm just thinking it'll have a stupid twist that it's just him hallucinating while he's cocooned.Azubah posted:I've read the current issues, so far not that bad. No dream stuff. Sounds promising! How many issues will there be? Dirt5o8 fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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I've read the current issues, so far not that bad. No dream stuff. It's still going to end poorly for Burke though lol
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immelman posted:Sometimes, midjourney isnt all bad: It's far more horrifying than the original movie for very, very different reasons. Why hello, hard work stolen from real artists.
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Happy Alien Day!
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Xenomrph posted:Happy Alien Day! Free League is selling the Alien rpg stuff at half off today for 4/26. Link
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Cessna posted:Free League is selling the Alien rpg stuff at half off today for 4/26. I want to but the shipping is almost the price of the book.  Are any of the books besides the core rules a must-have?
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:I want to but the shipping is almost the price of the book. Colonial Marines Operations Manual, but I’m biased because I’m in it.
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Xenomrph posted:Happy Alien Day! I made this for today. yeah, yeah it's AI but I worked it in photoshop for a couple of hours, and my artistic talent would produce stick figures, so... 
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kitty https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1783886270588219436
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imagine how apeshit you could drive household pets with that thing
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Pets..? I'd be screaming my loving head off
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 
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immelman posted:Sometimes, midjourney isnt all bad: You don't need AI to imagine what '50s Alien would look like, that already existed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKE0BoFwR1k And for a bonus, let's see the real '60s Alien looked like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1VOmwuHag
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Doctor Zero posted:I made this for today. yeah, yeah it's AI but I worked it in photoshop for a couple of hours, and my artistic talent would produce stick figures, so... OK, I laughed at this really hard - on the bus, even! - and immediately sent it to a friend who often thinks about Aliens (the movie).
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Xenomrph posted:Colonial Marines Operations Manual, but I’m biased because I’m in it. Shipping is per-item, apparently.  I asked if there was an option to just buy the PDFs.
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What if? question: Could you save the mission to LV-426? If so, what would you have done differently? And try to be reasonable with hindsight. Like, for me, I find it unconscionable that the ship in orbit was left so unmanned and unable to provide assistance to the ground forces. It would have least allowed them to retreat without losing everyone.
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Mission could’ve been a partial salvage if the dropship had stayed airborne, rather than landed and an alien got aboard. Bishop would’ve had all the time in the world to study the xenos, and WY probably would’ve gotten better data out of it
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Some caveats 1. Gorman must be there 2. Funding is no object 1. A squad stationed in the Sulaco as reserves 2. An experienced officer to hold Gorman's hand through the process 3. Some sort of hard plastic body armour that can withstand acid and xeno strikes
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They needed to send a Berserker Squad in there. Of course Burke would never allow it because precious specimens would have been totally annihilated.
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:I asked if there was an option to just buy the PDFs. Good news! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/11437/free-league-publishing/category/34036/alien-rpg?keyword=alien%20rpg
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If the boardgame is to be believed, if Apone decided to instead book it out of the Atmospheric Processor he would have single-handedly killed every alien between him and the landing zone before hurling the APC back onto the Sulaco.
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:Shipping is per-item, apparently. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/356935/alien-rpg-colonial-marines-operations-manual
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Put on the Alien soundtrack at work today. It was fun watching customers get startled and bewildered by some of the big orchestral hits. Also, they need to make that RC face hugger into a real thing you can buy. I can think of so many people I'd freak out with it.
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redshirt posted:What if? question: Could you save the mission to LV-426? If so, what would you have done differently? And try to be reasonable with hindsight. They could have just nuked it from orbit.
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MarcusSA posted:They could have just nuked it from orbit. There was a primary mission of determining what happened to the Colony.
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redshirt posted:What if? question: Could you save the mission to LV-426? If so, what would you have done differently? And try to be reasonable with hindsight. Anything like that can be explained with Gorman's naivety and/or Burke's scheming. Like the whole mission could have been deliberately understaffed before they left Gateway.
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redshirt posted:There was a primary mission of determining what happened to the Colony. We showed up and uh... someone nuked it. Yeah. Hey where da Arcturians at?
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redshirt posted:There was a primary mission of determining what happened to the Colony. Send in some unmanned drones, piloted from a hovering dropship.
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I mean honestly they should have backed off once they found out that they were going into the one place where using their weapons would fuckin' nuke the place. The marines going in effectively with harsh language aside from Hick's shotgun and some direct defiance of orders Smartgun rounds. Even if you have to have someone going in, sending your entire squad in basically unarmed is dumb as hell, send maybe 2-3 at most. (Also basically the entire plot doesn't happen if they leave exactly one person on the Sulaco.)
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It's not really fair to say "drones drones drones" when clearly the Colonial Marines did not have drone tech at their disposal.
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redshirt posted:It's not really fair to say "drones drones drones" when clearly the Colonial Marines did not have drone tech at their disposal. I mean they kind of do. Bishop is right there. Probably not the best use of Bishop to strap a camera to him and send him in but it's entirely an option.
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Watched Alien, Aliens, and Terminator today. Thinkin' 'bout them Aliens. Also thinkin' 'bout having a Predator 2 nightcap to complete the trifecta of Bill Paxton getting greased.
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Robert Facepalmer posted:Watched Alien, Aliens, and Terminator today. Thinkin' 'bout them Aliens. Game over, man.....
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ImpAtom posted:I mean they kind of do. Bishop is right there. Probably not the best use of Bishop to strap a camera to him and send him in but it's entirely an option. He costs more than the Marines. Robert Facepalmer posted:Also thinkin' 'bout having a Predator 2 nightcap to complete the trifecta of Bill Paxton getting greased. This was on TV just last night so I watched it!
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Just got back from seeing Alien in the theater. Been a while since I've see the first one, still an all timer. Drinking a boozy shake and watching alien is a good way to spend a day. 
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We had a successful movie evening with Prey today. We both thought it was great movie. I did miss the classical beady-eyed Predator look though. At the end of it she wanted to see the trailers for AvP. So, I guess she's already thinking about Aliens in a way. I look forward to my youngest being old enough to start this cycle all over again.
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Icon Of Sin posted:Mission could’ve been a partial salvage if the dropship had stayed airborne, rather than landed and an alien got aboard. Or hey, just don't leave your loving ramp down in an unknown/hostile environment? Make it SOP to put up a sentry gun if you do? I refuse to believe anyone would care about a friendly/neutral getting blasted. I 100% believe that extra effort equals not happening, though.
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ImpAtom posted:(Also basically the entire plot doesn't happen if they leave exactly one person on the Sulaco.)
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I remember seeing Alien in the theater as a kid and spotted the creature hiding in the escape pod at the finale. Saw his head. Are we MEANT to see that or...?
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BiggerBoat posted:I remember seeing Alien in the theater as a kid and spotted the creature hiding in the escape pod at the finale. Saw his head. I recognized it too, but I started to doubt myself when it didn’t attack. I think it’s there for people to see or not. It does blend in pretty well with the equipment if you aren’t looking for it. Same with the hive walls in Aliens.
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