Aliens,Predator and Terminator Q&A (Anything!)

[Reaktwon]

Here's my take... The Bug Stompers graphic insinuated they were a unit that was trained for combat against hostile terrestrial life forms. They acted like they didn't care about another encounter, like it wasn't the first case of Marines going into combat against other alien life forms before. It was more of a 'been there and done that' attitude and one more 'hostile bug' to deal with wouldn't be anything special. To me that's not the attitude of scared soldiers that might be potentially dealing with something as vicious as Ripley described. It's hardly the reaction you'd expect from people that hadn't encountered hostile alien life forms before.

So it's not unreasonable to assume that Colonial Marines had had run-ins with some pretty mean life forms before, and weren't particularly phased by the unique features of this new "Xenomporph" species Ripley described. Even though it was unique, It was still just another dangerous alien that needed to be dealt with, and that comes with the job.

That's my 2 cents worth.

 

[dano669]

xenomorph is actually just a word made up for the alien franchise.

I cant find an actual dictionary definition for xenomorph

 

[dano669]

Here's my take... The Bug Stompers graphic insinuated they were a unit that was trained for combat against hostile terrestrial life forms. They acted like they didn't care about another encounter, like it wasn't the first case of Marines going into combat against other alien life forms before. It was more of a 'been there and done that' attitude and one more 'hostile bug' to deal with wouldn't be anything special. To me that's not the attitude of scared soldiers that might be potentially dealing with something as vicious as Ripley described. It's hardly the reaction you'd expect from people that hadn't encountered hostile alien life forms before.

So it's not unreasonable to assume that Colonial Marines had had run-ins with some pretty mean life forms before, and weren't particularly phased by the unique features of this new "Xenomporph" species Ripley described. Even though it was unique, It was still just another dangerous alien that needed to be dealt with, and that comes with the job.

That's my 2 cents worth.

sounds good to me.

 

[dano669]

It would be good to see another colonial marines based movie.

I dont know why they didnt do one. I couldnt have sucked more than the AVP franchise.

 

[Reaktwon]

xenomorph is actually just a word made up for the alien franchise.

I cant find an actual dictionary definition for xenomorph

Yes. It has other meanings, but the term is most commonly associated with Giger's alien.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Okay.. Well from now on, I'm going to pretend that my beloved Colonial Marines are not the alien equivalent to Ghostbusters...

 

[Rotfish]

xenomorph is actually just a word made up for the alien franchise.

I cant find an actual dictionary definition for xenomorph

It's associated with the Alien films more than anything else, but both parts of the word have real Latin/Greek meanings (especially if you research them individually).

Wikipedia:

Name

This creature has no specific name, and has been referred to most often onscreen, and in the credits of each film, simply as the Alien. It was called an alien, an organism, and Kane's son in the first film. It has also been referred to as a creature, a serpent, a beast, a dragon, a monster, or simply, a thing. The term xenomorph (lit. "alien form"—from Greek xeno- or "strange" and -morph, "shape") was used by the character Lieutenant Gorman in Aliens and by Ellen Ripley in a deleted scene from Alien 3. This term has been adopted by fans and used in merchandising as a convenient name. The species' binomial names are given in Latin as either Internecivus raptus (meant as "murderous thief") in the Alien Quadrilogy DVD or Linguafoeda acheronsis (meant as "foul tongue from Acheron") in some comic books. The main Alien from Alien vs. Predator is listed in the credits as "Grid", after a grid-like wound received during the film.

To add to that -- and I know the following film wasn't exactly the favorite of the quadrilogy -- one of the deleted scenes in Resurrection expands the group's meeting with Purvis. When the survivor asks "What's in-_____ing-side me!?", Wren replies "The parasite! Foreign element." Then Ripley gives him the dumbed-down explanation as we go back to the theatrical footage.

 

[a-dev]

"Foreign element"! I dunno, that made me laugh. Bit of an obscure description of the chestburster.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

I'd like to know what comic uses the term "Linguafoeda Acheronsis"...

 

[Rotfish]

"Foreign element"! I dunno, that made me laugh. Bit of an obscure description of the chestburster.

I can definitely see why they cut Wren's outburst from the film, I was just giving another reference point for my rant there.

I'd like to know what comic uses the term "Linguafoeda Acheronsis"...

Indeed. But have you ever noticed Sabres' custom user title? It's there for a reason.

 

[Sabres21768]

I'd like to know what comic uses the term "Linguafoeda Acheronsis"...

Indeed. But have you ever noticed Sabres' custom user title? It's there for a reason.

It came from the comic ALIENS: LABYRINTH

(second best ALIENS comic ever, after ALIENS BOOK 2 imho)

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Indeed. But have you ever noticed Sabres' custom user title? It's there for a reason.

Yeah, I always wondered what that meant..

It came from the comic ALIENS: LABYRINTH

(second best ALIENS comic ever, after ALIENS BOOK 2 imho)

Speak of the Dev- err, Alien...

I actually have that one.. Along with like 30 other A/P comics that I haven't read yet..

They're on my to do list though!

 

[stoods77]

Hey there, I don't know if this has been brought up before(apologies if it has) but in T2 1 thing bothers me(quite a few do but this really makes me think they stuffed up). The T1000 supposably can't imitate bombs or guns because of chemicals and moving parts, but how the hell is he able to morph in various situations with his pistol , torch and walkie talkie? One particular instance is when he totally flattens himself on the floor of Pascadaro, he then rises into his human form with all his police equipment.

Anyone have a theory?

cheers.

 

[Silasya77]

^Notice non of the devices on him works except his gun?

 

[a-dev]

Yeah but a gun has moving parts, even if he could form one it shouldn't be a real working gun. Plus we know its not part of him for definite when it gets stuck in the bars that he walks through. Unless he leaves the gun aside somewhere before the floor melding scene and just picks it up again when he's done imitating the guard?

I think Stoods has a point.

 

[Silasya77]

Yeah but a gun has moving parts, even if he could form one it shouldn't be a real working gun. Plus we know its not part of him for definite when it gets stuck in the bars that he walks through. Unless he leaves the gun aside somewhere before the floor melding scene and just picks it up again when he's done imitating the guard?

I think Stoods has a point.

Remember when after he killed the guard, dragged him into the store room and pulled out his gun?

 

[a-dev]

I forgot that he didn't have his original handgun at that point. So yeah he took a new one off the Pescadero guard after rising up off the floor in liquid metal form. So if we can believe he can form a non-functioning walkie talkie and torch etc it all works. Every other time he goes liquid metal he has already lost any gun he had if I'm not mistaken.

 

[stoods77]

Ok forgot about him getting the guards gun, but what about when he is at Dyson's place and hears over his walkie talkie all the trouble at Cyberdyne? His walkie talkie works then.

 

[Silasya77]

If I'm not mistaken, that was the radio from the Police Bike he was riding on.

 

[stoods77]

Just watched T2 and when he is at Dyson's place it is his walkie talkie that he hears the trouble at Cyberdyne? Also he has his sub machine gun before he crashes his bike into the helicopter, then he morphs through the hole and he uses the same gun to shoot at the swat van.