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Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Apr 06, 2020, 08:45:20 PM
Me too!

Some people slightly stagger their frames for an artistic look, so just pretend it was on purpose!   ;D
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Apr 06, 2020, 04:30:54 PM
I bloody loved that spread!
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Apr 06, 2020, 02:35:06 PM
Posted by The Old One
 - Jan 18, 2020, 09:31:50 PM
Glad to hear that.
Posted by 426Buddy
 - Jan 17, 2020, 11:04:47 PM
Just got the hard cover, wow what a beautiful book. I just love qaulity of these fancy pantz editions.


Tristans art is even better in this format. It actually improves my initial feelings on the series.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 10, 2020, 09:45:58 AM
Sounds good! Thanks.  :)
Posted by SM
 - Jan 08, 2020, 08:19:16 PM
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Is that something was actually determined with Wood/your consultancy? Or your figuring after the fact?

No, I don't have a script for that issue and since I never saw it as a thing, I've never asked Tristan about it.  Might ask him next time I see him if I remember.  The actual thing with that issue was Tristan having to censor Hollis' breasts.
Posted by Xiggz456
 - Jan 08, 2020, 01:02:33 PM
Ya the huggers attacking someone already implanted with a queen is definitely a discrepancy. That scene is one of my favorite moments from the series though. Mass huggers attacking is so unsettling!
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 08, 2020, 11:25:53 AM
Quote from: SM on Jan 08, 2020, 10:34:27 AM
QuoteThe Queen didn't hit his chest, and I would imagine that's deliberately.

Probably, but that's beside the point.  She still killed a host.

But not the chestburster. And it's not the same situation. If a person was already host, there's no need for a facehugger to try to impregnate them again. But that's why I brought up the whole proximity thing.

QuoteI don't see how it's equivalent to Lope - when its clearly not the same as Lope.  A hugger doesn't attach to her face like Lope so can't implant anything.

It's the equivalent because yes, we don't see it latch down, but her being infected earlier isn't really explicit. Where as we actually see her being attacked by the huggers, to the point where it's nearly down and echoes the most recent film in terms of timing.

I understand everything you've put across, but it doesn't make a more satisfactory sequence in the comic for me.

Is that something was actually determined with Wood/your consultancy? Or your figuring after the fact?
Posted by SM
 - Jan 08, 2020, 11:22:05 AM
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Because Marachuk and that other colonist was not implanted straight away, both died from having the huggers removed before implantation. 

Fair point.  The report was a much as the doctors at Hadley knew I guess.
Posted by Prez
 - Jan 08, 2020, 11:18:37 AM
Perhaps some facehuggers have `performance' issues as well.
Posted by The Cruentus
 - Jan 08, 2020, 10:43:56 AM
Quote from: SM on Jan 07, 2020, 11:29:06 PM
QuoteEven cold forge has the facehuggers insta-impregnate their host, I think one page mentions how as soon as it attached to the chimp it was already implanting the plagiarius praepoteans into them.

Why would it not start implanting straight away?

Because Marachuk and that other colonist was not implanted straight away, both died from having the huggers removed before implantation. 

Personally I always thought huggers had to go through a process before they could start implanting a host, whether that is gathering the plagiarus praepotens or forming whatever is was previous assumed to implant the host with, hence why the only die after implantation because their body is drained from creating the embryo for lack of a better word.
Posted by SM
 - Jan 08, 2020, 10:34:27 AM
QuoteThe Queen didn't hit his chest, and I would imagine that's deliberately.

Probably, but that's beside the point.  She still killed a host.

QuoteIt may not have been shown, but the main takeaway from that sequence for most folk is that it was either something equivalent to Lope's impregnation or not quite work because she is being attacked.

I don't see how it's equivalent to Lope - when its clearly not the same as Lope.  A hugger doesn't attach to her face like Lope so can't implant anything.
Posted by The Old One
 - Jan 08, 2020, 08:30:45 AM
I totally agree with you on principal, but also, instantaneous impregnation is just the way it is now, so I don't mind.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Jan 08, 2020, 08:23:42 AM
Quote from: SM on Jan 07, 2020, 11:29:06 PM
QuoteNot so sure on that one. Newt wasn't infected. And Hollis could have just have been hiding too.

Was she hiding?  Newt was able to hide due to being small.  Everyone bigger than her was dead.

Whose to say she wasn't hiding? If I remember rightly the Aliens had all actually been locked away - because Davis unleashes them on the marines. There are more ways to hide or avoid detection than just being small and getting into a little hidey hole.

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QuoteBut they still attack her.

Why would they not?  They attacked Ripley in Resurrection and she was part Alien.  The Alien in Alien 3 was a beartbeat away from killing Ripley before it held back.  The Queen in AvP killed Scar who was packing.

All good points, but none are completely applicable and most can be explained away. Ripley 8 was still human, and we know capable of hosting an Alien. I would assume someone already infected wouldn't be able to just host another burster from a second hugger - but given the Requiem burster in Resistance who knows how far Wood was going to go.

The Queen didn't hit his chest, and I would imagine that's deliberately. You could also argue that his danger to the Queen's continued existence was more important to her. The Alien 3 is a little harder to explain, but we get to see it actually retreat away from her which leads me to ...

QuoteUltimately Hollis isn't shown to be hugged during the events of the comic.

Her being attacked might be an issue; but it's not 'Covenant-tier facehugging' since she didn't get face hugged.  Lope did, if only very briefly.

It may not have been shown, but the main takeaway from that sequence for most folk is that it was either something equivalent to Lope's impregnation or not quite work because she is being attacked. I'm sure I'm not alone in that, and I think this'll be an ongoing complaint about the series.

I think it'd have been a more satisfying sequence if we'd actually seen the huggers retreat from Hollis after they'd got to her. If we're thinking it takes proximity for them to sense the embryo (if that scene in Alien 3 is the Runner realising for the first time), then I'd have been okay with them going for her and then backing off.
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