What is the white stuff in Kane's Helmet?

[Xenomrph]

I don't have a double-standard.  The movie always trumps the EU. 

That tells me everything I need to know. Fair enough, you're more than welcome to your opinion, thanks.

You didn't know that already?  In that thread I linked to, I also said this:

There are people (especially within Star Wars fandom) who would insist that the EU trumps what can be gleaned from the films.

Did you think I was referring to myself?

No, I thought you were referring to times where the EU's number doesn't make sense and is demonstrably false when compared to the films, such as the Executor's size.

"[X source] always trump everything, even when it's wrong or doesn't make sense" always struck me as a wacky position to take with any franchise, but to each their own I guess. Like, we're still talking about fiction which can be retconned at a moment's notice.

Edit-- removed a question that I realized I didn't care if I got the answer to (and could have guessed the answer anyway).

[Local Trouble]

"[X source] always trump everything, even when it's wrong or doesn't make sense" always struck me as a wacky position to take with any franchise, but to each their own I guess. Like, we're still talking about fiction which can be retconned at a moment's notice.

12 parsecs.  Deal with it.

[Xenomrph]

"[X source] always trump everything, even when it's wrong or doesn't make sense" always struck me as a wacky position to take with any franchise, but to each their own I guess. Like, we're still talking about fiction which can be retconned at a moment's notice.

12 parsecs.  Deal with it.

I'm not ashamed to say this post sailed right over my head.

[426Buddy]

This thread was more entertaining when it was about white stuff coming out of a tube monster.

[Xenomrph]

This thread was more entertaining when it was about white stuff coming out of a tube monster.

Um excuse me it's a rape spider thank you very much.

[mace-in-the-face]

Can we get back on my topic? If you want to bitch about a book, there is a literature forum for that. Speaking of books, does the Alien novel say anything about the white stuff?

[blood.]

When they cut the helmet off him in Alien. What is the white stuff filling up the inside of his helmet?

[Local Trouble]

Can we get back on my topic? If you want to bitch about a book, there is a literature forum for that. Speaking of books, does the Alien novel say anything about the white stuff?

Well, how about some screenshots from before and after the helmet is opened?  Play close attention to the top of the second pic.  The glass appears to melted inward.







And notice that the white stuff is completely gone immediately after the helmet is removed.  I say it was just fogged up so much that it looked opaque.

[Xenomrph]

Melted inward makes sense, it's how the facehugger got through the glass.

Also as you've pointed out, the stuff is gone when the helmet is removed, which lends credence to the idea that it's fumes or vapor from the facehugger's acid.

[SiL]

It's not completely gone. The helmets are pretty much foggy the second they put them on before heading down to the surface until they cut it off Kane.

[Local Trouble]

Also as you've pointed out, the stuff is gone when the helmet is removed, which lends credence to the idea that it's fumes or vapor from the facehugger's acid.

Since vaporous acid would probably harm Kane's flesh, I tend to think it was just regular fog.  Like what you get on your windshield on a cold day.  Given the atmospheric conditions on LV-426, I don't think that's hard to believe.

It's not completely gone. The helmets are pretty much foggy the second they put them on before heading down to the surface until they cut it off Kane.

It's gone enough that you can see the color of Dallas' surgical gown pretty clearly through the face plate.

[SiL]

True, but it's still cloudy.

[Local Trouble]

It'll be fine after they wipe it down with a microfiber cloth.  Well, except for being cut in half and all.

[Xenomrph]

That's what duct tape is for.

[SiL]

Duct tape is for the soviets, real men just hold it in place.