Scientific inaccuracies in Alien

[Immortan Jonesy]

[Xenomrph]

I knew this would become the main topic of this thread

How else are we going to get a canon war?

The canon wars are over

Begun, The Second Great Canon Wars Have

"Second"?

So... 1,200 km?

Consult the source material.

Already done.

The source material?  Let's see, let's see... Ah, here we are.  In the source material, Lambert (aka the Nostromo's navigator) said: "It's a planetoid.  Twelve-hundred kilometers."

That's not what they show us, though.

Kane even immediately calls her number out as being nonsensical, too.

Can you dig up any classic posts from the old cowl/caste wars?

No need to revisit literally 20 year old posts from another forum.

But they'd be totally new to me.  I've never seen them.

Then go find them yourself, no need to post about decades old drama from a dead forum.

[Local Trouble]

The source material?  Let's see, let's see... Ah, here we are.  In the source material, Lambert (aka the Nostromo's navigator) said: "It's a planetoid.  Twelve-hundred kilometers."

That's not what they show us, though.

Kane even immediately calls her number out as being nonsensical, too.

I don't recall seeing a giant tape measure next to the planet and all Kane said was, "It's tiny."

Can you dig up any classic posts from the old cowl/caste wars?

No need to revisit literally 20 year old posts from another forum.

But they'd be totally new to me.  I've never seen them.

Then go find them yourself, no need to post about decades old drama from a dead forum.

But I wasn't asking you to find them for me. 

[Immortan Jonesy]

[kwisatz]

I knew this would become the main topic of this thread

How else are we going to get a canon war?

The canon wars are over

Begun, The Second Great Canon Wars Have

"Second"?

So... 1,200 km?

Consult the source material.

Already done.

Art.

[Xenomrph]

The source material?  Let's see, let's see... Ah, here we are.  In the source material, Lambert (aka the Nostromo's navigator) said: "It's a planetoid.  Twelve-hundred kilometers."

That's not what they show us, though.

Kane even immediately calls her number out as being nonsensical, too.

I don't recall seeing a giant tape measure next to the planet and all Kane said was, "It's tiny."

Indicating that he felt it was nonsense. We don't see a tape measure, but we do see them land on the planet, walk around on it, and it have gravity and an atmosphere, though.

The point is it's not a scientific inaccuracy when the science gets fixed.
What Lambert says is scientifically inaccurate, but thankfully the film fixes her error with what it shows us.

Can you dig up any classic posts from the old cowl/caste wars?

No need to revisit literally 20 year old posts from another forum.

But they'd be totally new to me.  I've never seen them.

Then go find them yourself, no need to post about decades old drama from a dead forum.

But I wasn't asking you to find them for me. 

No, but you were asking others to.

[Local Trouble]

The source material?  Let's see, let's see... Ah, here we are.  In the source material, Lambert (aka the Nostromo's navigator) said: "It's a planetoid.  Twelve-hundred kilometers."

That's not what they show us, though.

Kane even immediately calls her number out as being nonsensical, too.

I don't recall seeing a giant tape measure next to the planet and all Kane said was, "It's tiny."

Indicating that he felt it was nonsense. We don't see a tape measure, but we do see them land on the planet, walk around on it, and it have gravity and an atmosphere, though.

The point is it's not a scientific inaccuracy when the science gets fixed.
What Lambert says is scientifically inaccurate, but thankfully the film fixes her error with what it shows us.

You're reading an awful lot into Kane's remark.

Can you dig up any classic posts from the old cowl/caste wars?

No need to revisit literally 20 year old posts from another forum.

But they'd be totally new to me.  I've never seen them.

Then go find them yourself, no need to post about decades old drama from a dead forum.

But I wasn't asking you to find them for me. 

No, but you were asking others to.

That's just because I'm lazy.  If you like, I can do it myself.  Is that what you really want? 

[Immortan Jonesy]

[Xenomrph]

Can you dig up any classic posts from the old cowl/caste wars?

No need to revisit literally 20 year old posts from another forum.

But they'd be totally new to me.  I've never seen them.

Then go find them yourself, no need to post about decades old drama from a dead forum.

But I wasn't asking you to find them for me. 

No, but you were asking others to.

That's just because I'm lazy.  If you like, I can do it myself.  Is that what you really want? 

Go find whatever you want, no need to post about it here though.

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[Local Trouble]

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[Immortan Jonesy]

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I can assist you in that 

[Local Trouble]

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I feel like that guy in AvP who found that old bottle cap.

[kwisatz]

I hope Prequel SM doesn't turn from Vader into Anakin for you.

[Local Trouble]

So far, SM-before-he-shed-his-avatar is acting perfectly in line with my expectations.  My childhood remains unharmed.