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Posted by Neila
 - Today at 07:18:44 AM
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Today at 04:39:52 AMIn all seriousness, it wouldn't even have to be an *actual* "Alien" story as opposed to character stories.

In my head I simply picture a 3-issue comic book run inspired by the line in Alien 3; "I had a horrible dream in Hypersleep, and I had to be sure how she died"

Issue 1; Starts with a recap of end-fight in Aliens as the backdrop to some comic book monologue about survival, only addition being just prior to that we see something drop from the shadows of the dropship landing gear; a small palm-sized black sticky cluster that hits the floor and burns in (just prior to Bishop noticing the burning by his foot and being impaled).. monologue ends as Queen is blasted out of airlock, and Ripley closes Newts cryotube. Focus on Newts face in hyper sleep revealing she's isn't dreaming, but is reliving a nightmare. *title page* Then rest of issue follows Newt's nightmare (mix of actual and dreamt events, on LV426). Issue ends with a quick shot of the cluster hanging beneath the flooring, bigger than when we saw it at the start, with black resin creeping outwards.

Issue 2; Starts days later from where issue 1 ended, with weeping acid from the growing cluster burning through a cable beneath the floor. CRT monitor in cryo chamber reports malfunction, and all 4 tubes open. As the crew awaken, Newt asking if they are home yet, Hicks delivers the news that there has been a problem, and they are going to have to use the civilian freezers on the lower deck. We get some technobabble about why you can't go back into cryo for at least 48 hours after hyper sleep (health reasons/strain on the body, etc), and we are treated with a montage of Newt, Ripley and Hicks enjoying some family time on the Sulaco, eating together in the mess hall, playing etc. Switch to a shot of Hicks sleeping in bed next to Ripley, Newt on a bunk opposite. Hicks is sweating, and clearly showing signs of distress in his sleep. *title page* then we follow Hick's nightmare (again, real events (ie; Mission on Arcturia with his squad, drinks with the locals/ Vasquez and Drake smirking amongst themselves as Frost leaves with a beautiful Asian girl hanging on his arm etc etc.. that slowly changes into a horrifying nightmare of fictional events with the squad all fighting a xeno infestation) issue ends with Ripley waking Hicks, they all move to the civilian cryotubes to resume their journey home. Cluster in the dark has grown substantially and two of the shapes are now visibly large ovomorphs, with smaller undeveloped ones clustered around them.

Issue 3; same format as above, starts with monologue, one ovomorph opens and two legs can be seen emerging. Cut to Ripley's cryotube; *title page* Then we get Ripley's nightmare; a mismatch of events from 'Alien', but on board Gateway Station, with frequent blurred lines between a young Amanda and Newt..nightmare ends with a facehugger on Newt's face. Final shot is Ripley's cracked cryotube with the silhouette of a facehugger over as she lays breathing heavy but sleeping as the "Emergency escape vehicle launching" sirens ring out.

Origin of the eggs, multiple huggers OR one (depending how you choose to interpret it) Ripley's nightmare fuelled by being half awake and semi-aware of what is going on (reference made to it in Alien 3 whilst taking with Clemens), and cryotube differences explained..without the need for yet another Alien encounter between. Bonus family time for Ripley, Newt and Hicks for the Alien 3 haters.

I'd be happy with that. 😂

impressive.
That would make a good novel or a cool comic, maybe even an animated series.
I like Alien 3 as it is and I'm glad that this film exists, but I always find alternative stories interesting.
and your idea is definitely interesting.

Quote from: Local Trouble on Today at 03:43:25 AM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Sep 10, 2012, 11:11:26 PMBishop said the company knew everything that happened on the ship, right?  So maybe they knew an alien egg was on board and diverted it to Fury 161, just like they diverted the Nostromo to LV-426.

After all, Fury 161 was a remote, company-owned backwater populated by the dregs of humanity.  Maybe they intended to use the place as a laboratory and the prisoners as hosts.

That would explain how the company ship got there so fast: it was already en route when Andrews requested a rescue team.

that fits like a glove.
Posted by Acid_Reign161
 - Today at 04:39:52 AM
In all seriousness, it wouldn't even have to be an *actual* "Alien" story as opposed to character stories.

In my head I simply picture a 3-issue comic book run inspired by the line in Alien 3; "I had a horrible dream in Hypersleep, and I had to be sure how she died"

Issue 1; Starts with a recap of end-fight in Aliens as the backdrop to some comic book monologue about survival, only addition being just prior to that we see something drop from the shadows of the dropship landing gear; a small palm-sized black sticky cluster that hits the floor and burns in (just prior to Bishop noticing the burning by his foot and being impaled).. monologue ends as Queen is blasted out of airlock, and Ripley closes Newts cryotube. Focus on Newts face in hyper sleep revealing she's isn't dreaming, but is reliving a nightmare. *title page* Then rest of issue follows Newt's nightmare (mix of actual and dreamt events, on LV426). Issue ends with a quick shot of the cluster hanging beneath the flooring, bigger than when we saw it at the start, with black resin creeping outwards.

Issue 2; Starts days later from where issue 1 ended, with weeping acid from the growing cluster burning through a cable beneath the floor. CRT monitor in cryo chamber reports malfunction, and all 4 tubes open. As the crew awaken, Newt asking if they are home yet, Hicks delivers the news that there has been a problem, and they are going to have to use the civilian freezers on the lower deck. We get some technobabble about why you can't go back into cryo for at least 48 hours after hyper sleep (health reasons/strain on the body, etc), and we are treated with a montage of Newt, Ripley and Hicks enjoying some family time on the Sulaco, eating together in the mess hall, playing etc. Switch to a shot of Hicks sleeping in bed next to Ripley, Newt on a bunk opposite. Hicks is sweating, and clearly showing signs of distress in his sleep. *title page* then we follow Hick's nightmare (again, real events (ie; Mission on Arcturia with his squad, drinks with the locals/ Vasquez and Drake smirking amongst themselves as Frost leaves with a beautiful Asian girl hanging on his arm etc etc.. that slowly changes into a horrifying nightmare of fictional events with the squad all fighting a xeno infestation) issue ends with Ripley waking Hicks, they all move to the civilian cryotubes to resume their journey home. Cluster in the dark has grown substantially and two of the shapes are now visibly large ovomorphs, with smaller undeveloped ones clustered around them.

Issue 3; same format as above, starts with monologue, one ovomorph opens and two legs can be seen emerging. Cut to Ripley's cryotube; *title page* Then we get Ripley's nightmare; a mismatch of events from 'Alien', but on board Gateway Station, with frequent blurred lines between a young Amanda and Newt..nightmare ends with a facehugger on Newt's face. Final shot is Ripley's cracked cryotube with the silhouette of a facehugger over as she lays breathing heavy but sleeping as the "Emergency escape vehicle launching" sirens ring out.

Origin of the eggs, multiple huggers OR one (depending how you choose to interpret it) Ripley's nightmare fuelled by being half awake and semi-aware of what is going on (reference made to it in Alien 3 whilst taking with Clemens), and cryotube differences explained..without the need for yet another Alien encounter between. Bonus family time for Ripley, Newt and Hicks for the Alien 3 haters.

I'd be happy with that. 😂
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Today at 03:43:25 AM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Sep 10, 2012, 11:11:26 PMBishop said the company knew everything that happened on the ship, right?  So maybe they knew an alien egg was on board and diverted it to Fury 161, just like they diverted the Nostromo to LV-426.

After all, Fury 161 was a remote, company-owned backwater populated by the dregs of humanity.  Maybe they intended to use the place as a laboratory and the prisoners as hosts.

That would explain how the company ship got there so fast: it was already en route when Andrews requested a rescue team.
Posted by Acid_Reign161
 - Today at 03:42:02 AM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Today at 01:44:57 AMSulaco confirmed as rerouted then?

Another perfect opportunity for another story between the two movies 🤣
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Today at 01:44:57 AM
Sulaco confirmed as rerouted then?
Posted by SM
 - Today at 01:08:58 AM
Thing is, the Sulaco goes nowhere near any other systems on the way there or back.
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Yesterday at 11:19:21 PM
And just to help with the math, I asked ChatGPT:

QuoteTo determine how far the Sulaco could travel in one day, we first need to calculate its average speed during the journey from LV-426 back to Earth.

Given that the distance from LV-426 to Earth is 39 light-years and it took three weeks to travel from Earth to LV-426 in "Aliens," we can infer that the Sulaco's average speed during that journey was:

Average speed = Distance / Time = 39 light-years / 3 weeks

However, we need to convert the time from weeks to days since we're calculating the distance the Sulaco could travel in one day:

3 weeks * 7 days/week = 21 days

So, the Sulaco's average speed during the journey from LV-426 to Earth was:

Average speed = 39 light-years / 21 days ≈ 1.857 light-years/day

Now, to find out how far the Sulaco could travel in one day, we simply multiply its average speed by one day:

Distance in one day = Average speed * 1 day
Distance in one day ≈ 1.857 light-years/day

Therefore, the Sulaco could travel approximately 1.857 light-years in one day.
Posted by E. Shaw
 - Yesterday at 11:16:47 PM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Yesterday at 11:15:09 PMIf that's the case, I doubt the Sulaco would haven't gotten very far before the fire started and ejected the EEV, but we know it had reached an entirely different star system by then.

Good point. So that rules that theory out. The harder you try to salvage the opening of Alien3 the more futile it seems to try.
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Yesterday at 11:15:09 PM
If that's the case, I doubt the Sulaco would haven't gotten very far before the fire started and ejected the EEV, but we know it had reached an entirely different star system by then.
Posted by E. Shaw
 - Yesterday at 11:04:27 PM
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Yesterday at 04:24:13 AM
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 26, 2024, 11:04:38 PM
Quote from: SM on Mar 26, 2024, 10:47:30 PMNo movement - just gravity.  It tried to hang on, but physics ultimately won.

I meant eggs open to the presence of a viable host, not movement of synthetics or other things. So what prompted the facehugger to come out if everyone is motionless in cryo?

[insert story between Aliens and Alien 3 that we haven't seen yet, that ends in having to use the Civilian cryobay] *Newt holding Ripley's hand walks on the floor grate above heading to their cryotubes... egg pulsates and opens slowly, two webbed feet slowly emerging* (Later when everyone is in hypersleep, we see the aftermath, an open empty egg as per the intro of Alien 3) - easy enough fix, it opened before they were in stasis. 😁

That makes the scene where Newt asks "can I dream now?" Terrifying if you think the egg is opening at that moment. :o
Posted by BigDaddyJohn
 - Yesterday at 03:05:10 PM
How in the world would Bishop have done it ?
Posted by Rankles75
 - Yesterday at 01:04:39 PM
Posted by Neila
 - Yesterday at 09:38:18 AM
Have any of these versions been officially confirmed?
In this case, everyone has to put together their own theory.
Personally, I like the version with the fruit liquid best.
If Bishop brought the egg aboard the Sulaco, he probably wouldn't have stuck it to the mesh floor but would have used another hiding place.
The other Hugger or Huggers may have been in the dropship when it was still on the planet.
In the case of A3 AC, I think it is also difficult to explain where the QueenHugger comes from.
In any case, the hugger on the Sulaco doesn't have webbed feet.
Posted by SM
 - Yesterday at 08:06:34 AM
Did I stutter?
Posted by BigDaddyJohn
 - Yesterday at 08:02:54 AM
 :laugh:
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