Quote from: SM on May 08, 2014, 12:56:31 AM
Why isn't it "practical"?
Because the arms are the wrong dimensions/proportions. They don't have the correct reach to nestle something in between the spikes. She wouldn't have been able to do it the least bit easily (if even at all).
I'm also unsure an egg would fit in between the dorsal spikes without simply falling off between the gaps.
QuoteShe's protecting the egg with her body, thereby having a good chance of perpetuating her species since she doesn't have an egg sac any more AND leaving both arms free. Well, all four really.
If you wanted to go further into areas that Cameron never considered or intended - the Queen rescuing an egg mirrors Ripley rescuing Newt.
The most practical course of action would be for her to use the smaller arms. They're the right size, are probably used for egg movement in her early development and her body stance would help them be protective of the egg 'cargo' carried beneath. While I do think it would have made for an interesting mirrored subtext, as you say, I just don't see it as terribly realistic, given what we see.
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 08, 2014, 06:30:23 PM
No, the one about the queen oozing out a glob of goo that congealed in the subflooring of the hangar bay and then grew into the egg we saw.
Again, if she can do that, why does she naturally grow an egg sack? There'd be no point in it even existing.