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#1

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by razeak - Today at 02:14:02 AM

Covenant is a decent movie, I have always said so but its what it does to the lore that makes it hard to watch for me personally. That and its reliance on sheer stupidity on the characters part for the plot to move along.

Hence "dumbass colonists".

we didn't witness them do anything utterly stupid and moronic.

#2

AvP Galaxy News / Re: What Is Canon & Should We ...

Last post by RakaiThwei - Today at 02:01:25 AM

Gaska wrote both. He worked on Fox's internal bible and then he also went on to work on the RPG.

Andrew Gaska says a lot of things.

But someone in the recent podcast alluded to the Godzilla franchise and it's numerous interpretations. Funny enough, I asked this question via Facebook to Gaska a few years back.

#3

Recreational Area / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by KiramidHead - Today at 01:40:15 AM

Son of Dracula

Chaney is badly miscast, but the movie as a whole is okay.


House of Dracula

yawn


Revenge of the Creature

Clint Eastwood's first movie.

#4

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by SiL - Today at 01:37:46 AM

• Dallas and Lambert attempting to break quarantine was the dumb idea, even if Ash wasn't there.

Motivated by concern for their fellow crew member.

• They still split up. And they split up again at the end with Ripley on her own and Lambert and Parker together.

It's dumb when you know the Alien can grow to 8 feet tall in a matter of hours, not when you think they're chasing a snake.

Had Ripley not taken the time to get sidetracked by Jonesy, Lambert's and Parker's fate may have changed

Later they're all armed. Ripley would be in no more position to use her flamethrower than Parker was, for the same reason - Lambert was in the way.

• Doesn't matter why they weren't told to fire, they disobeyed their superiors

Consistent with their characterisation. Their firing didn't do the damage though, the dropship did.

• Literally everyone else was connected by earpieces but those two weren't?

Interference from the structure.

• There was absolutely at least a handful of hours Burke could've been watched once Ripley said she was "happy to disappoint" him

They were all watching for Aliens trying to get in, and didn't think Burke would be dumb enough to try shit.

Most of these examples are only dumb from an audience's perspective with information not available to the characters.

#5

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by The Cruentus - Today at 01:32:54 AM

Ash let them in so he broke quarantine. Ripley made it clear she wasn't going to let them in.
They stuck together until Brett let the cat go.
Granted that is stupid but emotional connections
Panic and they were not told why they should not fire.
They were in the middle of nowhere and had no reason to believe something would sneak onboard, besides we don't know if they actually knew what JUST happened.
8ft tall monsters dropping from ceiling takes priority....

• Dallas and Lambert attempting to break quarantine was the dumb idea, even if Ash wasn't there.
• They still split up. And they split up again at the end with Ripley on her own and Lambert and Parker together.
• Had Ripley not taken the time to get sidetracked by Jonesy, Lambert's and Parker's fate may have changed
• Doesn't matter why they weren't told to fire, they disobeyed their superiors
• Literally everyone else was connected by earpieces but those two weren't?
• There was absolutely at least a handful of hours Burke could've been watched once Ripley said she was "happy to disappoint" him

Ripley had authority, Ash broke it. Characters acting emotional is not issue, especially when other characters point out the problem.
First time due to the cat, second time was because they were preparing the shuttle and multiple jobs had to be done at the same time.
The Marines authority problem was established since their introduction and you can't expect them not to defend themselves from 8ft tall monsters without being told why.
Earpieces are not active 24/7.
He hadn't done anything intentionally malicious until the facehugger part. While he got colonists killed, he didn't know that would happen.

#6

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by GrimmVision - Today at 01:26:00 AM

Ash let them in so he broke quarantine. Ripley made it clear she wasn't going to let them in.
They stuck together until Brett let the cat go.
Granted that is stupid but emotional connections
Panic and they were not told why they should not fire.
They were in the middle of nowhere and had no reason to believe something would sneak onboard, besides we don't know if they actually knew what JUST happened.
8ft tall monsters dropping from ceiling takes priority....

• Dallas and Lambert attempting to break quarantine was the dumb idea, even if Ash wasn't there.
• They still split up. And they split up again at the end with Ripley on her own and Lambert and Parker together.
• Had Ripley not taken the time to get sidetracked by Jonesy, Lambert's and Parker's fate may have changed
• Doesn't matter why they weren't told to fire, they disobeyed their superiors
• Literally everyone else was connected by earpieces but those two weren't?
• There was absolutely at least a handful of hours Burke could've been watched once Ripley said she was "happy to disappoint" him

#7

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by The Cruentus - Today at 01:24:02 AM

Maybe even better than that, intelligent characters dying makes for better presentation of threat level...and you don't facepalm. 

#8

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by Local Trouble - Today at 01:18:58 AM

Let's try to keep it to Kane/Gorman-level stupidity.

#9

Alien: Romulus / Re: Alien: Romulus Catch-All T...

Last post by The Cruentus - Today at 01:17:37 AM

Hopefully the characters aren't covenant/prometheus level stupid. 

#10

AvP Galaxy News / Re: What Is Canon & Should We ...

Last post by SiL - Today at 01:14:32 AM

That's not really the way Bishop worded it though. For a throw away line, it would seem to explain something immediate, not days down the road.

There's nothing at all to suggest it's immediate; Bishop couldn't possibly know that, since he's studying long-dead specimens. All he knows is that after they die the acid neutralises, allowing the thing to be studied.

But it's clearly not the instant they die, or the exploding Aliens throughout the film wouldn't be leaving all those acid burns.