Egg on Sulaco

[SiL]

As soon as the place began exploding, it wasn't 'safe'.  So, with the place exploding around her, add another 15 minutes, maybe.

The countdown was for minimum safe distance, not whether the place itself was safe. The countdown at the end of the film is actually fairly accurate for screen time as well.

[SM]

Flight time Sulaco to Hadley was 50 minutes.

[SiL]

And there you have it.

[SM]

Bishop had about 20 minutes to fly to the derelict, get an egg, fly to the Sulaco, place the egg there then fly back to the Atmosphere Processor.

It's probably best one pays attention to the film before espousing theories.

[Local Trouble]

Flight time Sulaco to Hadley was 50 minutes.

Moreover, flight time from Sulaco to Hadley was probably shorter than the return flight for reasons that are obvious to anyone who's familiar with the concept of gravity.

It's probably best one pays attention to the film before espousing theories.

That requires effort combined with critical thinking.

[Scorpio]

Alright, no need to get nasty now.

The 50 minutes flight time was for Bishop to autopilot the dropship from the Sulaco to the Colony.  If I'm not mistaken. 

[Rankles75]

No need for people to get tetchy! Let's just accept that the egg was nonsensical bullshit and move on... 

[SiL]

Alright, no need to get nasty now.

The 50 minutes flight time was for Bishop to autopilot the dropship from the Sulaco to the Colony.  If I'm not mistaken.

Why would it be less time manually?

[hfeldhaus]

Nearly 11 years and this thread is still going.

[Scorpio]

Alright, no need to get nasty now.

The 50 minutes flight time was for Bishop to autopilot the dropship from the Sulaco to the Colony.  If I'm not mistaken.

Why would it be less time manually?

Because it was just a little joystick and computer console as opposed to actually piloting it.

[SiL]

And? It's still traveling the same distance at the same speed.

[Scorpio]

And? It's still traveling the same distance at the same speed.

How do you know that?

[Rankles75]

Nearly 11 years and this thread is still going.

And it'll still be going in another 11....

[SiL]

How do you know that?

You're the one saying it isn't; that's up to you to prove.

[426Buddy]

And? It's still traveling the same distance at the same speed.

How do you know that?

Why would it it fly slower? I cant see a reason for the dropship to fly slower simply because its on remote. We can assume the distance hasnt changed. In anycase even if it took 10 minutes to get the egg to and on board the sulaco (not including the time it would take to retrieve an egg) and then 10 minutes back it still would have been too late. Bishop just didnt have the time to accomplish the task and no matter how you spin it, its not going to add up.