Quote from: BioMechanical on Jan 11, 2012, 12:02:14 AM
Now just imagine.. The space jockey's show up near the planet that needs it resources plundered. They launch, not nukes, but these eggs and Xenomorphs AND GOD KNOWS WHAT THE HELL ELSE ON TO IT. Then, when most of the planet is cleared, they touch down in these bio-weapon- suits and use them to slaughter, as well as to impregnate the locals. Now, to me this seems even more sick and grotesque than the alien and face hugger combined.
I hope you realise this would be the easiest global domination strategy in the world for even a 20th century military to defend against?
Seriously... Something which needs
physical contact to kill? It would take a ridiculously long period of time to even clear a few miles of targets - all the while, the defenders are happily killing it from range.
Then there's the matter of the fleshy eggs not really able to be launched through an atmosphere, on account of catching fire from the atmospheric friction...
I mean, I'm assuming the 'launching nukes' part is out of the equation, because there wouldn't be much left in the way of uncontaminated resources if you're doing that. Unless you're thinking just partial atomic devastation? But that'd only be sure to invite massive retaliation from whatever hundreds of thousands of military bases are left.
QuoteI think it's going to be a real surprise when the audience sees the humanoid engineer in the movie walking around on it's own, there not going to be expecting this being and the jockey to be one in the same. Then for the engineer to press a button, suit comes out of the wall and then the engineer merges with it. Holly f**k! That is going to be the coolest scene in the whole movie!
I think the engineer's might even have more tricks up it's sleeve. I think you will see some Transformers style stuff in this. I know that might not sit well with a lot of you, but you have to admit.. Transformers did make a lot of money.
Not only is this movie going to show this new type of creature and what it can do. But to know it's going to be controlled by a more advanced version of ourselves is even more demented! In a good way I should say.
Also this is not it. We are going to see an array of creatures in this. We're talking the engineers entire bio-mechanical technology. And there arsenal.
So, you're saying you want a repeat of the original '
Stargate' movie?
I can seriously think of a lot more interesting things which could've been portrayed if that's where this is heading.
Quote from: kaustin7 on Jan 11, 2012, 01:44:54 AM
I have to agree with some of the earlier posts and the original topic...I never connected the trunk of the SJ as a potential proto-facehugger...but it makes sense in some of the speculative contexts.
In all honesty, it was one of the first ever things which crossed my mind when I initially saw it. But then I realise that didn't make sense because the 'tail' is fused to the ribs instead of wrapped around neck and that the things scurry away from a victim when the deed has been done.
I figured it was just Giger doing some design foreshadowing.
Quote from: Taxemic on Jan 11, 2012, 04:01:35 PM
Something that always fascinated me was wondering how the SJ became impregnated in the first place. Be like a facehugger trying to impregnate an elephant.
As has been mentioned, it had no problem with a canine.
I really hope that this is just going to be a representation of the Space Jockey walking around.
Because, if not, it means that Ridley Scott genuinely thinks seeing
that as the threat would be somehow scarier than a fully-realised version of something like
this.