Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Dec 20, 2023, 01:55:23 PMYou know it's perfectly fine to love the second movie and still acknowledge it's different from the first, right? Nobody is hating on 'Aliens' here
I don't care if people like Aliens or not, it is their right to have a preference. I am simply stating that they were insect-like to begin with, as those sources I provided show.
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Dec 20, 2023, 01:55:23 PMThey threw themselves at the sentry guns. Repeatedly. Watching each drone before them getting mowed down, and still proceeded. 3 separate occasions; the tunnel to the pressure door, and two separate corridors. Hive mentality; drones with little care for self-preservation. (I'm starting to question if you and I are watching the same movies?) 😂
The sentry guns are not Ripley's flamethrower.
Also as I said, they were testing the defences and finding ways to get around them, which they did.
Some species with a Queen will sacrifice themselves to protect their Queen from threats and by protecting the queen, they are preserving the species....
So yeah, they sacrificed themselves to take down a threat to the source of their "colony". Which is not dumb, in chess the pawns go first.
Regardless, the sources I provided state the intentions of the filmmakers, nothing else needs to be said, especially since you seem to be ignoring them.