Started by BA79, Oct 11, 2019, 05:27:31 AM
Quote from: Ash 937 on Dec 09, 2019, 06:24:30 AMPoint is that those stills don't prove he died. Also, the scene itself was only a few frames and does not show enough specific damage.
Quote from: Ash 937 on Dec 09, 2019, 06:24:30 AMQuote from: Elmazalman on Nov 27, 2019, 05:23:25 AMQuote from: Ash 937 on Nov 27, 2019, 03:40:17 AMTo answer your initial question, the answer is no. It was in a time of crisis and she only had time to consider herself. Jones is only saved as an afterthought and because he's light enough to carry. Her reaction alone does not prove they died until she blew up the Nostromo.Spoiler[close]Parker was tough ... but not tough enough to survive this level of damage - same with his buddy, Brett.People survive trauma to their head like sometimes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmfSbfA5iUPoint is that those stills don't prove he died. Also, the scene itself was only a few frames and does not show enough specific damage.
Quote from: Elmazalman on Nov 27, 2019, 05:23:25 AMQuote from: Ash 937 on Nov 27, 2019, 03:40:17 AMTo answer your initial question, the answer is no. It was in a time of crisis and she only had time to consider herself. Jones is only saved as an afterthought and because he's light enough to carry. Her reaction alone does not prove they died until she blew up the Nostromo.Spoiler[close]Parker was tough ... but not tough enough to survive this level of damage - same with his buddy, Brett.
Quote from: Ash 937 on Nov 27, 2019, 03:40:17 AMTo answer your initial question, the answer is no. It was in a time of crisis and she only had time to consider herself. Jones is only saved as an afterthought and because he's light enough to carry. Her reaction alone does not prove they died until she blew up the Nostromo.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jul 01, 2022, 03:00:34 PMJonesy did make Ripley lose some time while searching for him also. That could be a factor in why she at least couldn't intervene in time.
Quote from: xeno_alpha_07 on Jul 01, 2022, 03:06:49 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jul 01, 2022, 03:00:34 PMJonesy did make Ripley lose some time while searching for him also. That could be a factor in why she at least couldn't intervene in time.That and she didn't head off running to help them immediately. If Ripley had gone to help them straight away would she have still got to them in time?
Quote from: Valaquen on Nov 27, 2019, 04:45:44 PMQuote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 25, 2019, 11:58:28 AMTheory: It was aware the Nostromo wasn't a safe place anymore, and retreated to the Narcissus.That would be wildly precognitive of it.The real reason is that the filmmakers wanted us to see the bodies. But it's fun to read everyone's in-universe speculations
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 25, 2019, 11:58:28 AMTheory: It was aware the Nostromo wasn't a safe place anymore, and retreated to the Narcissus.
Quote from: xeno_alpha_07 on Jul 01, 2022, 02:46:11 PMI have a theory on why Parker and Lambert were left behind. I think the creature did intend to take them or at least just Lambert. Based on Dan O Bannon's comment and another article, which I can't find, the Alien tried to squeeze Lambert through the air vent but she wouldn't fit hence her dangling the way she was and the creature just gave up and moved on leaving them both behind.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Jul 01, 2022, 08:34:29 PMI stand by what I wrote, they can understand electricity, who's to say they don't understand a countdown as well? A place becoming unsafe. Further films corroborate this extensive level of intelligence.