Quote from: SM on Oct 22, 2012, 06:30:48 AM
Get used to it.
I'll have no choice, will I?
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None of them have to go through the flames either (in the nursery). Ripley shoots a couple off the walls, possibly indicating they're climbing around the inferno on the floor, rather than just walking through it.
What do you think of the Alien in the third movie, in the flaming tunnels?
QuoteAgain, why does the Queen recoil from flame if not from the hurties it causes? It's right there in your sig picture, even.
I should be clearer in my proposition: when the characters state that the Aliens are afraid of fire, I take it to mean that it repels them; they inherently fear the flames. When it comes to a pain response, recoiling seems natural, though not necessarily tied to a flat-out, tail-between-the-legs response to a stimulus. I definitely think the Aliens, all of them, feel pain, but not that fire is their one and only fear. Had Ripley stabbed the Queen and it recoiled, I'm not entirely sure we would say that the Aliens necessarily
fear sharp objects.
This reminds me of the 'do androids feel pain' debate (which I'll probably write an article on - a debate series would be good).