Aliens: Bug Hunt - Aliens Anthology Announced!

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The film doesn't specify why all the Y chromos are there though.  Maybe felons are divvied up by chromosome abnormalities and there are XXY prisons etc.

[The Cruentus]

All I got to say is that its very strange future indeed if criminals are categorized and put in prisons specified for conditions that don't have an affect on whether or not one causes a crime.
I wonder if there is an asthma max prison somewhere out there that universe 

[Engineer]

It's an artifact of the 90s. At the time, double-y chromosome abnormalities where known and not well understood. One theory was that it may link to more aggressive behavior and criminal activity. The movie was attempting to be edgy and scientifically current. A few years later, it was discovered that double-y has no impact on a person. They are no more aggressive. And this is the first I'm hearing of them being taller! Anyway, who cares? I applaud the film for trying to be on top of things for the times. It's funny to me that the book bug hunt says double-x because that's a huge error, and would make them all female.

[Hudson]

The film doesn't make that link.

I mean...isn't there an implicit link in the fact that it's emphasized not only by the opening superimposed text, but also by Andrews directly to Ripley in the context of concern for "her own personal safety?"

[SM]

Well, there's murderers and rapists, so safety is obviously paramount.  There's also thieves who aren't automatically violent, and there's a doctor who was a former inmate.  The YY chromo link is suitably non-specific.

Hugs to Die For - Far and away best story so far.

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Huggers are scary.  Neutered huggers is f**ked up.  Neutered huggers helping the fertile ones escape is really f**ked up.  Walls literally crawling with huggers is scary and really f**ked up.

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[HuDaFuK]

Hugs to Die For - Far and away best story so far.

I really wish the initial setup for that hadn't struck me as so fan-ficcy because the actual post-escape stuff was excellent.

[SM]

The only very minor drawback for me was it was a little derivative in terms of

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a woman rescuing a child - again

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But everything else hit the mark.  Acid is dangerous - so much licensed stuff has the acid being a non-issue.  In the films small amounts cripple Hicks, Vasquez and Christie.

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Amotz was burned something chronic by the end.

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Deep Black

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Cliched out the wazoo in terms of vocabulary, but still enjoyable - until we get to the non-ending.

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[HuDaFuK]

That was one of those examples of clichéd being done right. The dialogue in Aliens is pretty damn cliché when all is said and done, doesn't stop people loving the hell out of it.

I really did love the prose in that one.

[SM]

Major anti-climax though.

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I really thought we'd get a look in the prison and see what had become of it.

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[HuDaFuK]

Fair point. Ultimately wasn't something that bothered me though, for whatever reason.

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Distressed

I think Moore is a decent writer, this story seemed a bit pointless though.

Dangerous Prey

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Interesting.  Would've been more interesting if it told the story of Aliens from the creatures POV.

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[Hudson]

Major anti-climax though.

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I really thought we'd get a look in the prison and see what had become of it.

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The ending of that story was a build up to nothing. Could've been so much more.

[Engineer]

Major anti-climax though.

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I really thought we'd get a look in the prison and see what had become of it.

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The ending of that story was a build up to nothing. Could've been so much more.

Yea this was one story that I was intrigued by most once I got started. Overlooking silly mistakes of course. But that ending left the whole story feeling pointless!

[SM]

Considering it's all done in the first person, I can overlook the XX thing.