Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Today at 02:19:20 AMCan I just add; even if Ash hadn't overridden Ripley's order to uphold quarantine procedures, it would have made no difference to the outcome; within the 24 hour quarantine, Kane would have popped, leaving the following outcomes;
1: Ripley maintains quarantine leaving Dallas and Lambert in an airlock with a creature that will rapidly grow and annihilate them. Ripley opens the outer airlock to let it outside/get rid of it, and it simply hitches a ride on the hull until it finds a way inside.
2: She caves to her emotional attachment and opens the door, and the xeno is now inside.
3: Parker and Brett rig some flame units thinking they can kill it and open the inner door. The xeno is now inside.
4: the xeno pops and escapes the airlock, choosing either inside or outside, but the end result is the same as scenario 1 & 2.
The only hopeful option would be to keep it locked in the airlock until in space, then open the outer door and hope the decompression pulls it out at speeds like Kanes body was. However since 1; Ripley doesn't know that it can survive in a vacuum, and 2; she is also unaware of the acid blood and its ability to get through hull/bulkheads with ease...
It always gets inside.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Yesterday at 12:02:23 PMwe didn't witness them do anything utterly stupid and moronic.Quote from: The Cruentus on Yesterday at 11:38:12 AMCovenant is a decent movie, I have always said so but its what it does to the lore that makes it hard to watch for me personally. That and its reliance on sheer stupidity on the characters part for the plot to move along.
Hence "dumbass colonists".
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Yesterday at 02:59:38 PMGaska wrote both. He worked on Fox's internal bible and then he also went on to work on the RPG.
Quote from: GrimmVision on Today at 01:26:00 AM• Dallas and Lambert attempting to break quarantine was the dumb idea, even if Ash wasn't there.Motivated by concern for their fellow crew member.
Quote• They still split up. And they split up again at the end with Ripley on her own and Lambert and Parker together.It's dumb when you know the Alien can grow to 8 feet tall in a matter of hours, not when you think they're chasing a snake.
QuoteHad Ripley not taken the time to get sidetracked by Jonesy, Lambert's and Parker's fate may have changedLater they're all armed. Ripley would be in no more position to use her flamethrower than Parker was, for the same reason - Lambert was in the way.
Quote• Doesn't matter why they weren't told to fire, they disobeyed their superiorsConsistent with their characterisation. Their firing didn't do the damage though, the dropship did.
Quote• Literally everyone else was connected by earpieces but those two weren't?Interference from the structure.
Quote• There was absolutely at least a handful of hours Burke could've been watched once Ripley said she was "happy to disappoint" himThey were all watching for Aliens trying to get in, and didn't think Burke would be dumb enough to try shit.
Quote from: GrimmVision on Today at 01:26:00 AMQuote from: The Cruentus on Today at 01:12:02 AMAsh let them in so he broke quarantine. Ripley made it clear she wasn't going to let them in.
They stuck together until Brett let the cat go.
Granted that is stupid but emotional connections
Panic and they were not told why they should not fire.
They were in the middle of nowhere and had no reason to believe something would sneak onboard, besides we don't know if they actually knew what JUST happened.
8ft tall monsters dropping from ceiling takes priority....
• Dallas and Lambert attempting to break quarantine was the dumb idea, even if Ash wasn't there.
• They still split up. And they split up again at the end with Ripley on her own and Lambert and Parker together.
• Had Ripley not taken the time to get sidetracked by Jonesy, Lambert's and Parker's fate may have changed
• Doesn't matter why they weren't told to fire, they disobeyed their superiors
• Literally everyone else was connected by earpieces but those two weren't?
• There was absolutely at least a handful of hours Burke could've been watched once Ripley said she was "happy to disappoint" him
Quote from: The Cruentus on Today at 01:12:02 AMAsh let them in so he broke quarantine. Ripley made it clear she wasn't going to let them in.
They stuck together until Brett let the cat go.
Granted that is stupid but emotional connections
Panic and they were not told why they should not fire.
They were in the middle of nowhere and had no reason to believe something would sneak onboard, besides we don't know if they actually knew what JUST happened.
8ft tall monsters dropping from ceiling takes priority....