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Posted by Never say no to Panda!
 - Nov 23, 2011, 10:01:04 PM
OT: This guy looks like Stanley from "UHF"

Posted by OmegaZilla
 - Nov 23, 2011, 06:12:26 PM
Posted by Terx2
 - Nov 22, 2011, 05:11:02 AM
Nope. The ship landed on a rock and that made the ships landing difficult.
Posted by StayFrosty
 - Nov 22, 2011, 02:49:25 AM
Yes, I agree now.
Posted by SM
 - Nov 21, 2011, 10:35:54 PM
QuoteGuys...this thread is fun and all... but this whole thing can be totally negated by watching the movie properly.

Posted by Glaive
 - Nov 21, 2011, 09:34:20 PM
Guys...this thread is fun and all... but this whole thing can be totally negated by the reasons Parker gives to Dallas.

From the SCRIPT...
         EXT. NOSTROMO

        Engines coughing to life.
        Nostromo begins its descent.

        Below night's tide rolls across the planet's surface.

        INT. BRIDGE
       
        The viewscreen shimmers.

                                 RIPLEY
                  Turbulence.

        EXT. NOSTROMO

        Tug-module hydroplaning downward.
        A set of brilliant lights switch on.
        Cut through the thick atmosphere.

        INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE

        Parker and Brett strapped in their seats.
        Begin rocking from the sudden, extreme turbulence.

                                 PARKER
                  Chirst.  Overloading.  What the
                  hell are we going through.

                                 BRETT
                  Dust fritzing the compressor.

                                 PARKER
                  There goes the conversion
                  stabilizer.

                                 BRETT
                  I don't know if the digital
                  solenoid...

                                 PARKER
                  Forget it.  If we don't crash,
                  dollars to your aunt's cherry
                  we get an electrical fire...

        INT. BRIDGE

        The turbulence continues unabated.
        Lambert's eyes follow cross-plot gauges.

                                 LAMBERT
                  Drop begins...now.  Fifteen
                  kilometers and descending...
                  twelve...ten...eight and
                  slowing.  Five.  Three.  Two.
                  One kilometer and slowing.

                                 DALLAS
                  Lock tractor breams.

        A loud electrical hum.

                                 KANE
                  Locked.

                                 DALLAS
                  Kill drive engines.

        The engines fall silent.

                                 LAMBERT             
                  Nine hundred meters and dropping.
                  Eight hundred.  Seven hundred.

        EXT. PLANET - NIGHT

        Storm blowing across the night-shrouded surface.
        The Nostromo hovers on glowing beams of light.
        Landing struts unfold like insect legs.
        The ship slams down.
        Rocks heavily on massive shock absorbers.

        INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT

                                 RIPLEY
                  We're down.

        An enormous vibration.
        The panels in the room flash simultaneously.
        Light go out.

                                 KANE
                  Lost it.  Lost it.

        INT. ENGINE ROOM

        Another huge vibration.
        An electrical fire breaks out along three control panels.

        INT. OILY CORRIDOR

        Huge flash fire whips along corridor.

        INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE

        Parker and Brett see the pandemonium below.
        Brett hits the secondary generator switch.
        A pressure valve blows.
        Another conduit breaks loose.
        All lights go out.
        They grab hand lights from wall.

        INT. BRIDGE

        Still in darkness.

                                 LAMBERT
                  Secondary generator should
                  kick over.

                                 KANE
                  Where is it.

        Moments.  Nothing.  Kane grabs emergency headlamp from
        facia.
        Followed by Dallas and Lambert.

                                 DALLAS
                  What happened?

        Ripley hits the voice-amp.

                                 RIPLEY
                  Engine room, what happened.

                                 PARKER
                         (voice over)
                  God damn electrical fire, that's
                  what happened.

                                 BRETT
                         (voice over)
                  It's big.

        INT. ENGINE ROOM

        Parker fighting an electrical fire on one of his panels.
        Brett shouting into his voice-amp.

                                 BRETT
                  The intakes are clogged.  We
                  overheated and burned out a
                  whole cell...Christ, it's really
                  breaking loose down here...

        INT. BRIDGE

                                 DALLAS 
                  Somebody give me a simple answer,
                  Has the hull been breached.

        Ripley scans her gauges.

                                 RIPLEY
                  I don't see anything.  We've still
                  got pressure.

        A beep from the communicator.

                                 DALLAS
                  Hit the screen.

        Kane snaps three toggles.
        The screens flicker, but remain black.

                                 KANE
                  Nothing.

        EXT. SHIP - NIGHT

        The wind sounds.
        Storm continues to blow around the craft.
        A few glittering lights distinguish the Nostromo from
        absolute darkness.

        INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE

        Parker on the communicator to the bridge.

                                 PARKER
                  4 panel is totally shot, the
                  secondary load sharing unit is
                  out, at least three cells on
                  12 module are gone.

        INT. BRIDGE

        Ripley listening to Parker.
        Dallas standing over her.
        No images on any screens.
   
                                 RIPLEY
                  Is that it.

                                 PARKER
                         (voice over)
                  Couldn't fix it out here anyway.
                  And we need to reroute a couple
                  of these ducts.  Can't really fix
                  them without a whole drydock...

                                 DALLAS
                  What else.

                                 PARKER
                         (voice over)
                  We lost a cell.  Some fragments
                  caked up and blew the whole
                  system.  We've got to clean it
                  all out and repressurize.

                                 BRETT
                         (voice over)
                  Right.

                                 RIPLEY
                  Get started on 4 panel.  I'll
                  be down in five minutes.
   
        She shuts off her voice communicator.

Posted by Ghostface
 - Nov 20, 2011, 12:48:32 PM
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Nov 19, 2011, 05:05:30 PM
Quote from: Ghostface on Nov 19, 2011, 06:42:49 AM
Doesnt the blood lose it's acicity shortly after dying?

If its exposed to the air.  I believe Bishop mentioned it was oxidizing.  One could argue on whether or not the blood will still be capable without any air exposure, or the fact that LV-426 had no oxygen on the surface at the time...

Ahh I think you're right
Posted by chupacabras acheronsis
 - Nov 19, 2011, 08:47:50 PM
Posted by whiterabbit
 - Nov 19, 2011, 07:44:49 PM
Quote from: StayFrostyI don't notice any aliens in what you're talking about. In your pic, it's extremely likely Dallas' crew would have seen these aliens before they entered the derelict, so that can't be what it is.
As someone put it, it's just rocks right? They walked right past it because they didn't know what they were looking for.

You know, almost every other rock look like an alien. I guess it is an "Alien" world after all. :)
Posted by StayFrosty
 - Nov 19, 2011, 05:43:15 PM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Nov 19, 2011, 12:53:06 PM
Quote from: StayFrostyAre you sure about this? I'm not so sure I was right now.

Also, I've never noticed any alien-looking creature when they enter the derelict.

I sort of think if either of us were right about this, the directors would have commented about this on some commentary or interview. But, nothing. So it doesn't look like they intended on any of this.
Thought that was what you were talking about. :P

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8259/2456q.jpg

Oh and I always thought that this was the space jockey alien. I was only 2 when the movie premiered so I never saw it in the theater; all I had was the 4:3 vhs to watch. It wasn't till the dvd that I notice that funny looking thing and assumed it was the jockey alien. You know how the creature always lurks near the door you shouldn't go into but people always go into either not noticing the warming or ignoring it. So I thought it was a movie homage put in on purpose.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9489/214r.jpg


Actually, I was talking about the big rock formation on the right in the first pic.

I don't notice any aliens in what you're talking about. In your pic, it's extremely likely Dallas' crew would have seen these aliens before they entered the derelict, so that can't be what it is.
Posted by MrSpaceJockey
 - Nov 19, 2011, 05:05:30 PM
Quote from: Ghostface on Nov 19, 2011, 06:42:49 AM
Doesnt the blood lose it's acicity shortly after dying?

If its exposed to the air.  I believe Bishop mentioned it was oxidizing.  One could argue on whether or not the blood will still be capable without any air exposure, or the fact that LV-426 had no oxygen on the surface at the time...
Posted by OpenMaw
 - Nov 19, 2011, 04:37:20 PM
We're literally seeing monsters in the shadows and strange rock formations now?

Okay.
Posted by whiterabbit
 - Nov 19, 2011, 12:53:06 PM
Quote from: StayFrostyAre you sure about this? I'm not so sure I was right now.

Also, I've never noticed any alien-looking creature when they enter the derelict.

I sort of think if either of us were right about this, the directors would have commented about this on some commentary or interview. But, nothing. So it doesn't look like they intended on any of this.
Thought that was what you were talking about. :P

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8259/2456q.jpg

Oh and I always thought that this was the space jockey alien. I was only 2 when the movie premiered so I never saw it in the theater; all I had was the 4:3 vhs to watch. It wasn't till the dvd that I notice that funny looking thing and assumed it was the jockey alien. You know how the creature always lurks near the door you shouldn't go into but people always go into either not noticing the warming or ignoring it. So I thought it was a movie homage put in on purpose.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9489/214r.jpg
Posted by StayFrosty
 - Nov 19, 2011, 10:46:25 AM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Nov 18, 2011, 01:04:08 PM
Oh I see it now. It's not the two foam rocks that the landing gear crushes but a alien'ish looking rock outcropping just behind the forward landing foot. Like it's laying on it's side. Head facing to the left, dorsals away. Still smiling too. You can even make out arms, legs and a body if you use your imagination. The foot doesn't see to touch much less crush it in any way.

Although I always thought the space jockey alien was seen just before the crew entered the derelict, off to the far right. I never noticed it before I saw alien in wide screen as it was cropped out of the frame to fit my tv.


Are you sure about this? I'm not so sure I was right now.

Also, I've never noticed any alien-looking creature when they enter the derelict.

I sort of think if either of us were right about this, the directors would have commented about this on some commentary or interview. But, nothing. So it doesn't look like they intended on any of this.
Posted by Ghostface
 - Nov 19, 2011, 06:42:49 AM
Doesnt the blood lose it's acicity shortly after dying?
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