Quote from: Xenomrph on Sep 15, 2018, 06:07:05 AMQuote from: The Old One on Sep 14, 2018, 07:25:48 AMThe Colonial Marines Tech Manual clarifies that "xenomorph" is, as you guessed, a USCM term that applies to any extraterrestrial organism that they don't know the capabilities of.
Egg, Facehugger, Chestburster aren't terribly scientific though.
Don't get me started on how "Xenomorph" can apply to a variety of creatures, contextually within Aliens & A3 it works because it's referred to as "A Xenomorph" which would be correct. But the miscommunication that it's
"The Xenomorph" from then onwards is irritating to say the least.
Give me half an hour or there abouts and I could make more suitable threatening names with the Latin dictionary.
It's just that James Cameron chose such a unique but memorable word that it got permanently linked with the capital-A Alien as another name for it, independent of its in-context meaning.
If Cameron had used the word "extraterrestrial" in place of "xenomorph", we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
Quote from: Still Collating... on Oct 06, 2018, 03:24:29 PM
I don't remember that being mentioned in there? Though I do remember someone suggesting that idea, but how the hell does the black goo reanimate anything all of a sudden?
Quote from: The Old One on Oct 08, 2018, 07:04:05 AM
& Alex White write it.
Quote from: Still Collating... on Oct 07, 2018, 12:27:38 PM
I really do love this art book. It just adds so much to the tone of the movie. The book generates a unique atmosphere, a sense of mystery and dread.
I long for a novel about David, Shaw and the 10 years between Prometheus and Covenant...
Quote from: Still Collating... on Oct 08, 2018, 05:05:09 PMStuff that's better than the source material isn't unheard of - I've had a running joke that one of my top videogames that I'd like to see adapted into a movie is 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'.
Hell yes! That man knows how to write characters superbly well. Of course there's no guarantee that it would be as good as The Cold Forge, but if it was, it'd be kinda funny to get a prequel tie-in novel that's written better than the prequels themselves.