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Posted by Elmazalman
 - Nov 19, 2019, 12:09:20 PM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 19, 2019, 01:04:23 AM
Quote from: SM on Nov 11, 2019, 02:01:58 AM
Quote from: Elmazalman on Nov 11, 2019, 01:47:05 AM
Quote from: SM on Nov 11, 2019, 12:11:22 AM
QuoteALIEN3 Runner was described as being larger than previous specimens.

Is it?
Didn't Ripley say, in addition to moving differently, this one was larger than the others? I'm sure there was some dialogue there with the prisoners.

She says it moves differently.

She relates to Andrews that Aliens are 8 feet tall (prior to seeing the Fiorina one).

Here's a direct quote from the Alien 3 novelization:

QuoteShe looked thoughtful. 'I haven't seen one exactly like this before. It's bigger, its legs are different. The other ones were afraid of fire, or at least respectful of it. Not much else.'
I have the A3 novel but haven't read it in years. I knew the "bigger" line existed somewhere. I was certain it was in the film.

Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 19, 2019, 10:14:46 AM
Not something I particularly care about the intricacies of but the back protrusions always require an amount of flexibility to traverse a ventilation system.
The Alien would have had a hell of a time climbing into its Narcissus nest backwards if the dorsal tubes were solid bone.
Posted by The Old One
 - Nov 19, 2019, 10:14:46 AM
Not something I particularly care about the intricacies of but the back protrusions always require an amount of flexibility to traverse a ventilation system.
Posted by razeak
 - Nov 19, 2019, 01:24:35 AM
Im hndecided on that gif. Yikes in one thought, cool in the next.
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Nov 19, 2019, 01:04:23 AM
Quote from: SM on Nov 11, 2019, 02:01:58 AM
Quote from: Elmazalman on Nov 11, 2019, 01:47:05 AM
Quote from: SM on Nov 11, 2019, 12:11:22 AM
QuoteALIEN3 Runner was described as being larger than previous specimens.

Is it?
Didn't Ripley say, in addition to moving differently, this one was larger than the others? I'm sure there was some dialogue there with the prisoners.

She says it moves differently.

She relates to Andrews that Aliens are 8 feet tall (prior to seeing the Fiorina one).

Here's a direct quote from the Alien 3 novelization:

QuoteShe looked thoughtful. 'I haven't seen one exactly like this before. It's bigger, its legs are different. The other ones were afraid of fire, or at least respectful of it. Not much else.'
Posted by Kradan
 - Nov 11, 2019, 01:36:29 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 11, 2019, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 11, 2019, 08:08:49 AM
Resurrection was supposed to have animated, wiggly back tubes. They made the mechanisms and screen tested them and everything.

Indeed. :laugh:

https://media.giphy.com/media/S2wCG2wt9fETvusBuQ/giphy.gif

My God, I love this  :o
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 11, 2019, 09:19:13 AM
Posted by [cancerblack]
 - Nov 11, 2019, 09:15:11 AM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 11, 2019, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 11, 2019, 08:08:49 AM
Resurrection was supposed to have animated, wiggly back tubes. They made the mechanisms and screen tested them and everything.

Indeed. :laugh:

https://media.giphy.com/media/S2wCG2wt9fETvusBuQ/giphy.gif



Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 11, 2019, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 11, 2019, 08:08:49 AM
Resurrection was supposed to have animated, wiggly back tubes. They made the mechanisms and screen tested them and everything.

Indeed. :laugh:


Posted by [cancerblack]
 - Nov 11, 2019, 08:42:21 AM
Quote from: SM on Nov 11, 2019, 07:53:13 AM
They're also bendy in the airducts in Aliens.

And I won't mention a particular shot in Resurrection because you'll never be able to unsee it.

Were you so inclined to see it in the first place.


Covenant is by far the worst offender, but yeah.
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 11, 2019, 08:20:43 AM
Flexible dorsal tubes appear to be useful for moving in the hive.

Posted by SiL
 - Nov 11, 2019, 08:08:49 AM
Resurrection was supposed to have animated, wiggly back tubes. They made the mechanisms and screen tested them and everything.
Posted by SM
 - Nov 11, 2019, 07:53:13 AM
They're also bendy in the airducts in Aliens.

And I won't mention a particular shot in Resurrection because you'll never be able to unsee it.

Were you so inclined to see it in the first place.
Posted by [cancerblack]
 - Nov 11, 2019, 07:42:50 AM
Quote from: Elmazalman on Nov 10, 2019, 09:28:22 PM
Quote from: 426Buddy on Nov 10, 2019, 04:15:53 PM
Given their size I always found it suprising they could travel through ventilation systems so well. Especially with those big backpipes from the first two films.
The dorsal tubes are flexible. I imagine they could fold down behind it when entering a confined space. The Alien that snatched Newt has floppy back tubes, then there's the Covenant Alien that climbs down the ladder tube.

In my head, they pivot in a joint on the back of the creature, rather than being floppy.


Even if the movies disagree.
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 11, 2019, 03:13:28 AM
But, does size really matter? I thought the most important thing is how you use it. How do you use the Alien in a movie I mean.

Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Nov 10, 2019, 03:39:06 PM
According to Xenopedia seeing as I don't have a source book readily available;
Big chap: 7 ft 2 (Google corresponds the height with Bolaji Badejo)

Well Ian Whyte is 7 ft 1. So, I guess Big Chap is about the size of an Engineer (and a Predator), plus about the size of the Space Jockey arm.
Posted by The Old One
 - Nov 11, 2019, 02:02:36 AM
Yes, that true.
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