Aliens Bishop

[E. Shaw]

Somehow, Hudson survived.

Would be poetic since he eas the one who feared the Xenos most. Everyone else died who seemed calm about it in comparison to Hudson losing his Shish kebab.

[Slutty Badger]

Would be wild if Hudson got free from the Hive and got as far away from Hadley's Hope and then went to The Derelict.

Which wouldn't have been useful to him, considering that the Derelict was also obliterated.

[Local Trouble]

You sure about that?

[Slutty Badger]

You sure about that?

Yep.

[E. Shaw]

Would be wild if Hudson got free from the Hive and got as far away from Hadley's Hope and then went to The Derelict.

Which wouldn't have been useful to him, considering that the Derelict was also obliterated.

In The Director's Cut there is a discussion that the Derelict is far from Hadley's Hope, with one guy saying to a Manager, "you know that couple / yahoos you sent out into middle of nowhere?" And they discuss a grid reference. I assumed it was far on the outskirts of Hadley's Hope, maybe on the other side of the planet.

[SM]

Resurrection novel and Weyland-Yutani Report say it got blowed up.

YMMV.

[E. Shaw]

Resurrection novel and Weyland-Yutani Report say it got blowed up.

YMMV.

Not that Weyland-Yutani would lie...

[Local Trouble]

Pretty sure SM has already ruled on this.  No way Ripley leaves orbit without making sure the derelict was obliterated.

[E. Shaw]

Just realized The Director's Cut diminishes The Queen. Having the Derelict present with thousands of eggs aboard makes having a egg laying Queen less necessary.

[Local Trouble]

Bonus points if the colony logs said as much.  More bonus points if the colonists set explosive charges and blew up the derelict along with any remaining eggs out of an abundance of caution.

[SiL]

Just realized The Director's Cut diminishes The Queen. Having the Derelict present with thousands of eggs aboard makes having a egg laying Queen less necessary.

The Queen explains how you get thousands of eggs to put on a ship in the first place.

[E. Shaw]

Just realized The Director's Cut diminishes The Queen. Having the Derelict present with thousands of eggs aboard makes having a egg laying Queen less necessary.

The Queen explains how you get thousands of eggs to put on a ship in the first place.

Hmmm.. so you think she laid the eggs on The Derelict?
I just assumed she was hatched under the Cooling Towers in The Hive; mainly due to the Theatrical Cut is what I watched for a long time.

[SM]

Just realized The Director's Cut diminishes The Queen. Having the Derelict present with thousands of eggs aboard makes having a egg laying Queen less necessary.

If the Directors Cut diminishes the Queen, then the Theatrical Cut is no different.

[E. Shaw]

Just realized The Director's Cut diminishes The Queen. Having the Derelict present with thousands of eggs aboard makes having a egg laying Queen less necessary.

If the Directors Cut diminishes the Queen, then the Theatrical Cut is no different.

It differs in that a ship full of eggs makes a Queen pointless; why have her lay egs if thousand already are waiting? But now that you mention Ripley confronts Burke about him sending Hadley's colonists to the ship in both versions. So technically its an issue in both versions, but the Director's Cut has the visuals of the Derelicy which stirs the memory of Ripley saying, "Kane said that there was thousands of eggs there."

[SiL]

Hmmm.. so you think she laid the eggs on The Derelict? 

No, the eggs in the derelict are much older than the Queen. But the eggs had to come from somewhere originally -- a Queen Alien was the film's answer. Not that exact Queen, but some other, earlier Queen.

why have her lay egs if thousand already are waiting?

Because eventually those eggs would get used up and need replacing, or the entire species would end.

This is a very odd line of thinking.