Quote from: Johnny Handsome on Nov 22, 2007, 12:43:57 AM
QuoteActually the comics have had predaliens, although they aren't considered canon. So have the video games, so we have seen predaliens before. Its not as if its a new concept made solely for its introduction to the fans in this film.
Like you said, comics arent canon, so why even mention them.
QuoteThe alien in "Alien" was not becoming a queen, because the events of alien just like avp-r are a matter of days and no changes in its physical structure took place. No queen crest, no big-ass tail.
It was a normal drone, maybe it took longer to mold into one, the predalien obviously dont need more then a couple of days, and the events in alien took place in about 24 hours, like said in aliens.
QuoteChet shows definite signs of Queenage before the new cycle. Original Alien didn't.
Original alien wasnt a predalien 
Its stronger, more dangerous, bigger, why not able to mold sooner then.
when in "Aliens" does anyone say the events of the first film took place in 24 hours? If your referring to the discussion in the board room aboard gateway station, they are talking about previous breifings with ripley that took place 24 hours prior to that discussion where her flight status is revoked and she urges the company guy, to check out lv-426.
Why would physical stature determine the speed in which an alien molts. All instincts, behaviors they have should not change just because it might have burst out of a different host.
And if the alien in the first film was molting, it should have had the queen head or at least some transitional form of it and it did not. Why would it have to be a predalien to show such signs, that is just ridiculous.
And before someone mentions that the alien in alien 3 was quadripedal and maybe couldn't molt because of that, let me stop you right there. How adaptable is that, when a bipedal host is required for an alien to molt into a queen(assuming that were canonical and possilble for the sake of argument)?
So if the aliens are on a planet where all potential hosts are quadripedal, I guess their just out of luck and can't molt then, even though it is supposedly argued to be possible and a way of gettinga queen in some people's views.
You must remember that human born aliens are not the norm, Just because they are the most commonly used/seen ones. The dna reflex thing doesn't produce true hybrids, only aliens with varying physical characteristics that help them adapt to their environment and survive.
