Aliens Set The Standard

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Well in the Alien book (not sure which has based on which) they were hauling an oil referinry and crude of all things with them. That was part of the reason the ship was that big.

Never go by the novelizations of movies. Most of them are based on early scripts, and some changes they make in the movie script never makes it to the author. But as far as the Nostradamus, it was a refinery ship, and thus accounted for it's huge size.

As far as the military ship used in Aliens, I never gave it a thought until now. Since everyone in the ship was in suspended animation, it makes sense that the pilot was a computer. And the size of the ship probably meant that it was capable of carrying more than 2 dozen people. They just chose that squad for this particular mission. And I'm sure Paul Reiser's character didn't want too many soldiers wandering on the planet, lest they discover his secret. Too bad he didn't count on Ripley.

From what I read about the original script of Alien 3, it sounded like it would have made a decent movie. But with the fall of the Berlin Wall, some idiot decided we didn't need a reminder in the movie, and got Joss Wheedin (?) to rewrite the script. Thus you got the horror that was Alien 3. I've only seen it once, that was one too many times for me. As far as Alien Resurrection, I liked it a whole lot better than 3, but I still haven't made it the store to buy the dvd. I'll stick to the original 2 movies, and hopefully AVP will be as exciting as the original comic book series was.

[ July 21, 2004, 22:12: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Nostromo was a tug towing a refinery platform.


Tried to make a Colonial Marine costume for Halloween a few years ago. Used BMX armour and some of the less dorky bicycle helmets. Ended up looking like a Motocross Borg with a dorky bicycle helmet. So I went with the Borg label. Added a Tennis racket and I was Bjorn Borg.
I think the Aliens Colonial Marine look is one that I see alot of fiction stories and computer games that try to copy. Look at the soldiers in Halo. Heck even the real soldiers today look like they came off a movie set. I don't know what those "monacles" do but like all the soldiers in Iraq hav'em.

[Raging Deadstar]

Originally posted by EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro:
Nostromo was a tug towing a refinery platform.


Tried to make a Colonial Marine costume for Halloween a few years ago. Used BMX armour and some of the less dorky bicycle helmets. Ended up looking like a Motocross Borg with a dorky bicycle helmet. So I went with the Borg label. Added a Tennis racket and I was Bjorn Borg.
I think the Aliens Colonial Marine look is one that I see alot of fiction stories and computer games that try to copy. Look at the soldiers in Halo. Heck even the real soldiers today look like they came off a movie set. I don't know what those "monacles" do but like all the soldiers in Iraq hav'em.

Simple. Psychological Warfare! If they look advanced and powerful then they must be advanced and powerful, at least in mosts first impressions.