Thread: The only contrived thing about the plot was...

It seems unlikely the colony being set up was some kind of conspiracy to get their hands on the alien. Its pretty clear that for whatever reason the derelict and the signal were not followed up on after the events in Alien. If the Company knew about the eggs and desperately wanted them for bioweapons (or whatever), they would have sent a special capture team like they did at the end of Alien 3. The last thing you would do is send 167 random...

Hello Captain - Neither of these points are plot holes, as they dont affect the plot. You can say it seems strange that no one discovered the ship for 20 years, but it could still happen. At most it is strange...but doesnt contradict the plot, therefore not a plot hole. We dont know the way things work out there, maybe thy dont explore much outside a certain perimeter. What we do know is they found the ship after being given the co-ordinates,...

Proof please, nasor?

That's a good point. We know for a fact WY wanted an alien specimen in both A1 and A3. Now it may have been just a small powerful elite few within WY (as what they were planning humans expendable,transporting dangerous organisms) would clearly be illegal. Burke may have been a progeny of this group, maybe an older family member or mentor was involved in the A1-Ash secret order project. We do know Burke had the power to send someone to...

"I will also state that it's an area of weak storytelling if it requires us to "reach" that much just to figure out exactly what happened. No it's not central to the storytelling and it's just curiosity for the sake of curiosity, but some attempt at an explanation would have been nice. " I can see that. It is a weak part of the story, especially if you dont see the special edition which adds a...

CaptainBryce did raise a plot point I didn't get the first (few dozen) times around, but it in turn raises the question, if Burke intentionally sent that family to their deaths (or at to least impregnate them with aliens to bring back to earth), why would he get in touch with Ripley to lead an expedition down there (ESPECIALLY knowing how much she hates the aliens AND after promising her they're going there "to destroy them,...

Who said I have proof? I said there's a chance . It's one possible explanation that would fit with what we know about the nature of 'the company.' It's certainly made clear that the company has corrupt/uncaring/foolish managers.

The problem with your assumption though is that it is exactly that, an assumption. What basis do you use for assuming that the SJ ship is within 100-200 miles? It may well have been, but a 200 mile radius still leaves a large amount of land so by no means makes it certain that the ship would have previously been found. Furthermore, there is no solid time frame for a gestation of an alien. It has been theorised that the time varies depending...

"Also, if it were really far away, then why wouldn't they simply take the "flying shuttle" or whatever to get there in the first place?" Why would they risk their emergency vehicle for some routine exploration? You don't see hospital helicopters being used for mining surveys.

Burke, the "Company Guy", requested members of the colony to investigate previously unexplored areas of the planet. He did this AFTER Ripley was rescued but before Burke and Gorman requested her assistance. In those few weeks things got crazy on the planet.