Aliens (1986) is an INCREDIBLY FUN Watch and Ripley is the GOAT

[@NotPork]

I think you're onto something with the divine comedy theory, since one of the taglines for Alien Covenant is "the path to paradise begins in hell". Good catch. To answer some of your questions: AVP is SO non-canon that it's officially listed in the same tier of canon as Event Horizon and Dead Space and Firefly and all the other stuff that's just inspired by alien. literally as non-canon as you can get. You are correct; "Xenomorph" ("Alien form" in latin) just means any unidentified creature. This one specifically is Xenomorph XX121. The only true xenomorphs humanity has ever encountered other than the ones seen in these films is basic microbial life. There were some giant bugs once that were temporarily misidentified as xenomorphs, but were actually evolved from stowaway cockroaches brought by human ships. this is the "bug hunt" the marines reference. So the marines have only ever fought humans and animals, and aren't ready for a foe that can move 3-dimensionally and stealthily. with humans or animals, those areas would be secure. Burke and the WY officials in the boardroom probably aren't high-up enough to know about the alien, they're just trying to take a legal stance that allows them to recoup more of the losses of the nostromo. But Burke knew that on the off chance Ripley's story was true, the alien would be valuable to the company. So he tried to go off the company books and get it himself before the higher-ups who DO know get word of it. He sends a call to have Newt's parents go investigate the area Ripley said the derelict was. Then, when he hears that the colony's gone dark, he knew he had struck gold. So he sends a crew small enough that he can sabotage all their cryopods without raising suspicion. Thanks for watching this series, and fuck Disney. You should do Romulus quick, before the hype wave leaves!

[@Dvrth]

@@NotPork Yeah most the higher ups in this this movie especially the boardroom give off big “we enjoy cooking the books” vibes so I totally get that. They are extremely nasty for that. I really like the decent angle for this franchise because I don’t like to think that the franchise is on to something deep philosophically even if it’s just all in my head lol it makes it seem like we may go the necromorph route of changing up the galactic food chain by establishing something above humans if not recontextualizing their origin. A quick thing I really like about the marines is that with the use of the phrase “big hunt” it gives the marines more validity for their military style while also keeping the alien theme. I’m definitely gonna do Romulus soon because I would really like to know where they take this franchise further.

[@michaels4255]

Xenomorph is Greek, not Latin.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Good reaction! It would be helpful to make the image of the movie a little bigger, or, at least, clearer.

[@Dvrth]

@@brandonflorida1092 Thanks for watching brother. Disney disagrees with that though.