How SJ becomes Fossilised??
BellaisanAlien
MemberOvomorphJanuary 17, 20122587 Views41 RepliesI thought this would be good to start as a seperate discussion.
I'm wandering if the fossilised space jockey in Alien could be explained by the fact that the person in the chair is mutating. My thoughts are:
1. The character (who I belive is in the wheelchair scenes) mutates into the big blue guy, sits in the chair, but continues to mutate and appears to be fossilised into the chair.
2. Or, the chair isn't designed to be used for extended periods, the Derelict crashes and the Engineer gets trapped in the chair, the technology starts to absorb him and he appears fossilised.
3. Or, once the derelict crashes a safety system is initiated and the ship seals vital components, thus the Engineer appears to be fossilised......
I'd welcome any thoughts on this, pure speculation as it is.............
January 17, 2012
which would mean that the Prometheus set off thousands/millions of years ago...dont think so
January 17, 2012
@BellaisanAlien...
4. the atmosphere of LV-426 decomposes the suit to become fossilised/mummified.
January 17, 2012
I understand where your coming from theusprom, I really do. we all believed that the Derelict had been there a long time. but it seems prometheus may say otherwise, in which case the over-analysers will demand an answer, of which there are many (which have been covered here), but at the end of the day it comes down to two things...
1. Dallas was the captain, not the science officer, thus his frame of reference would be limited regards fossilisation.
2. He said it looked fossilised, not that it was fossilised.
