Derelict ship in Alien. . .

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MemberOvomorphFebruary 01, 20124492 Views44 RepliesThis may sound a tad silly but. . . When we see the Nostromo crew members investigating the Derelict, just after they discover the dead SJ they find the gaping hole in the floor beside it. Down the hole is a massive cavern type space, now. . . Is this within the ship still or not?? As it looks WAY too big to be still within the space of the Derelict to me. Any thoughts??
February 02, 2012
We all know edits were missed and frankly... often missed while tuning movies to their final cut. If in fact the perspective was off and the egg chamber is in the ship (either way it will be great to see) there is still some explaining to do. If the eggs were there in the ship while it crashed I would think the would all be tossed about, and broken regardless of the strength of the hull of the ship. Of course their tech may make this possible, who knows. The lasers/beam could have been there the whole time and that was the only one that was still working. OR -
The eggs were already there and this happens to be the only beam still working. Either way you would have to have a room that was specifically made for this purpose because I doubt that anything that we have seen that bleeds acid, falls through the floor and can lay eggs or transform the crew would be able to put in place tech that protects the environment or some "proximity warning" around the eggs like Kane encountered. I would like to think it is a chamber under ground that is used to store the eggs. Just MHO (Trivia in case anyone did not know, the blue laser beam was an effect borrowed from the rock band "The Who" that had a concert near by)
February 02, 2012
Yeah I know some filming mistakes happen but to film a man being lowered into a cavern which is obviously way more vast then what the ship appeared to be from the outside, seems more than just a mistake to me. . .
February 02, 2012
Hmm, my post did not load? If this doubles up I am sorry but I thought I added to this discussion?
We all know films have missed errors that are not found during the final tuning before a movie is released. This may just be a big perspective issue that was not caught or there could be other explanations. I feel that the cavern is underground for a couple similar reasons. If the ship did crash I would think that all the eggs/cargo would be tossed around and there would be pieces all over the place. Perhaps they have enough sticking power to remain unscathed so that I do not know. The blue beam is a different story. If they eggs were already there on the ship and the beams were there to protect the environmental (evaporation?) then it would suggest damage or end of life for the other beams that would have been present. OR-
It is a cavern and the eggs were already there protected by the beams. My problem is that anything we have seen so far that lays eggs and bleeds acid is not tech enough to place any protection around the "nest" other than natural barriers. Whatever broke out of the jockey, bled through the floor was not capable of placing electronics up for what ever reason they were there. Either way this room/cavern would have been made specifically for the purpose of storing the eggs or other biological materials. IMHO (trivia in case anyone want to know: The blue lasers used in Alien cam from the rock band "The Who". They were performing near by and Scott borrowed them for effects).
February 02, 2012
@Bazinga - I was gonna get to that point about how the eggs look like they were placed there by something/someone, be it a SJ or Queen Xenomorph. . . In that case you're right, the way they're spread out on the floor of the cavern indicates they can't be in the ship as if it crashed, they'd be all over the place or destroyed UNLESS - The ship landed safely and/or the cavern is in fact within the confines of the ship. Both of those last points are less likely in my opinion.