flame thrower

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That would be the mutated crew member but from a behind shot during set photography.

Well, like most, when you want to stop an infection, i.e: the "Thing"...they used fire. I guess they are doing the same thing, probably unaware of his blood change, if he has any changes to blood...

perhaps theyve already shot him and that didnt kill him

He perhaps has killed some of the crew or infected...i do not think that they will be thinking in human terms at this point, mostly just survive.

@20thcenturybuick I suppose and I guess that means he is a zombie that they have to disintegrate to stop?

Maybe the goo or whatever has infected him is devolving him into a primitive subject. Or maybe it affects the crew in different forms...after all there is a large Prometheus crew, bigger than that of the Nostromo...

maybe the flame thrower is to sterilize him..maybe the infection spreads and bullets dont kill it

It's also possible that despite his animalistic aggression, he's still lucid, intelligent and, thus, dangerous enough to warrant such drastic measures as fire....hell, we see someone use a gun at one point already...he may be powerful enough they can conceive of an easier, quicker way....who knows?

I don't mean that he's imminue to gunfire, just that whatever happens occurs so quickly that they feel they have no other choice but to go big....it may be as simple as this one crew member gets caught with the mutant alone in the loading dock and the only means of protection available right then is the flamethrower...who knows...

well at some point you see an infected crew member and they are in pain and their skin is discolored and it looks like somthing is moving under their skin...so perhaps shooting the host body doesnt kill it and they have to burn it

No worries @Biomechanic...no disruption....It may just be seen as standard procedure....fire is an obvious advantage and defensive tool....so that could be it...there may be practical uses as well...you see someone holding what looks like one here and there's the flame that shoots out behind him, that could be someone else testing theirs..... [img]http://www.aliensvspredatorspectrum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_08.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.aliensvspredatorspectrum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_09.jpg[/img]

@20thcenturybuick where do you see this "zombie rabid" guy scrambling away from the flames? Please stop littering this forum with you mindless drivel.

@Biomechanic. It's a good point you make and one that got me thinking. Why would a bunch of scientists and explorers be carrying flamethrowers around for anyway?