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@sukkal well 42 is a good speculative answer but I assure you the real answer is there. I think I may explore it in future installments of the problem.

As for Milburn petting a Cobra Hugger, I've personally known entirely too many people with a degree in something lofty who were nevertheless complete idiots. If that part of the film is unrealistic for you... I envy you.

@ cakesy I think you have a really good point. If the film turns out to just be terrible all around I may just leave the site.

@Drakeequation— I'm probably not mathematically inclined enough to follow, but I'm happy to give it a look when you have it ready to go. @Melkor— I'll read your review after I see the film. Looking forward to it.

@ Melkor: well, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.... You know?

There is a difference between "getting" something and "understanding" it (in my book). —Discuss!!

It's not exactly evidence of brilliance for one to spend hours frequenting a fan site for a movie they vocally hate. Ergo...

Do you think Kane was stupid for "waking" the egg, or putting his face over it after he clearly saw something moving inside it? Was Lamburt stupid for just standing there when all she had to do was move out of the way for the Alien to get torched? Was Ripley stupid for going back to save a cat? A CAT? Really? What about that huge hole they left in the story about the elephant guy in that big seat? Geez, I mean, there was no back-story or anything... he's just there and then he's gone... Or that big hole in the hull next to him... It's almost like they need a sequel.

So we have a character who is the mapping and geology expert who appears to have no interest in rocks or strange urns because they are scary. Then he manages to get lost trying to find the ship. Meanwhile the other characters experience a medical egergency and have carry an injured team member back to the ship. Under extreme pressure they find there way back no problem. Our mapping/geology expert now tired of roaming around now finds his way back the scary head and urns and decides that it would be a suitable place to wait for the storm to be over after all. And why there, why not play with the local wild life.

The only person who really wins when prolonged internet arguments are incited: [img]http://www.campaignmonitor.com/uploads/images/blog/HateTML.jpg[/img]

[quote=dtrisml][i]It's not exactly evidence of brilliance for one to spend hours frequenting a fan site for a movie they vocally hate.[/i][/quote] LOL! :•D But, I have to say that it must be therapeutic for those who engage in it, the bashing (and dare I call it *discourse*?). I can't understand it otherwise. It's actually fascinating. It's a lot cheaper than $180 an hour (which is only 50 minutes anyway). LOL again.

lol, Drakeequation. I know exactly how you feel. When I get into these "debates" I always end up feeling like an arrogant, argumentative douchebag. It's funny how much we like to defend our individual POV, almost as if it's a badge of honor, instead of something a bit more pathetic.......but some of us still can't help ourselves. ;- )

@db — Nice parry! drakeequation & artyoh — But the Emperor *needs* all of this so very badly. How can we deny Him?

@ artyoh You hit the nail on the head! I think 90% of these arguments come out of a deep seated sense of insecurity that arises from placing too much importance on defending our point of view about something which is purely trivial. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that we associate the "stuff" we like with who we are as individuals. If I was a more secure and mature individual, I would probably not care one way or the other what people thought of the film and would not be disappointed by it either way because it would be such a small part of my life. I think arguing on the internet allows us to feel like we have some kind of control and that if we can change someone's opinion, we have exercised our intellectual capacities to their fullest. Still, win or lose I feel like a total prick afterwards.

@drake: Brilliant pic! You'd think I would've seen that one on here by now.

@db I would say there is a world of difference between looking into an egg and attempting to stroke a snake on an alien planet.

The script was written for the general audience; remember the bell curve... it plays out in many many aspects of our lives and some of us feel empty by this logic, but this the nature of life.

@ db: Brilliant comparison...

@TheNext: But it was just so damn cute... Like the cat.

@ dtrisml: Thanks, the point being... Perspective. I was there with my butt in a seat in '79. I loved it then, but had a ton of unanswered questions as I left the theater. I hope I do when I leave Prometheus at 2am. Friday morning too.