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"You got 40 seconds to get to the escape pod."

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Ingeniero

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"You got 40 seconds to get to the escape pod."

Captain Janek had work to do. In his last moments of life, he ejected the Lifeboat and gave Vickers 40 seconds to get out of his sight if she wanted to take her chances on the surface of LV-223. No revelations here...just showcasing Weyland Industries technology and the last moments a Weyland was running the company.

She was in charge of Weyland Industries for just minutes after watching her dad die and couldn't stop Captain Janek from destroying the Prometheus. 

It had to be comforting to Captain Janek when he put the beautiful enraged soulless spoiled brat outside. 

 

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I love the first picture that Ingeniero posted.  It looks flawless.  So flawless, that it kind of looks fake.  So maybe it's not flawless... Regardless of what it is, I love that escape pod picture of Vickers.

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Thank you I Moon Girl for your compliment on the image.

I adjusted the tone, contrast, and brightness to bring out the colors. The last image with the Prometheus, escape pod, Dr. Shaw, and the juggernaut is my favorite. I do love the escape pod zoom with the bright colors too. All very vivid.

 

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That is so great Ati. That really made me laugh. I love that image.

Thank you.

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Ingeniero - Happy you like it. :)

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this got me thinking about the blu ray scene between Vickers and weyland. weyland seems surprised she was onboard and her response is that did he think she was going to spend years in a court room fighting for control of the company. makes me wonder which direction RS was gna go with this. obviously weyland has left someone else in charge of the company in his absence regardless of whether Vickers was there or not. now if the company was share based and weyland had the controlling stake, on his death Vickers would be the legal successor, unless she was an AI which she probably knew would give the board grounds to contest her legitimacy. or did he leave the company to someone else in his will? an update David model perhaps whom she would have to fight with for control??

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I hadn't thought of that ali81 but I do think you're right regarding Peter Weyland's surprise to see Meredith Vickers. 

The Weyland-Yutani Report does cite that Vickers is heir to "Weyland-Yutani Corporation" but the merger didn't happen until 2099 and she died in late 2093. I assume the intent was clear (Vickers ascension) but the error was also.

The report also states that Meredith Vickers is Peter Weyland's only legitimate child. That does leave a lot of room for more Weyland progeny if she is singled out as "legitimate".

I do wonder who was left in control back at corporate.

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ingeniero, iv often thought, as many before have, that at some point, synthetics gain control of the company. just a theory but another side to the franchise that id like to see explored. as I mentioned in previous post, tying into this theory, possible another David was left in charge while weyland was on the Prometheus as weyland would have full faith in a David if his programming was the same as the David model on the Prometheus?

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I'm sure Peter Weyland would trust a David model but a corporate board might not. I guess it is based on how much of the company Peter Weyland still owned in regards to having his demands met. 

If it isn't a synthetic running the company while he sleeps on the way to LV-223, then I assume there is someone loyal to Peter Weyland still there at corporate. That might be optimistic because Meredith did not show loyalty to her father and she supposedly was next in line at Weyland Industries.

If synthetics exerted control ali81, I can't imagine a way the humans would gain it back with how integrated AI is in almost every task...especially transportation and communication. If David was able to convince Walter to go his way and forsake the Covenant crew then he might have luck with Mother. Mother certainly has no problem second placing the crew of Weyland vessels behind company interests.

Company interests may be synthetic interests.

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Vickers I think hated weyland but like most daughters, all she craved was his love and approval. he wanted a boy I think and was disappointed he got a girl, hence his open showings of limited affection he shows for david. weyland may well have seen putting Vickers in control in his absence may have brought about troubles for him to regain control on his return as id guess she would have positioned herself in strong favour with powerful board members while he was gone as this would be her chance to hurt him. this is where the Vickers character fails IMO. we could have seen so much more of the relationship between the 2.

I have always liked the theory of synthetics taking over the company and it kinda ties in with Resurrection and the way synthetics seem to be viewed by humans. it looks like there has been a war on earth by the looks of the area ripley and call land at so could the synthetics taking over WY have played a part in this possible war? we see they don't care much for human life in the alien franchise so its safe to assume that feeling would be extended to all human life back on earth. what other sinister schemes and experiments did they come up with on earth?

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