Old Man Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Getting back to the thread title... I figure xenomorph would have to be fixed with a lot of sugar, to neutralize the acidity. Then stir fried until caramelized, maybe with some sprouts and snap peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! And make sure to take your Beano. Whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender42 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! IIRC, it's not acidy-acid, it's molecularly reactive fluid. Kinda like free radicals, but more-so. So just dumping a xenomorph in baking soda, isn't going to neutralize their power.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! That's why you want to do a sweet and sour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! I should think that head-shell would make an elegant serving platter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! I should think that head-shell would make an elegant serving platter. The Alien boxed set... Asian edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! The new Director's cut of Alien restores the scene where the xenomorph has cocooned Brett and Dallas (who's still alive) and is turning Brett into an egg to impregnate Dallas with. There has also been speculation that the xenomorph is dying when Ripley discovers it in the lifeboat. So... they may have a limited lifespan and can make others without needing a queen. Personally I suspect the behavior of the original Alien can be put down to it being alone. No hive to interact with, no Queen to give it orders... it's a feral, and it's behavior by no means typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Personally I suspect the behavior of the original Alien can be put down to it being alone. No hive to interact with' date=' no Queen to give it orders... it's a feral, and it's behavior by no means typical.[/quote'] On the other hand, limited lifespan makes sense from a bio-weapon POV, as well you consider the speed of its metabolism -- look how fast it went from larvae to 8' tall horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! On the other hand' date=' limited lifespan makes sense from a bio-weapon POV, as well you consider the speed of its metabolism -- look how fast it went from larvae to 8' tall horror.[/quote'] but makes less sense when you consider how much maintenance the hive requires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! but makes less sense when you consider how much maintenance the hive requires Which leads to the question of which source is the base and which is an aberration.... hurmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Teenagers grow quickly, too. A blessing to my industry, I'd say, except now I'm visualising the Hive Queen, bedraggled and exhausted, pushing her cart through the checkout, her little face huggers squabbling over a candy bar or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! That image is just to boggle the mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Mind you, the life cycle of the xenomorphs is modelled on existing life cycles amongst insects on Earth. Can you imagine the kind of ecology that would be necessary for them to be a part of it? It would be hyper-nature, a deathworld on an Avatar budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Mind you' date=' the life cycle of the xenomorphs is modelled on existing life cycles amongst insect on Earth. Can you imagine the kind of ecology that would be necessary for them to part of it? It would be hyper-nature, a deathworld on an Avatar budget.[/quote'] let alone one that requires a bodyplan so tough they can run around in a vacuum trying to get back into your escape pod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadmaster Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! I always thought the big head was at least partly related to the battering ram "tongue". The Alien boxed set... Asian edition. Is that real? That would be a boxed set I could see having (well other than just for the movies). Personally I suspect the behavior of the original Alien can be put down to it being alone. No hive to interact with' date=' no Queen to give it orders... it's a feral, and it's behavior by no means typical.[/quote'] It may have just been a friends thought, but wasn't there something "official" suggesting that in the lack of a queen any alien could evolve into one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Is that real? That would be a boxed set I could see having (well other than just for the movies). Yes... but it wasn't sold in the US for some reason. It was sold in Japan (and possibly the rest of Asia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! It may have just been a friends thought' date=' but wasn't there something "official" suggesting that in the lack of a queen any alien could evolve into one?[/quote'] I know there's an official example from the comics of a queenless hive wandering aimlessly for a bit and then promoting one of the previously ordinary eggs. It may be something like honeybees, or bumblebees - the existing administration suppresses ( beating up any workers they catch trying to lay eggs, for example) or assassinates potential rivals, but if something happens to the existing queen there is a fall-back plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/do_not_want_scrap_metal_alien.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! But if it's made out of metal, the acid...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! But if it's made out of metal' date=' the acid...?[/quote'] The xenomorph is made of liquid metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! Hmm, T1000 vs Alien Queen. Has that been done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! I'm sorry, but even in a sweet and sour, liquid metal would be awfully bland. Bulk filler in a smoothie, at best. I'd have to go with the Alien on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! That larger head doesn't equal a larger brain. It might be what helps them see without eyes. It was what - in Giger's original sketches - allowed them to have piston action shoot out jaws. There's not actually a great deal of brainspace in there (and there no real relation that we know of between brain size and smarts anyway), and in the movies at least (I know nothing of the games of comics) they didn't seem a great deal smarter than a large primate - if that. Orangoutangs are smart enough to figure out locks and make their own lockpicks, and I didn't actually see that level of smarts in the aliens. They don't learn to open doors after watching humans do it, they don't seem to differentiate between an armed human and an unarmed one, their response to an automated weapon turret is to simply charge it and die (rather than just, you know, going around ...), they never seem to learn what an airlock is, etc. They're fast and they're tough, they breed like nobody's business and they are even meaner than my grandma was - and in addition they seem to be able to acquire useful traits from their hosts - but smart, they really don't seem to be. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! It was what - in Giger's original sketches - allowed them to have piston action shoot out jaws. There's not actually a great deal of brainspace in there (and there no real relation that we know of between brain size and smarts anyway), and in the movies at least (I know nothing of the games of comics) they didn't seem a great deal smarter than a large primate - if that. Orangoutangs are smart enough to figure out locks and make their own lockpicks, and I didn't actually see that level of smarts in the aliens. They don't learn to open doors after watching humans do it, they don't seem to differentiate between an armed human and an unarmed one, their response to an automated weapon turret is to simply charge it and die (rather than just, you know, going around ...), they never seem to learn what an airlock is, etc. They're fast and they're tough, they breed like nobody's business and they are even meaner than my grandma was - and in addition they seem to be able to acquire useful traits from their hosts - but smart, they really don't seem to be. So they're cunning, but not overly intelligent. Well, they are drones, after all. The queen did seem to have a higher degree of smarts, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: I love me some xenomorphs! So they're cunning' date=' but not overly intelligent. Well, they are drones, after all. The queen did seem to have a higher degree of smarts, though.[/quote'] Yeah, the queen did seem to operate at a slightly different level. That makes sense if she's the one making decisions on where to site a next, when yo make a new queen egg and all that jaz. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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