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[quote][i]Originally posted by Balling[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by chris_uk[/i] So why did the queen in ripley take days nearly a week to pop? But another question entirely, how did a face hugger inpregnate ripley in the firstplace,? The queen jumped aboard the Ship and onto the suloco (sp) but without its egg sack so it couldnt lay any eggs to hatch. [/quote] AVP is not canon, so I will disregard these. The egg(s) and facehugger(s) on Sulaco are widely discussed and poorly explained. Either way, it's a bit of a stretch. Here's what some guy on IMDb wrote, which I think sums it up pretty good: [quote] It was never explained in the film how the egg(s) got aboard the Sulaco, but there have been several possibilities suggested as to how it happened: (1) Some believe that the Queen either carried the eggs with her from the hive in Aliens and planted it on the Sulaco or simply laid the eggs there, despite having torn off her ovipositor (the ovipositor being simply the means to lay the eggs, and not the source of the eggs), (2) Others think that Bishop was responsible, i.e., while Ripley was rescuing Newt, Bishop retrieved the eggs and later planted them on the Sulaco, or (3) an Alien warrior planted the eggs on the dropship when Bishop was inside taking care of Hicks and waiting for Ripley. However, all of these possible explanations have their weaknesses, and this is often considered to be a plot hole in the film. The number of eggs present is also debatable. As suggested in the first film, facehuggers die once they have impregnated a host. Some therefore claim that there were several eggs and facehuggers on the Sulaco: one facehugger impregnated Ripley while in hypersleep, a second one cut itself while trying to crack open Newt's cryotube (thus starting the fire on the ship), and a third journeyed with the crew in the EEV (escape pod) and later impregnated a dog/ox on Fury 161. However, in the movie's opening credits, we see only one opened egg, and no version of the movie specifically shows more than one facehugger at any one time. However, the sight of one opened egg does not preclude the presence of other eggs offscreen, nor does it exclude the possibility that a facehugger which carries a queen can only plant one embryo [/quote] The most plausible reason for the extended time spent in the womb by the queen is that she is just that, a queen. As the queens are far, far more advanced creatures than the regular Xeno's one must assume she takes longer to be born. Keep in mind this is a sci-fi franchise, so some amount of imagination is expected on your part. :) There are those, I know, who do not consider the third installment canon. Fincher started the film without a proper script and with a team of demanding producers who basically wanted him to remake Camerons Aliens. Fincher brought a lot of new ideas to the table which I personally find fit well with the franchise and appart from the shoddy CGI I really, really enjoy the Special Edition of Alien 3. Fincher was bold enough to kill of Newt and to introduce the religious aspect that helped give the film a completely fresh feel and tone. The eggs on the Sulaco do seem strange, but I can easily accept that we'll never fully know how they got there. [/quote]
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