Layer of mist over the eggs

Adam Cameron <adam_junk.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > In A1 there's a layer of mist over the eggs that reacts when broken.
> >...
> > Was the mist a containment device generated by the SJ's ship?
>
> That was always my assumption.
>
> Adam

So, the green laser was part of the containment? I always thought that was
weird that those lasers would still work.
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:21:44 -0500, BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious wrote:

> So, the green laser was part of the containment? I always thought that was
> weird that those lasers would still work.

Consider that it was piss easy for Kane to penetrate the mist, and that it
was piss easy for the facehugger to penetrate the mist. Maybe, if the mist
and laser were part of a containment field, the batteries had died down
somewhat. I imagine it'd take a lot more power for a containment field
than a simple SOS beacon.

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In article <QFvpd.13407$hp3.1819449@read2.cgocable.net>,
"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon DeleteThis @dood.com> wrote:

<< So, the green laser was part of the containment? I always thought that was
weird that those lasers would still work. >>


well here we could have alien beings building their machinary to last and not
to just wear out to make them need to pay money to buy a new one from a company
who wants to make money by making lasers that last only a while
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> Consider that it was piss easy for Kane to penetrate the mist, and that it
> was piss easy for the facehugger to penetrate the mist. Maybe, if the mist
> and laser were part of a containment field, the batteries had died down
> somewhat. I imagine it'd take a lot more power for a containment field
> than a simple SOS beacon.

Maybe it was simply to block whatever mechanism the eggs use to determine
host is nearby, but not to block physical access? Kane kind of buggered
that notion up by tromping all over the place, bashing against eggs and
such like.

Adam
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John Redman asks:

> In A1 there's a layer of mist over the eggs that reacts when broken.
>
> There's no such mist in A2 or A4.
>
> How come?
>
> Was the mist a containment device generated by the SJ's ship?

Dang, I look away from the group for a couple of days,
and all of sudden here are all these questions!!! :-)

When I first saw Alien, my immeadiate thought was that the
layer was "protecting" the eggs. Not from something getting
to the eggs, but in a "preservation" type of way. I hate to use
the word "refrigerator" because that makes it sound kind of
hooky, but that's the principle I'm trying to suggest. It was
"storing" the eggs in a "suitable" environment so that they
didn't deteriorate -- they were kept fresh.

Whether or not the SJs were using them as bioweapons
<shudder> or just trying to protect samples or keeping
religious materials viable or whatever, it would make sense.

Later on, I thought it could just be a warning system similar
to lasers we use to protect our houses and such. It would let
the SJs know if someone was down there messing with the
eggs, or if a facehugger had emerged and was roaming around.

Or it could've just been a really cool effect created by a light
for the egg chamber! ;-)

That's why I love Alien: so many great little mysteries! So many
possible solutions.

Have a great day!

ADWatts

"As long as you have some idea what's happening to you 'real'
and 'unreal' doesn't matter. You have to stand up for what you
care about; if you don't you lose control of who you are."
Stephen R. Donaldson -- "The Wounded Land"
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BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious said:

> So, the green laser was part of the containment? I always thought that was
> weird that those lasers would still work.

Maybe the SJs had very efficient means of using solar
or wind power. Not much sun there, but there was
plenty of wind.

Just a thought . . .

Have a great day!

ADWatts

"As long as you have some idea what's happening to you 'real'
and 'unreal' doesn't matter. You have to stand up for what you
care about; if you don't you lose control of who you are."
Stephen R. Donaldson -- "The Wounded Land"
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:05:50 +1300, Adam Cameron wrote:

> Maybe it was simply to block whatever mechanism the eggs use to determine
> host is nearby, but not to block physical access? Kane kind of buggered
> that notion up by tromping all over the place, bashing against eggs and
> such like.

I like that idea. Maybe the eggs communicate with each other somehow,
otherwise, surely more than one egg would have opened up.

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