Has this potential plot hole been discussed before?

Hey all,

The comments and ideas in the thread about Ridley Scott's future (or not)
with the series got me to thinking. In the first film, the Company sends
the Nostromo crew to the planet with the intent of bringing back the life
form as the highest priority, even beyond protecting the lives of the crew.
Despite Ash's attempts to the contrary, this did not happen. Yet, as Ripley
finds out at the beginning of the second film, there's been people living on
LV-426 for over twenty years. Why was no action taken to retrieve another
specimen during the 57 years Ripley was in cryo-sleep? If the company
wanted the alien so badly and they knew the location of the planet, why not
send out a more prepared and qualified team to attempt another extraction?
Why let the terraformers set up camp instead of a crack team of marines and
scientists?

John Redman's point about the company's demand for the creature going
unexplained is very interesting and has potential. I'm thinking it would be
a neat idea if the company wants the alien because the SJ's race is in fact
the one that we're fighting. That would explain why the company wants the
alien so badly. Know your enemy, and more importantly, familiarize yourself
with your enemy's weapons. Perhaps the humans are encroaching on the SJ
races' territory and the alien has been the weapon of choice to let us know
not to *uck with them. Such a story, if properly researched and written,
could provide a pretty awesome capstone to the series.

Whaddaya think?

Dave S.

"David Simmons" <xenobuzz RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:KzMYd.7798$oO4.5414@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hey all,
>
> The comments and ideas in the thread about Ridley Scott's future (or not)
> with the series got me to thinking. In the first film, the Company sends
> the Nostromo crew to the planet with the intent of bringing back the life
> form as the highest priority, even beyond protecting the lives of the
crew.
> Despite Ash's attempts to the contrary, this did not happen. Yet, as
Ripley
> finds out at the beginning of the second film, there's been people living
on
> LV-426 for over twenty years. Why was no action taken to retrieve another
> specimen during the 57 years Ripley was in cryo-sleep? If the company
> wanted the alien so badly and they knew the location of the planet, why
not
> send out a more prepared and qualified team to attempt another extraction?
> Why let the terraformers set up camp instead of a crack team of marines
and
> scientists?


;' )

Ask James Cameron !

Seriously though, this has been discussed before.
(There's little that hasn't these days!!!)

;' )

But its hard to come ot any kind of concensus about it.

Some are of the opinion that It was assumed that Ash was reprogrammed etc by
an individual the same as Burke, IE someone acting on their own volition
outside company guidelines, when they realised the nostromo was gone, rather
than take responsibility for a massive dollar loos.. they delete all their
actions and act.. *normal*.

In effect, it is reasonable to conject that the company DOESN'T really know
about the Alien until the marines land!


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