Something i realised about Prometheus,Alien,Pandorum etc....

[Linkuei]

That isn't true.

Yes it is. Its one of the few plot holes fan of the Alien universe. Im aware of.the distance. In the first two films the spaceships did not travel faster than light. They were put in stasis.

 

[Linkuei]

Ah cmon,what i'm saying is that is all extremely advanced technology but Sigourney weaver conveniently runs around with a shotgun/flamethrower.
The marines in Aliens 3 have assault rifles and the same.


These movies conveniently show certain advances just to keep us as the underdog.
Hell in a few years from now we would have mostly unmanned drones ,stealth aircraft,tanks,AI that would do a large portion of the fighting.

I think you're thinking too hard and unfairly comparing it to.other fiction. Its what made the films the suspense. And no one wants to see the same thing in every science fiction.

 

[Ultrashogun]

In the Alien universe was it ever explained why they didn't use platoons of synthetics instead of marines?

Synthetics are totally unable to harm humans so it wouldnt make sense to use them as soldiers.

 

[Loiosh]

Synthetics are totally unable to harm humans so it wouldnt make sense to use them as soldiers.

Well, we've seen them totally harm humans because the only reason they can't is when they're programmed in a way that prevents it.

 

[Ultrashogun]

In hundreds of years from now the human race would have ridiculously powerful technology.
We already have lasers,drones and complex firearms.
In hundreds of years we would have heavily armed machines(robots) and extremely powerful weaponry that we can't even imagine of right now.
If we were attacked by aliens or such we could simply send machines/drones to easily annihilate them.
In the movies however the setting is always us turning tail and running away like primitives and getting overwhelmed.

The aliens would have even more powerful technology. Consider the energy required to travel from their world to ours. Anybody that can generate that dimension of energy would kill the "stationary" race.

 

[Linkuei]

Well, we've seen them totally harm humans because the only reason they can't is when they're programmed in a way that prevents it.

Ash was a defect and older model. Bishop told Ripley that.

 

[Ultrashogun]

Well, we've seen them totally harm humans because the only reason they can't is when they're programmed in a way that prevents it.

Even within the military context of the alien universe you have to think independently of aliens, because whatever nations exist in that time dont generate their policies with aliens in mind.

We know that Bishop was unable to harm humans, so we can assume that synthetics in general were programmed in such a way. It would therefore be totally unethical for anybody to create an entire army of synthetics, it would be like biological weapons are a taboo for for. That doesnt exclude some covert elements producing killer synthetics, but the general soldier would probably still be human.

 

[Ultrashogun]

Plus you guys are underestimating the probability of humanity going backwards in terms of technology. We can lose shit to.

 

[Lamb Of God]

we'll be dead long before we get to that point imo

 

[Zer]

Gotta some Zerg vs Terran vids up in here

 

[Madmick]

In a few hundred years WE will be like that,they are already setting up asteroid mining right now(just like in the ALIENS movie).
Mars colonisation another few years down the line.
It's not inconceivable that we have the technology to travel like that in a few hundred years.

Perhaps, but in that context you're wrong about sci-fi, and are being selective. In Star Trek, for example, we are stronger than (or equal to) many alien species also capable of interstellar travel. We often visit primitive planets. Star Wars lumps all species together, but we are the prime player in the intergalactic senate, and far more powerful militarily than species on fringe planets. In Battlestar Galactica we are bushwhacked by the Cylons after stalemating with them (not alien, but freaking robots).

There are hundreds of sci fi movies, shows, and books where we are shown far more powerful than many alien species.

 

[CarbonFistprint]

Synthetics are totally unable to harm humans so it wouldnt make sense to use them as soldiers.

In every good "robots gone wild" story, that rule is established, and then circumvented.

Robot Marines weren't used by the money-conscious corporation because humans were cheaper.

 

[Loiosh]

There are hundreds of sci fi movies, shows, and books where we are shown far more powerful than many alien species.

For sure.

 

[BearGrounds]

Well we're humans so wherever we are at any point in our evolution, we're already hundreds of years behind where we should be.

I think they were just trying to keep it accurate.

 

[WatchMeDoMe**]

In hundreds of years from now the human race would have ridiculously powerful technology.
We already have lasers,drones and complex firearms.
In hundreds of years we would have heavily armed machines(robots) and extremely powerful weaponry that we can't even imagine of right now.
If we were attacked by aliens or such we could simply send machines/drones to easily annihilate them.
In the movies however the setting is always us turning tail and running away like primitives and getting overwhelmed.

Yea because the technology required to travel at light speed is way more primitive than whatever robots we come up with in the next few hundred years.....


Seriously dumb post.

 

[sh1tehawke]

In hundreds of years from now the human race would have ridiculously powerful technology.
We already have lasers,drones and complex firearms.
In hundreds of years we would have heavily armed machines(robots) and extremely powerful weaponry that we can't even imagine of right now.
If we were attacked by aliens or such we could simply send machines/drones to easily annihilate them.
In the movies however the setting is always us turning tail and running away like primitives and getting overwhelmed.

because watching highly advanced robots easily annihilate an inferior foe would make for a pretty dull (and short) film.

it would kinda suck any tension and excitement out of the film if, when presented with an invasion of horrifying alien monsters, the president said "no probs, just send in the drones" then kicked back and cracked open a few beers and watched tv.

 

[ONApest MMA]

So you learned fight or flight is a human instinct?

 

[ValhallaShroom]

But the aliens could have weapons that make our own look like palestinians fighting israelis.
I think i missed the point lol.

 

[HappyHaHa**]

Hell in a few years from now we would have mostly unmanned drones ,stealth aircraft,tanks,AI that would do a large portion of the fighting.

Exactly. That's why I think nowadays they're making so many video games that show the combat from 1st person perspective. Eventually, they're gonna have robotic soldiers that people control like a game. The person will be able to see what the robot sees, just like all those video games, but the actual fighting/dying will all be done by machines.


Kids are growing up playing Call of Duty and games like that. In the future those kids are gonna be "pilots" for combat robots.

 

[lapollarecords]

He was asking why they didn't just send in armies of Bishop-type androids to fight the Xenomorphs instead of humans.

My answer: it would most likely be cost prohibitive.

I guess robots would become cheaper and available in large quantities in the future, like cellphones, cars and PCs. But a movie about a bunch of fat marines killing xenomorphs with remote controlled drones while comfortably sitting in their spaceship, eating pizza and drinking cola wouldnt be as scary.