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Why is MUTHER mute in this movie?

posted 8 years ago by [deleted]
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When in Alien: Covenant she's capable of speaking and being spoken to.

[–] [deleted] 8 years ago

You know why....

Because movies,that's why.

You thought I wasn't paying attention!

[–] [deleted] 8 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 8 years ago

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[–] Martoto (5191) 8 years ago

Because in Alien they didn't want to be seen with overt equivalent of HAL. (except for the self-destruct countdown).

It would appear they are not concerned with that this time.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 8 years ago

have you never put the sat-nav in your car on mute?

[–] MikeCable (1915) 8 years ago

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[–] MikeCable (1915) 8 years ago

It's been suggested before that the Nostromo was a low-tech, old-generation spacecraft compared to the tech seen in the later films (which are prequels) which are more updated.

[–] Volley (3441) 8 years ago

USCSS Nostromo was just a cargo ore hauler, not a high tech military-type spacecraft, for all we know the MUTHUR system was only intended as an auxiliary system on these company transport craft, which Weyland-Yutani used to their advantage once again when the beacon from LV-426 was intercepted.

So in short, no voice activation system necessary, though we do hear Ripley crying out "MUTHHURRRR" at the end of the film.

[–] crc32 (2584) 8 years ago

I think you mean deaf. Muther can clearly speak during the self destruct sequence all over the ship.