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The broken deal between the Queen and Ripley

posted 8 years ago by Murphed87
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In the scene were Ripley first meets the Queen Xenomorph it is shown that they come to some agreement.Basically the deal is that if the queen let Ripley and Newt leave unharmed she wouldn't use her flame thrower on the eggs. The Queen calls off the two approaching xenomorphs, however as Ripley backs out one of the facehugger eggs opens up and Ripley gives the Queen a look of incredulity understanding the the intentions and the deal is off and Ripley fires away. But did the Queen really break the deal? Can she control specific eggs to open on command? If she could why would she make so obvious and so close by endangering herself.

We know the eggs can open on their own so was it just bad luck on the the Queen. It not as if she was going to let her go and would indeed send send her reinforments after Ripley, but was the egg really her doing?

[–] Snake_MacReady82 8 years ago

The egg went rogue.

Thit and thpin!

[–] Kruleworld 8 years ago

I always assumed the egg reacted to her motion or body heat, since they seem to open just as the victim wakes up.

"He's dusted, busted and disgusted, but he's ok"

[–] bluersun 8 years ago

So essentially, based on the actions of one egg, Ripley calls foul and flames everyone else - thus pissing the queen off and leading her to chase Ripley and Newt to the drop-ship resulting in poor Bishop getting torn in half... Bad call Ripley, bad call. ;)

[–] henrimaine 8 years ago

Quite right. Ripley would have been in much less trouble, had she not lost her cool in that situation. I mean, why did she need to start shooting at the eggs? The place was going to blow up anyway. And the queen apparently would not have started to chase Ripley, had she not blown up the eggs.

[–] Snake_MacReady82 8 years ago

So Ripley should've just let Newt or herself get facehugged? Newt wouldn't have been able to get to the dropship on her own. She had to kill that facehugger. Unfortunately, the Queen and her drones would not have been very understanding. Therefore, Ripley had to unload on them.

Thit and thpin!

[–] Murphed87 8 years ago

That's the thing though, who broke the deal? The look Ripley gave the queen would suggest that the Queen was being the dishonest party. My question is was she really in control of the eggs? Was the queen plan more " I'll call off my guards, but I'll let my facehugger so get you" and that is what Ripley interpreted. I highly doubt the Queen was going to let them go and live, she would have sent her warriors after Ripley was a safe distance away. But did the egg ruin that plan or was the queen directing the egg to hatch?

[–] Snake_MacReady82 8 years ago

I believe the egg just hatched on its own because it sensed a viable host nearby. The Queen and Ripley's unspoken agreement was that no aliens would stand her way of getting Newt out of there. As soon as one attempts to attack them, the deal is off. That was Ripley's the-deal's-off look.

Thit and thpin!

[–] The-Social-Introvert 8 years ago

The way I see it the egg opened of its own accord because it sensed a potential victim was near. Ripley had to take it out to avoid getting facehugged.

[–] Murphed87 8 years ago

I guess your right, I always was under the impression that the Queen was the deal breaker. Her intention was to give an impression of a deal while she had no intention of letting them leave. So while Ripley was distracted backing out she would set a facehugger on her as she didn't want to waste two good hosts. I never considered her sticking to the deal, but I guess she valued her eggs over having the two potential hosts. Though the queen had no idea the place was going to blow.