There'd be no humans to host/incubate the aliens, no humans to go rogue, disobey orders, or otherwise lose/mourn because the aliens would have no more interest in face-hugging a robot as they did a chair or inanimate object.
shareSynthetics in the Prometheus/Aliens universe are not perfect. Josh Whedon had to make up some stupid nonsense about Synthetics being outlawed hence why Call talked about Synthetics rebeling. They were so rare & unique who knows why Whedon did that.
Very clear Peter Weyland really hates human life. The Weyland Family want all to become Gods they are willing to sacrifice Earth population for it. Sending in the insanely made Combat Synthetics has been done before.
You gotta stay in your seats until the Sulaco reaches the terminal!
Interesting. Yep, the outlawed nonsense is exactly that. I suppose, though, that they had to do something to eliminate the sense of just using synthetics otherwise there'd be no movie!
-----------------------------------------
Trying real hard to be the shepherd.
I'm sure synthetics are just more expensive. They probably don't cope too well with unusual situations where you need to react and think on your feet.
"He's dusted, busted and disgusted, but he's ok"
It's a good thought but they supposedly didn't know what was happening on LV 426, so they wouldn't know all the advantages of not sending humans. It's also weird how they can make synthetics, but they have not made a synthetic for war. You would think they would have some androids who were specially made to fight instead of just "service" androids. Seems that would also save a lot more lives. Maybe bc of the glitches, they thought it too dangerous?
shareExcept that a big part of what drives this movie must be the conspiracy about what the company knew about what was on LV-426 from the *first* movie. They kind of retcon a bit into Burke's personal money grab, but in theory the company knew, and they certainly knew before they decided to send Ripley and the marines because they had Ripley's testimony.
A bigger question is why would they send the Marines if it meant military jurisdiction and more official paperwork/knowledge of what was going on? They could have sent in company mercenaries on a private mission, so if the colony was fucked over based on Burke's/company orders, they could clean up and just say the reactor blew.
Except that a big part of what drives this movie must be the conspiracy about what the company knew about what was on LV-426 from the *first* movie. They kind of retcon a bit into Burke's personal money grab, but in theory the company knew, and they certainly knew before they decided to send Ripley and the marines because they had Ripley's testimony.
We know nothing of what the 'Company' knew in the first movie. We only know that 'someone' in the Company knew.
So people in the company know but the company itself doesn't know? I mean the company was behind the conspiracy in Alien 1, and viewed the crew as expendable.
There's also the big question why they sent colonists to terraform LV-426 to begin with. They only went there in Alien 1 because of the signal being transmitted; otherwise they would have flown right by it. It seems a reasonable conjecture that LV-426 was a project to begin with because of some long-running suspicion there was something there.
So people in the company know but the company itself doesn't know? I mean the company was behind the conspiracy in Alien 1, and viewed the crew as expendable
We don't know if the Company itself is behind the Nostromo being re-routed and Ash being programmed with special order 937 or an individual. If you look at Burke, he seems to be acting on his own in some regards. The Company sends the Sulaco (which had a skeleton crew) to check out a downed transmitter. But it was Burke who sent the order to check out the grid reference Ripley gave them regarding the Ship with the eggs on. It's just as likely that Burke selected Gorman (no combat experience) and his group. If the Company knew, then why not send a full compliment including scientists, medical personnel and marines.
There's also the big question why they sent colonists to terraform LV-426 to begin with. They only went there in Alien 1 because of the signal being transmitted; otherwise they would have flown right by it.
The Nostromo was re-routed to receive the signal. There is some background information on it where it's said the signal was picked up by an unmanned probe because LV426 is off the beaten track (usual space lanes if you like).
It seems a reasonable conjecture that LV-426 was a project to begin with because of some long-running suspicion there was something there.
What, so they wait 37 years to do this? Remember the events of the first movie took place 57 years earlier and the colonists have been terraforming LV426 for 20 years. Why not check it out earlier? Again, this all points to someone within the company and not the Company itself knowing.
Combat Synthetics.............look them up.
You gotta stay in your seats until the Sulaco reaches the terminal!
It wouldn't change much. We, as the audience, would still want them to survive to succeed in their mission.
shareIn the Alien universe, equipping androids/synthetics with weapons or lethal abilities is outlawed by the Geneva Convention.
shareThis is actually not a bad way to look at it. Maybe this is some version of the Three Laws of Robotics... Synthetics are (perhaps since certain unfortunate events like the one in Alien) only allowed with built in inhibitions against violence. So, if you want soldiers, you send grunts.
Because then there wouldn't be a movie
share