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Was Hudson to blame?

posted 6 years ago by Obifuntoknowme (1149)
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I realise that humans make mistakes, that nobody’s perfect, I can accept that. This being said though does anyone else think that maybe Hudson was to blame for letting the Xenomorph’s into the complex?

Afterall Hudson was the individual tasked with the specific responsibility of ensuring ‘every possible way into this complex’ was secured.

Did he make the mistake of missing something ie the ceiling access? He was scared out of his mind there is no denying that, he was consumed with panic and fear and he made no effort to hide this, only overcoming it bravely in the final desparate battle which, like we all know cost him his life.

Did his fear of the situation let him miss that vital ‘way in’ to the complex?

I’ve often wondered about this.

Love this film though, I consider it one of, if not ‘the’ best action film ever made.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Well , it was a catalogue of errors and misfortunes before hudson didnt seal the ceiling .
In fact there must have been some other exit point left un sealed as that ceiling cavity dosent extend to outside.

Gorman made more errors , and was in fact in charge , so i blame him!

Apart from Burke , who deliberately set the whole catastrophe in motion and then tried to murder his way out of trouble!
so i blame him

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

in fact havent you read the other thread:
"So Ripley was responsible for the marines dying?"

Its this whole discussion but in more depth.

[–] Obifuntoknowme (1149) 6 years ago

I’ve read some of it yes, I just wanted to put my own question out there.

Gorman was in charge yes but, after being knocked unconscious he was hardly up to the task.

[–] Obifuntoknowme (1149) 6 years ago

The other post you mention is mostly about the battle inside the Hive earlier in the film.

[–] wearsalan (5554) 6 years ago

Ripley actually says 'We must have missed something, something not in the plans'.
So, no not Hudsons fault.

[–] Obifuntoknowme (1149) 6 years ago

Why would something like the ceiling access not be in the plans though? Those schematics were pretty detailed.

[–] wearsalan (5554) 6 years ago

Because the ceiling (generally known as a false ceiling) may have been added later to cover up the pipes the Aliens were crawling along, but still allowing access to said pipes.

[–] Obifuntoknowme (1149) 6 years ago

Thanks Wears, interesting.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The ceiling is not the issue - they dont have to seal every room from every other room.
They are sealing "the building" the ceiling is inside the building
Basically they just have to lock the doors.
including the cellars storm door,
the beer delivery door,
the access tunnel linking to the other buliding
that window on the roof
etc etc

Most rooms that have a false ceiling dont have walls that only go as high as the false ceiling , they go all the way up to the roof, other wise what holds the roof up?
You only get walls that can be climbed over in a false ceiling when those walls are just little partitions of a bigger room. so how did they get into that room?

[–] wearsalan (5554) 6 years ago

They are sealing "the building" the ceiling is inside the building

Which was sealed as per Ripley and Hicks instructions.

The Aliens broke through and even Hicks said they had to figure on them doing so. So whatever work they did was to really slow them down. This brings up a more important issue, which is since they knew they were going to get in anyway, why didn't they try to bring the other dropship earlier?
Either way, none of it was Hudsons fault.

[–] MillerJones (556) 6 years ago

Each building will be sealed off even if connected so that shouldn't be an issue and next the rooms connected to main corridor will be even with floating or false ceiling because of two reasons

1. building structure
2. fire hazard

so it's error in writing which could of been fixed if in say directors cut it showed the aliens had been making holes in the walls (this would then show Hudson didn't even think to check this because the plans show walls and due to time constraints wouldn't think or even check to make sure)

Can't remember if in the film they mentioned blocking air ducts or just closing them for that building they was in.

[–] Philhelm (517) 5 years ago

No.

They were planning their defensive strategy based on the schematic, so obviously the schematic did not include the non-floor areas. Even if we consider the lack of ceiling/floor defense as an oversight, what could they have realistically done? At some point they have to hope that the structure is solid enough to defend them, which it ultimately wasn't.