6 degrees my ass!
That was prime stupidity on display but i guess the Alien franchise post Prometheus just decided that all scientists may be experts in their fields but otherwise have to lack basic common sense and intelligence.
So now we know 4 of the kill methods of the alien organisms, still don't know how hanging tentacle cocoon alien kills but i have a feeling we'll find out soon enough.
What is Kirsh's deal? Right now the easiest explanation is that he works for Yutani. He listened in on Morrow talking to Slightly, he watched everything go down in the secure lab and then lied to Cavalier. I hope there's more to it but we'll see.
I don't know if i should feel sorry for Dame Sylivia or not. She seems to truly care about the kids but then again treats them like property when ordered to do so by the company - she's the prototypical amoral scientist only interested in the work itself without thinking about the ethics. At least Oppenheimer realized what he'd done when it was to late and had regrets.
I also so love the production design and how they perform a balancing act between 70s era tech ( the style on the Maginot and the computer systems on the island) while clearly showing contemporary ideas of Science Fiction with much sleeker designs and a higher tech feeling.
Damn that will be one hell of a finale that's currently cooking - the secure lab is done, a facehugger went to work with a Xenomorph already almost grown up, metal eating bugs on the loose and the ever so creepy eyeball alien watching it all and making plans. Yutani is sending her killer to wreck havoc on the island ( the interaction between him and Kirsh in he elevator was pure gold) that basically throwing gasoline on an already burning fire and i don't know how the kids will feature into all of it, much less Wendy who can control the Xenomorph ( how????).
Hawley specifically said the only Canon he was worried about was Alien (and partially Aliens), but if this show does stuff that doesn't even match up with those movies, it only reinforces my stance,that we,need to treat this IP like the Transformers IP: as,a bunch of self-contained sub-franchises.
What IS canon after all when you look at it objectively?
Alien tells us that their company knew about LV-246 and diverted the crew of the Nostromo to go there and pick up alien specimen, that's it. Since the crew apart from Ash knew nothing about the Xenomorph and Ash likely also didn't know much more apart from the secret directive to bring it back ( crew expendable) that's it.
Aliens introduced the hive structure, a level of intelligence and the Hive Queen ( possibly the source of the intelligence) and that's it. If you disregard Prometheus and Covenant ( which Hawley does and openly stated so) the official canon is quite thin which leaves a wide open playing ground for the entire universe.
