Edits to post #25264291 by Phonometrologist
Edited at 2014-10-15 00:40:42
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about a hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more logical sense that Weyland foreknew as opposed to it being purely coincidental as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about a hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more sense that Weyland foreknew as opposed to it being purely coincidental as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
Edited at 2014-10-15 00:39:24
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about a hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more logical sense that Weyland foreknew as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about a hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more logical sense that Weyland foreknew as opposed to it being purely coincidental as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
Edited at 2014-10-15 00:33:28
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about an hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more logical sense that Weyland foreknew as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
At 10/14/14 11:26 PM, Profanity wrote: The entire universe?? Do you realize how insulting to common sense that is?? Obviously they're not traveling farther than our local star cluster to find resources and planets to settle. They're not even leaving a sliver of our spiral arm of the Milky Way. It would take millions of years to go far enough to lose track of any specific star. That's like walking down the street to a bodega and then expecting to never find the same store ever again, because if you tried you're pretty sure you'd end up in Djibouti or Polynesia. Actually, it's like dropping your cell phone in a couch and expecting to find it in orbit around Neptune.
I admit that "entire" is a poor choice of wording but my point is in the vastness of their travels. You're assuming that they've been down this path before. You over-simplified your argument with that analogy of comparing it to a local store and even a couch. 39 light years from Earth? Really? It was mentioned that the Nostromo is "just short of Zeta II Reticuli, not even reached the outer rim yet" I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Astronomy, but mind you, we're talking about a hypothetical construct as if we even know for sure what it would be like tracking down the same planet that the Nostromo visited. To me it makes more logical sense that Weyland foreknew as supposedly it has been 57 years while we find out that they have already been settled on that planet for quite some time. They found that planet pretty quickly.
It's not a writer's job to hold your hand through the entire movie.
lol As if that was even my point--straw man
We both come to the conclusion that this isn't so much an inconsistency that Weyland started to colonize the same planet that the Nostromo visited, but we differ in how we got there.
Thank you for this derision on such an inconsequential topic.
about to be derailed
