*BEWARE SPOILERS* Alien: Romulus

[abake]

Fair enough.

To me the company spokesman (Rook) seemed to be cut off from "Network" (to reference a term from previous films) probably due to the malfunctioning hardware on the station and was solely operating on his previous protocols ("do what's best for the Company.") In both A1 and A3 the Company seemed to be calling remote audibles in real time and I never got the impression that that was happening in this film. So if any recovery crews had been sent after the initial disaster I'm fine with Rook not being privy to them.

But this is all theory over what happened off-camera so your interpretation and assumptions are equally valid.

I think Rook (and the entire station for that matter) was cut off from any communication. If I remember correctly, he says Andy will take the goo down to the planet and contact WY from there.

 

[chrisstbh]

Do we need everything to be explained in detail?

 

[Khev]

I think Rook (and the entire station for that matter) was cut off from any communication. If I remember correctly, he says Andy will take the goo down to the planet and contact WY from there.

Yes, he does. For all we know the Station was just as "off grid" at that point as the Nostromo wreckage was, and it took the Company *decades* to locate it. So the Station only being found when it drifted into the colony's orbit and picked up by the short range scanners is totally fine by me.

Do we need everything to be explained in detail?

No we do not.

 

[Rotfish]

What about the fact that this incredible "goo" was simply left behind by The Corporation and no one tried to go get it. They couldn't muster a small corporate force on the corporate planet below to retrieve this amazing stuff from the station right over their heads?

Did I miss that explanation...?

Alvarez said the prequel comic he co-wrote will explain what happened on the station prior to the start of the film, at least with the Big Chap.

On one hand, one could argue it's not great writing to need a comic book to provide additional context. On the other hand, we're talking additional context. That particular question doesn't need to be answered for the movie to work. We could imagine any explanation ourselves, even that multiple attempts to retrieve the goo were made and only resulted in the growth of the hive onboard.

 

[Khev]

Wor-Gar's published fan letter in Star Log Magazine, 1979: "How come what happened on the Derelict wasn't explained? I hate it when things are left to the imagination. Ridley please make a movie spelling out exactly who the Space Jockeys were and whether the one in the movie was wearing a suit or not. I'm sure it will be AWESOME to know those details! Also if you're friends with George Lucas please ask him to explain how exactly the 'Force' gets into people's blood. Thanks!"

 

[Wor-Gar]

Wor-Gar's published fan letter in Star Log Magazine, 1979: "How come what happened on the Derelict wasn't explained?

I actually loved that, and hate that sequels have had a go at trying to explain it.

But I know you know this.

 

[Wor-Gar]

On that note, I could care less how they located the alien body in space. I go with that. I agree certain things don't need explanation.

But like characters that need a little backstory, I feel the outpost just left abandoned needed a little backstory, that's all. If I was in the writing room, I would have raised my hand on that one. But on finding the alien, yeah, I'd boo and heckle the guy who raised his hand on that one.

 

[ironwez20]

Yea isn’t the charm of alien putting pieces together and trying to guess what took place?

Alien 1- those engineers
Alien 2- the colony takeover
Alien 3- newt and crew dying
Alien resurrection- **** that movie

 

[BeefEaster]

It's crazy that the alien hybrid at the end was a real dude in a suit. I thought it was full CGI.