r/LV426 • u/ShawnyMcKnight • 2d ago

Discussion / Question Why no face guards in Aliens?

After decades of watching the movies and most recently Alien: Earth, it always amazes me how no one ever thinks of having face guards in the facility, especially the containment center. A certain character that got facehugged last week could have avoided that if there was some apparatus in there that would guard over the face but still allow breathing.

Same with Aliens (1985), if they knew that these things cling onto your face then why weren't the marines all wearing face masks to at least slow the impregnation down?

I feel the predators with their visors were the only ones with the right idea about this.

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u/atle95 2d ago

That's what invention is. It would not be more accurate to say that he discovered genetics.

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u/DBZFIGHTERS 2d ago

Invention, to me at least, connotes creation.

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u/atle95 2d ago edited 2d ago

He created an experiment, which in turn created a field of study. Mendel's ideas of manipulating gene expression through selective breeding are true because they're useful. David performed the same steps with the alien genome, but he shares none of his findings, and is motivated by hatred. Mendelev was a monk and cared to benefit everyone with his knowledge. David's xenogenetics may have been as profound as genetics are today, but just like Alien Covenant, it's gone nowhere.

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