# Just recently watched the Alien "Quadrilogy" for the first time, and here's what I think... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-recently-watched-the-alien-quadrilogy-for-the-first-time-and-heres-what-i-think/625415 "2012-06-17T10:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 78
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-recently-watched-the-alien-quadrilogy-for-the-first-time-and-heres-what-i-think/625415/78 "2012-06-18T06:11:06Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Plus - drive your car to the shops, now drive it there via remote contol. Which would take longer? Well, if for the second trip I get to put an android at the controls and there are no passengers inside the vehicle… my money is on trip two being significantly faster. > [@](#): > > ETA - and assuming the _Sulaco_ was in the same orbital position relative to the colony at both times. As I have noted in previous threads, it makes sense for the support ship to be in a position where it can actually support the team. Otherwise it’s “Sorry Ripley, we can’t send down reinforcements because the ship drifted to the other side of the planet while we were down here.” > [@Help Me Create the Ultimate SNL Episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-the-ultimate-snl-episode/76561/18): > > Even if xenos leave synthetics alone They do. Bishop is the only one in any of the movies to be attacked by one. > [@Jophiel](#): > > Except that would negate everything about Burke largely acting on his own without the Company’s knowledge. Bishop may have been sent independently of Burke’s mission, which is to say that while Burke may have been playing his own game, the company was a step ahead of him the whole time. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-recently-watched-the-alien-quadrilogy-for-the-first-time-and-heres-what-i-think/625415)._