Timeline for In the Aliens movie (1986), why did the colonial marines leave the pilots behind on the dropship?
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| Aug 5, 2017 at 19:14 | comment | added | RichS | @vikingsteve Maybe it took off to find a more secure location? I don't know. Maybe it was just oversight on the director's part or the editor's part. | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 18:56 | comment | added | vikingsteve | @RichS then why do you see the first drop ship lift off again right after dropping the team? | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 14:54 | comment | added | RichS | @vikingsteve The first dropship just waited on the ground. It was sealed so no aliens could get inside until Bishop asked Spunkmeyer to deliver some equipment. This was in the deleted scene mentioned in the answer below. | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 11:07 | comment | added | vikingsteve | @RichS This isn't about the second dropship, its about the first one. | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 14:58 | comment | added | RichS | @vikingsteve Didn't Bishop remotely pilot a second dropship from the Sulaco down to the surface? | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 12:45 | comment | added | vikingsteve | If I remember correctly, didn't the dropship immediately lift off again, once Bishop drove the vehicle out? Where exactly did the dropship go after that - I had presumed it was returning to the orbital ship. Did they just "park" it some place else? Wouldnt the dropship be safer in the air? | |
| Jun 19, 2017 at 6:36 | vote | accept | RichS | ||
| Jun 19, 2017 at 4:52 | answer | added | user22478 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 12:38 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 | The main reason the pilots stay behind with the drop ship is for operational readiness. If the Colonial Marines need to evacuate quickly, the pilots are there at the ready. As for the ramp being open, it was in the script. From a tactical/readiness standpoint, there was no real reason for this. Leaving this as a comment, because it is from a real world standpoint, not something derived from the script, movie, or book. BTW, Hudson has the best one liners in a movie ... eva! RIP Bill Paxton. | |
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| Jun 17, 2017 at 3:03 | comment | added | DaaaahWhoosh | There's no reason for them to leave, the marines need pilots just as much as they need the ship, so the two might as well stay together. The part that makes no sense is why they didn't leave more marines with the ship, to defend it and the pilots. | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 2:39 | answer | added | can-ned_food | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 1:51 | history | edited | RichS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2017 at 1:12 | history | asked | RichS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |