Theory about Lope's Xeno gestation

joylitt

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I am not particularly offended by such things as the gestation rate of the second xenomorph in the movie. However, I have a theory that may appease those who have an issue with that.

We have seen acid penetrating through Lope's face. Later on, David treats his wound on the lander. As we know, David carries some facehugger embryos.

Could it be that he also carries the embryonic creature that the facehugger releases into the victim's body (something the size of a tadpole). Then he would put pass it through the open wound. Lope wouldn't feel much, he's probably under the effect of pain killers.

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June 03, 2017

Blackwinter-witch,

Don't see where you get that, unless Cole is underneath Lope and cutting from a rather compromised position. As it stands, the acid has a much larger chance of running over his hand than his own face.

Micro changes in air density:

Movies are a business. And the willingness for studios to experiment like they did in the 1970s isn't there.

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June 03, 2017

Blackwinter-witch

I made a mistake.

I thought you meant Cole was deluged, my bad.

I think there's enough wriggle room here, simply because nothing in canon states mols of acid and anything scientific about it's actual caustic nature. And that most writers have no concept of volume or science in general.