The Aliens on the Jungle Planet - The Flood?

[Taedran]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.

[DetriusXii]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.

This jungle planet had a rich ecosystem with large vegetation. I wonder what their predators were.

And to answer the question: Yes.

[Col.Foley]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.
I do not think we got that close a look at them. :confused:
And fortanatly they did not have all the Flood like aspects:S

[Replicator Todd]

No, they reminded me nothing of those infection forms from that overrated game series.:P Kinda reminded me of the creatures from Pitch Black.

[Pharaoh Atem]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.

no clue i've never played helo

[Tibit]

My initial reaction was symbiotes! It was very reminiscent of the SG-1 scene when they are on the Unas planet and a lesser evolved symbiote jumps out of the lake (a couple different times, once it gets caught by an Unas, and another time goes into someones neck).

[Sam StarEagle]

They eerily reminded me A LOT of Ancient drones...wild thought there...:beckettanime14:

[StargateBuilder]

They have a little similarity to the Flood, I see how you could compare the two. The fact that they only came out a night or when the sun was not out could make them similar to the creatures from Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black. All I can say is those things were way more efficient killers than the Flood but are probably of the same voracity as the creatures from Pitch Black. There were so many of them too. They attacked in huge swarms (which is how the Flood infection forms attacked), and killed everything alive in sight. It is odd that the creatures did not attack Lieutenant Scott when he was sick. This episode has definitely renewed my interest in the show. The time travel elements were very cool, and it was done in a way that was very original compared to what we have seen before.

[Orion Antreas]

They actually reminded me of the...I think they are called facehuggers from 'Alien.' They weren't so much in body shape, but after Eli made that reference to 'Alien' after seeing Rush look down that thing that had sulfur coming out and when Greer said they live down there, it made me think of that. If you remember from the 'Alien' movies, the facehuggers came out of those egg like things. The shape of the alien home reminded me of those eggs. Also, when they flew through the chest and out, that reminded me of the aliens bursting out of the stomachs.

I don't know. That's what it seemed like for me.

[prion]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.

What is The Flood from Halo?

[StargateBuilder]

They actually reminded me of the...I think they are called facehuggers from 'Alien.' They weren't so much in body shape, but after Eli made that reference to 'Alien' after seeing Rush look down that thing that had sulfur coming out and when Greer said they live down there, it made me think of that. If you remember from the 'Alien' movies, the facehuggers came out of those egg like things. The shape of the alien home reminded me of those eggs. Also, when they flew through the chest and out, that reminded me of the aliens bursting out of the stomachs.

I was thinking about that too but I forgot about it when I was posting. They were a little bit similar in shape but they seemed to move faster. I just realized the way they the aliens ate through characters was similar to that seen with Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks (which I didn't really like, but was thinking about the similarity in scenes) when the alien impales him.

I thought this episode was great; it had the most combat action we have seen since the Air.

[ladyjanus]

More than anything else they reminded me of the creature inhabited by the go'auld in the SG1 ep "The Tomb." All legs and tentacles and teeth...eeewwwww.... "boizhemoi.."

[garhkal]

It is odd that the creatures did not attack Lieutenant Scott when he was sick.

Maybe they were not seeing him as food since he was in a coma.

[StargateBuilder]

What is The Flood from Halo?

The Flood are a parasitic scourge from Halo that ended the reign of the Forerunner (a technologically advanced race that created the Halos). Search them on you tube.

[Detox]

They looked and acted nothing at like.

These looked clearly like worms, while the flood are spore like creatures that latch onto things.

[MattSilver 3k]

Not quite Flood. More... the worms off of the movie Slither (Which starred the actor who plays Riley). Either way, they were great.

[DigiFluid]

I got a Goa'uld meshed with Aliens vibe from it all.

It's hard to imagine how Halo of all things could be accused as having originated an idea ;)

[Sam StarEagle]

I was thinking about that too but I forgot about it when I was posting. They were a little bit similar in shape but they seemed to move faster. I just realized the way they the aliens ate through characters was similar to that seen with Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks (which I didn't really like, but was thinking about the similarity in scenes) when the alien impales him.

I thought this episode was great; it had the most combat action we have seen since the Air.

YES...gotta' give the show props for actually SHOWING it. It's all, "Oh noes, they're getting attacked!!! OH NOES, CHOLE!!! She's down, and...HOLY CRAP it just exploded out of her!!!"

:jack_new_anime05:

Plus NOBODY went "quietly into the night" from those things...

Awesome bit of terror there...

[wargrafix]

99% possibility of flood. But some interesting designs

[Ponchoandy]

Reminded me more of Pitch Black actually. Just smaller.

[thedrumm3rguy]

They eerily reminded me A LOT of Ancient drones...wild thought there...:beckettanime14:


when drones go wild.....IV!

wouldn't be surprised if it was a prop reuse/mod :)

http://i37.tinypic.com/mt7zg7.jpg

[leiasky]

Kinda reminded me of the creatures from Pitch Black.

Yep. That's the first thing I thought of, too.

[Sam StarEagle]

when drones go wild.....IV!

wouldn't be surprised if it was a prop reuse/mod :)

http://i37.tinypic.com/mt7zg7.jpg

Heeheehee...

Yep..poor things had been stranded there for millions of years and FINALLY one day people come through the gate, so they all flew up to them as fast as they could for hugs...unfortunately their friendly gesture resulted in horror.

:lol:

[AVFan]

My initial reaction was symbiotes! It was very reminiscent of the SG-1 scene when they are on the Unas planet and a lesser evolved symbiote jumps out of the lake (a couple different times, once it gets caught by an Unas, and another time goes into someones neck).
That's what I thought when I saw it- maybe some sort of ancestor somehow. Then I saw it explode out of Chloe, and.... yeah. :eek:


I think that's because they used VERY much the same sound effect for both organisms when they burrowed into their victims.

[Vapor]

The creatures actually reminded me of the one Teyla caught and ate on New Athos in the episode "Missing." Just smaller and more silvery.

I think it's kinda funny though. Rob Cooper must really like the movie "Alien." Atlantis's "Doppleganger" also featured a sequence with a creature bursting through someone's body. And they made a dialogure reference to the movie there as well. -_-;

[Nemises]

Atleast they killed chloe...

[wargrafix]

lol, the writers seemed to be listening to the forums. :-P

[Shpinxinator]

They were land squids!

[MechaThor]

I can see what you mean, they are somewhat reminiscent of the Flood Infection Forms, however I think they where based more on a cross between the smaller flying creatures from Pitch Black and the Facehuggers from the Alien series.

Although at first I thought they looked very Goa'uld like, however when you saw the close up at the end it was reveled they they where actually more squid like, like mini versions of the monsters from Tremors, only with green mouths.

[Giantevilhead]

They definitely looked like face huggers. They were probably inspired by the xenomorphs, especially the part where one bursts out of Chloe.

[thekillman]

great minds think alike.


it screamed "goauld" and " Facehuggers" for me.

http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/1/13098-74863-facehugger1jpg-550x.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/mt7zg7.jpg

[Ouroboros]

Lizardspidersnakeleech.

I liked them though, I'd rather have aliens like this than multi coloured humans who speak English, even if they were an obvious "Alien" rip off.

[Commander Zelix]

They felt like flying Goa'uld to me. I liked them. I don't remember how the Pitch Black aliens look like (great movie tho).

[The Mighty 6 platoon]

Lizardspidersnakeleech.

I liked them though, I'd rather have aliens like this than multi coloured humans who speak English, even if they were an obvious "Alien" rip off.

I think it was less of a ripoff an more of an homage. If you notice, everyone else just got bitten, the creatures didnt burst out of anyone else, eg Scott. What seemed to happen with Chloe was the creaure was biting into her when she fell face forward on top of it. It then took exited through her back to escape for extra squick and an Alien homage.

[thekillman]

nope, they deliberately burrowed through the bodies.


interesting enough, mostly through the belly (homage to goauld) and the bursting was more or less a homage to Alien.

[RJLCyberPunk]

Not quite Flood. More... the worms off of the movie Slither (Which starred the actor who plays Riley). Either way, they were great.
I have never played HALO I have seen some video footage of it but had never heard ot the so called flood 'till now. Regardless the creatures were nasty, terrifying and they truly added an element of suspense to the episode.

[MechaThor]

Here is a Flood Infection Form from Halo 3....

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/4/4a/Infection_Form.jpg

Here you can see the similar "LandSquid", like features. However I still think that these Time aliens "Chest Huggers", where more inspired by the Alien file series, Face Huggers.

[UniGater]

Halo plus symbiotes minus sharing bodies minus the arbiter. :)

[missmobius]

Calamari wannabes LOL

[Giantevilhead]

They could also be based on the Tyranid ripper swarms.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/ripperindstore.jpg

[thekillman]

chesthuggers...


that's a good name for them

[Replicator Todd]

chesthuggers...


that's a good name for them
Or mutant Goa'uld.

[metabog]

I don't know about that, but they were really freaking lethal.

[Franklyn Blaze]

This is the flood creature I was thinking of when I saw the ep.
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3369/253850floodinfectionfor.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/253850floodinfectionfor.jpg/)

[MacGyverInSpace]

Just how far ahead are the gate seeders?
Is it possible that the Ancients viewed remote data from them (being too apathetic for (non-spiritual) exploration on their own at that point) and based the drones of these creatures? Not only is their prop recyclage or clonage, but they behave a lot like drones, which are in certain episodes shown to be am advanced robotic living missile, not just specks of light (THe Tower?)

[The Mighty 6 platoon]

Just how far ahead are the gate seeders?
Is it possible that the Ancients viewed remote data from them (being too apathetic for (non-spiritual) exploration on their own at that point) and based the drones of these creatures? Not only is their prop recyclage or clonage, but they behave a lot like drones, which are in certain episodes shown to be am advanced robotic living missile, not just specks of light (THe Tower?)

Er how? They never went to the Destiny, its a completly automated system.

[MacGyverInSpace]

er Huh? You don't need to go somewhere to get remote data. And I said gate seeder ships. not destiny. Stop skimming :P

[Mythophile]

Well, clearly they were based on the Great Old One himself. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/Wynter_Z/MPost1-Cthulhu.jpg

[garhkal]

The creatures actually reminded me of the one Teyla caught and ate on New Athos in the episode "Missing." Just smaller and more silvery.

I think it's kinda funny though. Rob Cooper must really like the movie "Alien." Atlantis's "Doppleganger" also featured a sequence with a creature bursting through someone's body. And they made a dialogure reference to the movie there as well. -_-;

They did kinda look that way after i rewatched it this morning.

[Stabby]

They definitely seem very similar now that I think about it. The introduction scene for both of them was somewhat similar, though the key difference is that the person watching the footage of the aliens swarming over their friends isn't in that very same spot (when I played that part in the original Halo, I practically peed my pants, knowing that I was in that EXACT spot where these people were overrun by these monsters).

They seem to attack and kill in a slightly similar way, though there are no zombie people afterwards, so there's a key difference.

[escyos]

whats weird is there is a similar species in a sci-fi show i am writing. they live underground and burrow through people to kill them.....except mine a smaller and can take control of people

[RJLCyberPunk]

whats weird is there is a similar species in a sci-fi show i am writing. they live underground and burrow through people to kill them.....except mine a smaller and can take control of people


So they are a mix of FaceHuggers and Goa'uld in your case then...:)

[The Mighty 6 platoon]

er Huh? You don't need to go somewhere to get remote data. And I said gate seeder ships. not destiny. Stop skimming :P

I'm not, the Destiny is so far out the only way for them to receive data would be to gate to the ship, which they haven’t. Further the ancients haven’t been around for the last 10,000 years, its likely that the gate was stuck on the planet long after they had gone. Also who bases a missile (which is essentially what a drone is) on an animal?

[Nightfighter89]

They reminded me of infantile graboids actually.

[Replicator Todd]

I'm telling you its a Mutant Goa'uld! A.....mega-uld!

[Arga]

why did the aliens attacked the humans?
because they leave the bodies very quick after penetrating into them.
so if it's to feed on them, that's a big fast, unless it's to lay eggs inside them..
Or kill them and then come back later to eat the rest..
I wonder.

[Crazy Tom]

Actually, my first impression was: "Necromorph! Run for you lives!":eek:

The eerie screeching and the dark environment really reinforced the Dead Space feel.

[Nightfighter89]

Actually, my first impression was: "Necromorph! Run for you lives!":eek:

The eerie screeching and the dark environment really reinforced the Dead Space feel.

Ooooh. Hadn't thought about that one.

[StargateBuilder]

After partly watching the episode again I noticed there was a lot of foreshadowing of what was going to happen in the first unaltered timelines kino video. In the beginning Eli was asking Chloe "So you're not nervous at all? Afraid some giant alien insect is going to come out and bite you?" Later Chloe was killed when the alien insect burrowed through her. Eli asked Rush when he was looking into the sulfur mound (coincidently where the nocturnal aliens lived) "Hey, hell, hello! What are you doing?! Haven't you seen "Alien"?!" The creature bursting out of Chloe was definitely an Alien homage. The last foreshadowing was from Greer when he told Rush "Look, I'm just saying I know she doesn't want to make anybody else on the ship sick. But what if it's staying here that's gonna kill us?"

I thought it was a great episode though. The alien creatures were absolutely vicious they attacked everything alive in site. The fact that they only came out at night made them similar to the creatures from Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black. At least the creatures in Pitch Black would not attack you if they saw light. Once night came on the jungle planet there was little chance of surviving an attack by these creatures. These creatures were also able to bring you down as soon as the latched on (this was probably due to the effect of their venom).

[Giantevilhead]

It's funny how people mentioned that the aliens look like the Flood but the Flood is based on the Zerg, which were a rip off of the Tyranid, which are themselves based off of the xenomorphs in the Alien series.

[Replicator Todd]

It's funny how people mentioned that the aliens look like the Flood but the Flood is based on the Zerg, which were a rip off of the Tyranid, which are themselves based off of the xenomorphs in the Alien series.

Everything is based off of something else....

[Superted]

Come on they buried through people chests and came out the other side, have venom and we all know that the writers of the other 2 SG series had a healthy obsession with "Alien"

[Eternal Density]

chesthuggers...


that's a good name for themI'd love to do some chesthugging...


It's funny how people mentioned that the aliens look like the Flood but the Flood is based on the Zerg, which were a rip off of the Tyranid, which are themselves based off of the xenomorphs in the Alien series.And that copied something which ripped off BSG, amirite?

To me they looked a lot like those creatures out of the eighth episode of that new scifi series that has that old guy who looks kinda like McGuyver in a few episodes. Anyone know what that's called?

[Giantevilhead]

Everything is based off of something else....

But some of those things are rip offs. For example, the Tyranid are similar to the xenomorphs but there are a lot of differences. There are Tyranid creatures that share similar designs with the xenomorph but there are also a lot of Tyranids that are very different than the xenomorphs. The Zerg on the other hand are a rip off of the Tyranid because they look almost exactly the same. The design of some Zerg creatures are at least 80% to 90% similar to the design of certain Tyranid creatures. The most obvious rip off are Zergling - Hormagaunt, Hydralisk - Ravener, and Ultralisk - Carnifex (the 4 bladed Starcraft 2 Ultralisk looks even more like a Carnifex).

Basically, if you showed someone who has never seen or heard of Aliens or Warhammer 40K pictures of the xenomorph and pictures of the Tyranid, they would probably be able to tell that they were created by different artists. However, if you showed someone who has never seen or heard of Warhammer 40K or Starcraft pictures of the Tyranid and pictures of the Zerg, they'll likely think that they were created by the same artists.

[Encoder]

Well they kinda look like the things from Screamers :P

:sheppard:

[rosey_angel]

They eerily reminded me A LOT of Ancient drones...wild thought there...:beckettanime14:

i thought that, too :D

[boxvic]

They reminded me of the Kryl from Gears Of War.

[Mitchell82]

Anyone else get the impression that these aliens were heavily influenced by the Flood from Halo? They look alot alike, and the scene introducing them is eerily similar.

I love Halo played them all quite a lot but they look nothing alike nor did they act like them either.

[Mitchell82]

They reminded me of the Kryl from Gears Of War.

Hmmm nice comparison.

[rushy]

To me they are Iratus Bug + Goa'uld=Ira'uld