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Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
 
In the movie Aliens, at the USMC breakfast table aboard the USS Sulaco,
when Frost starts talking about some prostitute he had enjoyed at some shoreleave
(making Ripley roll her eyes), he said "I wouldn't mind some of that arcturian poon-tang right now...".

Now, I know poon-tang, but "arcturian"?

And then someone says "The one you got was male!" and Frost replies "It doesn't matter, they look the same to me!".
Sounds like they're talking about some semi-intelligent mammal, not a human.
Has anyone read any novelization of Aliens or some extended-universe literature that explains this?
 

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Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
 
the reply wasn't "It doesn't matter, they look the same to me!", it was "it doesn't matter, as long as it's Arcturian". arcturian poontang was just some kind of good alien fuck that they found somewhere. to my knowledge, nobody has ever divulged exactly what arcturian poontang is, either as behind the scene info or in a book. the Aliens Movie Resource Page might be able to help you out, though.
 

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Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
 
The novel has nothing.

You ALWAYS say that, Frost. You always got a bad feeling about this drop.

Mark
 

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Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
 
"well, when you get home in a box, i'll write a letter to your mother" (or something like that; it's been a year since i saw the movie last).
 

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Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
 
..."to your folks".

Well, nobody seems to know what arcturian is, not even Oxford. And still I've heard it in some other sci-fi franchise, has it been in Trek?
 

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Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
 
Hmm. I get a lot more hits if I spell it "arkturian" but I don't get any "by-the-minute" wiser.
 

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
Supposedly the weirdo pilot from Star Trek III was refered to as Arcturian by the...well, somebody. You know, "You seek I. Available ship stands by."

Anyway, I don't think this needs to be a reference to aliens. Considering the way your average colonist is treated in these films, this could just be a reference to some backwater brothel.
 

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Posted by Nimpim (Member # 205) on :
 
So, deductively, you think Frost was longing for that Star Trek arcturian?
 

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
"I here am new!"
 

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Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
 

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Originally posted by Nimpim:
..."to your folks".

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thank you
 

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Presumably, "Arcturian" would describe anything from the Alpha Boötis system...
 

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Posted by Proteus (Member # 212) on :
 
get away from here you BITCH
 

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Posted by TheWoozle (Member # 929) on :
 
In the second movie, when the Company is interviewing ripley, they tell her that out of X many worlds, there have not been any aliens found, so the odds are that the Arcurian Poon-tang was just shoreleave at an exotic port of call. The Arcturians may just be a fun-loving, trans-gender society, or something like the Deltans of ST: TMP. They could also have been razzing Frost too, like in Top Gun, when the bet between Maverick and Goose is to "have carnal knowledge, of a woman, this time."

God help me, did I really just compair Top Gun, to Aliens?
 

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Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
 

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Originally posted by TheWoozle:
In the second movie, when the Company is interviewing ripley, they tell her that out of X many worlds, there have not been any aliens found, "

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