I wasn't sure about the design of the beasts either...

If has 6 legs I want to know why it has six legs? Six legs are terribly hard to run with apparently.

I like the Amber Spyglass and the Mulalfa (sp) who had funny hooked claws and diamond shaped bodies, but the reasoning was sound(ish) they used seed pods as wheels and scooted around on lava flows.

I like that because Pullamn put some thought into not just the beasties but they're reason for being and their evolution.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 11:22, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I think it's the lack of imagination again...
"Hey we need something which is big and scary, like a rhino. But it's on this different planet, so we'd better make it look less like a rhino. Hmm...well, let's give it a hammerhead thing instead of a horn...um...and...I don't know, add an extra pair of legs?"

Although in my opinion, any alien that they design has to be weighed in the balance against HR Giger's creation, and so will usually be found wanting.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 11:33, Reply)