When the maid warily opens he door and is shocked to see him, he learns that all the guests have already gone.Fat Lou alerted theSolaristo heir condition: "We need military and medical at the gate.We""ve got a big problem here.A real go-f--k." As he started to describe the problem, Fat Lou was hacked to bits with Jason""s autopsy blade/machete(# 17 death)(off-screen) - blood splattered on one of the monitors.Supposedly, the inhabitants of the destination were greater beings (or "Engineers") who created Earth and humankind, and then changed their minds and wanted to destroy humanity.There were protests and boycotts by African-Americans when the film opened in major cities.There was, naturally, a six-hour, soap-opera-like TV mini-series sequel titledScarlett(1994), that was based on the follow-up novel by Alexandra Ripley, set partially in Ireland.