Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mcnc.mcnc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!akgua!mcnc!bch From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Re: Alien II Message-ID: <967@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 14:14:16 EST Article-I.D.: mcnc.967 Posted: Sun Nov 3 14:14:16 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 08:13:17 EST References: <11900004@hpfclp.UUCP> <11900007@hpfclp.UUCP> <3223@think.ARPA> <572@riccb.UUCP> Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service Lines: 26 In article <572@riccb.UUCP> rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) writes: >I agree. There's not a shred of evidence in "Alien" to support the notion >that it was foreshadowed that Jones would bring the alien back to Earth. Not so. I remember distinctly what made me think that Jones was harboring an alien egg. There is a brief shot over Jones' head from the rear from inside the cage showing the Alien looking in from the outside licking his metallic prehensile chops. Next thing we see is Sigourney Weaver retrieving Jones still inside his cage. My assumption was that it was a Hitchcockian red herring to keep you on edge as Jones' turns out not to be harboring an alien. There certainly is evidence, however. ---- The thing that bothered me about Alien I (and doubtless will bother me about Alien II) is that the Aliens physique and habits were those of a highly evolved prey, not a predator. Most of its activities revolved around breeding and its defenses (acid blood, prehensile throat, etc.) were passive. What the h*ll did it evolve to run *from.*!!! -- Byron C. Howes ...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bch