Early 80s science fiction suspense film concerning the discovery of a malevolent alien lifeform by a mining crew and the efforts of that same crew to survive.
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How is Prometheus connected to Alien vs. Predator in the chronological sense?
At the end of Prometheus, we saw that a creature was born from the body of the dead Engineer which was essentially identical to the Alien creature pictured the Alien vs. Predator movies (a Xenomorph).
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Alien Director's cut - What does Ash drink in the movie?
I was watching the Alien director's cut and noticed that Ash the science officer, who is revealed to be an android later in the movie, in one of the scenes is shown to be drinking what appears to be ...
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How to explain the discrepancies between the end of Prometheus and the beginning of Alien?
At then end of Prometheus, the alien that Elizabeth Shaw extracted from her womb kills the Engineer then dies. Later on, a primary form of alien xenomorph is seen bursting out of the Engineer's chest. ...
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How much was Ridley Scott actually influenced on Alien?
In this Cracked article http://www.cracked.com/article_19852_5-famous-movies-that-shamelessly-ripped-off-obscure-ones.html it states that Ridley Scott ripped off two other lesser know movies to make ...
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Explain “hypersleep” from Alien, Prometheus, etc.?
Early in Prometheus, the human crew is in "hypersleep" for a couple years, and at one point, an android uses a touch-screen interface to "see" on a screen what a woman crew-member is dreaming.
In a ...
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Why did Ripley try to deactivate the self-destruct sequence?
In the final sequences of Alien, Ripley activates the self destruct sequence of the ship, Nostromo.
After seeing the alien in front of the shuttle entrance, Ripley runs back to the control room and ...
