Questions tagged [alien]
Early 1979 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. NOT for use as a generic tag for all movie aliens. please the the "science-fiction" tag instead,
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How long is the crew "frozen" during the trip in Aliens
At the start of Aliens we learn that Ripley has been frozen for 57 years after the events of the first film. When Ripley is asked to accompany the Colonial Marines after contact with colonists on LV-...
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Ash uses phrase "Kane's son" in discussing the creature -- was this in the original version?
I'm rewatching Alien on HBOMax and I heard Ash call the creature "Kane's son". I think HBOMax often has versions different than theatrical release or maybe because I am watching on a laptop ...
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Did Ash know that Kane was carrying a baby alien?
Is there any indication that Ash knew about Kane being infested with an Alien but said nothing?
It seems there is hardly a way how he could not have known. It seems obvious that the facehugger did not ...
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How do the other crew members know the xenomorph is "big", if they haven't seen it?
In Alien (1979), there seems to be an incongruity after Brett is killed. Even though noone witnesses the death and he appears to be killed in secret by the alien, in the very next scene we see Parker ...
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What do Xenomorphs eat in the Alien series?
In the Alien series, specifically Prometheus and Alien: Covenant movies, I don’t remember the alien creatures eating anything or their food regimen being mentioned. They're stubborn and angry ...
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Is it possible that a human can survive after a chestburster came out?
As per Wikipedia:
The "Alien" (colloquial: "Xenomorph"; binomial: Internecivus
raptus ["murderous thief"]) is a fictional endoparasitoid
extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous ...
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Why didn't the producers offer Ridley Scott the chance to direct the 2nd Alien movie?
Alien (1979) was directed by Ridley Scott, but after that in 1986 Aliens was written and directed by James Cameron.
Why didn't the studio offer Ridley Scott the chance to direct the 2nd Alien movie?
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Prometheus to Alien: Who is on the crashed spaceship in Alien? [duplicate]
In Prometheus, towards the end the Engineer leaves his spaceship to pursue Dr. Shaw, and we last see him on the floor of the escape pod after an alien pops from his chest. In Alien, when examining the ...
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How did the facehugger grow to full-sized xenomorph?
In the movie Alien (1979), the first alien we see is the facehugger. It is only the size of a baseball mitt.
A few scenes later, the offspring bursts out of a crewmember's chest. (Thanks to Johnny ...
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Alien: Covenant and Alien (1979) connection: xenomorph [duplicate]
If you haven't seen Alien Covenant don't ruin it by reading the spoiler!
I just saw Alien Covenant. If David "created" the traditional xenomorph that follows the face-huger-type gestation, and since ...
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How to explain this in Alien and Prometheus considering Alien Covenant plot?
How did another Engineer ship with a chest-burst Engineer and lots of facehugger eggs end up on LV-426 (Alien) when
Wasn't the idea of Xenomorphs shown to exist before Alien: Covenant (2017) by the ...
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Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) watching order confusion between theatrical and director's cut [closed]
I'm going to watch Alien 1979 and Aliens 1986, but I don't know which one to watch without missing out on the suspense and the actual charm of these movies. I'm confused on whether to watch theatrical ...
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Is it true that none of the cast knew what to expect in the famous "chestburster scene" in Alien?
According to legend John Hurt's fellow cast members did not know what to expect in the famous "chestburster scene" in Alien.
That seems hard to believe, considering this scene must have been in the ...
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Where did Alien come from?
I just watched the movie "Alien" (which is great, by the way), and now I've begun to wonder about the origins of everybody's favorite chestburster. I know that:
They are first spotted on an alien ...
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Why was the cocoon scene edited out of Alien?
I thought the cocoon scene in the original Alien movie was pretty powerful and you really feel Ripley's fear and uncertainty. In the scene Ripley finds alien castings in the hold of the ship and the ...
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Ash in Alien cannot lie to humans, Yes?
Have you noticed that Ash sometimes concludes his sentences with "Yes?"? I have just finished watching Alien for the 1000th time and I think he adds "Yes?" every time he is telling a lie, somehow ...
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Are Death Race 2 and the Alien franchise connected?
Both films have a large corporation called the Wayland corporation which seems to be all controlling, in Alien they're a large haulage/terraforming company. In Death Race they run private prisons.
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When did the scene at the start of Prometheus happen?
The engineers are supposed to have engineered...us, right?
That is shown at the beginning of the movie, with the self sacrifice, somehow seeding the initial life on Earth. Panspermia.
But if that was ...
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In the film universe of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), are the ships light speed capable?
It is never made clear if the ships in the Alien universe are capable of traveling at or above light speed. Wouldn't robotic or automated ships have been better-suited for such a long journey through ...
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What does Ash drink in Alien Director's cut?
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 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 in the Alien vs. Predator movies (a ...
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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 at the end of Alien?
In the final sequences of Alien (1979), Ripley activates the self destruct sequence of the Nostromo.
After seeing the alien in front of the shuttle entrance, Ripley runs back to the control room and ...
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How much was Ridley Scott actually influenced on Alien?
In this Cracked article, it states that Ridley Scott ripped off two other lesser know movies to make Alien. However according to wikipedia, Dan O'Bannon takes the credit for stealing from these two ...
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How to explain the discrepancies between the end of Prometheus and the beginning of Alien?
At the end of Prometheus, the alien that Elizabeth Shaw extracted from her womb kills the Engineer. Later on, a primary form of alien xenomorph is seen bursting out of the Engineer's chest. The scene ...
