Quote from: Sharp Sticks on May 10, 2011, 01:48:06 PM
The Alien isn't literally a nightmare. It's a very scary physical being with physical limitations. That's why it's scary, because we can invest in it as a real danger before the credits roll. It's not a ghost, and the egg on the Sulaco continues to be the most barefaced nonsensical and unbelievable plot device in the series.
I guess, you get me wrong... I know that Alien it's Alien, creature with acid blood etc., etc... So I didn't think about things like some dumb magic, no.. please....
But we seriously can't have explanations for many questions. Like why they can climb walls (what about gravitation?
), what they eat (if they eat), how is possible to use DNA by species based on silicon etc., etc. again. We can make many discussions in many threads about subject like this, but we simply have no knowledge about it, no tips.
Because they are in fact fictional characters and they are created for some reasons.
They behave like directors wanted, they look like directors wanted. We have to agree for it. Or not.
But on the other hand, as
fictional characters they have double meaning. If spectator watches Alien movie like horror, he/she can find dangerous, not understandable creature.
But if you look for deeper meaning in these movies (I know that you know what I'm talking about, the whole sexual, almost Freudish meaning and other meanings also), you can find it there too. For me personally Alien Saga never was horror movie, maybe when I watched Alien the very first time, as a child. These movies are deeper, with many levels of meaning. Depending on the knowledge that you have - you can find there more and more.
So for me every movie it's the story about destiny, fear, and helplessness in the face of the inevitable. This is why I used comparison to Greek tragedy. As metaphor.
This is why I don't need explanations for some question.
And I never forget about other meanings also. There are too many levels to describe them here, not right place and you know about it as well. But these movies aren't only about scary physical being IMHO.