Flaws of Alien. Not joking

[Elmazalman]

For me it's Ash's head, always above all else.

I really wish they'd fix that in the re-releases.

I also hate the robot arms that the fella inside Ash's head-less body does. But that's less fixable.

I don't know why the Director didn't have Ash's hands round Parker's throat throttling him just before he is shut down. The scene would have been even more life-threatening for Parker, and also give the silly 'karate chop' hands something useful to do.

[razeak]

It's right around Ash's Nipple Cripple of Doom.

As someone who has experienced that technique in a wrestling match from human strength, I can't imagine poor Parker's torment with Android strength.

[Huggs]

It's right around Ash's Nipple Cripple of Doom.

As someone who has experienced that technique in a wrestling match from human strength, I can't imagine poor Parker's torment with Android strength.

There are worse things he could've clamped down on.

[razeak]

Their resistance to using firearms in regard to acid danger probably had a lot to do with training and education for their career choice. Im sure it has literally been bear I to their brains how dangerous space is and what the risks are with even a small breach.

I would imagine similar care taken on a submarine, or Ina power plant for that matter. There are certain goalposts in professions that are nigh immovable.

[The Old One]

I think you're correct. Whether intentional or unintentional by the creators of the film, it's very believable.

[Kimarhi]

They had to get rid of firearms in a believable way so some joker in the crowed isn't just questioning why a hundred years in the future we didn't have a guy ready to just shoot the f**ker.   Especially when these fellas were mostly AMERICAN.  If they were Canadian or some other non cowboy country it'd be different.

So acid. 

[razeak]

Yeah, I always loved that so many circumstances fell in the right way to make the film we got. One of my favorite things is the origin of the acid blood.

[Ash 937]

You can never really see the skull behind the alien's dome in the movie.  I think if the whole film had been lightened up a bit we would've seen more of that detail.  Also, the space jockey looked like it was made out of styrofoam.

[SM]

You can make out the shapes of the skull in the close up on the Alien while it's exercising its jaw on the shuttle.

[Immortan Jonesy]

One can almost see the skull in this shot too, before attacking Dallas.

[Elmazalman]

One can almost see the skull in this shot too, before attacking Dallas.

That's why this will always be my favourite shot of the creature with Bolaji Badejo in the suit.

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[Immortan Jonesy]

One can almost see the skull in this shot too, before attacking Dallas.

That's why this will always be my favourite shot of the creature with Bolaji Badejo in the suit.

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I second that but also, I like this one.

[Elmazalman]

That's a beautiful shot. Another one of my favourites.

[razeak]

That's probably my favorite xeno shot from the entire series. It's so menacing in a way that everything post Alien/Aliens failed to match. A3 was close a few times.  The rest of the directors might as well have been paint by numbers.

[Huggs]

Dallas looking up at his own feet is the only flaw I can think of.