Best pic of an Alien

[Corporal Hicks]

It'd take a true f**k up to get that the wrong way round. I forget the reason why but it was definitely intentional. And not even noticeable in the film.

[HuDaFuK]

Wasn't it something to do with making the Alien an amorphous shape to help disguise what it really was?

[SiL]

I think it was done in that shot because it was a shitload easier to get the right movement than mounting the tail to the back.

[Xenomania]

I think it was done in that shot because it was a shitload easier to get the right movement than mounting the tail to the back.

Yup, would seem to be the logical explanation.

[Vermillion]

Well. I never knew the biomechanics of the Alien involved a rotating tail.

If it's intentional. Then it's a continuity error.

Great scene. Though

[Valaquen]

I think it was done in that shot because it was a shitload easier to get the right movement than mounting the tail to the back.

This.

It wasn't a goof. Give the filmmakers some credit 

[Xenomania]

Well. I never knew the biomechanics of the Alien involved a rotating tail.

If it's intentional. Then it's a continuity error.

Great scene. Though

It is as intentional as the spandex suits in Aliens. 



I guess this pic doesn't qualify for "best pic of an Alien". 

[Corporal Hicks]

Another one of those artists whose work I will never tire of seeing.

[Scorpio]

I think it was done in that shot because it was a shitload easier to get the right movement than mounting the tail to the back.

[FiorinaFury161]

"Gimme a big kiss!"

[Kaltes]

[Corporal Hicks]

I actually quite like that!

[OmegaZilla]

[Kaltes]

[Local Trouble]

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