Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2015, 09:35:24 PM
It's not all that different to the wasps which turn tarantulas into giant incubators. That analogy was even made by Alan Dean Foster in the novelisation.
It's the one thing I wish they had kept in 'Alien 3'. Having the creature going around and just mindlessly killing everyone felt slightly too predictable. The original had a powerful impact with Parker throwing down Dallas' flamethrower and ominously saying there was no sign, whatsoever, of the guy. I remember Ridley Scott in an interview, way back when, saying how he was trying to avoid it just coming across "like a tiger" by simply eating everyone. The ambiguity helped it to be more memorable and unsettling than that.
Yea I agree. I thought the alien leaving no trace of its victims was creepy in the first two movies. In alien 3, that was definitely lost, but I didn't perceive it as a mindless killing machine. To me, it was acting more like a ruthless protector, since ripley was carrying a queen. I still liked it, but I definitely think alien 3 could have portrayed the alien's behavior better...