Saw Alien on the big screen today. I've seen it countless times before. I love it. It's gorgeous.
We all know the classic and iconic design of the alien was 100% H. R. Giger's bio-mechanical "that's a penis" style applied to a very tall thin man in a suit. And lube. Lots of lube.
But it occurred to me today, for the first time, that the "mechanical" part of that design fits the setting of this film perfectly--perhaps moreso than intended, from a canon perspective. (I mean, Giger had already drew the thing well before there was any movie). On more than one occasion it is shown that the alien blends into the spaceship environment quite well. Ash also comments how it has adapted perfectly to the environment.
To me, (and this is my new thought today) it makes sense that it would blend so well given that it grew up so fast in that environment. In a couple hours, it goes from a tiny thing to a hulking man-sized monstrosity. That mass had to come from somewhere. And it was surrounded by excess space-mission detritus on the ship. So if it somehow consumed mass from its surroundings to grow to that size, then of course it could blend in with the mechanical appearance of the ship!
Yeah, Cameron painted his to look like giant cockroaches and then Giger designed a full-lipped "that's a penis" space sex panther for the sequels. I'm talking about the original.
From a striclty canon perspective, to this movie only--if this movie had taken place in, say, a spanish villa instead, would it look like a bio-spanish-stucco-and-red-tile "that's a penis" man-sized monstrosity?
We all know the classic and iconic design of the alien was 100% H. R. Giger's bio-mechanical "that's a penis" style applied to a very tall thin man in a suit. And lube. Lots of lube.
But it occurred to me today, for the first time, that the "mechanical" part of that design fits the setting of this film perfectly--perhaps moreso than intended, from a canon perspective. (I mean, Giger had already drew the thing well before there was any movie). On more than one occasion it is shown that the alien blends into the spaceship environment quite well. Ash also comments how it has adapted perfectly to the environment.
To me, (and this is my new thought today) it makes sense that it would blend so well given that it grew up so fast in that environment. In a couple hours, it goes from a tiny thing to a hulking man-sized monstrosity. That mass had to come from somewhere. And it was surrounded by excess space-mission detritus on the ship. So if it somehow consumed mass from its surroundings to grow to that size, then of course it could blend in with the mechanical appearance of the ship!
Yeah, Cameron painted his to look like giant cockroaches and then Giger designed a full-lipped "that's a penis" space sex panther for the sequels. I'm talking about the original.
From a striclty canon perspective, to this movie only--if this movie had taken place in, say, a spanish villa instead, would it look like a bio-spanish-stucco-and-red-tile "that's a penis" man-sized monstrosity?
