Corrected entry: Why is Lambert the only crew member who managed to get covered in blood? There was even blood on the wall in the background, all the other members were in close around the table and yet their clothes were clean, Parker was even holding on to Kane's arm when the Alien burst out of Kane and yet he also managed to stay clean.
Will
16th May 2003
Alien (1979)
16th May 2003
Alien (1979)
Corrected entry: After Kane has volunteered to be in the first group to go out, Dallas says "you too Lambert". After she replies "swell" Dallas says "I'll break out the weapons" - where are the weapons that Dallas is referring to? Why could these not have been used to arm the crew, when the Alien was loose on the ship instead of trying to hunt for it in the air shafts with a solitary flame thrower?
Correction: If they shoot the Alien its blood will leak everywhere, and the blood is highly corrosive so it would go through the floors and potentially breach the hull of the spacecraft. They are trying to herd it with the flamethrower once they realise it is afraid of fire.
They don't actually know that it's afraid of fire, that is just an assumption made by Ash in relation to most creatures retreating from fire. But as Ash is trying to help the Alien that may not be true in this case.
The weapons that Dallas is referring to is a space age looking pistol, Kane is holding one when he gets attacked by the facehugger.
If you remember Parker says "It's got a wonderful defence mechanism, you don't dare kill it".
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Correction: It's a directional blood spurt that happens to fly in Lambert's direction as the Alien forces its way out. Only the wall behind her gets covered in blood, all the other walls are clean. After the spurt, Ash steps in front of Lambert, so the wall behind him is bloody as well, but it's the same wall.
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