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From: dta@cpsc53.UUCP (Doug Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Alien II coming soon
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 09:33:44 EDT
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> >My favorite part was the gas comming out of the midevel space
> >suits.  Sounds like fun in zero gee :-).
> 
> Get a clue, Doug. If you were on a planet with GRAVITY and a METHANE
> atmosphere, the exhaust (what you exhale) from your space suit would
> probably mist too (considering the temperature of frozen methane).
> The science in this movie is actually very well done.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Charles Forsythe
> CSDF@MIT-VAX

	Space Suits are fully contained. THEY DONT EXHAUST
	GASSES!  Besides, thats not the only weak point of the
	movie.  You have an alien runnung around in a space
	ship. Simple solution:

		1) EVERYONE gets into spacesuits ALONE

		2) open ship to vacum (they finally did this
		at the end of the movie)

		3) wait 8 or more hours

		4) get you trusty dusty flame thrower and fry
		the body of the beasty.

	Additionally, I seem to recall a scene of a corridor of
	the ship with slime flowing down the walls. They must
	not have maids.

	This film attempted to be a Science Fiction film and
	failed badly.  It had the potential of being a classic
	and all the tools were there the characters just
	refused to use them.

	One more and I'll get off my soapbox.  Remember the
	scene when the Captain died?  They had the monster
	located on a grid telling the direction and distance
	from the Captain.  Do they tell him though? NOOOO. he
	could kill it then. make the movie real short.

	My favorite part of the movie was the fun the group I
	went with had laughing about all the stupid mistakes
	the crew made.  For G-d's sake when a monster is on
	someones face and you KNOW that is has some kind of
	appendage in side them, where is the first place you
	look when it disappears?  not in the ship. In the
	person.

	Sorry I got carried away, give me a good ACCURATE SF
	movie anyday. Yeah, I know those are few and far
	between.


		Doug Anderson