History of Alien

	Revision 15 . . (edit) October 4, 2001 1:39 am by (logged).178.1.xxx
	Revision 13 . . (edit) July 26, 2001 5:18 pm by Koyaanis Qatsi [one way to work around the link caching problem is to add a - to a series of 4 or more of them giving a horizontal line]
	Revision 11 . . July 25, 2001 8:40 pm by Larry Sanger [I can't believe no one has written an article about UFOs and extraterrestrial life yet! :-)]

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The crew of the transport ship Nostromo receives a signal which might be of alien origin, they land on a deserted planet and find an ancient ship and the aliens which killed its crew.

The crew of the transport ship Nostromo receives a signal which might be of nonhuman origin, they land on a deserted planet and find an ancient ship and the aliens which killed its crew. The eponymous alien creature is a lethal predator with consistently-surprising abilities and physical forms, and which apparently reproduces by parasitizing living victims.

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Ripley, the only suvivor of the Nostromo is rescued from space and drafted to assist a squad of Marines which investigates an outpost overrun by aliens. This film is considered interesting by many critics for the feminist sub-texts which run through it.

Ripley (played by [Sigourney Weaver]?), the only suvivor of the Nostromo, is rescued from space and drafted to assist a squad of Marines investigating an outpost overrun which may have been overrun by the aliens. This film is considered interesting by many critics for the feminist sub-texts which run through it.

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