I don't know if they shot it in chronological order, but the actors seemed to get into the vibe more as the film get along. I'm guessing Conran learned a lot in the process.
He definitely deserves another shot at a feature. Maybe Marvel should give him a call?

They should have just tackled the book's influence head on: "Before (EXTREMELY long list of everything from STAR WARS to SUPERMAN), came the ORIGINAL interplanetary hero…"

But CGI can't touch real light shining on real objects in real space, and that is the heart and soul of ALIEN's aesthetic.
Actual dust, actual grease, actual smoke. Scott said he wanted to make a film that looked like a cross between 2001 and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE , and by god he hit that nail on the head. So…

The years have been very kind to it; it now looks BETTER than state-of-the-art (just compare it's effects to PROMETHEUS…. not to mention it's script, acting, and staging)

Goddess, actually. KNOW YOUR MYTHOLOGY!

And also played "Terry's Friend" in the "Terry's Friend Dates A Robot" episode of BATMAN BEYOND! : https://www.youtube.com/wat…

(unless they just rework it so he breeds them, and then it would just be a huge barn full of RUTTING DEWBACKS and Jeff Bridges looking on approvingly)

To be fair, it WOULD be cool seeing them put together on the assembly line.

FUN FACT: When Disney started work on DR. SYN, he discovered that Britain's Hammer Films ALSO had a legal claim on the film rights to the source material… but rather than engage in a legal fight, Disney just called up Hammer and worked out a set of rules about who could use what bits, and BOTH companies made films! (…

"can’t unsay words that came out of your mouth"

Also: keelboaters.
Although he's noticibly silent on the issue of carpetbaggers. STOP PROTECTING YOUR OWN, TRUMP.

You just bought a TUCKER?! Lady, you ain't making THAT much money.

I wonder if we could get the hard-core Christian community on board with ANY movie by convincing them it's pro-Jesus.
"I don't know WHY this happened, but I know Jesus wouldn't let us get turned into a Human Centipede without a good reason…"
"MMMMPH!"

Hope he wrote a song about it.

Dunno. ALIEN ABDUCTION?

FUN FACT: When they made the film, they tried to round up as many of the 51 original Tuckers as possible.
48 of them were still road-worthy.

Now THAT's romantic.

Kinda looks like Dad's taking his place for story purposes.
I guess they wanted to avoid that whole "Ah, Frank, we have been friends for so long, we are like fami…. hey, you look different" effect.

Good enough for me!

Even BRA has turned on him: https://twitter.com/probird…