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Dallas's death scene

posted a year ago by jpssteveshanahan (462)
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"Obvious spoilers"

This moment proves that the Alien possess some level of intelligence. If it were just a mindless killing machine. It would have killed Dallas on the spot. It wouldn't had waited for him to turn to around so that he could see it via the light from his flamethrower. Like it deliberately wanted to jump scare Dallas before killing him.

[–] jpssteveshanahan (462) a year ago

Well, examining this scene in context of it's initial release (1979) without the benefit of hindsight, deleted content, or an expanded universe to speak of. The surviving crew most likely assumed he was dead. Even if the body was never discovered (same as Bret).