review: This film is almost flawless - the acting, the sets, the script, the special effects, the originality.  As the writer indicates in the documentary, 'Alien Saga', the creature was inspired by a drawing of H.R. Giger and was intentionally intended to disturb the subconscious of the target audience (males aged 18-24) by the use of imagry that resembled the violence of male rape (forced oral invasion, resulting in impregnation, followed by a deadly painful birth of a phallic-shaped, flesh colored predator).  Unlike previous genre films, the protagonist also ends up being the female character - Ripley.  In any case, this is one of the best horror films of all time.Of special note is one of the deleted scenes included on this DVD (and presumably in the 'Alien: Director's Cut' to be released this month).  In this scene, the ship's captain who disappeared chasing the alien earlier in the film is found by Ripley, barely alive, cacooned by the Alien for insemination by a waiting egg.  Of course, we find out in the next installment that only the huge queen alien can lay alien eggs.
question: Is the direction of the movie fantastic ?
This film is almost flawless