alien

Films

  • Alien, a 1979 film by Ridley Scott
  • Aliens, second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron
  • Alien 3, third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher
  • Alien Resurrection [重生], fourth film in the franchise from 1997 by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Alien vs. Predator [铁血战士] (film), fifth film in the franchise from 2004 by Paul W. S. Anderson
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem [安魂弥撒], sixth film in the franchise from 2007 by the Brothers Strause
  • Prometheus (2012 film), seventh film in the franchise from 2012 by Ridley Scott
  • Alien: Covenant [契约], eighth film in the franchise from 2017 by Ridley Scott
  • Alien 2: On Earth, a 1980 unofficial sequel [续集] of the 1979 Alien film
  • Alien Visitor (also titled Epsilon) (1995 film) Australian–Italian science fiction film by Rolf de Heer
  • The Alien (2016 film), a 2016 Mexican film
  • The Alien (unproduced film), an incomplete 1960s Indian–American film

Literature

  • Alien novels, an extension of the Alien franchise
  • Aliens (Tappan Wright novel), a 1902 novel by Mary Tappan Wright
  • The Alien (Animorphs [animal + morph]), the eighth book in the Animorphs series
  • The Aliens (play), a 2010 play by Annie Baker

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon.It was met with critical acclaim and box-office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other nominations. It has been consistently praised in the years since its release, and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of films, novels, comic books, video games, and toys.

Plot [剧情]

The commercial space tug [tugboat,拖船] Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis: Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Warrant Officer Ripley, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash, and two engineers, Parker and Brett. Detecting a transmission, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew. As per company policy [公司的政策] requiring any potential distress signal [求救信号] be investigated, they land on the moon despite Parker's protests, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape in the process. The engineers stay on board to effect repairs while Dallas, Kane, and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal originates from a derelict [弃置的] alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the Nostromo. Ripley deciphers part of the transmission, determining it to be a warning, but cannot relay this information to those on the derelict ship. {Stasis is a state in which sth remains the same, and does not change or develop. compare with routine, stale, cliche}

Meanwhile, Kane discovers a chamber containing hundreds of large, egg-like objects. When he touches one, a creature springs out, breaks through his helmet, and attaches itself to his face. Dallas and Lambert carry the unconscious Kane back to the Nostromo. As acting senior officer, Ripley refuses to let them aboard, citing quarantine [检疫隔离] regulations, but Ash overrides her decision and lets them inside. Ash attempts to remove the creature from Kane's face, but stops when he discovers that its blood is an extremely corrosive acid. It later detaches of its own accord and is found dead. The ship is partially repaired, and the crew continue their journey back to Earth. Kane awakens with some memory loss, but seems to be otherwise unharmed. During a final crew meal before returning to stasis, he suddenly chokes and convulses [剧烈抽搐]. A small alien creature bursts from Kane's chest, killing him, and escapes into the ship, with Ash dissuading the rest from killing it. {of one's own accord: 主动地,自愿地} {stasis: 噢，是休眠的意思，那再背hibernate, suspend, resume :-)}

The crew attempts to locate it with tracking devices and capture it with nets, electric prods, and flamethrowers. Brett follows the crew's cat Jones into a landing leg [着陆支架] compartment, where the now-fully-grown alien attacks Brett and disappears with his body. After a heated discussion, the crew decide the creature must be in the air ducts. Dallas enters the ducts, intending to force the monster into an airlock, but it ambushes and kills him. Lambert, realizing that the alien intends to aggressively kill the crew one by one, implores [恳求] the others to abandon ship and escape in its small shuttle, but Ripley, now in command, explains it will not support four people and insists on continuing with Dallas' plan of flushing out the alien.

Accessing Mother [电脑的名字], Ripley discovers Ash has been secretly ordered by the company to bring the alien back, with the crew considered expendable. She confronts Ash, who tries to choke her to death. Parker intervenes and clubs [用sth打] Ash, knocking his head loose and revealing him as an android [-oid: 像...的. android:像人的]. Ash's head is reactivated, and they learn he was assigned to ensure the creature's survival. He expresses admiration for the creature's psychology, unhindered [not hindered/obstructed] by conscience or morality, and taunts [嘲笑] them about their chances of survival. Ripley cuts off his power; as they leave, Parker incinerates [焚毁] him. [Spoiler Alert:剧透: 名字就叫Ash啊]

The remaining crew decides to self-destruct the Nostromo and escape in the shuttle. However, Parker and Lambert are ambushed and killed by the creature while gathering life-support supplies. Ripley initiates the self-destruct sequence, but finds the alien blocking her path to the shuttle. She retreats and attempts unsuccessfully to abort the self-destruct. With no further options, she makes her way to the shuttle and barely escapes as the Nostromo explodes.

As Ripley prepares for stasis, she discovers that the alien is aboard, having wedged itself into a narrow space. She puts on a spacesuit and uses gas to flush the creature out. It approaches Ripley, but before it can attack, she opens an airlock door, almost blasting the creature into space. It manages to hang on by gripping the frame. Ripley shoots it with a grappling [多爪的] hook, but the gun catches as the airlock door closes, tethering [拴住] the alien to the shuttle. It pulls itself into an engine exhaust [排气管] but Ripley fires the engines, blasting the creature away into the depths of space. After recording the final log entry, she places Jones and herself into stasis for the trip back to Earth.

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