Aliens: Alien Queen

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This is a great write-up. However, you left out one of the great lines in all of moviedom, "Get away from her, you bitch." (Ripley, when she shows up in the exoskeleton.)

The Asphyxiation icon doesn't belong, since other works in the Aliens universe have established that the xenomorphs can survive in vacuum (they crawl over the hull of a ship at one point). Otherwise, great writeup!

I see your point about asphyxiation, but how long could an Alien survive in a vaccuum? A day? A week? How about a century?
It's a toss up between asphyxiation and old age I suppose.

Rereading the death though, "monster" is definitely not correct, Ripley may be ruthless, but she's no monster .



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2006 10:41AM by old bluffer.

heh, i think i got a bit over excited in the category ticking!

Sorry to be a bit anal about it, but I feel it's worth noting that during the face off of Ripley and the Alien Queen, it isn't really Ripley's revulsion that triggers her fire-fight, but rather that an Alien Egg opens near her. Presumably this is the Queen trying to be subtle in her capture of the two escapee's. Ripley sees this, and after throwing the Alien Queen a filthy look, she opens fire. It shows how cunning these bugs can be!

Maybe "pressure" should be a category, as the depressureization from being sucked into space is probably a factor.

De-pressureization is the opposite of pressure, though, isn't it? And we don't actually see her de-pressurize so it doesn't count anyway.

"Pressure" should cover "De-pressurization" as well! But I disagree with Mr. Whatever. If the airlock was filled with sharp things, the queen still would've fallen in!

The cause of death is a toss up between "Asphyxiation," "Old Age," "Freezing," or "Food and Drink". (Starvation)

Combustion could also apply. I think that the ship was fairly close to the planet wasn't it? The Queen could have possibly been sucked into orbit and burned up in the atmosphere.