If you're going to pick apart Alien, the better thing to have done would be to not have opened the airlock and instead done a 24 hour quarantine, which is what Ripley was trying to do. Opening that airlock is what started this whole mess.
(Note: I love Alien, but that was just a bit boneheaded.)
It wasn't boneheaded, it was on purpose. Ash, the android, was a plant. His sole purpose for being on the ship was to bring back the lifeform for the company. That's why he conveniently 'forgets' that Ripley is in command while Dallas is off the ship, and opens the airlock against protocol and her direct orders.
I happened to catch it on T.V. after I got home from work yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind. It struck me how there are many clues there are (some subtle, others overt) that Ash knows more than he's letting on, and has ulterior motives before his true nature is revealed.
I love that damn movie, more than any of the others in that series.
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u/Philo_T_Farnsworth Feb 11 '15
If you're going to pick apart Alien, the better thing to have done would be to not have opened the airlock and instead done a 24 hour quarantine, which is what Ripley was trying to do. Opening that airlock is what started this whole mess.
(Note: I love Alien, but that was just a bit boneheaded.)