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2 questions

posted 17 years ago by biggtheth
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1. Does anyone know if there ever was a recolored print of this film? Because a friend of mine once claimed years ago that he saw this flick on video and it was in full color. He said that the xenomorphs were bright green and left a glittering yellow trace behind them.

That brings me to another question:

2. Has anyone ever seen a picture where the xenomorph is shown from head to toe? Because in the movie and in all behind-the-scenes footage and advertisement shots they always only show them from front and from the waist up. I also wonder about the audio commentary on the DVD where it is said that the back of the alien's head looks like a caul, but since we never saw the back of it's head, where did this information come from?

[–] mam13143 17 years ago

Don't recall ever seeing this in color transfer but it's possible when black and white was outcast years ago.

[–] Scaarge 17 years ago

The information about the Xenomorph's features might be from production sketches, or from the folks who designed the creature. I *think* that in the original scenario the aliens were supposed to be more mobile, but the final design kind of precluded that.

The only full-on shot I remember from the film--and it's been years since I've seen it, so I'm probably wrong--is when the creature appears in the mouth of the abandoned mine.

[–] mam13143 17 years ago

Saw the commentary version on dvd and the narrator said that they were supposed to release a sepia tone that was never done. He also questioned Morey Amsterdam in the movie - guy sure looked like him very young but he couldn't verify that.