did the alien erupt from the stomach or chest?
toper
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>This is an important that must be settled soon!
Well... it is called a *chestburster*.
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between them?
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Iain
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Where in the chest would they be planted? If in the windpipe, by the time
they are big enough to burst out the host would have suffocated long ago. If
in the osopho-thingy, it would get washed down by food, drink and
swallowing, into the stomach.
Brandon Anderson
look, so it lives in the chest area, but if the alien is too weak, like
in alien, it must move down and clear the ribs so that it can burst
out. We did see what looked to be his intestines, didn't we?
Ninth crow
>can't quite remember the sound........ were ribs breaking or did it come
>between them?
>SG
I'm pretty sure there were ribs breaking. (And, if you wanna look at
the Space Jockey, it's ribs are, indeed, broken.)
~Kay
FilmFreak1982
>the Space Jockey, it's ribs are, indeed, broken.)
>
>
In the novel of "Aliens," it describes how everyone's sternum had exploded from
behind.
FilmFreak1982
>in alien, it must move down and clear the ribs so that it can burst
>out.
And if it is completely devoid of strength, it must wait until the victim takes
off his shirt, since it wouldn't be able to rip through the fabric.
An interesting tidbit about filming that scene: the chestburster model could
not rip through John Hurt's T-shirt the first time. So, it had to be re-shot.
The second time, they applied diluted battery acid to the shirt and made tiny
razor cuts in it.
Brandon Anderson
Ninth crow
>Where in the chest would they be planted? If in the windpipe, by the
>time they are big enough to burst out the host would have suffocated
>long ago. If in the osopho-thingy, it would get washed down by food,
>drink and swallowing, into the stomach.
I always figured that it either grew in one of the lungs (after all, a
human can survive with only one lung) or in the space between them and
above the diaphragm. True, that's not a lot of space, but it could probably
coil pretty tightly. Lungs are lobes and shaped a little like an uneven
bell, so I do think a larva could fit down there. Granted, at the end of the
incubation period, it would be pressing tightly against them, reducing
breathing, the lungs would be damaged, there'd be fluid draining into
them . . . But I think there would be enough space available for the amount
of time required.
~Kay
Ninth crow
>Lungs are lobes
Sorry, I meant "lobed." I'm sure everyone could tell that, I just felt like
I had to go back and correct that.
~Kay
Adam Cameron
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Iain
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So is it was RE-shot, then the claims that the cast's reactions were genuine
is false.
FilmFreak1982
>is false.
>
They did pick up some effective reaction shots on that first take.
Iain
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>Toper
did the alien erupt from the stomach or chest?
ERUPT!
Yeah!
BURSHBBBRGGGSHHH
KKKKKKKCACCC
TSSSSS
Achim Woellgens
Hi,
>did the alien erupt from the stomach or chest?
well, as I understood in different movies it is placed under the chest
somewhere
under the thorax and explodes from there to freedom.
It is swallowed first but does not seem to be placed in the stomach, I would
say: outside of it as to be seen in Alien IV on that scanner picture!
Am I right, experts around here??
bye
Achim