ALIEN

[After discovering the alien bleeds acid.] Parker: It's got a wonderful defense mechanism: you don't dare kill it. Lambert: I can't see a goddamn thing. Kane: Quit griping! Lambert: I like griping. Ripley: Whenever he says *anything* you say "right," Brett, you know that? Brett: Right! Ripley: Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says "right"? Looks like a regular parrot. Parker: [laughs] Yes... What, are you some kind of parrot? Brett: Right! Ripley: When we throw the switches, how long before the ship blows? Parker: Ten minutes. Ripley: No bullshit? Parker: If we ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space. Ripley: Ash, can you hear me? ASH! Ash: Yes, I can hear you. Ripley: What was your special order twenty-four? Ash: You read it, I thought it was clear. Ripley: What was it? Ash: Return alien life form, all other priorities rescinded. Parker: What about our lives, you son of a bitch? Ash: I repeat, all other priorities rescinded. Ripley: How do we kill it? Ash: You can't. Parker: Bullshit! Ash: You still don't know what you're dealing with do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire its purity, its sense of survival; unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker: I've heard enough and I'm asking you to pull the plug. Ash: One more word. I can't speak for your chances, but... you have my sympathies. [Last line] Ripley: Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about 6 weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of The Nostromo, signing off. Kane: Oh, I feel dead. Parker: Anybody ever tell you you look dead? Parker: Before we dock, I think we ought to discuss the bonus situation. Brett and I, we think we ought to, we deserve full shares. Right? Brett: You see, Mr. Parker and I feel that the bonus situation has never been on a, an equitable level. Dallas: Well, you get what you contracted for like everybody else. Brett: Yes, but everybody else gets more than us. Parker: If they found what they're lookin' for out there, does that mean we get full shares? Ripley: Don't worry, Parker, yeah. You'll get whatever's comin' to you. Brett: Look, I'm not gonna do any more work until we get this straightened out. [Brett turns on a steam vent, making a loud noise obscuring Ripley's words.] Ripley: Brett, you're guaranteed by law to get a share. Parker: What? Ripley: Why don't you just fuck off? Parker: What? Brett: Whaddya say Rip? Ripley: If you have any trouble, I'll be on the bridge. Ripley: Ash, that transmission -- Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S. Ash: Well, what is it, then? Ripley: Well, I, it looks like a warning. I'm going to go out after them. Ash: What's the point? I mean... by the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes? Dallas: Something has attached itself to him. We have to get him to the infirmary right away. Ripley: What kind of thing? I need a clear definition. Dallas: An organism. Open the hatch! Ripley: Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedure. Twenty-four hours for decontamination. Dallas: He could die in twenty-four hours. Open the hatch! Ripley: Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die. Lambert: Could you open the god-damned hatch? We have to get him inside. Ripley: No! I can't do that and if you were in my position, you'd do the same. Dallas: Ripley, this is an order. Open that hatch right now, do you hear me? Ripley: Yes. Dallas: Ripley! This is an order! Do you hear me? Ripley: Yes. I read you. The answer is negative. Ripley: That's amazing. What is it? Ash: Oh yes it is. I don't know yet. Did you want something? Ripley: Yes, I, uh. Have a little talk. How's, uh, how's Kane? Ash: Just holding, no changes. Ripley: And, uh, our guest? Ash: Well, as I said, I'm still collating it, actually, but uh, I have confirmed that he's got an outer layer of protein polysaccharides. He has a funny habit of shedding his cells and replacing them with polarized silicon which gives him a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions. Is that enough? Ripley: That's funny. What does it mean? Ash: Well, it's an interesting combination of elements making him a tough little son-of-a-bitch. Ripley: And you let him in... Ash: I was obeying a direct order. Remember? Ripley: Ash! When Dallas and Kane are off the ship, I'm Senior Officer. Ash: Oh yes, I forgot. Ripley: You also forgot the Science Division's basic quarantine law. Ash: No, that I didn't forget. Ripley: Oh I see, you just broke it! Ash: Look! What would you have done with Kane, hmm? You know his only chance of survival was to get him in here. Ripley: Unfortunately, by breaking quarantine, you risk everybody's life. Ash: Maybe I should have left him outside. Maybe I've jeopardized the rest of us, but it was a risk I was willing to take. Ripley: That's a pretty big risk for a Science Officer. It's, uh, not exactly out of the manual, is it? Ash: I do take my responsibilities as seriously as you, you know. You do your job and let me do mine, yes? Ripley: Come on, Ash, I mean, the Science Department should be able to help us. What can we do to drive it? Ash: Yes, well, it has adapted remarkably well to our atmosphere considering its nutritional requirements. The only thing we don't know about is temperature. Ripley: OK, what about temperature? What happens if we change it? Ash: Let's try it. Most animals retreat from fire, yes? Dallas: Fire, yeah. Ripley: Ash?! Any suggestions from you or Mother? Ash: No, we're still collating. Ripley: [laughing in disbelief] You what? You're still collating? I find that hard to believe. Ash: What would you like me to do? Ripley: Just what you've been doing Ash, nothing! [Ripley has tried to disengage the self-destruct.] Ripley: Mother! Turn the cooling unit back on! Mother! ...You bitch! ~ Home ~ Movies ~ Songs ~ Anonymous ~ Women ~ ~ Friendship ~ Life and Success ~ Poems ~ Shakespeare ~ Star Trek ~