Watched Alien for the first time last night. I now understand what all the fuss is about. Amaze. Reminded me of a couple of other classic (and well brilliant) films from the late 70s.
Ash on the alien:
“You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility…. I admire its purity. A survivor… unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.”
Dr Loomis on Michael Myers:
“No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and the blackest eyes… the devil’s eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy’s eyes was purely and simply… evil.”
Quint on the shark:
“You ever see a shark’s eyes. They have lifeless eyes, like a doll’s eyes. Until they bite you, and the eyes roll over. Then there’s the horrible scream, and the water turns red.”
–From Alien (1979), Halloween (1978) and Jaws (1975).
