I imagine that Giger visualized it as a being permanently fused to the ship, but that left me wondering how a face hugger implanted the embryo; Prometheus did remove that problem while making the position of pilot look like a more plausible career, but I think we can still wonder about the original intentions behind the design until Giger speaks up to settle it.
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Sun 16 Dec 2012, 10:55,
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I liked the mystery of it all.The need for any expanation was moot, because the viewer could create their own scenario, which would work for them, and not require the exact history to be hammered out.
My take on it, (when I first saw it on video aged 9), was that the Space Jockey was a solitary traveller whom had discovered an egg on his travels, been implanted by a facehugger, and then set off on his continued adventures, not knowing about the imminenet arrival of a chestburster.
Its violent exit caused his ship to crash, and as millennia passed, both he and the ship gradually fossilised. The only thing I was never sure of was where all of the eggs had come from.
Fastforward 6yrs, and 'Aliens' explained the eggs - the Space Jockey's chestburster was probably a queen.
None of this was ever discussed in the films, but it made sense to me, so that was, (rightly or wrongly), my take on it.
(My take on it, (when I first saw it on video aged 9), was that the Space Jockey was a solitary traveller whom had discovered an egg on his travels, been implanted by a facehugger, and then set off on his continued adventures, not knowing about the imminenet arrival of a chestburster.
Its violent exit caused his ship to crash, and as millennia passed, both he and the ship gradually fossilised. The only thing I was never sure of was where all of the eggs had come from.
Fastforward 6yrs, and 'Aliens' explained the eggs - the Space Jockey's chestburster was probably a queen.
None of this was ever discussed in the films, but it made sense to me, so that was, (rightly or wrongly), my take on it.
Captain Howdy,
Sun 16 Dec 2012, 11:23,
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