Ash, that transmission – Mother’s deciphered part of it. It doesn’t look like an SOS. Well I – it looks like a warning. I’m gonna go out after them. Alien ***** 1979 starring Sigourney Weaver & Tim Skerritt & Veronica Cartwright & Harry Dean Stanton & John Hurt & Ian Holm & Yaphet Kotto & Bolaji Badejo & Helen Horton et al, director Ridley Scott, Ripley
Alien life-form. Like it’s been dead a long time. ibid. captain
It’s full of leathery objects like eggs I suppose. ibid. Hurt
It seems to have life. Organic life. ibid.
You do your job; let me do mine, yes? ibid. Ash
Nostromo Rerouted to New Co-Ordinates. Investigate Life Form. Gather Specimen. Priority One Insure Return of Organism for Analysis. All Other Considerations Secondary. Crew Expendable. ibid. computer
Ash is a goddamned robot! ibid. Parker
Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded ... Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. ibid. Ash
I got you, you sonofabitch. ibid. Ripley
Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. ibid. closing lines
You were out there for fifty-seven years. Aliens 1986 starring Sigourney Weaver & Michael Biehn & Paul Reiser & Lance Henriksen & Carrie Henn & Bill Paxton & William Hope & Jenette Goldstein & Al Matthews & Mark Rolston et al, director Ridley Scott, company bloke to Weaver
I’m ready, man. Check it out! I am the ultimate bad-ass! State of the bad-ass art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out! Hey, Ripley, don’t worry. Me and my squad of ultimate bad-asses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks. ibid. Private Hudson
So who’s laying these eggs? ibid. Ripley
Fiorina ‘Fury’ 161 outer-veil mineral ore refinery double-y chromosome-work correctional facility maximum security. Aliens 3 1992 starring Sigourney Weaver & Charles S Dutton & Charles Dance & Paul McGann & Brian Glover & Ralph Brown & Danny Webb & Christopher John Fields & Holt McCallany & Lance Henriksen et al, director, opening caption
Standing Crew: 42 enlisted, 7 science officers. Alien Resurrection 1997 starring Sigourney Weaver & Winona Ryder & Ron Perlman & Dominique Pinon & Dan Hedaya & J E Freeman & Brad Dourif & Raymond Cruz & Kim Flowers & Gary Dourdan & Leland Orser & Michael Wincott et al, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, opening caption
You going to kill me or what? ibid. Ripley to robot
Why do you go on living? ibid. Robot to Ripley
I think they want us to come and find them. Prometheus ***** 2012 starring Michael Fassbender & Charlize Theron & Noomi Rapace & Guy Pearce & Logan Marshall-Green & Rafe Spall & Sean Harris & Kate Dickie & Benedict Wong et al, director Ridley Scott, her to him
Weyland Corporation: Building Better Worlds. ibid. slogan
We call them engineers. They engineered us. ibid. Elizabeth Shaw
It’s us. It’s everything. What killed them? ibid.
Well, doctor, it’s not exactly a traditional foetus. ibid. David
It must feel like your God’s abandoned you. ibid. David
If these things made us, surely they can save us. ibid. old man
Doesn’t everyone want their parents dead? ibid. David
I am your father … You are my creation. Alien Covenant 2017 starring Michael Fassbender & Katherine Waterston & Billy Crudup & Danny McBride & Demian Bichir & Carmen Ejogo & Jussie Smollett & Nathaniel Dean et al, director Ridley Scott, opening scene
Colonization vessel: Covenant; Date: December 5 2104; Crew: 15; Cargo: 2,000 colonists, 1,140 embryos; Destination: Origae-6; ETA: 7 years, 4 months. ibid. captions
What the fuck was that! There’s another one! ibid. down on planet
Every mission needs a good synthetic. ibid. planet synthetic
When they catch you, you’ll never get out. McVicar ***** 1980 starring Roger Daltrey & Adam Faith & Cheryl Campbell & Georgina Hale & Steven Berkoff & Brian Hall & Peter Jonfield et al, director Tom Clegg
You know my name. You people gave me a fucking number. ibid. McVicar
He won’t dwell, will he? ibid. gangsta
Ah it’s lovely to see him. He was dead with that twenty-three stretch. Now he’s out juggling. Even if he does have to be in bed by ten. ibid. gangstas in nightclub shortly before McVicar is traded
What do you think I do? Do you realise every time I hit the streets I’m on offer ... What else am I going to do? Sign on the Dole? ... Have you any idea what’s it’s like when I go to work? Do you know what it feels like? Do you know what it does to me? ibid. him to her
The aforementioned press have blown him up into some kind of super-crook. And it’s embarrassing more than just policemen. ibid. rozzer
Harold: Everything all right when I went away?
Jeff: Yeah. The Long Good Friday ***** 1980 starring Helen Mirren & Bob Hoskins & Pierce Brosnan & Dave King & Paul Freeman & Eddie Constantine & Bryan Marshall & Paul Barber et al, director John MacKenzie
It’s Good Friday. Have a bloody Mary? ibid.
The Yanks think we’re a cock-handed cornershop over here. ibid. Harold to Alderman
I want to propose a toast: Hands across the ocean. ibid. Harold to Charlie the American Mafia
I’m a businessman with a sense of history. ibid. Harold on boat
This is a diabolical liberty. Blown up. He’s dead. Eric is dead. Car bomb. ibid. Harold to Jeff & Razors
I’ll have his carcass dripping blood by midnight. ibid. Harold to Victoria
Colin never hurt a fly. Well only when it was necessary. ibid. Harold to Jeff & Razors
There’s a bomb in the casino. ibid. Casino owner to Harold
Who’s big enough to take you on? ibid. Razors to Harold
Put some deodorant on; I’m heavily into personal protection. ibid. Harold to Errol the Ponce
Who’s got it in for me? ibid. Harold
I want to lick every inch of you. ibid. Jeff to Victoria
It’s the same sort of device the IRA use. ibid. Parky to Harold
Quite frankly I’m a bit flabbergasted you forgot to mention this carry-on in Belfast while I was away. ibid. Harold to Jeff
You mean all this anarchy is for five poxy grand? ibid.
You slag. Fucking Judas ... I can smell your greed and ambition. And something disgusting like betrayal. ibid. Harold to Jeff
I’ll crush them like beetles. ibid.
It’s coming to something when the Mafia can’t handle a little problem innit? ibid. Harold to Charlie
The Mafia – I’ve shit em. ibid.