ianslife (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jonnysfriendian) wrote,@ 2005-08-07 23:55:00 |
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"Alien" was all a terrible misunderstanging ...
I finally watched "Alien" from beginning to end today. I realised that if I (or any other linguistic pedant) been on the Nostromo, I could have sorted it all out without Ash thinking he needed to sacrifice the crew. On Mother's screen, his secret orders weren't to "ensure the survival" of the alien (as he seemed to think), but to "insure" it. A quick message to Direct Line, and everyone would have been an awful lot safer.
I finally watched "Alien" from beginning to end today. I realised that if I (or any other linguistic pedant) been on the Nostromo, I could have sorted it all out without Ash thinking he needed to sacrifice the crew. On Mother's screen, his secret orders weren't to "ensure the survival" of the alien (as he seemed to think), but to "insure" it. A quick message to Direct Line, and everyone would have been an awful lot safer.
