When you think of Ridley Scott’s Alien, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? The Xenomorphs, Ripley’s bravado, Kane’s tragic death, or the Nostromo spaceship?

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...

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