It’s clearly not some giant leap to say Ridley Scott’s Alien is a masterpiece. That’s simply been a factual statement since the day it opened. But as we get ready for the next Alien movie to hit ...

That’s because the spacecraft that ultimately crashes on earth is a virtual carbon copy of the Nostromo, the ship flown by Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) and her crew in the 1979 film from Ridley Scott.

An idea is born, evolves, takes shape and takes on a life of its own. When screenwriter Dan O’Bannon began outlining the script for Alien, he looked at several sci-fi and horror productions. “I didn’t ...