After Nostromo crew members split into separate groups, Brett finally finds the Alien... or rather, it finds him. Now seven feet tall, the Beast swoops down on its prey like a gigantic bat!
In the theater of a card reader's mind, perhaps. But not in the actual movie, though.
The image used for this card was trimmed from the finished film, but it can be seen in a 'restored' edit that serves as an illustration as to why less is so often a lot more.
As much as I like the confusion, shock, and terror that Stanton expresses in the pause before the attack, where he tries to scream, but can only get out what sounds like a huff and a growl, is a nice touch. But the painful truth is that it just slows the scene down and dilutes the power of the Alien's first appearance.
Also the Alien is shown way too much before the attack in this version. Although it is nice to be able to see the scene the way it played when Jerry Goldsmith wrote the music for it, before the final edit was actually locked.
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