In a message dated 5/5/99 3:28:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< That was a ship, wasn't it? (I haven't seen this but once, when it came
out, but it made quite an impression.) They were all suspended in cold
sleep (?) and their ship woke them up when it encountered the alien vessel.
When they investigated, they found the crew dead, and picked up the
parasite.
Lela >>
Mostly correct. They were in suspended animation until the ship (the
Nostromo) picked up what looked like an alien distress beacon from an
unexplored planet. They land on the planet (in a shuttle of some sort, not
in the mother-ship, IIRC) to explore. Of course, it wasn't a a distress
beacon, but a warning beacon...
-Mac Hume
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