Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > (my biggest SF gripe with the Alien series: what
> > on earth does the critter eat, to get man-sized in a matter of hours/days?)
>
> See, that's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about. You don't see it
> happen, so you complain. (Not the personal "you" there.)

Yeah... sorry :)

Still, I say 'big' gripe, it's not really a big gripe cos I love the first 2
Alien movies!

> I liked how the human shape was explained as the alien taking on some of the
> characteristics of the host, tho.

Yeah, I didn't really get that until the dog-like alien in the 3rd movie. And
*that* alien, at least, did appear to eat people.

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