Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Because they weren't dogs, and hence useless for reproduction.
>
> (To be fair, I am not sure I got it in the first movies either. I think some
> out-of-band explanation was offered me.)

Good point though... what was the creature's motivation in the original?
(ignoring the deleted scenes with two cocooned crewmembers!)

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