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[-] 4am@lemm.ee 112 points 2 years ago
[-] KreekyBonez@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

check please!

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago

What the fuck is this off of? I remember this; it's old AF, like me, but just barely recall the scene.

My brain is itchy. Help

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago
[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks man. I have to rewatch that!

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

Spaceballs: The Movie Reference

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 5 points 2 years ago

Spaceballs: The Nostalgia

[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

I hadn't even seen Alien when I first saw Spaceballs, but my god this scene had me in absolute stitches. It's the way he puts on the little hat while eyeballing everyone. It's making me chuckle just thinking about it.

[-] Mwallerby@startrek.website 51 points 2 years ago
[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

B and E, classic combination.

[-] hunter2@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago
[-] ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago
[-] Sylver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Check please!

[-] qbus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

#MelbrooksDidItFirst

[-] pebble@lemmy.jigoku.us.to 16 points 2 years ago

me thinking about this like:

[-] Domille@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago
[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago
[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Sure. This looks appropriate. But how does it stay on?

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

In my head the xenomorphs can also spit some kind of sticky liquid and they use it to attach stuff. Either that or like some insects or similar there are micro stuff on the surface that works.like Velcro and stuff gets attached to it/trapped.

[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

With a nail gun

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Only D makes sense given what the hat supposed to be for functionality wise.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Not if you just need it to keep the sun out of your eyes.

[-] mcqtom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Correct. I'm B 100%.

[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That is a visor. A hat covers the head.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Here’s something I’ve been wondering: in Aliens, weren’t the Marines joking about the possibility of the creature on LV-426 being just a xenomorph? This suggested it was a kind of creature they’d encountered before, and wasn’t a major threat.

How did the Aliens come to be known as xenomorphs?

The simplest answer is that I’m remembering things wrong. If not, though, wtf?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

I took that as they have encountered other species before, just nothing like the creature from the Alien franchise. The term xenomorph is just used to describe any creature not found on Earth, aka aliens.

This is backed by an earlier comment made during Ripley's hearing with the company:

Insurance attorney: Are there any species like this hostile organism on LV-426? ECA representative: No, it's a rock. No indigenous life.

Which would indicate they have encountered other aliens, just not this Alien.

The creature was named both Alien and Xenomorph because that's what it is, but came to define the names and took "ownership" of the names, if you will.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Okay. Thank you! I like the “xenomorph is a generic term” explanation. It works with the way people actually use language.

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Alien is a stupid name for an alien when you stop to think about it. Just like with the creature in Frankenstein, people are going to grab at any alternate name presented, cos it's just too awkward to talk about otherwise.

[-] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Surely he’d wear one of the collapsible top hats instead?

[-] Paul_279@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago
[-] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

C is just someone using the xenomorph as a hat rack.

[-] inconel@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

B looks classy small lady's hat.

[-] XbSuper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They probably wear hats designed for aliens, not humans. So none of the above.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Harder than expected. B, would be my #1.
But they are monsters, so probably D

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Clearly B, D, and E are the only cool looks.

Depends on the occasion.

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago
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