Alien is pooped

Here's HR Giger's Alien, deep in thought after a hard day on the set, from a Retronaut set of "Behind the scenes of ‘Alien’ movies."

Behind the scenes of ‘Alien’ movies

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grimc

Or sad.
BarBarSeven

“Is” pooped? Or “has” pooped?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  If unicorns poop rainbows, do xenomorphs poop reality television?
  - Jake0748
    
    Perhaps. Reality TV is shit from SOMEWHERE.
  - niktemadur
    
    So THAT’S where the Kardashians came from!
    So I guess Kanye is like Ripley in that respect.
    Because Bruce Jenner is like Kane (John Hurt) in that habitat.
  - benher
    
    It would certainly explain the acidic content.
- t3kna2007
  
  I was out pooping the dog earlier; I guess it makes sense that aliens need pooping too.
  - IamInnocent
    
    I was out pooping the dog earlier
    
    :D
    The one you ate ?
    - t3kna2007
      
      I know better than to try and out-poop him.
- anansi133
  
  It never occurred to me before, but none of the movies showed any alien scat…. which would have been useful for tracking the damn things.
  
  Maybe the poop was molecular acid as well, so it just left these holes in the floor.
  - Felton / Moderator
    
    Dietrich: Looks like some sort of secreted resin.
    Hicks: Yeah, but secreted from what?
3ringquercus

Looks like he’s texting, actually.
- http://codeflow.org/ Florian Bösch
  
  How good does the iPhone touchscreen work with the second set of teeth?
sam1148

Oh, sweetum wittle Alien just wants a back rub, yes he does, yes he does.
http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli

It might be even more awesome to have Alien sitting on a toilet…
- IamInnocent
  
  Apparently Charlize Theron was so inspired after Prometheus.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ge6SXLA12k&feature=related
- katkins
  
  Well, you see that tube…?
snagglepuss

“She LAUGHED in my face. Oh, god – WHY did I go with flowers and the sonnet and slaughtering her fellow crew members on the first date, WHY ? I’m such an IDIOT !!!”
Clemoh

MAN that would suck to have to wear that on set 12 hours a day! I used to work as a Set Dec and the people in crazy makeup and prosthetics always got my sympathy.
- headcode
  
  He actually could only wear the suit for 15-20 minutes at a time.
  
  http://io9.com/5919117/test-footage-from-alien-was-way-creepy-even-with-the-xenomorph-out-of-costume
  - katkins
    
    Well, he’s wasting ‘em!
http://twitter.com/rickward rickward

Bolaji Badejo! One of the classic Men in Suits.
http://thedreamerskingdom.org/photoblog TK

The alien’s probably sad and crying. Nobody loves him on the Nostromo (except Ash maybe).
- niktemadur
  
  What are you talking about, “except Ash maybe”?
  Full-fledged, full-frontal bromance, dude! In their quirky, particular ways.
http://twitter.com/dagooh Dago

Someone needs to edit this and the Sad Keanu pic together!
niktemadur

Has anybody here ever considered that the so-called “space jockey” was actually caught off-guard while taking a high-tech dump?
Dunno, maybe à la John Travolta in Pulp Fiction?

http://www.freewebs.com/avp_darkgods/Alien%20-%20Space%20Jockey%202.jpg
http://twitter.com/rushkoff douglas rushkoff

So what *is* that stuff coming out of his butt? I’m guessing it’s wires they use to control some kind of special effects stuff in his suit?
- lorq
  
  Since the full costume features a tail that can coil and uncoil, my guess is that we’re seeing the internal structure of the tail (some kind of cable and/or air hose system), minus the alien skin.
http://twitter.com/rushkoff douglas rushkoff

Or maybe it’s a cable that he can hang from in order to jump down from the ceiling and such?
zotlerg

“Those British film crews do like their official tea breaks, I think I’ll make Union of my own….”
Mike Baker

Sad alien is sad.
http://fiercefamily.com zdislaw

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1566210660 Bryce Caron

I have seen this picture before, but the whole spread is awesome. Thanks.
benher

The Xenomorph. In repose.
sburns54

Probably thinking about the one that got away.