There's a deadly killer on board the Nostromo. It is a
creature perfectly designed for killing and stalks the corridors with impunity.
There's also a Xenomorph too.
As a cat, Jones' contempt for humanity is not in doubt. But
it is only when the Alien boards the ship that he gets the chance to team up
with the Alien and get his revenge on his once-captors. Jones has full run of
the ship, and his small size means that he has expert knowledge of the ships
nooks and crannies and duct systems. Is it any coincidence that the Alien (who
as you may recall starts out as a tiny baby Alien) uses these ducts and shafts
to great effect, almost as if someone had taught it the best, most undetectable
routes?
Early on, Jones makes his first overt move, and lures the
human Brett away from the others into a secluded spot. There, the Alien murders
Brett in front of Jones, while Jones just watches. Is that a smile on his
feline face? Seriously, as Brett is brutally murdered, this is what Jones'
expression is:
Delight
For the rest of the film, the Alien rampages around the
ship, slowly murdering the rest of the crew. Jones is the smallest and weakest
of the crew members, and the Alien is an expert tracker. Jones shouldn't have
stood a chance, and yet he survives to the end. Very suspicious indeed!
The rest of the crew die, leaving only Ripley. She is spared
because Jones needs her alive to operate the escape craft: clearly he cannot as
he is a cat, and the Xenomorph probably cannot operate complex controls with
its claws. Again though, how does the Alien know to head to the escape pod? Did
he and Jones plan on meeting there, getting Ripley to set the controls before
murdering here and escaping together?
Ripley leaves the shuttle, the Alien comes face to face with
Jones, and... doesn't kill him. Of course he doesn't, why would he? He's the
Alien's partner in crime. Twice in the film the Alien has the perfect opportunity to kill Jones, and twice it refuses. That's two times more than anyone else!
Jones got what he wanted. He had the crew of the Nostromo
who treated him as nothing more than an animal and second class citizen,
brutally murdered. He returned to Earth a hero. And he used the poor Alien as a
cat uses any plaything, discarding him the moment his job was done.
but he to cute tho
ReplyDeleteTook me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenters here! It’s always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! paranormal news stories
ReplyDeleteThe thought that I had is that the alien ignored joined because a cat would not be able to take care of a little alien because of its size. He would just be to small to house a baby alien.
ReplyDelete