All fans, behold the Space Jockey Appreciation facebook page!

first the movie, then appreciation if Lindelof doesn't pull a "it's all about purgatory" on me.

@Davis1: yeah, I'm counting on him not to go over that crap again... :P once was more then enough!

Sorry, meant @David1 :)

ah, don't worry friend.

As a child I could never explain the impact Alien had on me. Watching it over and over only stimulated my mind, Well, as I said, I'm still... collating, actually, but uh, I have confirmed that he's got an outer layer of protein polysaccharides. Has a funny habit of shedding his cells and replacing them with polarized silicon, which gives him a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions. Is that enough? - in the original version or (cannon) the ship and the jockey are one and the same - the alien is one and the same with is its environment. (polarized silicon) - electric circuits- and crystal technology. I have seen the ending with the book! and it would have only been fitting with a creature made bio mechanical at the cellular level.

@Ashtray Your post sounds like Tool lyrics. Interesting