OT: Walter Hill on the writing process with Alien

Starts at minute 53:30 or thereabouts quoting the originally slated director Robert Aldrich, my fav part, "It's all about the <expletive> monster, maybe if we got an orangutan and sort of shaved it....!"

Interesting to see the origins of Ellen Ripley's name. 

Around 7 minutes or so. 

link:

https://podcastone.com/episode/B.E.E.---Walter-Hill---5/1/17