What’s the deal with androids and milk?
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Roger G
MemberFacehuggerOctober 01, 2020The origin of white milk in androids like their blood flow or when sweating like Ash, seems obvious from this recent TNYT interview to RS. It is curious to see that great ideas always come from nothing or the most naive. (Walter above)
From TNYT Article:
What’s the deal with androids and milk?
SCOTT On “Alien,” I was in a room with Sigourney Weaver, who was being attacked by Ian Holm as an android. His acting was just sublime, and his character was on the verge of completely losing it and getting violent. I said, “Does anybody have an eyedropper full of milk?” The makeup department brought out an eyedropper, and I got the milk, and I reached out and put a drop of milk above his eye and then started rolling. As it dropped down across his eye, it freaked everybody out! And then I thought: “Do androids all have white blood? Like milk of magnesia?” So that’s why my androids are milky white inside. And for Mother, I wondered, “Should I use that again?” I think it works great — it’s more uncomfortable than seeing red blood.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/television/
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October 01, 2020
I always thought it had to do with movie ratings and the amount of blood they could show.
Knowing it was a genuine idea to make things creepier...i like that!
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October 01, 2020
There's that, yes, but as Freud said;
'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar'.
I think they were just going for something 'jarringly-foreshadowing' of Ash's true nature that gets revealed when Parker takes his head off.
A 'wtf?' thing to get the audience's attention and get them wondering what's up with Ash.
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October 02, 2020
Did you say milk and androids????
It is for the COOKIES!!!!
