Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) Sulaco in Conrad's "Nostromo" is the home of the owners of the silver mine figuring in the book, while the "Sulaco" in "Aliens" transports soldiers to investigate unknown troubles at a corporate outpost of Weyland-Yutani and to protect their investment—drawing parallels between the "corporate" owners in Conrad's work and the shadowy business entity forming a central part of the Aliens franchise. The "Sulaco" is a "Conestoga"-class starship that transports United Systems Colonial Marines to investigate the loss of communication with a colony on LV-426 in the "Aliens" film. While carrying only a small complement in the movie, and only two
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing takes up the challenge to sing the song which forms the musical crescendo of the movie. The movie was released in 1983 amidst rejuvenated native Taiwanese sentimentalities and the gradual liberalisation of Taiwanese cultural and linguistic behaviour from the strangle hold of Taiwanese mainland-Chinese dominated authoritarian government, and the cultural tensions between citizens of mainland Chinese and native Taiwanese origins. It also depicts, for the first time in Taiwanese cinema, the controversial process of demolition-and-relocation. Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing () is a 1983 Taiwanese musical film directed by Yu Kanping () starring