Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) akin to the hardened Marines the "Sulaco" already carries. The opening shot of the ship travelling through space has also been called "fetishistic" and "shark-like", "an image of brutal strength and ingenious efficiency"—while the rigid, mechanic, militarized interior of the "Sulaco" (designed by Ron Cobb) is contrasted to the somewhat more organic and friendly interior of the "Nostromo" in the first movie (also designed by Ron Cobb). Other sources have also noted the homage the initial scenes pay to the opening tour through the "Nostromo" in "Alien". Mead has denied rumors in the fan community that actual scientific research had
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