Alien (film) (John Hurt), Warrant Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Navigator Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), Science Officer Ash (Ian Holm) and two Engineers, Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton). Detecting a transmission from nearby moon LV-426, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew. Company policy requires any potential distress signal be investigated, so they land on the moon, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape. Parker and Brett repair the ship while Dallas, Kane and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the "Nostromo". Ripley deciphers part
Amanda and the Alien seemingly easy task, as the alien must change host bodies every few days. It is based upon the short story of the same name written by Robert Silverberg. The "New York Daily News" criticized Eggert's acting and wrote that the film "wastes so much time deciding whether it wants to steal from 'Life-force,' 'Starman,' 'Species' or 'Earth Girls Are Easy' that it goes nowhere fast." Amanda and the Alien Amanda and the Alien (or Alien Love in the UK) is a 1995 made-for-cable science-fiction comedy movie directed by Jon Kroll and starring Nicole Eggert as Amanda Patterson. It premiered on