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Sigourney Weaver's Alien Panties!
Any guy who has ever seen the movie Alien is quite familiar with the sequence at the end where Sigourney Weaver is wearing the smallest bikini panties in the history of the universe. It looks great - I'm not complaining - but give me a break, what sense did it make? I know, it was simply a device used by the movie makers to get males in the theater - but who can come up with the most inventive reason she was actually wearing them? Was panty material REALLY expensive then? Was she actually some kind of fetish model? Did she lose a bet? Let's hear your most inventive explanations! Dec 09 06 07:16 am Link It's been a while since I watched Alien, but IIRC, she was getting ready to enter a hibernation pod to make the long journey home. At the beginning of the movie, when the crew was awakened early from deep sleep by the distress call, they were all wearing only their skivvies in the pods. Wearing clothing in bed for an extended period of time would cause skin irritation. for complete realism, she should have been totally nude. Dec 09 06 07:24 am Link This thread is just no good without a picture...  Dec 09 06 07:37 am Link GLB Graphics wrote: You are totally right - I've searched the internet and can't find one however. 'Sorry! Dec 09 06 07:46 am Link You didn't look very hard    Dec 09 06 08:08 am Link And now for my answer... It's obvious really. That Alien had acid for blood, and she didn't want to ruin her new dress. Dec 09 06 08:10 am Link Imo, I think that some of this had to deal with the style of the movie. The movie takes place in the 25th or 26th century, the pantie style kind of fits Gigger's industrial futuristic look. Something that I can see in comic books. Dec 09 06 08:18 am Link i watched that over & over when it hit VHS..... but you gotta remember i was born in 1969 so I was at the mercy of my harmones Maybe that was her most comfy set of undies? i mean, your gonna sleeep in 'em for six months! they have gotta be comfy:) Dec 09 06 08:31 am Link Okay - what about this: in the future when this took place, women were taxed based on the size of their panties - the smaller the panties, the smaller the tax! (Hey - the dutch once taxed homes in Amsterdam based on the number of steps leading up to the front door!) Dec 09 06 09:20 am Link David Allen Smith wrote: Thanks for finding the photos! Dec 09 06 09:22 am Link guys have an instinct to rescue women in distress, they were making sure you were involved Dec 09 06 09:35 am Link it's great to see the photos, though i can vividly picture them in my mind even though i have not seen the movie in years! Dec 09 06 09:58 am Link Gary Melton wrote: My theory: large underwear tend to ride up your butt when you put on your space suit. So small panties = no wedgies. Dec 09 06 11:52 am Link I always wonder about guys who question these things .... as if they're scandalous or something. They are things to be celebrated .... not condemned. Beautiful actresses wearing tiny panties ... I'm scandalized! I swear, there are some guys on MM who I really think are Little old ladies wearing Victorian dresses with a really thick Bible on their laps, masquerading as male photographers...... "Was it ..... Satan?"  Dec 09 06 01:10 pm Link I've seen other threads on that scene. Seems to be the most memorable scene in the movie - for guys.  I'm sure it jolted a lot of young male sci-fi fans right into puberty. Dec 09 06 01:16 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: Wonder what she looks like now Dec 09 06 01:23 pm Link Vivus Denuo wrote: Yeah... Dec 09 06 01:25 pm Link Image K wrote: Poor James Cameron. He directed this terrific sequel to Alien - some say better than the original - and all people remember is Sigourney Weaver in her panties. Dec 09 06 01:29 pm Link Vivus Denuo wrote: Aliens is still one of my favorite films. Dec 09 06 01:32 pm Link Image K wrote: LOL. Me, too, both Alien and Aliens are faves of mine. Ridley Scott's Alien was very influential in sci-fi filmdom. Many sci-fi movies copy the style of Alien: Everything from the tough woman in a military-style t-shirt to the (unscientific) low, droning rumble as the huge space ship moves slowly past the camera in space. Dec 09 06 01:50 pm Link Vivus Denuo wrote: Alien 3 - disappointing. Did they have to kill off Hicks and the little girl? Dec 09 06 01:58 pm Link They're not that small.  Dec 09 06 02:10 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: The pleasure was all mine Dec 09 06 02:17 pm Link Image K wrote: Yeah, the quality dropped off sharply after Aliens. Dec 09 06 03:23 pm Link I never really noticed how small them damn things were.... Dec 09 06 03:28 pm Link Idaho Edokpayi wrote: Well...you have to see the rear view of them to appreciate how incredibly small they are. I agree that they look pretty average size from the front! Dec 09 06 04:15 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: They're cut low. Dec 09 06 04:19 pm Link Legacys 7 wrote: Just goes to prove that even in 25th century America you wouldn't be able see someone that sleeps in the nude depicted in a movie. Dec 09 06 04:45 pm Link can't let this thread die...  Dec 09 06 07:56 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: Well then post a picture of the rear view... Dec 09 06 08:03 pm Link Idaho Edokpayi wrote: It would have been better if Ripley was a black chick... Dec 09 06 08:06 pm Link Image K wrote: Hey, there is always the possibility of a remake. Dec 09 06 08:07 pm Link Idaho Edokpayi wrote: I've searched the internet and couldn't find any rear-view pics, so I loaded my VHS copy on my VCR and took the following pic from the TV screen: Dec 10 06 08:33 am Link Gonna reveal a secret to ya, guys!! Probably the same reason so many movies have the obligatory "hootie" scene which in no way has anything to do with the story and can easily be cut out for TV. To absolutely insure an "R" rating. "PG -13" is the kiss of death at the box office. Dec 10 06 08:41 am Link ClassicHorror wrote: I would amend that to say "PG-13 + mediocre production & plot is the kiss of death." Dec 10 06 08:52 am Link Legacys 7 wrote: If Giger had designed those panties, they would have been made from miniature mutant babies with their eyes sewn shut, masturbating with revolvers, and every orgasm would have fired a bullet straight through their brain. Dec 10 06 09:14 am Link Image K wrote: The thought of spinner rims on the Nostromo is disturbing. Very disturbing. Dec 10 06 09:21 am Link Gary Melton wrote: Well, at the time, I didn't think the panties were necessary at all, but no one ever fuckin' listens to me. Dec 10 06 09:45 am Link Okay - here's another theory: they were the 25th century version of a nicotine patch! Dec 10 06 10:20 am Link Surreal Eye Studio wrote: How did this turn into a thread about race jokes? Dec 10 06 11:07 am Link |
