both that and The Fly 86' are both more favorite of the genre, even above Alien.
It's a better film than Alien, but that doesn't mean Alien isn't a masterpiece. The attention to detail, the music, the setting. It's a flawless work of art in every way. Kurt is excellent and it's his best role and Carpenter's best film. The supporting cast was superb as well.
Carpenter said on Twitter recently that one indeed was infected, so it's certainly Childs. He takes a drink from Mac's bottle while before he was probably the most antsy guy about getting infected... but then trusts that Mac isn't infected by that point? That's why I believe Mac laughs.
I also read that it was in the script that Mac had a flawethrower on him, so I would assume he torches him immediately there after just like he spilled the booze in the Chess computer in the very beginning.
I love the ambiguity of the film as well since it's never clear aside from Bennings on the order of infection. I think Palmer was patient zero, and he infected Blaire shortly there after his computer simulation.
Something I've never been entirely clear on - are there 2 methods of assimilation? One being an immediate, complete and violent takeover of the victim ala Bennings and another being a 'secret' non-violent infection whereby the victim doesn't know they've been infected and continues going about their business while multiplying alien cells spread throughout their bodies ala Norris?
Or in fact are we to believe that anyone who was infected actually was violently taken over like the dogs and Bennings and we just happened to only be shown those two incidents and they also happened to be the only 2 times where the creature was caught in the act.
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