15/10/2025
Another Parker and Lambert Alien encounter picture I dug out, I have always found this particular scene fascinating and somewhat eerie on different levels--I am not interested whenever The Alien "R***d" Lambert, she was due a few nasty demises but time and technology worked against that so I much prefer that her death--which we hear as Ripley runs through the corridors is best left to speculation--that makes it more creepy and suggestive--remember it's The Alien we are dealing with here, its what makes this creature very scary and Alien to our (and the crews) perceptions.
Parker and Lambert's death scene from the moment they say cheerio to Ripley seemed as one is watching inevitable, but how will it happen? They are both watchful, Parker is well armed with a flamethrower and attitude, Lambert is a bit wobbly but everyone taken by The Alien have been alone.....(Earlier but unseen Parker had already encountered The Alien before Ash went mental on Ripley..) So two well keyed up crew members gathering as much oxygen coolant and food should be fine....?
As Ripley preps the Shuttle for pre-launch, she hears over the ship-wide intercom a distinct "meow"--Oh F**k, yeah! Jonesy! In all this excitement I forgot!!--and she heads straight for the Bridge--no-where else, but the Bridge, maybe this is a regular spot for the cat--perhaps Ripley knows the routine before going into hypersleep--head for the bridge to grab the cat? But why did Jones "Meow"? he seemed happily contented sleeping on Kane's console chair, cats very rarely "Meow" on their own unless they are uncertain or distressed, did The Alien on its periodic wanderings around the ship see Jones in the bridge? Just an "Off Script" thought there.....
So Parker and Lambert enter the Garage Bay, filled with dark shadowy Alien hiding places, nothing happens as we hear the whine of the bottle trolley being pushed along, "Check For Bottles" says Parker as Lambert climbs aboard the VTOL craft--a little jump scene when grabbing a gas bottle Lambert accidentally sets off a valve, but everything is alright as she passes it to Parker who is keeping watch--we see his flamethrower isn't lit up--ready for instant use--How do you fire up the weapon if it is needed suddenly? would it be like clicking a cigarette lighter? clicking it furiously as you open the gas valve? How desperate would that be? (Another "Off Script" thought..) With a quick look about with the flash light both Parker and Lambert exit the Garage Bay and head across to the cramped tight Equipment Storage Room (Where earlier Jonesy was found hiding in a closet and Brett was sent off to fetch him..) There is only one way in and out of that malodorous cramped chamber and the loaded trolley with tracker and flashlight is wheeled up to the doorway.....
The Equipment Storage room is a twin-octagonal shaped room filled with a lot of equipment--mostly it seems to be spare pressure suits hung from the ceiling like cattle meat, lots of storage crates and shelves of bottled gas cylinders, the room is divided by an archway separating the chamber into two, Parker has made his way deep into the 2nd chamber surrounded by hung up pressure suits, Lambert is a few steps away from the open doorway lit up well by the flashlight on the trolley outside, she is hauling out gas bottles checking each one has full pressure and throwing them along the floor to the doorway, Parker and Lambert are making a lot of noise as we hear the bottles clanging away over the intercom as Ripley finds Jones the cat and stuffs him into the Cat Box, we then hear a new sinister weird sound occur--like a insectoid cicadia type sound, a type of pulsing hissing, we sense something is going to happen--Everyone taken by The Alien had been alone--is Ripley about to be taken?
Downstairs, things are speeding up and a sense of panic is creeping in as Parker asks Lambert "You Ok?" "Fine," replies Lambert, the insectoid hissing sound gets louder, the spotlight of light centered on Lambert is suddenly broken by Something, Something quietly making it's way past the trolley, Something wanting to see what all the noise is about, Something who is very curious...
Lambert is still pulling gas bottles from the shelves, turns to throw a bottle along the floor, maybe thinking that trolley is going to be very loaded up, how are we going to carry all that upstairs to the Shuttle craft? as she turns to get maybe a last bottle something catches her eye, something that wasn't there a moment ago, something by the doorway, we can now hear a new sound, labored breathing and a alight pulsing hissing, something really awful, something big and powerful is blocking the doorway and looking intently at Lambert, has it noticed Parker tucked away in the other chamber? Lambert stops and staring at the apparition, she emits a slight whimper of panic as we see the creature slowly rises it's head upward, tilts its head curiously, raising its tail to pin Lambert in place staring at her, is it intent or genuine curiosity? so far The Aliens victims have been male, her in front is a different type of creature--we simply don't know but momentarily The Alien c***s its head curiously, it forward crawls crab like toward Lambert tail poking forward to keep her in place, The Alien wants to find out more about her....Slowly The Alien rises up on its haunches, completely trapping Lambert in a corner...
Parker hearing the sound of clanging bottles suddenly stopping and hearing Lambert's moan looks up and with incredulous realisation the situation is really bad, how could he let his guard drop? Stuck deep in a cramped cluttered claustrophobic stuffy room, the scene before him opens out--There is The Alien, complete drifting with slow deliberation arms out reaching toward Lambert, Parker has a complete wide view of the awful scene, could he ease past The Alien out of the room? Does The Alien know he is in the chamber as well? Parker decides he could deal with The Alien if only Lambert could duck behind a crate, he could light up the flamethrower and blast The Alien before it gets any closer--why is it moving so slowly? deliberately? Infuriated Parker yells at Lambert to get out of the way, the bizarre insectoid hissing and breathing takes on a very creepy repeating chorus of utter awfulness, you can sense its going to get real bad in that room.
Ripley hearing the commotion downstairs over the intercom up on the Bridge calls out Parker and Lambert's names, seemingly unsure what is going on down there, dropping the Cat Box realising The Alien is down there doing something, Ripley runs off to give help as quick as she can....
The Alien having pressed Lambert into a corner opens its jaws displaying its teeth at Lambert, seemingly leering at her, its tail raised up behind ready to strike, The Alien's jaws swinging and dripping with slime, Lambert tries to look away with utter disgust, revolted by the nightmare cornering her, the sense of oppressive claustrophobia is overwhelming, the closeness of The Alien to Lambert is suffocating, you know something horrible is going to happen, but how or what? Parker watching all this badly needs to help Lambert and keeps telling her to move out of the way, But either she can't or she is too terrified is hard to confirm, Parker realises things are getting really desperate, they shouldn't be down here trapped in this ugly horrible chamber, they should all be on the shuttle getting the hell out of here, a sense of realisation seems to come over Parker, his determination has only one last idea, fight The Alien giving Lambert a chance to escape--where's Ripley? Why isn't she here already? two flamethrowers against this creature....Reaching upward Parker grabs a suit hanging hook determined to keep The Alien busy, dropping his flamethrower he runs up to take his chance....
With a suddenness and surprising violent velocity The Alien spins round using its tail to whip Parker solidly into a bulkhead near the doorway, stunning Parker senseless as he crashes into the wall and falls to the floor, The Alien reaches out toward Parker, perhaps it senses that help is on its way, it can't let Lambert escape as it wants to investigate her, she is unable to move--The Alien reaching for Parker is blocking the open doorway, is Lambert hoping that Ripley--wherever she is--will be coming to help anytime now, is is Lambert too frozen up in fear to think? Her survival instincts too clogged up in a mental collapse of acceptance, we will never know, we can only speculate our own perceived reactions to the same situation.
Parker is lifted and thrown hard against a bulkhead, now ejecting gas and steam from a fractured pipe, adding to the collective sense of broken down incipient doom, The Alien tried to press Parker's head into a bulkhead crevice, in terrible pain--from being whipped and thrown against a wall and now being jammed into a crevice, Parker's anger fuels his desperate fight to keep time and let Lambert escape, maybe just maybe Ripley will get here flamethrower blazing--I'm dying don't worry about me--just take me and this goddamn Alien out--Parker is wrestling and punching The Alien, finally losing his strength he calls out to Lambert desperately "Get Out Of The Room!!" The Aliens jaws slowly open, raining slime and water as Parker knows he is going to die his cries of agony stopped suddenly as the inner jaws punching into Parker's forehead. Dropping Parker's body, The Alien slowly turns its attention toward Lambert, it's blooded jaws slowly closing as it advances deliberately and slowly....
Ripley cannot make sense of the awful struggling noises echoing over the intercoms as she is running desperately to help Parker and Lambert, the corridor dark and long with lazily rotating lights adding to her confusion and fury, the trolley full of gas bottles and food irrelevant now, why did she send them both down with such a stupid idea?
As she is running she here's the last moments of Lambert's life echoing over the intercom, Ripley doesn't know that bit she wants to be there, just give me a few seconds--I'm on my way, hang in there, I'm coming. Ripley cannot make sense of whats she is hearing over the intercoms, the audience can only hear the deep heavy breathing getting quicker and quicker, a mix of grunting labored breathing clearly Alien in sound rasps out of the intercoms, what the hell is it doing to Lambert?, the breathing gets more and more rapid and speeded up until we hear a distant roar and a final pitched scream from Lambert, the painful agony finally over, the intercoms are silent, only the echoing sad pulsing of the ships machinery can be heard, a final saluting symphony to the deaths of Parker and Lambert, all is quiet. Ripley finally a few seconds later reaches the open doorway of the Equipment Storage room, a fine mist of rain and steam silently drifting about, hesitantly she slows down gets her breath and slowly looks about--more from fear of The Alien jumping out, she seems to deeply sense that both Parker and Lambert are both dead now, otherwise they would have ran into her earlier to escape, all is silent, only escaping steam and fine mist of water greets her, but Ripley has to be sure, so she standing next to the trolley looks into the room, well illuminated by the flashlight a nightmarish mess next to the doorway appears, confirming her fears. From inside looking toward the open doorway we see next to the camera a slowly swinging naked leg and foot a trail of blood running down dripping on the deck flooring, just beyond next to the doorway Parker is sitting arms open legs crossed leaned forward with his brains in his lap, The Alien's destructive power on him total and final, we assume Lambert like a butchered carcass is hanging from the central archway diving the chamber into two, the scene of raw butchery complete, with a repulsed shiver Ripley pulls back and runs blindly back up the corridor, not thinking just how could The Alien disappear so fast after that carnage in that room? I got there just as Lambert screamed her last! Where is The Alien now? I don't care--I'm going to end this nightmare now and blow up this ship!
