GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU CRAZY...
One of the New Republic's writers recounted a dialogue exchange in Ridley Scott's memorably moody 1979 science fiction/horror/suspense epic in space (where no one can hear you scream), Alien:
ASH: You still don't know what you're dealing with do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
LAMBERT: You admire it.
ASH: I admire its purity, its sense of survival; unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
The writer concluded that Ash's appalling admiration of the alien was, if nothing else, heartfelt - as far as genuine reptilianness went, the alien was the real deal, and ended by stating that TomDeLay could easily have substituted for the alien in the picture, thereby allowing 1)Ash to have made the same comments; 2) something gross to still have popped out of William Hurt's chest; and 3) the producers to save a lot of money by not having to pay for H.R. Giger's services. Something for all of you horror movie makers to think about in the future.
Although DeLay denies the concept of evolution (for obvious reasons), he (just substitute the words "arm-twisting" and "bribing" for "swimming and eating," and "expands his operation" for "makes little sharks") no doubt would identify with the shark in Jaws as Richard Dreyfuss' character described it: "What we are dealing with is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and makes little sharks, and that's all."
Or perhaps Mr. DeLay still thinks that because his party is the party of superior firepower, political organization, political operatives, technicians and money, it is the one with better intentions toward the American people. Maybe he got this idea from Pierce Brosnan's character in Mars Attacks! (here, just substitute "Democrats" for "aggressive species"): "Logic dictates that given their high level of technical development.....they're an advanced culture. Therefore, peaceful and enlightened. The human race, on the other hand......is an aggressively dangerous species. Now I suspect they have more to fear from us......than we from them."
ASH: You still don't know what you're dealing with do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
LAMBERT: You admire it.
ASH: I admire its purity, its sense of survival; unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
The writer concluded that Ash's appalling admiration of the alien was, if nothing else, heartfelt - as far as genuine reptilianness went, the alien was the real deal, and ended by stating that TomDeLay could easily have substituted for the alien in the picture, thereby allowing 1)Ash to have made the same comments; 2) something gross to still have popped out of William Hurt's chest; and 3) the producers to save a lot of money by not having to pay for H.R. Giger's services. Something for all of you horror movie makers to think about in the future.
Although DeLay denies the concept of evolution (for obvious reasons), he (just substitute the words "arm-twisting" and "bribing" for "swimming and eating," and "expands his operation" for "makes little sharks") no doubt would identify with the shark in Jaws as Richard Dreyfuss' character described it: "What we are dealing with is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and makes little sharks, and that's all."
Or perhaps Mr. DeLay still thinks that because his party is the party of superior firepower, political organization, political operatives, technicians and money, it is the one with better intentions toward the American people. Maybe he got this idea from Pierce Brosnan's character in Mars Attacks! (here, just substitute "Democrats" for "aggressive species"): "Logic dictates that given their high level of technical development.....they're an advanced culture. Therefore, peaceful and enlightened. The human race, on the other hand......is an aggressively dangerous species. Now I suspect they have more to fear from us......than we from them."
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