Alien script (yet incomplete)

by E. de Vos, 24 sept. 1994
raw version 1.0
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[intro]
[shot of left of planet, slowly panning right
planet has asteriod belts, color is red/orange]
[shot of spaceship moving coming in on the rightside of the screen]
[shot of helmet on the bridge]
[shot of a computer screen in front of the helmet]
[shot of helmet]
[shot of the computer screen that comes to life. Some data is displayed.]
[shot of helmet reflecting the readouts on the screen]
[shot from behind the helmet panning to the screen. The readout stops.]

[shot inside the ship: hallway. panning through the hall, going to a white
door that opens. There is a gust of wind. A jacket is moving]

[shot of freezers opening]
[Kane is first on his feet. We see him slowly coming to life. As he stands up,
the others are waking up too. We can see Ash, Parker, and Ripley.]

[shot in the mess. Everyone is fully awake. They have lunch and laugh a bit.
There are seven people in her. Lambert and Ripley are women, Dallas, Parker,
Brett, Kane and Ash are males.]
Lambert : I am cold!
Parker  : Still with us Brett?
Brett   : Right.
Kane    : I feel dead...
Parker  : Did anyone ever tell you you _look_ dead?
[everyone laughs]
[Brett turns to Parker and says "Bonus" with his hand hiding his mouth from
the others.]
Parker  : Oh, yeah, right. Now, I just forgot something, man! Ah, before we
dock, I think we should discuss the bonus situation!
Brett   : Right.
Parker  : We think-  We deserve full shares, don't we?
Brett   : Right. You see, mister Parker and I feel that the bonus situation
has never been on an ehhh, an equitable level.
Dallas  : Well, you get what you're contracted for like everybody else.
Brett   : But everybody else gets more than us.
[A light starts to flash behind Dallas.]
Ash     : [to Dallas] Mother wants to talk to you.
Dallas  : Uhu. Yes, the yellow lights are for my eyes only.
[Dallas walks away from the table.]
Parker! Come on...
Parker  : Yeah, I'll just finish my coffee. It's the only thing good on this
ship.

[Parker walks through a hallway. He types an accescode, and gets some card
which he puts in a slide. He walks on and stands in a small walkthrough where
some lights flicker on. A door opens and he steps in. Inside there is a room
filled with small white lights on the walls and ceiling. He sits down and
turns the chair to face a computer screen. He types something and the screen
turns alive.]
Dallas  : Morning, mother.
[He gets some menu and goes to an interface for natural language. He types
'Tell me the story, mother.', probably through a hotkey.]

[shot of the bridge. Kane, Ripley, Lambert and Ash are here.]
Ripley  : Right...
Kane    : Ok. Plug us in.
Thank you.
Lambert : Where is Earth?
Kane    : You should know...
Ripley  : This is not our system!
Ash?    : Scan...
Lambert : Damn place... [murmurs on]
Kane    : Contact Earth traffic control.
Ripley  : [speaking into the mike on her headpiece]
This is commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, out of the Solomons,

[shot from outside showing the Nostromo. Ripley's voice is heared through the
intercom]
registration number one-eight-o-niner-two-four-six-o-niner, calling
Antartica travel control, do you read me? Over.
[pauses for a moment]
Commercial towing vehicle Nostromo out of the Solomons, registration
number one-eight-o-niner-two-four-six-o-niner.

[inside the Nostromo, on the bridge]
Ripley  : Nothing...
Kane    : Keep trying.
Ripley  : Calling Antartica traffic control, do you read me? Over.
Lambert : Right...
Ripley  : [starting, then only heard in the background]
This is commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, out of the Solomons,
registration number one-eight-o-niner-two-four-six-o-niner, calling
Antartica travel control, do you read me? Over.
Lambert : I found it! Just short of Retula Reticuli. We haven't reached the
outer room yet.
Kane    : That's hard to believe...
Lambert : What the hell are we doing out here?
Kane    : Hmmm... What the hell are you talking about?
Ripley  : That's not our system!
Lambert : [copying intonation of Ripley] I know that!

[shot down in the engine rooms. Parker and Brett walk through a hallway]