Talk:Giger's Alien

From the Xenomorph discussion page

It seems just as other widespread icons have multiple names, so should the Alien. Gandalf, Santa Claus, Bruce Lee, they are but a few examples of characters and historical figures who had alias. It may just prove useful to different groups of people, as many average movie goers are unlikely to call the creature "Alien" or "Xenomorph," as the former will possibly remind them of Greys and the latter will only confuse them. It also seems like one of the reasons presented for keeping the name of the article AS IS is to avoid tedious relinking from other pages on wikipedia. So it would seem that depending on the context, just as with Santa Claus or Father Christmas, knowledge of a different name may be helpful. I will leave it up to others for now to make the edit, but soon I may compile a more complete list along with the origins and context for each.

• Starbeast (name in original script, virtually unknown)

• Alien (as the title of the first movie, though considered too ambiguous)

• Giger's Alien (as it is called in the book of the same name and among artists)

• Xenomorph (coined in the second movie, a more "technical" usage, though unpopular to some and unknown to many others)

• Bug (from the second movie, slang usage, though many spinoff creatures since have used the same word)

• Dragon (from the third movie, not as popular as the ambiguity is just as confusing as "Alien" itself)

• Internecivus raptus

• Linguafoeda acheronsis

--Trakon 00:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Meaning of "scientific" names

"Linguafoeda" is Latin for "foul tongue", so the second "scientific" name translates to "foul tongue of Acheron" (except that it should really be acherontis). But what does "internecivus" mean? It looks like an attempt at "internecine" to me.

Kaindae Ameda

This was recently added to the list. I am not able to find it when I search google. Someone either needs to cite the source or make sure the spelling is correct. --Trakon 09:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Someone finally changed the spelling from "Kaindae Ameda" to "Kiande Amedha," though I am still not 100% sure if it is correct. Using the new spelling I went to Predator Zone and found "Kainde amedha." If no one comes up with anything else (such as a primary source), I am going to change it to the spelling I found, for consistency. --Trakon 19:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Memory

Just as a side note, I've been reading around and found that the original title for the movie "Alien" may have in fact been "Memory" and not "Starbeast." --Trakon 11:19, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Necronom

The Alien was based on Giger's Necronom works. It would be interesting to know if he refers to the creature as another one of the Necronoms, just as the "Alien," or as something else. --Trakon 11:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)