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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
The still H&L posted isn't a screencap from the movie is it? I assumed it was a photo from some behind the scenes stuff.
I certainly don't remember any scenes in Alien when it is just sitting there all relaxed with its arms crossed just chilling out.
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Yeah that was a behind the scenes shot of the actor taking a break and he took off the translucent cover from the costume's head so he could see and ventilate.
It's very hard to see in the actual film because of the speed the alien moves and the darkness of the film but you can almost catch glimpses of that human skull.
It's gone in the later movies but it was part of Giger's original design which I think was way creepier.
Giger holding the actual costume parts:
One or more eyes on the side of it's head makes more sense though, for a creature that has significantly greater peripheral vision than human beings.