Something that I love about alien is the way John Hurt's character as the 'face into danger, get things done' soldier resolves the problem of horror movies - wh

Something that I love about alien is the way John Hurt's character as the 'face into danger, get things done' soldier resolves the problem of horror movies - why do people do these stupid things that put them in danger? Hurt's character is smart and professional, and doing exactly what he has been trained to do, to put himself and his team into danger in service of a larger agenda. He's no an idiot, he doesn't waver near the danger, he charges straight into it. He's doing his job, as retconned in later movies the xenomoph is valuable asset, worthy of risking the nostromo and its crew for.