One of the themes of nearly all the Alien movies, at least the ones without Predators in them, is dysfunctional leadership and management. (I've not seen the A

One of the themes of nearly all the Alien movies, at least the ones without Predators in them, is dysfunctional leadership and management. (I've not seen the A vs. P movies myself. So I can't comment on them.) I don't know anyway to go into details without spoilers, which I'll try to keep to a minimum (but you are warned). Suffice it to say that roots of the mission in the movie were not as disclosed to the members, so it's not really surprising that the scientists were as dysfunctional a lot as they were. In fact that would seem to have been a design consideration. It's a movie about fear, greed, hubris, invasiveness, mythology, and mystery. It's not a juried science article. I enjoyed it myself. * Spoiler * Having said that, I did think that woman was awfully spry after her emergency, self administered "cesarean" procedure. The wonders of modern medicine ... Edit: One of the things the movie made me think of were several of the disastrous late 19th century, early 20th century polar expeditions. You can certainly make a case for the argument that in the future things are and will be better. But that would make for a very dull science fiction horror movie.