By John Warner. A de rigueur scene in sci-fi movies when the intrepid crew has landed on a potentially hostile planet:Captain: What’s the atmosphere like? Is it safe?
Crewmember Who Will Later Have an Alien Burst Out of His Torso: Looks good, Captain, compatible with human life.
While in these movies there are always dangers beyond the potential poisonous nature of the atmosphere itself – like the aliens who will later burst out of torsos – the atmosphere is first. More...
