Read [Zeb Larson]] in The Second Ku Klux Klan: How It Gained Social and Political Power Among White Protestants

Quite possibly one of the most interesting and most useful references to typography and symbology in the movie Alien.

Okay, one of the only.

• Title

  • Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism"

• Author

  • Russell Means

• Context

  • The following speech was given by Russell Means in July 1980, before several thousand people who had assembled from all over the world for the Black Hills International Survival Gathering, in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
  • It was Russell Means's most famous speech.

I initially found this article by searching for "alien movie hubris" and the search results did not disappoint. This essay does a great job weaving several themes about creativity, automation, intelligence, biology, culture, ambition, power, delusions of grandeur, human spirituality and sexuality, and a few more I'm probably forgetting. It's definitely worthwhile reading.

reinforced by the rest of its life cycle as a chestburster.

http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Chestburster

looks like a xenomorph.

http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Facehugger