Thousands and thousands of extras were employed, and crude but effective cinematographic special effects achieved many of the film""s unique hallucinatory imagery and dreamlike visions.Gorman (William Hope)hard-body "kick-ass" Hispanic recruit Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein)"artificial person" - android Bishop (Lance Henriksen)Their first finding in the seemingly-abandoned facility were two Alien facehuggers displayed in glass chambers and a sole human survivor - young, orphaned and traumatized Rebecca "Newt" Jorden (Carrie Henn), who was hiding in the air ducts; a large alien nest or egg chamber (of the egg-laying Queen mother alien) was found in the nuclear-powered processing station, filled with the cocooned-corpses of the colonists - with one still alive (as a bloody chest-burster emerged from her chest); many of the Marines were attacked and killed by aliens.Honor is a luxury only gentlemen can afford." Lacking a sense of duty and sacrifice, he plans to avoid the duel and hurriedly flee town in an hour in a cab by exiting through the back entrance of his apartment...like no one did for my ancestors...This is my chance to do something and to do it right."In the office of LAPD Captain Ed Murphy (Steve Kahan), he mentioned to his aging detectives that they were "dinosaurs headed for extinction," soon to be replaced by younger cops with "psychology degrees," such as Butters: "Times have gotta change.Isn""t it lovely?Preston: Julie, it""s red!Julie: It""s gorgeously red.Preston: But you can""t wear red to the Olympus Ball!Julie: Why not?Preston: You never saw an unmarried girl in anything but white!Julie: Then you""re gonna see one tomorrow night.