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.The stark anti-Western, neither a war morale-booster or entertainment picture, was critically acclaimed (after it reached its audience through television viewings) for its honest and powerful portrayal and adaptation of the original novel, but it originally failed at the box-office.Harvey throws a flowery wreath into the water when Manuel""s name is called.His father, understanding his son""s loss, throws a second wreath in the water that touches the first one - and they clasp hands.Inside the magnificent chamber where rows of terra cotta soldiers were lined up, various booby traps were triggered (corrosive gases, the mechanized firing of arrows, and a flying razor disk), killing a number of digging assistants (Wilson: "This kind of danger goes with the territory").