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etc The "plot" was paper thin, extremely poorly acted, the scriptwriter should be shot, the only shocks came from loud noises, there was no dramatic tension built up - the end of the film was always going to be simply when they got off the ship: there was nothing to "figure out" (like in Alien): no moral ambiguities were presented (like in The Fly): and there was no deadline to beat (a crude, but at times successful plot device).