>>6788140I mean apart from the obvious portrayal in the films? Okay:
>"In the first design for the alien, he had bigblack eyes. But somebody said he looked too
much like a.. . what do you call it... a Hell's
Angel; all in black with the black goggles.
And then I thought: It would be even more
frightening if there are no eyes! We made him
blind! Then when the camera comes close,
you see only the holes of the skull. Now that's
really frightening. Because, you see, even
without eyes he always knows exactly where
his victims are, and he attacks directly, suddenly,
unerringly. Like a striking snake.
http://www.littlegiger.com/articles/files/Starlog_26.pdf 
