Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the ...

One of the most impactful moments of the original Alien is the reveal that the Nostromo's science officer Ash (Ian Holm) isn't human. Instead, he's a synthetic, or android, programmed to carry out ...