I heard that the first version of the scenario had the alien become visible thanks to the water sticking to it, thus allowing Merrill to swing away. It was ditched since the CGI was too poor at that time to carry an "almost invisible" alien.
That would make more sense than the ending we got, obviously.
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I heard that the first version of the scenario had the alien become visible thanks to the water sticking to it, thus allowing Merrill to swing away. It was ditched since the CGI was too poor at that time to carry an "almost invisible" alien.
That would make more sense than the ending we got, obviously.