“You think I'm pretty?”
In the assertion, the alien woman asks the hitchhiker for validation regarding her beauty in order to quickly pick him up. Body image is a significant motif in the film in the sense that the alien uses her beautiful image to lure her prey. Furthermore, being on earth she grasps that people especially men value exterior appearance and beauty. Thus, she uses her beautiful attributes to her advantage. She would later realize the depth and complexity of appearance when she is killed because of her featureless true body.
“When is the last time you touched someone?”
Moreover, sex is the prime motivation in her ‘hunt’ as her victims are lonely men and easily lured through sex. As she explores the different dynamics of sex, the alien gradually understands the anticipation, pleasure and also the unpleasant side of sex. She is aware that the anticipation of sex especially for sex-starved men is the perfect way to make them bend to her will. Accordingly, uses sex as a weapon towards accomplishing her endeavors.
“You don't want to wake up, do you?”
In this statement, the alien woman asserts her power over her prey even if the men would wish to escape her liquid trap. She has shown her power of beauty in luring them, and then sex to completely trap them in her layer, and now she has taken away their free will. The assertion encompasses the film’s commentary on the power dynamic between males and females. Even though the character’s actions are in the wrong, the quotation alludes to affirmation of the feminine power in a patriarchal society where the discourse on consent and rape culture continues.
