BOOKS… "…asking Ridley Scott questions that hadn't been asked a million times before…" 13 Dec 2019 15:06:5913 Dec 2019 15:26:01 The title of this post is a quote from today's featured podcast. It also describes the outcome of careful preparation before doing interviews, whether for podcasts, books, magazines, or websites.…
ART… “ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.” 16 Nov 2019 10:49:43 Those words were written in 2003 by Dan O'Bannon, in his essay that included this recollection of a particular movie review of Alien: Continue reading "“ALIEN went to where the…
BOOKS… A page right out of… “The Thing” ? 29 Oct 2019 09:19:0129 Oct 2019 09:46:36 I was re-reading Alan Dean Foster's ALIEN novelization this morning (and the "decompression scene"), and I came across something I had not noticed before on page 211: one of the…
BOOKS… The Director Should’ve Shot You. (Alan Dean Foster) 7 Jul 2019 13:46:40 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I learned today that Alan Dean Foster has a publisher for his latest non-fiction book!Continue reading "The Director Should’ve Shot You. (Alan Dean Foster)"
BOOKS… Graham’s book release date changes. 24 Jun 2019 16:26:45 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Graham J. Langridge, author of Alien: The Blueprints, recently posted a comment acknowledging his book will be out on September 24, 2019. We've updated our…
ART… John R. Mullaney. ALIEN RPG: Vehicles! 19 Jun 2019 07:37:00 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> John R. Mullaney shares some eye-poppingly good artwork in relation to his work with Fria Ligan and their ALIEN RPG! Follow the link for…
BOOKS… How well do we know Mother? 9 Jun 2019 14:08:069 Jun 2019 14:08:07 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> The computers of ALIEN have each had a distinctive look and sound. We have come a long way from the Mother of the Nostromo…
BOOKS Company drone probes. 8 Jun 2019 08:09:08 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> How much did the Company know about the alien signal and when did they know it? Continue reading "Company drone probes."
ART… Michael Seymour’s Nostromo layouts? 11 May 2019 12:01:4111 May 2019 17:15:59 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> In 1979, Alan Jones interviewed Michael Seymour (Production Designer for Alien) for an article in Cinefantastique (Vol. 9, No. 1. 1979). There is a passage…
BOOKS… Lippincott leads discussion on “the box alien”. 6 May 2019 10:37:21 <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Since Alien: The Illustrated Story (Archie Goodwin, Walter Simonson. 1979) was published, the "box alien" scene involving Ripley and the Big Chap has been…
