FILM The passing of Ian Holm. 2020-06-19 09:38:41 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:31:44 PM CST Carmel Dagan at Variety reports the death of Ian Holm (Cuthbert). He was 88 years old. Continue reading "The passing of Ian Holm."
COSTUMING… …in a galaxy far, far away… where no one can hear you scream? 2020-02-17 06:52:22 AM CST2020-12-19 07:32:27 PM CST Michael Scudieri, eagle-eyed author of ASH: A Fan Fiction Comic, recently re-watched Return of the Jedi and noticed a familiar piece of Alien apparel... https://www.facebook.com/AshFanFiction/posts/534568187177840?__xts__[0]=68.ARA_140ozhzU2hP5PNQqpC5LH4zVhJRA70CZc2tvaoPiC_lrY7cxhR84QaVZCE5Fk832op3AzvZSTIdmdiJao3McIhG1U_IPklC95KINzOQYCP6mNUmIrmchjV7B9lY0Nc2WQFXSk245ePZddYlfioD9GlBoLJJ08ZhXMkK5Wfk4IGPpZewe2jgTcPap1z77isNTt8Ci3Np8xu59E-184dD9FpR_Qo8LqmHoTEkknvQ0IoI7orHmMHGQ_vz3DjpXW6JHOrHEtm6Ae1gq5Nmkjm27dp1BAHXHU6HOHMBk0MDiyKlFvB4UVjYYs7Nl8c8TU2N1HwIKjJCLrCneUOz8Vh0&__tn__=-R Good catch, Michael!
FILM… Alicia's #MyAlien40th posts. 2019-12-16 04:42:21 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:02 PM CST I admit it: I am a sucker for grass-roots tributes to Alien for its 40th anniversary. Sure, the Intellectual Property (IP) owners with the deep pockets can spring for new…
FILM… A Second chance… 2019-12-13 05:52:39 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:02 PM CST Prop Store London recently announced another chance to bid on unsold lots left over from the recent ALIEN & ALIENS COLLECTION AUCTION. If you are on their mailing list, you…
FILM… Ego, Arrogance, and Emptiness. 2019-12-08 04:08:55 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:03 PM CST When I first came upon photographs of Alien while reading Starlog #22, I was struck by the authenticity of the spacecraft. It looked real, not like some of the less-realized…
ART… “ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.” 2019-11-16 10:49:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:14 PM CST 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” ? 2019-10-29 09:19:01 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:33:35 PM CST 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…
FILM… Spreading the word: Alien at US theaters! 2019-06-28 10:09:08 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:33:54 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> (If you are in my neck of the woods for this event, the popcorn and soft drinks are on me!) Continue reading "Spreading the…
ART… Alan Sutcliffe: a legacy of computer animation. 2019-06-02 12:28:06 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:09 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> This article for io9.com was written back in 2013, but it includes a brief look at the computer displays seen in ALIEN, one in…
FILM… Reifying computer typing sounds. 2019-06-02 10:19:40 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:09 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Although they left out the Nostromo computer in their examples of reifying, this article is interesting in that it goes toward explaining why we…
