MODELS… Martin Bower! Commission builds! Installment payments! 2020-02-29 07:31:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:32:17 PM CST Martin Bower certainly makes his commission work look very attractive! My problem is, I’d need to build an addition to my study so I could display them properly. I love…
MODELS… In support of Martin Bower. 2019-12-13 08:34:41 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:03 PM CST Martin Bower, supervising model maker for Alien, has posted a “last call” message on his Facebook Page, advising anyone interested in commission work to get aboard now since his calendar…
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…
CHARTING NOSTROMO… Memories of Nostromo: Darrell's story 2019-04-25 10:00:39 AM CDT2021-05-02 07:13:28 AM CDT W-Y TRANSMITTAL PROTOCOL 1809246(09)/DC>> BEGIN TRANSMISSION... On September 30, 2017, The Nostromo Files launched “Memories of Nostromo,” a guest essay series. As I write these words, I realize that I…
FILM… Cine Sfx & Making Of: ALIEN ET 2001 MEME ENERGIE ? ALIEN AND 2001 SAME ENERGY ? 2018-12-22 04:00:04 PM CST2020-12-19 07:35:40 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Model work on science fiction miniatures was taking a turn for the better in the Seventies. In this post (September 2009), Fred compares the…
ART… Dave Addey’s ‘Typeset of the Future’ detonates! 2018-12-13 11:09:23 AM CST2020-12-19 07:35:59 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Dave Addey tweets about life as an author whose book is out and ginning up quite a bit of excitement! Continue reading "Dave Addey’s ‘Typeset…
FILM… Brian Johnson – British Cinematographer’s Clapperboard series 2018-09-08 08:00:28 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:37:37 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> For me, the name of Brian Johnson will forever be synonymous with shows like Space: 1999 and Alien, my entree into his SFX work.…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES… Of passion, vision, and inspiration: an interview with Germàn Impache. 2016-12-23 11:31:58 PM CST2020-12-19 07:50:38 PM CST I have been a fan of Alien since 1979, when that battered hulk of a space tug first groaned its way across the movie screen of my favorite theater, wiping…
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