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…
COSTUMING… Nostromo Mania Fred: A trio of Mollo patches. 2018-11-13 07:58:51 AM CST2020-12-19 07:36:18 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Nostromo Mania Fred has found and shared some interesting Alien costuming treasures! https://www.facebook.com/1327266277363270/photos/a.1349203075169590/1974726805950544/?type=3&theater <INTERFACE 2037 DISCONNECT>
CHARTING NOSTROMO… Are ya ready for Bill Pearson? 2018-09-15 01:10:49 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:37:35 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I recently re-visited the website of professional model-maker Bill Pearson. It is an understatement to say that I was BLOWN AWAY by the wealth…
BOOKS… Seven cocoons. 2018-05-10 11:23:26 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:39:09 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Excerpted from Alien, a novel by Alan Dean Foster. Warner Books Edition. Copyright (c) 1979 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation. <INTERFACE 2037 DISCONNECT>
FILM… RIDLEY SCOTT: DIRECTING ‘ALIEN’ THROUGH AN ARTIST’S EYES – Scraps from the loft 2018-02-19 03:30:30 PM CST2020-12-19 07:48:30 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> In this interview transcript from Starlog Magazine in September 1979, Ridley Scott talks about how he came to ALIEN. This provides some interesting context…
MODELS… “It seems to have life…organic life.” 2017-02-10 08:00:26 AM CST2020-12-19 07:50:31 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Deep below a mysterious derelict on an unnamed alien planet, a lone space-suited figure probes the darkness. Surrounded by leathery objects ("...like eggs or something..."), Executive…
MODELS… “Kick on the floods.” 2017-01-28 10:05:26 AM CST2020-12-19 07:50:31 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> These words, first spoken in 1979 by Tom Skerritt's Captain Dallas, ushered in a new world of science fiction movies that depicted the "used universe"…
FILM… “Equatorial orbit nailed”: the story behind the computer animations of ‘Alien’. 2016-05-21 10:51:50 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:50:48 PM CST The retro-futurist design aesthetic of Ridley Scott's Alien lends authenticity to the depiction of the commercial towing vehicle, Nostromo, that veteran of untold ore-processing runs in the service of Weyland-Yutani's…
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