BOOKS… “Continuity” fodder. 2021-03-22 05:29:00 PM CDT2021-03-22 09:31:50 PM CDT The Alien universe was so much simpler to keep up with back in the late 1990s: we had the Alien Laserdisc, Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition, Aliens: Special Edition, Alien3, and…
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… ‘Our Own’: an original ALIEN tale. 2019-05-27 02:53:45 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:17 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Reading through the lesser-active forums in AvPGalaxy can be an interesting adventure and welcome respite. I came across this original comic tale there and…
CHARTING NOSTROMO… Memories of Nostromo: Aaron’s Story 2019-04-22 02:00:38 AM CDT2020-12-24 08:15:37 AM CST W-Y TRANSMITTAL PROTOCOL 1809246(09)/AP >> BEGIN TRANSMISSION... Aaron Percival (aka Corporal Hicks) is co-administrator for AvPGalaxy.net, a writer, interviewer, and host of the AvPGalaxy Podcast. Aaron was the only "conscientious objector" to the…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES… Creatives: Scott Middlebrook, Alien Universe Timeline – Y U T A N I 2018-10-13 12:00:41 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:36:59 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Scott Middlebrook (or SM, as he is known at AvPGalaxy.net forums), has forgotten more about the Alien universe than I will ever know. That's…
ART… ‘David’, in the hands of Dane and Matt. 2018-09-05 09:00:12 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:37:47 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> My copy of Alien Covenant: David’s Drawings, by Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton, arrived yesterday afternoon via the hyperstate packet from Planet 4...and boy, it…
ART… A minute with Michael… and ASH – A Fan Fiction Comic. 2018-08-03 09:39:17 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:38:10 PM CST "The mystery surrounding Ash’s placement aboard Nostromo, and who he replaced, felt like that Ah ha! nugget for a story that every other writer skipped." -- Michael Scudieri Of all…
FILM… Making connections across the universe of Alien. 2018-07-15 05:15:13 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:38:20 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I had the pleasure of meeting Billy Mansell through our Twitter accounts recently. And as my fevered mind is wont to do, it started…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES… Names of the Alien – The Weyland-Yutani Debrief #3 2018-07-15 01:03:34 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:38:20 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> www.youtube.com/watch There's two reasons I like Hicks: one of them is his opinions on the alien, as stated in this very nice video presentation.…
FILM… Richard Alan Greenberg, designer of ALIEN title sequence, dead at 71. 2018-06-21 10:39:09 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:38:45 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I read today that the effects artist behind the ALIEN title sequence died Saturday, June 16, 2018. Richard Alan Greenberg set new standards for…
The Nostromo Files 