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."
BOOKS Company drone probes. 2019-06-08 08:09:08 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:08 PM CST <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."
EPHEMERA Happy “40”, ALIEN! 2019-04-26 09:36:33 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:39 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Musings of a quinquagenarian or: An exercise in free association for ALIEN Day 2019. <INTERFACE 2037 DISCONNECT>
CHARTING NOSTROMO… Memories of Nostromo: Darrell's story 2019-04-25 10:00:39 AM CDT2021-02-24 05:08:23 PM CST 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… Memories of Nostromo: Scott’s story 2019-04-18 06:00:26 PM CDT2020-12-24 08:15:38 AM CST W-Y TRANSMITTAL PROTOCOL 1809246(09)/SM >> BEGIN TRANSMISSION... Scott Middlebrook and I explored the universe of Alien through our respective websites back in the 90s with only email (gasp!) to communicate across the…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES… Alien Explorations adds page for ‘Lambert slap.’ 2018-12-16 08:30:43 PM CST2020-12-19 07:35:58 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> If you have never seen the scene (cut from the 1979 theatrical version) between Lambert and Ripley, are you in for a treat! Continue…
ART… Nostromo and planetary system, by Ari Williams. 2018-09-26 10:00:40 AM CDT2020-12-24 08:15:39 AM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> DALLAS All right, we're going in. PARKER (to Brett) Yeah, we're going in, aren't we? Art by Ari Williams Words by Walter Hill…
ART… Alien – Brett and Parker 2018-08-28 09:35:03 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:37:54 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> At first glance, this painting by Ian Puzon looks like a still photograph from the sequence in the film where Parker and Brett…
ART… The engineering mind of Parker. 2018-06-13 10:13:48 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:38:53 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Okay, so sure: we already knew from ALIEN that Parker had instinctive engineering skills despite his abrasive personality. After all, he came up…
EPHEMERA A little summer downtime. 2018-05-25 09:15:36 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:39:01 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> While the ship is berthed for cargo transfer, now would be a good time to get away from it all --- a little summer vacation (or…
