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…
CHARTING NOSTROMO… Memories of Nostromo: Steve’s story 2019-04-20 06:00:21 PM CDT2020-12-24 08:15:37 AM CST W-Y TRANSMITTAL PROTOCOL 1809246(09)/SS >> BEGIN TRANSMISSION... Steve South (aka starrigger) is an accomplished digital artist whose enjoyment of Alien and research of the Nostromo has brought about his detailed…
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…
FILM… INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER ALAN LADD, JR. [Starlog] – Scraps from the loft 2018-02-22 03:30:17 PM CST2020-12-19 07:48:22 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> When no one else in late-Seventies Hollywood wanted to take a chance on a script about a beat-up space tug and its crew’s encounter…
FILM… H. R. GIGER: BEHIND THE ALIEN FORMS – Scraps from the loft 2018-02-21 03:30:22 PM CST2020-12-19 07:48:23 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> One of the few interviews with ALIEN’s dark artist that established how his name is pronounced. In this interview with Starlog’s David Huston, H. R.…
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…
FILM… ALIEN (1979): INTERVIEW WITH SCREENWRITER DAN O’BANNON – by Bob Martin [Starlog] 2018-02-18 08:27:29 PM CST2020-12-19 07:48:30 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Take a trip back to 1979 in this transcript of an interview with the man whose nightmare started it all. Continue reading…
FILM… Archeological Alien reading for your weekend. 2017-09-02 10:03:39 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:49:50 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Here are three issues of the long-defunct science fiction magazine Starlog, that beacon of all things sci-fi decades ago... Continue reading "Archeological Alien reading for…