"Alien" Explorations Index

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1. Alien 

2. Aliens

3. Alien 3

4. Alien Resurrection

5. Aliens vs Predator

6. Aliens vs Predator : Requiem 

7. Prometheus


Other Alien blogs to explore:

Strange Shapes - Weyland Yutani Archives

Forums to visit
AlienExperience.com - AVPGalaxy.net - PrometheusNews.net - Propsummit.com

Sites to journey to
Dennis Lowe's website

Alien

Conceiving the story

Early Development of the Alien Script

The Original Alien Script:

Ash the Robot

Creating the Movie

Nostromo 
 

Carlo Rambaldi's Alien monster concept 

Ridley Scott's Alien Monster

The Design of the Derelict

Early Designs for the Space Jockey

Unlocking the design of the Space Jockey

Into the Minds of the Production Crew

The Tomita Planets

Afterworlds

Dan O'Bannon's Mysteries:

Inspired by Erich Von Daniken?

Galactic Geography: 

H.R Giger's Egyptian Mysteries

Jean Delville's influence on Giger  

The Development of Necronom IV 

  
Space Jockey's origins in "Swiss Family Robinson"

Dissecting the Derelict : an essay by myself from the late 1990s

Resources
Interview and Commentary transcriptions
i Edited Ridley Scott commentary for the Alien 20th Anniversary DVD  
ii. Raw Ridley Scott Commentary for the Alien 20th Anniversary DVD 
iii. Edited Alien Laserdisc Don Shay interview with Ridley Scott
iv. Raw Alien Laserdisc Don Shay interview with Ridley Scott 
v. FollowTheNerd.com interviewed Brian Muir at Heroes...
vi. Online version of the early Alien script by Dan O'Bannon

Aliens

Fom Zig Zag Devil via Delville & Giger to Cameron's Alien Queen 
1. Finding the pieces,  2. The Zigzag Devil, 3. Jean Delville's Treasures of Satan, 4. Alien Monster IV, 5. The Alien Queen

Acheron

Giger's talks about Aliens

Alien 3

 The Beginning of Alien 3

The Shadow of the Sphinx

Alien Resurrection

Joss Whedon injects vampiric blood into the script

The Resurrection of Ripley

The Viper's Nest

Artists
Chris Cunningham/Hall
Steve Wang
Jordu Schell

Giger's responses to the film

1.  Giger's letter to Twentieth Century Fox no.1 (November 13th 1997) 
2. Giger's letter to Twentieth Century Fox no.2 (December 19th 1997)

 

Aliens Vs Predator

 
Constantine Sekeris sketches for alien lifeforms

1. Constantine Sekeris' sketches for Alien facehugger, 

2. Constantine Sekeris' sketches for Alien warriors,

3. Constantine Sekeris sketches for an Alien Queen

Aliens In A Puzzle Box Pyramid

Borrowed from the Alien saga

1. Title Sequence, 2. Silhouette of the Alien Queen, 3. Nodding duck  

4. Reflections in the helmets, 5. Bishop returns again, 6. The Pyramid

Alien vs Predator Requiem

The Evolution of the PredAlien
1) J. J. Booker's "Hy'brid" from the Facehugger fanzine 1993,  
2) Dave Dorman's Predalien mid 1990s,  
3) Predalien in "Alien vs Predator duel"comicbook, 1995, 
4) White hybrids in "Alien vs Predator: Deadliest 
of the Species" comicbook, 
5) Alien vs Predator film's Hybrid Chestburster,
6) Marvel's Iron Spider 
7) Michael Broom's Predalien,   
8) Farzad Varahramyan's Predaliens , 
9) Justin Murray's Predaliens,  
10) The Predalien,  
11) The AVP:R Alien warrior.