Independence Day: ID4's biomechanical suit

Independence Day poster

Leading from

Patrick Tatopoulos 

and

Prometheus: The "Space Jockey as a suit" question

and

Prometheus: Origins of Carlos Huantes babyhead

biomechanical suit from "Independence Day" (Source ID4 Blu-Ray)

In 1996 which is the year that Ridley did claim to have the idea, the movie Independence Day was released which had the idea of extra terrestrials that were slightly Alien inspired which turned out to be organic suits (designed and created by Patrick Tatopoulos who later went onto design the pyramid and its interior and the Predator-Alien chestburster in Alien Vs Predator) with smaller extraterrestrials slightly resembling the idea of a Grey hidden inside. 

a) See: Which direction to follow?

 

b) See: The creature within

 

c) See: Comparison to Dali's The Painter's Eye from 1942
 

d) See: Likely sources of reference for the ID4 alien exoskeleton suits

 Martian War Machines with tentacles

 

e) See: Comparisons to H R Giger's art

 

 

f) See: Exploration of early illustration for the biomechanoid suit by Patrick Tatopoulos

 

g) See: The skin of a bear

 

 

biomechanical suit from "Independence Day" (source: SFX Octobre 1996, p29)