When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

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“I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley Scott to design the xenomorph for the first Alien film in the late 1970s.

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

Following the demise of Captain Arthur Dallas, who went looking for the growing Xenomorph inside the Nostromo’s ventilation shafts, with the intent of leading into, and out of, the airlock, the story ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

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As its title suggests, Alien: Earth was always going to bring Alien's Xenomorphs to our home planet. So how would the series adapt the legendary movie monster to its new environment? That was the ...