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Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Meow. Here, Jonesy.

brundlefly — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:18:09 -0800

220 images from Alien including behind the scenes photos, concept art and early effects shots.

By: growabrain

growabrain — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:23:09 -0800

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By: churl

churl — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:38:56 -0800

First time I've favorited a link before even clicking it.

By: churl

churl — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:40:06 -0800

I'm back for a sec to confirm the link is awesome. Okay clicking away again now ttyl

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:56:22 -0800

So, so awesome. The pictures of the actors who were inside the suit are really great.

By: curious nu

curious nu — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:10:57 -0800

Y'know, Alien is pretty fucked up.

By: Sternmeyer

Sternmeyer — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:29:46 -0800

I'll just go ahead and be that asshole who thinks Alien needed more Moebius even if it meant less Giger.

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:34:53 -0800

Great images. Alien is my favorite of the bunch especially for the little goofy moments that really look like just a guy in a suit--like when it's ejected from the airlock and hanging on to that tether. Or the Jazz-hands moment in the air ducts. Good stuff.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:37:52 -0800

I love the sketch by Scott. I had no idea he was that good of an illustrator.

By: Kevin Street

Kevin Street — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:58:42 -0800

That was Scott's thing in his earlier movies. He'd do hundreds of drawings and sketches, visualizing everything before he started filming.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:22:51 -0800

Guillermo del Toro does that as well. His illustrations are great.

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:27:08 -0800

Ron Cobb also designed a flag for the United Americas -the union of South, Central and North America which took place in 2104

By trade agreement, no doubt.

By: sonascope

sonascope — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:43:06 -0800

He will always be Pinback to me, even if he wasn't even really Pinback.

By: passerby

passerby — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:34:34 -0800

I'm pretty sure I independently came up with that "ALIEN NO VISITORS" sign when my parents wouldn't let me go to Dog Camp. In retrospect I wasn't ready for Dog Camp but I still think I'm owed a little taste of that overseas rev.

By: sonascope

sonascope — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:38:38 -0800

Also, for Alien fans, I can't recommend a viewing of Terrore Nello Spazio enough.

By: valkane

valkane — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:20:24 -0800

Now I have to go watch Alien agan? Thanks guys.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:41:25 -0800

I still remember how Alien was the first movie that really looked like it had jumped off of the covers of science fiction novels and magazines. The way that Scott used Cobb and Foss to design the human environment and Giger to design the alien side was brilliant. The dynamic of having those radically different artistic sensibilities set up in opposition to each other just made the alienness of the alien so stark and jarring. I still can't believe that he managed to make that movie in 1979, it was just so different than anything before it.

By: mcstayinskool

mcstayinskool — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:09:51 -0800

Sometimes throwback animated movies come out that use old-school techniques like stop-action photography. I'm thinking Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline, that kind of stuff. This needs to happen with sci-fi movies and model-based special effects. Movies like Alien had texture.

By: Bron

Bron — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:23:42 -0800

I don't think I ever realized the design of the Nostromo was essentially a bit of brutalist architecture in space! Great collection of images, thanks for posting.

By: vortex genie 2

vortex genie 2 — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:02:40 -0800

I just came in here to leave a picture of my cat, Jones.

By: Twang

Twang — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:11:22 -0800

Another, code-breaking sci-fi Jones from animalia.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:30:47 -0800

This needs to happen with sci-fi movies and model-based special effects. Movies like Alien had texture. I am (hopefully) going to make a SF short soon that does exactly that.