Podcast Research – ‘Alien’ Design: From House Harkonnen to Huge Honkers
When you consider all of the movie projects over the years that have been floated and then sunk under the waves of failed financing, at...
Nerdstalking Podcast Ep. 013
Where we discuss the five major flicks in the Alien movie franchise: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien3 (1992), Alien: Resurrection (1997), and Prometheus (2012). The...
‘Alien’: Inside Mother
Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes image from the making of Alien. From left, it's director Ridley Scott, giving some instructions to Ian Holm as science officer Ash,...
Podcast Research – ‘Alien’ Design: The Ore Refinery
It seems an oxymoron to describe a crew on a craft in deep space as 'grounded', but that's exactly what the Nostromo personnel in Alien feel...
Podcast Research – ‘Alien’ Design: The Xenomorph
One of the signature features of the titular creature(s) from the Alien franchise, besides their elongated heads, sharp teeth and lethally telescoping tongues, are their ability...
Podcast Research – ‘Alien’ Design: From Urns to Eggs and Back Again
What's interesting when researching the Alien movies for our next podcast are the design elements that echo down through the franchise, from 1977 all the way...
‘Prometheus’: The Perils of Running in a Straight Line
I enjoyed Ridley Scott's 2012 return to the Alien milleu, Prometheus. A prequel to the first film, it details a team travelling to a far star cluster...
Alien Design: The Terrible Beauty of H.R. Giger
You can't have a discussion about the Alien films without talking about the beautifully horrible works of Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger. Creating the creature, its environment,...
Original Alien Storyboards by Ridley Scott
Here is a taste of what's coming up on Nerdstalking in October. These are a few pages of the original storyboards Ridley Scott created when he...
