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H.R. Giger Returns To the Alien Franchise

Posted by timothy on from the how-could-this-not-give-nightmares dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Great news for Alien franchise purists, as conceptual artist H.R. Giger has been confirmed as a contributor to the prequel that Ridley Scott is set to begin shooting in February. The originator of the 'xenomorph' design, Giger was left out of James Cameron's Aliens (1986), since Cameron only needed a new 'Alien queen' design, and had come up with that himself. This article features the Swiss TV broadcast where Giger's wife broke the news, and a full gallery of Giger's conceptual work for Alien."

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  1. With all his nightmarish illustrations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've been to his museum in Switzerland and the dude has really nightmarish works - all from his conscious. His subconscious must be really weird

    I wonder if in his nightmares, he has fuzzy bunnies and care bears?

    1. Re:With all his nightmarish illustrations by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 5, Informative

      As I recall, Giger has night terrors and the stuff he paints is the stuff he sees in his dreams.

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  2. Re:Milking the cow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uh, yeah we have. Two words

    Rule #34

  3. Re:Once again proving my theory by mgblst · · Score: 1, Informative

    You mean like Moon, last year? Or 100 other original movies that are out there, but morons are too busy watching the same pap over and over again. Morons like you?

    There is stuff out there, go look for it.