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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. Milking the cow... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prequels of played out franchises mostly blow chunks. Mostly.

    1. Re:Milking the cow... by Scarumanga · · Score: 5, Interesting

      After reading the link I now see the direction this film might be taking, finally there will be some answers as to what this Alien race is, and possibly where it originated from what I understand. They mention something from the first Alien movie regarding the possible genetic manipulated alien sitting in the chair-like thing and envisioning this Alien race ... so there is no "knowing what will happen", we only know what happens in Alien..but HOW did that ship crash on that planet? Where did it come from? Who created those aliens?

  2. 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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