It’s impossible to quantify the influence that James Cameron’s Aliens had on the gaming industry. From inspiring enemies in everything from Ecco the Dolphin to Contra and introducing audiences to the concept of sci-fi pulse rifles, it’s amazing how one film almost single-handedly managed to define video game aesthetics for decades to come. Though we’ve […]
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Alien: Earth’s talented creature and prosthetic supervisors talk about finding space for creepy new creations that build upon the franchise’s frightening lore. Alien hit the ground running with its Xenomorph, Facehugger, and Chestburster designs, all of which have become signature sci-fi creations. However, part of the fun of Alien’s copious – and sometimes messy – […]
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Despite its ups and downs, I’ve always respected the Alien franchise for daring to try something new with every new entry. From Vietnam allegories to reimagining Chariots of the Gods as a Lovecraftian origin story for the Xenomorphs, the series challenges the very concept of genre as it explores what might go wrong when humanity […]
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The commercial space tug Halloweenies is in quarantine. After inspecting a transmission from a nearby moon, the crew returns with a perfect organism: Ridley Scott‘s Alien. In the second of three episodes dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror, McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Michael Roffman, and Rachel Reeves move to the lab to study Jerry Goldsmith‘s […]
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In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be discussing Paul W.S. Anderson’s ambitious crossover, Alien vs Predator. At first glance, Alien vs Predator sounds like an incredibly obvious idea. After all, both intellectual properties are conveniently owned by the same parent company and occupy equally iconic spaces in popular culture (they’re also simultaneously aliens […]
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Erich Von Däniken first popularized the Ancient Astronaut theory way back in 1968 with the release of his controversial Chariots of the Gods?, which suggested that human civilization was influenced by extraterrestrials that inspired primitive religions. Though the book has been heavily criticized by academics due to its misleading presentation of legitimate historical findings, its […]
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