My name is Aaron Percival - although I go by the handle Corporal Hicks in the Aliens/vs/Predator community - and I'm the co-administrator of AvPGalaxy. I also work specifically as editorial doing news posts, interviews, articles, etc and handle public relations for the website. I also host and edit the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast.
I first saw the first half of Aliens on my 5th birthday after going on the Aliens - Ride at the Speed of Fright 4D cinema at American Adventure. It gave me nightmares for 5 years until I finally saw the film in its entirety and became obsessed with the franchise.
I have worked on various Aliens vs Predator websites since 2003 when I learnt HMTL over a weekend and created a website called AvPWorld. In retrospect it was a terrible looking website but it further enhanced my love of the franchise and the online community. I became a newsposter for AbsoluteAvP (previously AvP2.net) later that year.
In 2005 I eventually decided to close AvPWorld and take on a more editorial role working for the re-incarnate version of AvPNews hosted on GameGossip. Unfortunately the administrator left and I was left to run an entire website by myself again. Following the AICN script review of Aliens vs. Predator 2 I eventually lost the heart and left AvPNews in April of 2006.
When I was contacted by Darkness in November 2006 about using my articles & reviews for AvPGalaxy, I volunteered to join him as permanent staff and have been here ever since.
I have a very open mind when it comes to the franchise so I enjoy reading the various comics and novels so I can experience other stories outside of the films. I enjoy attending various conventions and playing numerous games based on the series.
During my time working on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy I've had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Alien Encounters: 25 Years of Aliens Convention. I've been featured in a documentary about Alien fandom called Alien Fans by Dennis Lowe. There is also a ship in the Aliens vs. Predator novel trilogy, The Rage War, named after me.
Following the release of Part 2 on Alien Day, the cast and crew of Alien: Solara are back with the third part of their fantastic Alien fan audio drama!
"As the crew of Solara investigate the engineer ship, Captain Anderson sees only dollar signs and draining the pockets of the rapidly declining Weyland-Yutani. But little does the entire crew know that ... [Read More]
The Alien series is branching out into the Young Adult genre with the announcement of a new novel, Alien: Echo! To be published by Imprint, the 320 page long hardcover novel is being written by Mira Grant.
Olivia and her twin sister Viola have been dragged around the universe for as long as they can remember. Their parents, ... [Read More]
Ahead of the upcoming panel at San Diego Comic Con, Entertainment Weekly have released a new interview with director and co-write Shane Black. Early on in the interview Black is asked about the film's new Upgrade/Ultimate Predator and what went into settling on the new design.
If the predator was to be an amalgam of, not just an ... [Read More]
Following our run through of the Colonial Marines campaign of Aliens vs. Predator (2010) earlier this year, we're back to play through the Predator campaign! We'll be uploading a new video to the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy YouTube Channel each day this week, beginning today with the Tutorial and Mission 1: The Jungle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVI0fJpzuk
Our entire playthrough of the ... [Read More]
Entertainment Weekly has shared nearly 30 exclusive stills from films that will be receiving some focus at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con. And that means we've got a brand new The Predator still!
It's a part of the film we've seen before, especially prominent in the trailers and seen recently in some stills released by Empire Magazine last ...[Read More]
Earlier this month Shane Black shared a picture on Instagram of what we believed was a n early prototype Pop Funko of the new Predator Dog! Now that the new The Predator line has hit the stores, we've got confirmation that it was in fact the Predator Dog! And now we have our first look at the Predator Dogs ... [Read More]
First teased by Dark Horse back on Alien Day, Comic Book Resource has just officially unveiled a brand new comic series based on William Gibson's first draft of Alien 3! Gibson, who has generally been reluctant to talk about his work on the film, had this to say about the upcoming adaptation:
“When your first contracted screenplay ... [Read More]
Alien 3 was a notoriously difficult production and went through many writers and directors before ultimately David Fincher took the reins on the film and has since disavowed the film, refusing to talk about it. It seems that Terry Gilliam was also offered the director's chair for the film!
In a new interview with Roger ...[Read More]
Here's something to help get you through your Monday! We have just uploaded the 68th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Our latest episode sees regular hosts Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine reconvene to discuss how we feel about Alien: Covenant after a year to learn about the film, re-watch it and re-consider ... [Read More]
Back in February The Predator underwent some extensive reshoots that reportedly significantly changed a lot of the third act of the film. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy can exclusively confirm that the reports of the major changes to the third act are true. And it sounds like a lot of what fans were criticising have been removed! Beware ... [Read More]
I think it would be fair to say that one of Alien: Covenant’s stand-out sequences was the flashback which showed the audience David massacre the Engineers who lived on Planet 4/Paradise. We had the pleasure to ask a couple of the actors involved with portraying those enigmatic extra-terrestrials about their time working on Alien: Covenant!
Alien vs. Predator Galaxy – Thank ... [Read More]
While Alien: Covenant wasn't a box office failure, it also wasn't the massive success that Fox were hoping for. Following Ridley Scott's latest prequel, 20th Century Fox reportedly started to look at the future of the Alien series and where to take it. This apparently led to the a major postponement of Alien: Covenant 2, with Scott seemingly ...[Read More]