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.
According to Twitter, a Trilobite was spotted on the Alien: Covenant set. Twitter user hi_flyer7 has been sharing some pictures he took of the spaceship set at Milford Sound, New Zealand. He also tweeted to share some specific details of what he'd witnessed happening on set including the spotting of a newborn Trilobite:
"The white alien Shaw gives birth to in ... [Read More]
New set construction picture reveals link to Prometheus. One of the images most associated with Sir Ridley Scott's Prometheus was that image of the massive Engineer head that dominated the urn chamber within the Engineer facility. It was an image that was featured prominently during Prometheus' marketing.
It would now appear that another giant Engineer head monument is being constructed at Fox ... [Read More]
Spoilers follow - Explosion seen on location of Alien: Covenant! As filming continues on location in Milford Sound, New Zealand, it would appear effects work is beginning to take place! Several weeks ago we shared the first ever pictures from Alien: Covenant. They were of the construction of some sort of spaceship, possibly the airlock of a vessel of some ... [Read More]
In January Titan Books published The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 1, bringing together the first three expanded universe Alien novels by Steve and Stephani Danelle Perry. We decided to review each book separately rather than do a shortened over-all review and we have just uploaded our last review!
"They come in silence like death in the night. They are ... [Read More]
50 Cent to star in The Predator? Whilst talking to DJ Enuff' on satellite radio Sirius XM's Shade 45, Curtis James Jackson - better known as the rapper 50 Cent - said that he would be in Shane Black and Fred Dekker's new Predator film, The Predator:
"I'll be doing some new feature films and stuff like that too. I'll do ... [Read More]
Aerial Film Australia talks Alien: Covenant. Talking to If.com.au, Peter Beeh - one of Aerial Film Australia's founders - details their upcoming work providing their expertise for the aerial shots for Alien: Covenant and the kind of camera technology being used for filming:
“The system represents the pinnacle of aerial camera systems for film work. It is, the best of the ... [Read More]
A new Alien: Covenant location picture has now been posted, revealing a closer, clearer look at the set construction! After we revealed the first on location pictures of Alien: Covenant to the world, we continued to update the initial post with a few more long range images but nothing that was closer or clearer than the first ... [Read More]
We have just uploaded a review of NECA's Alien Isolation Xenomorph figure from Alien Series 6 by windebieste! Released in December 2015, NECA released their incarnation of the games Alien design in as part of an Alien Isolation themed series that included also included 2 variants of the game's protagonist, Amanda Ripley.
"Multiple joints throughout the figure serve it well and while ... [Read More]
Updated 01/04/2016 - I have added another 2 pictures to the gallery below. Thanks to Stolen for the close up one.
Updated 02/04/2016 - Added another one.
We have our first on location pictures of Alien: Covenant! Filming is due to start on Alien: Covenant in the next week or so and news of the crew moving into Fiordland National Park in ... [Read More]
The Alien - Out of the Shadows audiobook will be coming out Alien Day. Yesterday Fox announced all sorts of new goodies in their Alien Day press release including an audiobook of Titan's Alien - Out of the Shadows. The original novel by Tim Lebbon was released in 2014 (you can read our review of it here) and the ... [Read More]
Odd Studio is to provide make-up effects for Alien: Covenant. Talking to If.com.au about their Oscar win for their work on Mad Max: Fury Road, Odd Studio owners and directors Damian Martin and Adam Johansen briefly mentioned that they would be providing the make-up effects for Alien: Covenant:
"For their next gig, Martin and Johansen ... [Read More]
An increasing trend at the minute are days dedicated to specific franchises - May the Fourth (Star Wars), January 17th (17/01, Star Trek) to name a couple and now thanks to the fan community the Alien series now has it's own day! April 26th (4/26) is now coming to be known as Alien Day!
To celebrate the day, 20th Century Fox ... [Read More]