Titan Books have been kind enough to provide us with a look at some of the images inside their upcoming book, Alien – The Archive, written by Mark Salisbury:
“Alien is one of the most original, thrilling, and beautiful franchises in cinema history. From Ridley Scott’s elegant horror masterpiece and James Cameron’s visceral and heart-poundingAliens, to David Fincher’s nihilistic Alien3, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s twistedAlien Resurrection, these are the films that birthed a monster and a cultural phenomenon.
Alien: The Archiveis a beautiful celebration of these landmark films, delving deep into the process of how all four films were created. From the earliest script ideas to final cut, this book showcases the making of the series in exhaustive and exclusive detail. Featuring storyboards from Ridley Scott, exclusive concept designs from Ron Cobb and Syd Mead, behind-the-scenes imagery of the xenomorphs being created, deleted scenes, unused ideas, costumes, weapons, and much more.
This must have retrospective also includes brand new interviews with Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, H.R. Giger, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jenette Goldstein, and those whose vision and originality created a cinema legend.
This book is for all fans of Alien, art lovers, and cinema and science fiction historians. Alien:The Archiveis the final word on the series and showcases the breathtaking creation of a terrifying and beautiful filmic nightmare.”
Some of these pictures are familiar and some I’ve never seen (like the above image of Ash’s head). Check out all 11 pictures provided to us below. Alien – The Archive is due out on the 31st of October. The next Alien novel, River of Pain, is due out on the 25th of November. And for those who have missed it, The Art of Alien Isolation was recently released as well.
Still haven't received my copy yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Archive-Ultimate-Classic-Movies/dp/1783291044/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415651929&sr=1-1&keywords=ALIEN%3AThe+Archive#customerReviews
Sounds Heavenly!
This is sparse? You should see the Robocop Book Titan put out. Great photos, but I really did a double-take when I got it. I think there's probably a movie magazine out there with more info, lol.
Nice cover art, but it's not like I'm going to buy it again.
The book's chock full of nice images, but the actual behind the scenes information contained in it is pretty sparse.
The lengths appear different, so on mine it might be an issue with the jacket alignment during production. Regardless, I'm finding an awful lot of manufacturing errors on Titan Book publications recently...
They are on mine. Must be a misprint. Unless the dust covers were trimmed incorrectly.
On the inside flaps (front usually has snyopsis of book,the back flap author info) are they equal length? If one is longer then the other its possible the jackets were not placed on the binding correct. If they are even and the book spine is at the center of the dust jacket...its a printing error. You may be able to center it even if the title is misaligned. But the inside flaps won't be even or a crease from the original placement may be visible.
Did anyone else receive a copy with the dustjacket mis-aligned? Normally, the publisher's name should be in the dead center of the spine, but on my copy it's way off to the right. I'm thinking it might drive me crazy every time I see it on my shelf like that. I wonder if I can re-fold it...
I don't mean the very expensive one, from sideshow collectibles.
I have been checking Amazon UK every day and nothing shows up. Wasn't it supposed to come out before Christmas?
Thanks
Even so, I still noticed the errant picture of an Alien 3 W-Y commando in amongst the Resurrection pages.
But I knew that with the page count, it was unlikely to be anywhere near as brilliant as the Rinzler Star Wars books (which are fantastic) and we have been rather spoiled with the Blu ray special features which are incredibly comprehensive.
But for £22, I'm happy with it, ff you are not sure, wait for the youtube reviews or till you can flick through in store.
I was really hoping it would be as in depth as the recent Star Wars making of books by JW Rinzler, it's not even close. There's literally nothing in the text that you won't have read before or watched in docs. I reckon it's going back to Amazon as a return. For me it's as disappointing as the Alien vault release.
More impressed than I was with the Vault, I didn't expect a load of unseen Alien 79 photos as the book of Alien, the special effects guide, etc are pretty packed to the gills with photos.
For £22, no qualms at all about recommending it. It's nice and chunky and I'm sure that there's stuff in there you haven't seen before.
(I also ordered Harry Potter from Page to screen as part of the order which also came today....now that is a monster! glorious making of book!)
Yes, it seem like a pity as much as that
Wel, quite honestly it's not the ultimate guide, it's a book filled with nice images but not the last words on the movies and as we have seen, there are some misplaced things.
Yes, this stuff to be exact:
www.cavex.nl/en/products/productcategory/13/sub-14/product-17
Odd claim though. It's not like it's just a misprint.
Anyway this book is simple stunning, the pictures and artwork are gorgeous. I don't have the time to sit down and read it right now but from the looks of it it will be a fascinating read.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cross-cult.de%2Ftl_files%2Fprojecttheme05_CrossCult%2FTITEL%2F03_sci-fi%2Falien%2Farchiv%2Fpic%2FAlienArchive_German-small.jpg&hash=b7923b704ad80821e6cc06fa19123de5596cf124
http://www.cross-cult.de/science-fiction-titeldetails/items/alien-archiv.html
www.ksdental.nl
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thearchive07.jpg
I would love both an ALIENS Vault and an ALIEN 3 Vault. Hopefully we'll see them someday.
This one.
It was fake. Mocked up for a magazine article.
Sorry.
I could have sworn I saw a picture of two A:R aliens crawling through jungle leaves somewhere on the internet a long time ago. Unless that was fan made?