Last fall we dropped an exclusive first look at developmental concept art for the currently in pre-production Noah Hawley led Alien series by FX. Filming is still set to begin sometime this year.
Given it’s Alien Day, we just couldn’t help but bring you three more pieces of Weta concept art produced during the series development. Keep in mind that these are early concepts that may or may not be reflective of how these planned scenes look in the show.
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The first piece depicts Wendy within an urban forest, wielding blades as a Xenomorph stalks her through the trees. Next up we can see another angle of the USCSS Maginot Weyland-Yutani starship crash, something we shared artwork on last fall. Prodigy Tactical Response, a PMC unit of the Prodigy Corporation rushes to view the crash from their rooftop recreation area. Lastly, we have a view of the crashed Maginot’s cryosleep chamber, being explored by Prodigy Tactical Response soldiers Hermit and Idoya.
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I'm a little worried that you're losing interest in this project.
I fully expect it'll be just like Star Trek Discovery, which the showrunners insist is set in the original continuity despite all the incongruities. Anyone who balks will just be dismissed as toxic fans.
SSDD
In Noah's Alien, the president says to THR that it is the same universe, that it is not a reboot. And the first story in the Alien saga.
It IS different than Legion but it also says that Noah expands and reimagines Alien.
I think that even being in the Alien universe, Noah will have the freedom to follow his path and it may not fit well or yes, but it officially goes before Alien.
My doubt is if they mean before Alien or before Covenant.
70 years since now ( says CEO to THP) is between Prometheus and Covenant.
https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/878020/patrick-stewart-legion-season-2-professor-x.jpg?w=790&f=ab1407dba13363cf08b980dc2798c537
Fairly direct connection to the films, but then they decided to go their own way with that depiction, so precedence for this already exists.
https://assets1.ignimgs.com/2019/07/12/legion-professor-x-charles-harry-lloyd-1562951800715_160w.jpg?width=1280
I remain fairly convinced this is more going to be Inspired By the franchise than in-continuity. Which in principle I fully support but it's all in the execution and so far, everything about this is off-putting to me personally.
which was kind of the design idea behind the Uruk Hai swords.
Definitely Weta designs, then.
I am seeing similarities in Kerry and Wendy from what we know, both have obviously an interest in swords apparently, in Kerry's case that interest came from being an immature person in a mature person's body, I would not be surprised if Wendy's characterisation's similar considering the circumstances, and also both have a strange but powerful connection to their brother because of their circumstances.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/21dfc18059001aec90b32cf9c6833cd4/tumblr_pveg13Ztei1tmsxdno1_540.gif
So not totally out of the blue for Noah Hawley but certainly, not the Alien people are already familiar with, whether it is well told or not and the tone will be the main deciding factors for me.
God, I hope the dialogue is just bursting with MCU quips.
What concerns me the most at this time is the period that the story takes place in..
REALLY hope it's not set pre-Alien like the FX president keeps saying..
I've just come to accept that this franchise isn't gonna deliver EXACTLY what i want from it... ever. and it's kind of part of the fun to me at this point.
REMINDER!
https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/418260/ridley-scott-says-alien-is-a-great-superhero-movie-calls-the-rest-of-the-genre-boring-as-shit/
what are the chances that Wendy will kick an Alien in its noggin..
https://youtu.be/BxHbOc5ii3w?list=TLPQMzAwNDIwMjMNmQLQL3GqWQ
The lies.
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I'll have to withhold judgment until I see her dance sequence.
I myself don't care who's attached to it so I'll laugh at it anyway.
My mates who are all keen Star Wars fans are split on Andor. Those that were not fans of it, didn't hate it but rather found it boring (and these are all 40+ middle aged nerds... I mean men).
That said most people I know were very positive on it.
Both Alien Isolation and artificial intelligence within the Alien fiction.
Even on Xbox 360 Alien Isolation played well, despite the technical limitations, and having no business being even remotely playable on a console of that spec.
I have not seen any evidence of Andor being divisive either, just overwhelming praise for the writing, the directing and acting.
The only detractors of note I can think of being Star Wars Theory who disliked the absence of lightsabers and the force and recognisable George Lucas elements which fair enough, if that's what you're interested in, and conservatives who took issue with "the politics" because they are uncomfortably close to Fascism and do not want to admit it.
I just would like any evidence for the wild claims I see from him.
Have you ever heard a Tragedy of Bolt Gun The Floating ?
I love Isolation and have nothing against Xenomorphine for disliking it cause he explained his POV on numerous occasions
I've praised the presentation style of 'Isolation' countless times. But if you're going to claim I should promote something which has been nothing but an unplayable glitch-fest for me, you're basically saying I should lie.
That's why I've also qualified my comments on it by saying I'm in the minority and that I'm glad others have enjoyed every minute with it. That's honesty. Not understanding why you'd have an issue with that.
And, yes, I regard 'Andor' as bad. Many others do, too. I can go into why that is and provide constructive criticism to back my view up.
You wrote, "the fans." Like, the entire fandom. I was pointing out opinion on 'Andor' is very divisive. It's not a great example of something which has had overwhelmingly positive response in a fandom.
No idea how true this is given the notoriously janky source but... I guess she might be our Wendy?
Apply it to you too when speaking not only for your but for many. At the end of my comment I say that I speak for me.
Andor is liked by many and not by others, as always happens.
But we are not talking about Episode I or Alien4 than like less, but about Andor than like a lot and that is not an opinion, it is a fact.
And it doesn't change that many don't like it, as happens in all series. Andor is not Alien, which is something perfect and 99% like it. But I think the majority of SW fans like it and if it is not like that, they lose it because within SW it is one of the best written.
But is a example on Tony G like showrunner no fan of SW and polemican desicions. But Is not site to speak SW. Is a example.
Noah is polemic and fan de Alien? or fan SCFI como Tony que used SW/Alien for make other show different SW/Alien but than is SW/Alien too. Renoved, more serious, more politique, more thriller ...
Noah tell than this show is thriller style cold war with two corporations enfrentend. Spies, SCFI, tecnology different..But terror, Alien small scenaries with people versus Alien too in typical movie Alien.
His show is big an ambicious in tones, geners, styles.. My intuition
Mind open like ANDOR , MY opinion OF COURSE.
I fan stranger/radical becose love Alien but bored me Alien. I Need new formule, I need a terrorism showrunner to piss off fans and do what they want without paying attention to them.
Fede Alien yes. Respect, Original formule, classic Alien 79. I Love these style BUT in show Noah I want revolution and shit on Alien.
This is the Way, MY Way
Ha yes, indeed!
Didn't Scott call Xenomorphs dragons at one point?
Isolation's not good, Andor's not good, your takes just get worse each year huh?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/3d68a91acb6fa0f5eee4c7a8555e4257/tumblr_mhmc4onydU1r7wvzxo3_r1_400.gif
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Maybe a dream sequence, but it would still be hopelessly predictable.
A synthetic trying to do a 'last stand' thing? The blades look too obviously... Bladey, not something improvised and repurposed as last-ditch weapons.If you were a robot, you might as well just hurl rocks at range with the force of a hydraulic cannon, instead.
Maybe they're not metal blades, but some sort of super-heated industrial tool? Well, then you might (maybe) not damage the instrument, but the wielder will still be getting splashed.
It runs a danger of feeling very cartoonish, in any case. The recent comics had a very similar issue.
Many of us detested 'Andor'. Attrociously written, IMO, with zero character development. It's better not to assume one's personal views apply to the entirety of a fandom.
Better or worse is more complicated than more or less Star Wars.
The Mandalorian is good and pure Star Wars.
Is more important quality general and quality Showrunners or directors like Filoni in Mandalorian or Tony Gilroy in Andor.
The fans didn't trust Tony before they saw it.
Good scripts are the most important thing and people who know what they are doing with creative freedom.
Noah H is good but is Noah...
Alien hasn't had a really good movie, a really good one since Aliens. Is a Universe dead where experiment in this serie and movie Fede is more clasic.
Fox give two products Alien very differentes to differents audiences.
FX is not Fox. FX is more liberty to showrunners than Fox to directors.
His tone in this series will only be known if he is good at watching the series.
Seeing concept art is tricky out of context.
PREY suffered hate before the premiere so this series will be hated more because it is riskier que PREY and than Fede's movie.
Only by seeing it will we know if everything fits well or not. But for my part, a very open mind because Noah has had carte blanche for better or worse. And YES ninja robot is rare but in context in show maybe no. For me narrative is more importa than ALL, repeat speak for me.
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