Legendary Sci-Fi conceptual artist, designer, and Self-proclaimed ‘Visual Futurist’ Syd Mead has passed away at age 86. Complications from his three-year battle with lymphoma is being reported as the cause. Syd Mead is well known among our community for his work on ‘Aliens,’ where he developed the designs for the Sulaco spaceship exterior and interior, as well as concepts for the ... [Read More]

Wikipedia tells me that ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, is a “tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.” It’s a small pleasure! And there are YouTubers out there who specialize in creating videos that trigger this response, one of the more common being listening to ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 98th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Our penultimate episode of 2019 sees Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine reconvene to discuss the recently released documentary, Memory: The Origins of Alien! We discuss whether or not we learnt anything new from the documentary, the academic commentary on Alien, and ... [Read More]

Earlier this year the drama department of the North Bergen High School in New Jersey made some real waves on the Internet with their stage play adaptation of Alien! They garnered the attention of Sir Ridley Scott who sent them a letter of congratulations and donated money towards their school. Sigourney Weaver herself even showed up the ... [Read More]

While Disney’s long history of vaulting its own films in an effort to create artificial demand for those vaulted films is set to come to an end with Disney+, it seems 20th Century Fox classics such as The Fly, The Omen and Alien are now taking the place of the likes of The Lion King and Peter ... [Read More]

Alien’s cracked egg poster is not just one of the best pieces of imagery associated with Alien, but it’s also one of the most iconic pieces of advertising material for film. Philip Gips was one of the men involved in realising the marketing material for Alien (among many other films such as Rosemary’s Baby and Superman), and we’re sorry to ... [Read More]

YouTuber Schizofenik recently uploaded a new video in which he discovered a message hidden within the sparking effects of Predator 2! As the City Hunter’s cloaking malfunctions during the Slaughterhouse sequence, “marry me, Poynter” can be seen in sparks along the Predator’s wrist gauntlet! Donald Poynter was credited for Spark Animation on Predator 2, so it’s likely we’re ... [Read More]

With several cinema releases and its UK home release just over the horizon, the official trailer for Alexandre O. Philippe’s Memory: The Origins of Alien has been released online! Take an in depth voyage into the sci-fi masterpiece ALIEN with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time burst to life 40 ... [Read More]

For many fans the demise of Michael Biehn’s Corporal Hicks and Carrie Henns’ Newt was something of a letdown when it comes to Alien 3. The fans weren’t the only ones. Biehn has always been honest about his disappointment regarding Hicks’ fate. And in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that covers his career and his notable ... [Read More]

Memory: The Origins of Alien, a new documentary from Alexandre O. Philippe, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy was on hand to witness the premiere, and we had the opportunity to chat to its director, Alexandre. At the time they were still discussing with possible distributors but in April it was announced ... [Read More]