Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 19, 2017, 06:06:00 PMis this a deliberate attempt to trigger my grammar correction
That that mean you like it alot?
Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 19, 2017, 07:41:43 PMlisten here you little scruffy lookin pirate
Oops. Fixed. ;D
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 19, 2017, 08:03:04 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Feb 19, 2017, 07:41:43 PMlisten here you little scruffy lookin pirate
Oops. Fixed. ;D
Quote from: Scorpio on Feb 20, 2017, 12:31:35 AMI'll be thrilled if that turns out to be the case, but sadly I just don't see it being so.
Like death staring at you in the face:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/Bartleby24/alien-mist.gif
If it shows up in Alien Covenant, will be a great moment for sure.
Quote from: Scorpio on Feb 20, 2017, 12:31:35 AM
If it shows up in Alien Covenant, will be a great moment for sure.
Quote from: PsyKore on Feb 20, 2017, 08:42:25 PM
Sometimes I like to think that the Alien is a bastardisation of an astronaut. The dome looks like a mimic of the spacemans visor.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 22, 2017, 11:15:30 AMThat's where I thought they were taking the Fifield helmet melting deal in Prometheus but all we got was zombie Fifield instead. :'(Quote from: PsyKore on Feb 20, 2017, 08:42:25 PM
Sometimes I like to think that the Alien is a bastardisation of an astronaut. The dome looks like a mimic of the spacemans visor.
That's a really interesting way to think of that. I really like that.
Quote from: Scorpio on Feb 20, 2017, 12:31:35 AM
Like death staring at you in the face:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/Bartleby24/alien-mist.gif
If it shows up in Alien Covenant, will be a great moment for sure.
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 12, 2017, 07:24:35 PMDone.
There should be an option for hating both the skull and the people who love it. >:(
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 13, 2017, 01:34:18 AM
My intense hatred glows in the dark. >:(
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2017, 04:36:05 PM
The fact that the "runner" didn't even have a bovine or canine snout only further proves that the alien doesn't inherit the skull of its host.
Quote from: windebieste on Aug 08, 2017, 05:34:39 AM
Look! YOU CAN SEE THE SKULL!!!!!!1!
https://i2.wp.com/www.hideousplastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CovenantAlien.gif?resize=500%2C208
;D
-Windebieste.
Quote from: NeoXenoPred on Aug 09, 2017, 10:11:57 AM
Loved the skull. It added the mysterious vibe and also looks creepy.
Quote from: NeoXenoPred on Aug 09, 2017, 10:11:57 AM
Loved the skull. It added the mysterious vibe and also looks creepy.
Quote from: windebieste on Aug 08, 2017, 05:34:39 AM
Look! YOU CAN SEE THE SKULL!!!!!!1!
https://i2.wp.com/www.hideousplastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CovenantAlien.gif?resize=500%2C208
;D
-Windebieste.
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 12, 2017, 07:24:35 PM
There should be an option for hating both the skull and the people who love it. >:(
Quote from: Olde on Aug 26, 2017, 02:32:55 AM
I voted what difference does it make. Because seriously. Who cares.
Quote from: Alionic on Aug 26, 2017, 01:15:45 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on May 12, 2017, 07:24:35 PM
There should be an option for hating both the skull and the people who love it. >:(
This is what I voted. How anybody can even support the slightest notion of the xenomorph having eyes is beyond me.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 26, 2017, 06:44:58 PMQuote from: Olde on Aug 26, 2017, 02:32:55 AM
I voted what difference does it make. Because seriously. Who cares.
That's hate speech.
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Apr 24, 2017, 05:25:12 PMNever happened this year... maybe next?
With Alien Day 2017 coming up, I wonder if we will get an Alien Halloween costume as a surprise. No SKULL of course :laugh:
Quote from: whiterabbit on Jan 29, 2018, 12:01:05 AM
Honestly with the direction Ridley Scott is going the Skull is probably a left over vestige from the xeno's days when it was a more human like creature. There is no escaping the fact that in Alien Ash's is clearly monitoring a very human-like embryo gestating inside of Kane.
The Skull stays.
Quote from: Xenomorph60 on Mar 04, 2018, 12:30:51 AM
I love!...as long as it is not to apparent. It is cool to see glimpses of it but in the original some scenes it was too visible and it looked weird.
Quote from: Vermillion on Mar 13, 2018, 11:34:01 AMWhat do you mean, you can see the ship is a set? Was that not always obvious?
BluRay 4K upconvertion you can see it clearly.
You can also see that the ship is a set and other movie tricks.
Quote
What do you mean, you can see the ship is a set? Was that not always obvious?
Quote from: Alionic on Aug 26, 2017, 01:15:45 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on May 12, 2017, 07:24:35 PM
There should be an option for hating both the skull and the people who love it. >:(
This is what I voted. How anybody can even support the slightest notion of the xenomorph having eyes is beyond me.
Quote from: whiterabbit on Mar 15, 2018, 08:37:56 AM
I don't think he is trolling. In HD you can clearly see that all the stuff is made out of common stuff you can buy from a hardware store. Back in the old 360i days everything looked more real. If you know what I mean. :P
Quote from: blackGoo|skin-lotion| on Mar 23, 2018, 11:52:27 AM
I´m curious how Ridleys Xeno queen will look like. If you crack the head open, you will probably find a butt in there - Easter Egg alert ::)
Quote from: NetworkATTH on Jan 30, 2018, 12:03:22 AMQuote from: whiterabbit on Jan 29, 2018, 12:01:05 AM
Honestly with the direction Ridley Scott is going the Skull is probably a left over vestige from the xeno's days when it was a more human like creature. There is no escaping the fact that in Alien Ash's is clearly monitoring a very human-like embryo gestating inside of Kane.
The Skull stays.
Probably, but I'm half entertaining the possibility as interesting, and half plugging my ears and closing my eyes and just enjoying the mystery of "Why the f**k does this well thought out biological organism also have a human skull on it, that's real f**king weird innit, why would it do that? Does it have something to do with why it was onboard the ship? But why?"
Better to just leave it at that implication.
It also is just a good design choice. It's eyeless with teeth, which recalls an animal attacking you, you just see the teeth before you die. But underneath its head, you can almost see a skull, it's just death. It's pure death. If you see something with a cowl and a misty concealed skull under it, and a jaw filled with metal teeth it's basically game over for you at that point. Giger's decision to bolt a real human skull onto it was probably just because it represents the monster, it's death. I'm not being real clear here, but I think you get what I'm saying. It was probably a decision on Giger's part to make the beast the real biological animal the script demanded, but also have an air of mystery to it, an air of terrifying mystery that just has no answers, but on top of that, the biggest reason I think it has a skull, is well
Because since it comes out of a human, or is born. And Giger is real into birth imagery, it's just a bastardization of the human form and human anatomy. It's a bastard child that is warped of flesh, metal, and bone. Having a skull on it that's visible is just a vicious parody of humanity. Almost as if it simply exists to remind its victims that its a bastardized human, and there's only one terrifying way it can make more of itself. Getting lost in the conversation of "human dna blah blah" misses the point that it is both a terrifying mystery, and a reminder of what it is, and what it wants. It wants sex, it wants rape, and it has endless wants to create more bastardized versions of humanity reduced to their base form and nature. A being that kills every threat and reduces them to material to create more of itself, and that misty impression of a skull is almost a ghostly reminder that there is a terrifying humanity in it.
If we were stripped of all humanity, we would act not so dissimilar from the alien. The skull is masked because it's supposed to be ghostly, an impression that this being has no need for a face to hide its skull. No need for soft flesh, it is purely offensive and destructive, it is every bit of humanity warped into such a thing that it is very alien and mysterious, but also very familiar, the implications being terrifying.
I'm positive that was the thought process going on in HR Giger's mind when he decided to bolt the skull down onto the suit, shielding it with a cowl that seems gelatinous or misty inside to conceal it enough; but not all the way. That it's a bastard child of humanity that becomes animal, like a science fiction vampire. Vampires are inherently sexual, and knowing Giger and his gothic nature, probably saw the cinematic nature of the movie he was making and thought, how do I out sexualize the vampire visibly with an implication that makes people squirm. But make the audience ponder enough about the nature of it, coming to their own conclusions, or maybe unconsciously knowing that it's just a reminder it has a dark humanity to it that we find alien in ourselves. Something we almost feel is insectoid and shameful, a bit of Kafka. The Alien is the prodigal Gregor Samsa almost. The fowl beast inside all of us that we hate and cannot control. We just want to slap it with a broom like Samsa's family did with Gregor, ultimately leaving him to die. Unlike Gregor, there is a ferocious need for more in the design of the alien, from the skull to the implication of stiletto like feet. The impression of both a vulva and a penis. It's Gregor Samsa without the shame.
Why does it have a gealitnous cowl? We don't know, it's an alien. Why does it have a skull? Good question, but we both know the answer.
Quote from: Its_Auto on Jul 10, 2018, 02:16:16 AM
Instead of debating the skull, can we focus on the REAL enemy: the Resurrection/AVP tail fin!!
Quote from: Its_Auto on Jul 10, 2018, 02:16:16 AMThe real enemy is the SKULL >:(
Instead of debating the skull, can we focus on the REAL enemy: the Resurrection/AVP tail fin!!
Quote from: Its_Auto on Jul 10, 2018, 02:16:16 AMNow you're talkin'! 8)
Instead of debating the skull, can we focus on the REAL enemy: the Resurrection/AVP tail fin!!
Quote from: FenGiddel on Jul 12, 2018, 12:37:36 AMUh, before we dock, I think we oughta discuss the tail situation. It's unfair that the skull gets all of the hate when that sploshy tail fin from A|R is wholly worthy of just as much hate. The tail deserves a full share of the hate.Quote from: Its_Auto on Jul 10, 2018, 02:16:16 AMNow you're talkin'! 8)
Instead of debating the skull, can we focus on the REAL enemy: the Resurrection/AVP tail fin!!
Quote from: 426Buddy on Aug 18, 2018, 02:43:12 PM
Skull is great, skull is all!!!
Quote from: Vermillion on Aug 20, 2018, 11:49:28 PM
Hehe. Skull rubbing porn.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 03, 2018, 04:09:09 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that Local is actually a closet Skull lover. All the signs are pointing toward it. In fact, I bet he has a whole closet full of skeletons.
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/indiana-jones-4-1202335.jpg
Quote from: 426Buddy on Sep 03, 2018, 04:15:07 PM(https://media.giphy.com/media/Hk04hIz9UENuo/200.gif)
FiorinaFury161 we know you'll turn to the skull side. They always do... in the end.
Quote from: Vermillion on Sep 04, 2018, 02:28:38 AMIt ain't working for the guy buffing his car, why would you think that would work on us?
Distraction
https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT77XXAEuLgk3uC3ja/giphy.gif
Quote from: Vermillion on Sep 04, 2018, 02:28:38 AM
Distraction
https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT77XXAEuLgk3uC3ja/giphy.gif
Quote from: whiterabbit on Sep 04, 2018, 03:58:49 AM
Now back to the skull debate... I'm sensing a civil war.
Quote from: Crazy Shrimp on Sep 03, 2018, 05:34:21 PMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 03, 2018, 04:09:09 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that Local is actually a closet Skull lover. All the signs are pointing toward it. In fact, I bet he has a whole closet full of skeletons.
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/indiana-jones-4-1202335.jpg
Local is a senior member of the Skull fraternity. A secret society dedicated to worshipping all kind of skulls, but especially the xeno-shaped ones ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/hPY3uWE.jpg)
Quote from: whiterabbit on Sep 04, 2018, 03:58:49 AMI am distracted by the guy buffing his car (pun on words) ;)Quote from: Vermillion on Sep 04, 2018, 02:28:38 AMIt ain't working for the guy buffing his car, why would you think that would work on us
Distraction
https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT77XXAEuLgk3uC3ja/giphy.gif
Quote from: Vermillion on Sep 06, 2018, 01:04:47 AM
https://media2.giphy.com/media/13gQDQyb4JIWic/giphy.gif
Quote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 04, 2018, 04:03:58 AM
Let me put on my psychology goggles
Frankly, I don't understand what's wrong with the skull. And I could also see why someone would hate the skull. The alien is a metaphor monster, so if someone thinks the skull is spooky, they're probably afraid of skulls in the context of sex. If someone isn't, and they think a featureless dome is scary during sex, they're probably a repressed homosexual.
Can we at least agree on this
Quote from: Huggs on Oct 05, 2018, 12:14:06 AMuh come again?Quote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 04, 2018, 04:03:58 AM
Let me put on my psychology goggles
Frankly, I don't understand what's wrong with the skull. And I could also see why someone would hate the skull. The alien is a metaphor monster, so if someone thinks the skull is spooky, they're probably afraid of skulls in the context of sex. If someone isn't, and they think a featureless dome is scary during sex, they're probably a repressed homosexual.
Can we at least agree on this
Say what?
Quote from: Huggs on Oct 05, 2018, 12:14:06 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 04, 2018, 04:03:58 AM
Let me put on my psychology goggles
Frankly, I don't understand what's wrong with the skull. And I could also see why someone would hate the skull. The alien is a metaphor monster, so if someone thinks the skull is spooky, they're probably afraid of skulls in the context of sex. If someone isn't, and they think a featureless dome is scary during sex, they're probably a repressed homosexual.
Can we at least agree on this
Say what?
Quote from: SM on Oct 06, 2018, 08:54:47 PM
Tell me about your mother.
Quote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
Quote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 10:11:51 PMLmao, in all seriousness Freud was someone who quite literally seemed to always have had dick on the mind.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
I think it means you're afraid of Freud's dick.
Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 10:54:36 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 10:11:51 PMLmao, in all seriousness Freud was someone who quite literally seemed to always have had dick on the mind.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
I think it means you're afraid of Freud's dick.
Quote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 11:11:55 PMWait did you really just say poop l? :laugh:Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 10:54:36 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 10:11:51 PMLmao, in all seriousness Freud was someone who quite literally seemed to always have had dick on the mind.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
I think it means you're afraid of Freud's dick.
That and his own poop. And mother, of course.
Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:47:22 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 11:11:55 PMWait did you really just say poop l? :laugh:Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 10:54:36 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 10:11:51 PMLmao, in all seriousness Freud was someone who quite literally seemed to always have had dick on the mind.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
I think it means you're afraid of Freud's dick.
That and his own poop. And mother, of course.
Quote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 11:58:25 PMJesus, just when I though that the man couldn't be any more of a repressed sexual deviant.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:47:22 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 11:11:55 PMWait did you really just say poop l? :laugh:Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 10:54:36 PMQuote from: Huggs on Oct 15, 2018, 10:11:51 PMLmao, in all seriousness Freud was someone who quite literally seemed to always have had dick on the mind.Quote from: Nyarlathotep on Oct 15, 2018, 11:12:30 AMQuote from: NetworkATTH on Oct 10, 2018, 06:19:00 PMBut what if I like the skull as well as the idea of necrophilia and rot? ;)
It just means the Alien is a Freudian mess meets a Lovecraftian mess. The head is a dick, so if you like the skull you don't like the idea of necrophilia and rot, and if you want it totally covered you're interested more in the dick aspect. I'm just saying.
I think it means you're afraid of Freud's dick.
That and his own poop. And mother, of course.
Indeed I did. I'm talkin' Scat, the fudge, Mr. Brownstone, fecal matter, shite, doodie, and poo.
Freud loved him some good ol' dookie. A one man "poopocalypse".
Quote from: Vermillion on Oct 16, 2018, 05:17:39 PM
Skull to scat.
Thread skid mark
Quote from: whiterabbit on Oct 17, 2018, 10:11:40 PMPerhaps, I'm sure he'd definitely would have loved it's sexual themes.
Freud would be so proud... um, actually, I wonder just what he would have to say about Alien. Probably be his favorite movie of all time?
Quote from: whiterabbit on Oct 17, 2018, 10:11:40 PM
Freud would be so proud... um, actually, I wonder just what he would have to say about Alien. Probably be his favorite movie of all time?
Quote from: The Old One on Nov 07, 2018, 09:53:32 PM
The latest picture in the "Best pic of an Alien" solidifies the skull for me. ;D
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Oct 17, 2018, 10:21:12 PMQuote from: whiterabbit on Oct 17, 2018, 10:11:40 PM
Freud would be so proud... um, actually, I wonder just what he would have to say about Alien. Probably be his favorite movie of all time?
He would like to marry Giger.
Quote from: Vermillion on Nov 13, 2018, 04:33:10 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Oct 17, 2018, 10:21:12 PMQuote from: whiterabbit on Oct 17, 2018, 10:11:40 PM
Freud would be so proud... um, actually, I wonder just what he would have to say about Alien. Probably be his favorite movie of all time?
He would like to marry Giger.
Lol. Giger was so into BDSM you'd be whistling outta your butt for days!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 11, 2019, 08:43:44 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcqUSJ7WAAAJp2J.jpg)
Quote from: Huggs on Jan 11, 2019, 07:26:40 PM
That's more like it. Better get the smelling salts ready for Local though.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jan 11, 2019, 07:30:48 PMQuote from: Huggs on Jan 11, 2019, 07:26:40 PM
That's more like it. Better get the smelling salts ready for Local though.
I think it's gonna take an ultra-powerful fart to wake him after this.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jan 11, 2019, 06:38:44 PM
And now we have the Corporal trolling... :laugh:
Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 07, 2019, 11:09:46 PM
Yes, horrific indeed. >:(
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 12:51:16 PM
the skull is inherently connected to the concept of a semi-transparent cowl suggesting what is beneath it; i.e. death. It also doubles as an allegorical 'death astronaut' so double cool for it
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 12:51:16 PM
the skull is inherently connected to the concept of a semi-transparent cowl suggesting what is beneath it; i.e. death. It also doubles as an allegorical 'death astronaut' so double cool for it
Quote from: Kradan on Feb 24, 2019, 03:57:41 PMbut it IS eyeless. The skull is beneath the dome, only glimpsed at (the dome is not transparent, but translucent to a degree), totally nonfunctional
I know that has been said many many times before, but anyway: skull is cool as idea but in actual movie it's better when Alien is eyeless creature because that makes him, you know, more ALIEN.
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 04:05:17 PMQuote from: Kradan on Feb 24, 2019, 03:57:41 PMbut it IS eyeless. The skull is beneath the dome, only glimpsed at (the dome is not transparent, but translucent to a degree), totally nonfunctional
I know that has been said many many times before, but anyway: skull is cool as idea but in actual movie it's better when Alien is eyeless creature because that makes him, you know, more ALIEN.
were it outside the dome it would look silly, but it's the fact it's within the dome making it a brilliant detail
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 04:05:17 PM
were it outside the dome it would look silly, but it's the fact it's within the dome making it a brilliant detail
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 25, 2019, 08:28:29 AMthey did consider something like thatQuote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 04:05:17 PM
were it outside the dome it would look silly, but it's the fact it's within the dome making it a brilliant detail
I reckon it would have made a good Newborn.
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 26, 2019, 05:14:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 25, 2019, 08:28:29 AMthey did consider something like thatQuote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 04:05:17 PM
were it outside the dome it would look silly, but it's the fact it's within the dome making it a brilliant detail
I reckon it would have made a good Newborn.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9bcvjlVtgq0/VuiAo2XM3xI/AAAAAAAAYrw/ALl8xHBpUIcYlyyB-10wDlWVc2ZsAer4g/s1600/newbornmaquette27.png
and iirc the original chris hall pitch design that established the direction they went in was akin to this idea too
Quote from: Omegamorph on Feb 26, 2019, 05:14:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 25, 2019, 08:28:29 AMthey did consider something like thatQuote from: Omegamorph on Feb 24, 2019, 04:05:17 PM
were it outside the dome it would look silly, but it's the fact it's within the dome making it a brilliant detail
I reckon it would have made a good Newborn.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9bcvjlVtgq0/VuiAo2XM3xI/AAAAAAAAYrw/ALl8xHBpUIcYlyyB-10wDlWVc2ZsAer4g/s1600/newbornmaquette27.png
and iirc the original chris hall pitch design that established the direction they went in was akin to this idea too
Quote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:24:57 PM
That's going to trigger some skull's ptsd.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:29:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:24:57 PM
That's going to trigger some skull's ptsd.
Local Trouble hates this.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 27, 2019, 05:39:42 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:29:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:24:57 PM
That's going to trigger some skull's ptsd.
Local Trouble hates this.
Tell him to barf a couple of eggs and call me in the morning.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:47:23 PM
The subtle skull on our egg barfing princess was one of the few good things about its design.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/b4/ab/1eb4ab68eec54d5c0997ae0fa3cdf9fb.jpg)
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/avp/images/e/ee/Sewerpredalien.png/revision/latest?cb=20180424225316
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:46:51 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 27, 2019, 05:39:42 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:29:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:24:57 PM
That's going to trigger some skull's ptsd.
Local Trouble hates this.
Tell him to barf a couple of eggs and call me in the morning.
Sure. Can I add a note saying "Vermillion is the better troll. #TeamVerm" on it?
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 27, 2019, 05:59:21 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:46:51 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 27, 2019, 05:39:42 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Feb 27, 2019, 05:29:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:24:57 PM
That's going to trigger some skull's ptsd.
Local Trouble hates this.
Tell him to barf a couple of eggs and call me in the morning.
Sure. Can I add a note saying "Vermillion is the better troll. #TeamVerm" on it?
Who is this Vermillion you speak of?
Quote from: Samhain13 on Feb 27, 2019, 05:47:23 PM
The subtle skull on our egg barfing princess was one of the few good things about its design.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/b4/ab/1eb4ab68eec54d5c0997ae0fa3cdf9fb.jpg)
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/avp/images/e/ee/Sewerpredalien.png/revision/latest?cb=20180424225316
Quote from: Oasis Nadrama on Feb 28, 2019, 05:04:18 AM
Holy shit, never noticed that part of the terrible Chet design. You learn new things every day.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 28, 2019, 08:57:38 AMI actually really like Chet's design.Quote from: Oasis Nadrama on Feb 28, 2019, 05:04:18 AM
Holy shit, never noticed that part of the terrible Chet design. You learn new things every day.
It's my favourite thing of Chet's design.
Quote from: Stitch on Feb 28, 2019, 08:45:52 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 28, 2019, 08:57:38 AMI actually really like Chet's design.Quote from: Oasis Nadrama on Feb 28, 2019, 05:04:18 AM
Holy shit, never noticed that part of the terrible Chet design. You learn new things every day.
It's my favourite thing of Chet's design.
Quote from: The Old One on Feb 28, 2019, 09:09:14 PM
The AVPR Alien and PredAlien's garbage.
Pumpkin head retread, Mandibles and Dreadlocks adorned.
Quote from: The Old One on Feb 28, 2019, 09:09:14 PM
The AVPR Alien and PredAlien's garbage.
Quote from: Stitch on Feb 28, 2019, 09:59:09 PM
As for the AVPR warrior alien... Yeah, that ain't a good design.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 01, 2019, 10:51:35 AM
Those vent emerges in Isolation...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-p3lKBJ-kA4/maxresdefault.jpg)
Honestly, so mesmerizing. I want to see that kind of fluidity on screen one day.
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 02:30:54 AM
The Neomorph's a ballerina.
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 02:34:04 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 02:30:54 AM
The Neomorph's a ballerina.
Indeed.
It was the Russians all along.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 04, 2019, 03:14:03 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 02:34:04 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 02:30:54 AM
The Neomorph's a ballerina.
Indeed.
It was the Russians all along.
Ballet is an Italian invention.
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMBased on the timeline, you must mean...Quote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 12:21:25 PM
Who?
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 01:46:10 PMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 12:21:25 PM
Who?
World War II. There was an actual commander named Blaskowitz. Had his butt handed to him by the Russians.
Rommel was in charge of the North Africa campaign, then the Atlantic Wall. Was such a strategic genius that even the Brits respected him.
I have two shelves of WWII books. It's been a hobby for some time now, long before I discovered Aliens.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 04, 2019, 06:04:08 PM
Pretty cool. I'm getting an education here!Spoiler
Versus learning about facehugging and eggbarfing.[close]
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 11:48:13 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Out of all commanders, you want Blaskowitz? Not a smart guy, like Rommel?
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 09:17:30 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 11:48:13 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Out of all commanders, you want Blaskowitz? Not a smart guy, like Rommel?
B.J. Blaskowitz, from the wolfenstein games.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 10:38:30 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 09:17:30 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 11:48:13 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Out of all commanders, you want Blaskowitz? Not a smart guy, like Rommel?
B.J. Blaskowitz, from the wolfenstein games.
Well . . . I don't know squat about Wolfenstein.
:')
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 11:53:41 PMAnd his latest descendent is doomguy. Who is also likely to be called B J Blazkowitz.Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 10:38:30 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 09:17:30 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 04, 2019, 11:48:13 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 04, 2019, 03:36:39 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 04, 2019, 03:19:58 AM
:o
It's only a matter of time before the Germans invade acheron.
Get me Blaskowitz on the phone!
Out of all commanders, you want Blaskowitz? Not a smart guy, like Rommel?
B.J. Blaskowitz, from the wolfenstein games.
Well . . . I don't know squat about Wolfenstein.
:')
He's a big American that destroys all things german. ;)
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 05, 2019, 10:44:35 AM
(https://instagram.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/8c944fe68915491b9a228d97c78f185b/5D0A9747/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s750x750/12383150_1686010554994503_1242857136_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net)
;)
https://www.instagram.com/locusta_art/
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 10:48:50 AM
That man is a treasure of this fandom.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 05, 2019, 09:22:04 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 10:48:50 AM
That man is a treasure of this fandom.
Why, thank you. :)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 09:39:56 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 05, 2019, 09:22:04 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 10:48:50 AM
That man is a treasure of this fandom.
Why, thank you. :)
I'd be using menace if it was about you. :P
https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/f_gif,fl_progressive,q_auto/av1wwmp4vnbcudxjv6dt.gif
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 05, 2019, 10:45:59 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 09:39:56 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 05, 2019, 09:22:04 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 10:48:50 AM
That man is a treasure of this fandom.
Why, thank you. :)
I'd be using menace if it was about you. :P
https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/f_gif,fl_progressive,q_auto/av1wwmp4vnbcudxjv6dt.gif
Get out the barbeque sauce! The Corporal's got a roast going!
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 05, 2019, 11:49:25 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 05, 2019, 10:45:59 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 09:39:56 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 05, 2019, 09:22:04 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 05, 2019, 10:48:50 AM
That man is a treasure of this fandom.
Why, thank you. :)
I'd be using menace if it was about you. :P
https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/f_gif,fl_progressive,q_auto/av1wwmp4vnbcudxjv6dt.gif
Get out the barbeque sauce! The Corporal's got a roast going!
He's going off the rails.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:54:47 AM
Welcome to the D-Team Hicks
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 02:03:36 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:54:47 AM
Welcome to the D-Team Hicks
He's not ready yet.
I'm bailing before I get court martialed
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:05:07 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
I'm getting used to 'stached Biehn.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 06, 2019, 02:13:48 AMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:05:07 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
I'm getting used to 'stached Biehn.
FYI, the same movie has a 'stached Paxton too (which I'm only telling you because I presume you haven't seen Tombstone either).
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:52:47 AM
He's one of us now.
Or he soon will be. ;)
Step 1. The screws go tight, all around.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Mar 06, 2019, 02:56:53 AMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:52:47 AM
He's one of us now.
Or he soon will be. ;)
Step 1. The screws go tight, all around.
Isn't that step 2?
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:53:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
I've seen most of it, but not all, and not uncut.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:00:03 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:53:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
I've seen most of it, but not all, and not uncut.
So, the TV cut?
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 02:03:15 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:00:03 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:53:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
I've seen most of it, but not all, and not uncut.
So, the TV cut?
Yeah. I caught like 45 minutes of it on TNT or TBS a long time ago.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 02:17:13 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 02:03:15 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:00:03 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:53:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
I've seen most of it, but not all, and not uncut.
So, the TV cut?
Yeah. I caught like 45 minutes of it on TNT or TBS a long time ago.
It didn't inspire you to watch the whole thing?
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 02:22:41 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 02:17:13 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 02:03:15 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Mar 06, 2019, 02:00:03 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 06, 2019, 01:53:49 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
I've seen most of it, but not all, and not uncut.
So, the TV cut?
Yeah. I caught like 45 minutes of it on TNT or TBS a long time ago.
It didn't inspire you to watch the whole thing?
It wasn't high on the list, no. I'll see it all sometime.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 11:17:34 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 06, 2019, 09:29:28 AMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9b2a8f0ff253e0f4dac338cadb5f302d/tumblr_ojnfxwlhsV1u1q8dno1_500.gif
And Tombstone ordered. I haven't actually seen it.
Me thinks you're going to like it. It took my second viewing to absolutely love it. And Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday is just brilliant.
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 06, 2019, 02:12:58 PM
(https://www.alien-covenant.com/aliencovenant_uploads/alien-gigers-alien-life-size-replica-cool-props-903024-091.jpg)
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 09, 2019, 11:27:04 PM
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/90fe773a022ac3e82b7b6dfc2a43558c/tumblr_p0r9diUOC71wn8c78o10_1280.jpg)
S K U L L
Quote from: The Old One on Mar 09, 2019, 11:27:04 PM
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/90fe773a022ac3e82b7b6dfc2a43558c/tumblr_p0r9diUOC71wn8c78o10_1280.jpg)
S K U L L
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 10, 2019, 03:06:51 AMQuote from: The Old One on Mar 09, 2019, 11:27:04 PM
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/90fe773a022ac3e82b7b6dfc2a43558c/tumblr_p0r9diUOC71wn8c78o10_1280.jpg)
S K U L L
Strenuously incorrect! >:(
Quote from: [CANCERBLACK] on Mar 17, 2019, 07:43:21 PM
Team skull, fyi
Quote from: Samhain13 on Mar 10, 2019, 03:20:37 AMSee, when it's this blatant, I actually think it detracts from the design.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi49.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff291%2Fsabres21768%2FAlienReference%2FALIEN%2Falien1A.jpg&hash=302939f8a76170b4db9f0f51d59a72debc0d296a)
This can only work with the original alien.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 26, 2019, 01:30:58 AM
Hmm. The more visible the skull is, the more I inch towards #teamnoskull
Quote from: Samhain13 on Mar 26, 2019, 01:40:31 AM
The hate for the skull has made #teamnoskull powerfull. The skull will answer with anger.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 27, 2019, 01:16:04 AM
Full abolition or GTFO.
Quote from: Stitch on Mar 30, 2019, 07:18:15 PM
The more skull I see, the less scary it gets.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2019, 06:58:32 AM
That's because they wisely made just opaque enough to obscure it. It looks silly, but that doesn't stop every amateur on DeviantArt from emphasizing it and triggering me. >:(
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 31, 2019, 07:03:58 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2019, 06:58:32 AM
That's because they wisely made just opaque enough to obscure it. It looks silly, but that doesn't stop every amateur on DeviantArt from emphasizing it and triggering me. >:(
Didn't stop Randy and his Raven either.
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 31, 2019, 07:03:58 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2019, 06:58:32 AM
That's because they wisely made just opaque enough to obscure it. It looks silly, but that doesn't stop every amateur on DeviantArt from emphasizing it and triggering me. >:(
Didn't stop Randy and his Raven either.
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 31, 2019, 07:03:58 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2019, 06:58:32 AM
That's because they wisely made just opaque enough to obscure it. It looks silly, but that doesn't stop every amateur on DeviantArt from emphasizing it and triggering me. >:(
Didn't stop Randy and his Raven either.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 31, 2019, 08:06:45 PMQuote from: Huggs on Mar 31, 2019, 07:03:58 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2019, 06:58:32 AM
That's because they wisely made just opaque enough to obscure it. It looks silly, but that doesn't stop every amateur on DeviantArt from emphasizing it and triggering me. >:(
Didn't stop Randy and his Raven either.
Still the best thing about that game.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 04, 2019, 05:21:58 PM
Now you know how I feel.
Quote from: Huggs on Apr 04, 2019, 05:23:29 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Apr 04, 2019, 05:21:58 PM
Now you know how I feel.
You love this and you know it.
Quote from: BlazinBlue88 on Apr 05, 2019, 12:56:06 PM
Pro Skull. It looks incredibly creepy.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 06, 2019, 02:14:22 AMSpoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQqQQojzWM0[close]
Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 10, 2019, 08:40:53 PM
Just so you know, I'm making a list of all the skull lovers outing themselves here. There will be a reckoning...
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 22, 2019, 10:02:13 PM
I have a SIG P226 .40, but I've decided lately that I prefer the simplicity of revolvers. I'm looking at the Ruger GP100 1705 in particular.
https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html (https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html)
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 06, 2019, 05:00:55 PM
For those trolling this thread with egregious displays of skull-imagery (yeah, I'm looking at you Samhain13), I'll just leave this here as a warning:Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 10, 2019, 08:40:53 PM
Just so you know, I'm making a list of all the skull lovers outing themselves here. There will be a reckoning...Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 22, 2019, 10:02:13 PM
I have a SIG P226 .40, but I've decided lately that I prefer the simplicity of revolvers. I'm looking at the Ruger GP100 1705 in particular.
https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html (https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html)
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 06, 2019, 06:40:09 PM
I must admit, the skull does look good while wearing this protective gear.
https://img.memecdn.com/Cant-see-shit-captain_o_19190.jpg
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 06, 2019, 06:35:06 PMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 06, 2019, 05:00:55 PM
For those trolling this thread with egregious displays of skull-imagery (yeah, I'm looking at you Samhain13), I'll just leave this here as a warning:Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 10, 2019, 08:40:53 PM
Just so you know, I'm making a list of all the skull lovers outing themselves here. There will be a reckoning...Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 22, 2019, 10:02:13 PM
I have a SIG P226 .40, but I've decided lately that I prefer the simplicity of revolvers. I'm looking at the Ruger GP100 1705 in particular.
https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html (https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1705.html)
Good luck trying to hunt me down in the forests of Brazil. This is my jungle. :P
The heat will take the Skull haters down before the anacondas arrive.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 06, 2019, 06:35:06 PM
Good luck trying to hunt me down in the forests of Brazil. This is my jungle. :P
The heat will take the Skull haters down before the anacondas arrive. Get rekt boi.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 07, 2019, 05:32:28 AMQuote from: Samhain13 on Apr 06, 2019, 06:35:06 PM
Good luck trying to hunt me down in the forests of Brazil. This is my jungle. :P
The heat will take the Skull haters down before the anacondas arrive. Get rekt boi.
I'm more concerned with bullet ants and cannibals.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 07, 2019, 05:32:28 AM
I'm more concerned with bullet ants
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 07, 2019, 05:32:28 AM
and cannibals.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 12, 2019, 12:17:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DpMwDgxC-I
Quote from: NetworkATTH on Apr 12, 2019, 12:21:48 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Apr 12, 2019, 12:17:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DpMwDgxC-I
I'm with you on it being over done actually. I just don't think it should be completely dismissed either. I mean it was put under a cowl for a reason. It's supposed to leave you with an impression but never a full on reveal.
Ideally it should just look like it did in Alien. Which had a skull, but you hardly saw it.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 15, 2019, 05:56:28 PM
Another just stepped out of the darkness and into the light.
#TeamNoSkull
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiTnff84Nt5AukWiY/giphy.gif
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 15, 2019, 05:56:28 PM(https://media1.tenor.com/images/25366aaa5392c1601416914f5a5e44e5/tenor.gif?itemid=4885267)
Another just stepped out of the darkness and into the light.
#TeamNoSkull
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiTnff84Nt5AukWiY/giphy.gif
Quote from: judge death on Apr 15, 2019, 06:41:39 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 15, 2019, 05:56:28 PMhttps://media1.tenor.com/images/25366aaa5392c1601416914f5a5e44e5/tenor.gif?itemid=4885267
Another just stepped out of the darkness and into the light.
#TeamNoSkull
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiTnff84Nt5AukWiY/giphy.gif
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 15, 2019, 05:56:28 PM
Another just stepped out of the darkness and into the light.
#TeamNoSkull
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiTnff84Nt5AukWiY/giphy.gif
Quote from: ChrisPachi on Apr 17, 2019, 12:21:27 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 15, 2019, 05:56:28 PM
Another just stepped out of the darkness and into the light.
#TeamNoSkull
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiTnff84Nt5AukWiY/giphy.gif
That was easy.
Quote from: judge death on Apr 15, 2019, 05:37:28 PM
Im on local trouble side after been thinking about it, and I prefer that one dont see the skull underneath the dome, looks ugly when its clearly visible like in some of the posted pictures and art. I can accept that one can see traces of human skull but one should not be able to see it, and after the xenomorph gets older the skull disappears completely like on the drones/warriors in Aliens.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 15, 2019, 06:11:56 PMOoh... No
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoconstruction.co.nz%2Fimages%2Fcategory_1%2FAlien%2520Xenomorph%2520Skull%2520Womens%2520TShirt%2520941_3.jpg&hash=b5bf4478c781d9ef95802ac62291c7249ee483da)
#teamskull have shirts now.
Quote from: Huggs on Apr 17, 2019, 06:52:41 PM
Well, the good thing for skull deniers is that it's never really been excessively visible in the movies.
Like I've said before, I didn't even know it existed until like 3 years ago, and I've watched these movies to death.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 15, 2019, 06:11:56 PM
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoconstruction.co.nz%2Fimages%2Fcategory_1%2FAlien%2520Xenomorph%2520Skull%2520Womens%2520TShirt%2520941_3.jpg&hash=b5bf4478c781d9ef95802ac62291c7249ee483da)
#teamskull have shirts now.
(https://s9.limitedrun.com/images/1298545/Alien.png)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Apr 15, 2019, 06:11:56 PM
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoconstruction.co.nz%2Fimages%2Fcategory_1%2FAlien%2520Xenomorph%2520Skull%2520Womens%2520TShirt%2520941_3.jpg&hash=b5bf4478c781d9ef95802ac62291c7249ee483da)
#teamskull have shirts now.
(https://s9.limitedrun.com/images/1298545/Alien.png)
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Apr 17, 2019, 07:07:03 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Apr 15, 2019, 06:11:56 PM
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoconstruction.co.nz%2Fimages%2Fcategory_1%2FAlien%2520Xenomorph%2520Skull%2520Womens%2520TShirt%2520941_3.jpg&hash=b5bf4478c781d9ef95802ac62291c7249ee483da)
#teamskull have shirts now.
(https://s9.limitedrun.com/images/1298545/Alien.png)
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
Do it. I'm neutral, but I'd buy one just to get on Local and Voodoo's nerves.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PM
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 17, 2019, 07:14:23 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PM
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
You'd have to do a Team No-Skull shirt-line as well then just to be fair to the opposing side.
(https://previews.123rf.com/images/77sch/77sch1512/77sch151200039/49773811-no-smoking-sign-icon-skull-with-a-cigarette-.jpg)
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 17, 2019, 07:13:56 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Apr 17, 2019, 07:07:03 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Apr 15, 2019, 06:11:56 PM
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoconstruction.co.nz%2Fimages%2Fcategory_1%2FAlien%2520Xenomorph%2520Skull%2520Womens%2520TShirt%2520941_3.jpg&hash=b5bf4478c781d9ef95802ac62291c7249ee483da)
#teamskull have shirts now.
(https://s9.limitedrun.com/images/1298545/Alien.png)
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
Do it. I'm neutral, but I'd buy one just to get on Local and Voodoo's nerves.
https://media.giphy.com/media/ac7MA7r5IMYda/giphy.gif
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Apr 17, 2019, 07:19:15 PM
It'd be payback for the Wierzbowski thing
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:15:49 PMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 17, 2019, 07:14:23 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PM
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
You'd have to do a Team No-Skull shirt-line as well then just to be fair to the opposing side.
(https://previews.123rf.com/images/77sch/77sch1512/77sch151200039/49773811-no-smoking-sign-icon-skull-with-a-cigarette-.jpg)
Fair?
???
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 17, 2019, 08:29:12 PM
Seems like its just a matter of time before AVPGalaxy officially sponsors #TeamSkull.
We will have "Give Aliens Skulls Again" hats too.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 17, 2019, 07:22:29 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:15:49 PMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 17, 2019, 07:14:23 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 17, 2019, 07:04:14 PM
I was actually thinking about doing something like Team Skull shirts on the TeePublic page. :laugh:
You'd have to do a Team No-Skull shirt-line as well then just to be fair to the opposing side.
(https://previews.123rf.com/images/77sch/77sch1512/77sch151200039/49773811-no-smoking-sign-icon-skull-with-a-cigarette-.jpg)
Fair?
???
You don't want to be on Mr. Trouble's hit list. Trust me.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Apr 17, 2019, 08:29:12 PM
Seems like its just a matter of time before AVPGalaxy officially sponsors #TeamSkull.
We will have "Give Aliens Skulls Again" hats too. International shipping pls.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 18, 2019, 07:51:42 AM
I wouldn't mind being on a hit list. Put me out my misery. :laugh:
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 18, 2019, 05:11:05 PM
This skull madness has to stop. I can't keep making bail! >:(
Quote from: Kradan on Apr 18, 2019, 05:47:43 PM
"log in" Psssst. No skull. "log out"
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 18, 2019, 05:11:05 PM
This skull madness has to stop. I can't keep making bail! >:(
Quote from: Huggs on Apr 18, 2019, 05:22:46 PM
Hicks has connections. We'll smuggle you out, just as soon as you say you love the skull.
Quote from: The Old One on Apr 18, 2019, 07:00:00 PM
#Apopheniaskullteam
Quote from: Stitch on Apr 18, 2019, 11:28:43 PMDavid's engineered them, they don't occur naturally.
Realistically, why would a skull exist? Creatures rarely have both an exo- and endoskeleton, and aliens clearly have an exoskeleton.
Quote from: Omegamorph on Apr 18, 2019, 11:33:15 PMQuote from: Stitch on Apr 18, 2019, 11:28:43 PMDavid's engineered them, they don't occur naturally.
Realistically, why would a skull exist? Creatures rarely have both an exo- and endoskeleton, and aliens clearly have an exoskeleton.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 18, 2019, 11:42:52 PMQuote from: Omegamorph on Apr 18, 2019, 11:33:15 PMQuote from: Stitch on Apr 18, 2019, 11:28:43 PMDavid's engineered them, they don't occur naturally.
Realistically, why would a skull exist? Creatures rarely have both an exo- and endoskeleton, and aliens clearly have an exoskeleton.
So the skull is David's fault?
That @#%^^$ David!!!!
Happy #alienday ....who knew?
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Quote from: WY-0311 on Apr 26, 2019, 05:57:47 AM
The Skull is boring.
1. You get a reference for the creatures possible eye-sight, reduces the mystery of it's sight abilities.
2. Clear human skull/relation to Human biology, this detracts how 'Alien' the creature is.
And for what? Some grim reaper thing? Not worth it.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 26, 2019, 01:04:44 PMNope. All I see is this:
ohhh yeah
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alienday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alienday</a> ....who knew?<br />
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You peeps can grab my Alien Birthday cards from my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/etsyshop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#etsyshop</a> <a href="https://t.co/VzAlw8g3GA">https://t.co/VzAlw8g3GA</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alien?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alien</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alienday426?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alienday426</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/xenomorph?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#xenomorph</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alienfilm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alienfilm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/etsy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#etsy</a> <a href="https://t.co/M1At5XdYfZ">pic.twitter.com/M1At5XdYfZ</a></p>— RB Illustrations (@RBIllustrations) <a href="https://twitter.com/RBIllustrations/status/1121761558290411522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 02, 2019, 07:51:27 AM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Giger" by Brian Jackson - <a href="https://t.co/MrX3nyJVmU">https://t.co/MrX3nyJVmU</a> <a href="https://t.co/8DE6K6vYsh">pic.twitter.com/8DE6K6vYsh</a></p>— Alien Theory (@Alien_Theory) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alien_Theory/status/1123639627766800384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This is some sexeh shit. I saw one of Eddie Powell in Giger's Diary with the skull showing that I need to snap and upload later.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 02, 2019, 11:14:49 AM
I can practically feel Local's rage toward your new avatar.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 02, 2019, 09:01:38 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 02, 2019, 11:14:49 AM
I can practically feel Local's rage toward your new avatar.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8tMk0_P9o40/SuCI0p7LP1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/eSkZijnuW8Q/s320/a3_2.jpg
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 03, 2019, 12:11:37 AMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 02, 2019, 09:01:38 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 02, 2019, 11:14:49 AM
I can practically feel Local's rage toward your new avatar.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8tMk0_P9o40/SuCI0p7LP1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/eSkZijnuW8Q/s320/a3_2.jpg
My soul . . . ow.
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 03, 2019, 12:53:42 AM
It would be an embedded video if Hicks would turn on the bells and whistles for the rest of us.
Quote from: Huggs on May 03, 2019, 12:36:10 AMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 03, 2019, 12:11:37 AMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 02, 2019, 09:01:38 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 02, 2019, 11:14:49 AM
I can practically feel Local's rage toward your new avatar.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8tMk0_P9o40/SuCI0p7LP1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/eSkZijnuW8Q/s320/a3_2.jpg
My soul . . . ow.
Poor ol' Turk.
Quote from: The Old One on May 03, 2019, 11:41:56 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on May 03, 2019, 07:56:45 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/hjwoDfQ.jpg)
Gorgeous.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 03, 2019, 07:40:44 AMQuote from: Huggs on May 03, 2019, 12:36:10 AMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 03, 2019, 12:11:37 AMQuote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 02, 2019, 09:01:38 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 02, 2019, 11:14:49 AM
I can practically feel Local's rage toward your new avatar.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8tMk0_P9o40/SuCI0p7LP1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/eSkZijnuW8Q/s320/a3_2.jpg
My soul . . . ow.
Poor ol' Turk.
Thank God it's not me.
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— Alien vs. Predator Galaxy (@avpgalaxy) May 12, 2019
Quote from: Samhain13 on May 15, 2019, 04:18:20 AMNow I can be 100% sure which base I stand for...
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/631980241382301614/5D13E15CAAC9100A8FE9D9EA625CAC5D64E1A689/?imw=637&imh=358&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true/)
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/631980241382301278/DB49CDE05C28D00A2A3FB5761E668EC8612A7D64/?imw=637&imh=358&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true)
Quote from: Samhain13 on May 15, 2019, 06:54:57 PM
Mirin the skull before taking it.
(https://i.imgur.com/7vz3ruZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ygcjVJa.jpg)
Quote from: xxx on May 15, 2019, 07:14:28 PM
Now I can be 100% sure which base I stand for...
nope to the skull
Quote from: The Old One on May 15, 2019, 07:15:40 PMBecause it looks quite silly, but the translucent dome should reveal something...
Because of a AVP 2010 modification? lol
Quote from: Gilfryd on May 16, 2019, 11:37:17 PM
Eyes are the windows to the soul
But the Alien has no eyes
Therefore it has no soul
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/218/301/e61.png)
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 18, 2019, 07:34:10 PMI don't see a skull either. Looks good.
I don't see much evidence of skull there. Does this mean you've stopped hating me?
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 20, 2019, 12:14:07 AM
Are you trying to make Local blow a blood vessel?
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 18, 2019, 07:34:10 PM
I don't see much evidence of skull there. Does this mean you've stopped hating me?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 28, 2019, 10:43:47 AM
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAlienXenomorphOrigins%2Fposts%2F1034181923441769&width=500" width="500" height="802" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>
Quote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:11:44 PM
You didn't know? I knew that since School.
Quote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
I'd donate my skull.
Quote from: Samhain13 on May 28, 2019, 02:36:28 PM
We need more skull donors. Let's not be selfish.
Quote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
I'd donate my skull.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 28, 2019, 02:40:44 PMQuote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
I'd donate my skull.
Same.
Quote from: Kradan on May 28, 2019, 08:43:40 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on May 28, 2019, 02:36:28 PM
We need more skull donors. Let's not be selfish.Quote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
I'd donate my skull.Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 28, 2019, 02:40:44 PMQuote from: The Old One on May 28, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
I'd donate my skull.
Same.
You all are batshit crazy.
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/zuPOWzbgSggvu/giphy.gif)
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 28, 2019, 08:55:32 PM
I hope their families don't mind burying headless corpses, because I don't believe Cremation Services accept requests like "Burn everything but the head!" :P
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 28, 2019, 02:04:29 PMFor the record (and I guess not that it makes a difference) the skull wasn't used in the suit, just the sculpt (and would not be the first or last human bone Giger used in his art. The ridges on top of the head are snake bones.)
Using someone's skull, from a real deceased person who once had a real life and a real story, using that for Hollywood FX crosses a decency line to me. Yeah, not thrilled to learn that.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 28, 2019, 08:55:31 PMBest case scenario the person's body was sold by the family in a developing nation to help make money; worst case scenario, the body wasn't headless when it went in the ground :-X
I hope their families don't mind burying headless corpses, because I don't believe Cremation Services accept requests like "Burn everything but the head!" :P
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 30, 2019, 12:30:26 PM
That is a fantastic piece. My phone background.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 30, 2019, 08:46:47 AM
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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 30, 2019, 07:22:32 PM
Four-Six fingers or Get Two Fudge Oreos?
I'll take the Oreos!
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on May 30, 2019, 07:27:12 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on May 30, 2019, 07:22:32 PM
Four-Six fingers or Get Two Fudge Oreos?
I'll take the Oreos!
Don't take Oreos from her. I have the better Oreos.
The fudge is richer.
Quote from: Kradan on Jun 03, 2019, 07:52:51 PM
Arm-blades talking: do all xenos in Aliens have them? Because i can spot them only when Newt is taken by Alien in sewers.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jun 09, 2019, 11:19:36 PM
I can feel Local's rage . . .
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jun 09, 2019, 11:19:36 PMI imagine it to look like:
I can feel Local's rage . . .
And Hicks delighting over it.
Quote from: The Old One on Jun 11, 2019, 12:16:34 AM
The skull is necessary.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jun 11, 2019, 12:18:41 PM
You space hippies make me feel like a Herbert.
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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 13, 2019, 01:25:25 PM
Way, waaay too much skull.
Quote from: Huggs on Jun 13, 2019, 01:30:04 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 13, 2019, 01:25:25 PM
Way, waaay too much skull.
There's no such thing.
Quote from: Still Collating... on Jun 15, 2019, 11:41:33 AM(https://media0.giphy.com/media/26u4ioPvKvfgYDs7m/giphy.gif?cid=19f5b51a5d04fa7451464c374d1a7e81&rid=giphy.gif)
Second that. Completely see-through is ridiculous IMO.
Quote from: Huggs on Jun 11, 2019, 01:38:56 AMQuote from: The Old One on Jun 11, 2019, 12:16:34 AM
The skull is necessary.
The skull is the life.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 05, 2019, 08:49:25 PM
The skull is a microaggression, a bullying tactic, and it triggers me. It leaves me in a luke-warm puddle of my own despair, yearning for a time when I no longer must suffer its existence.
O Lord, please deliver me from the skull and allow us to finally achieve consensus.
Quote from: Vermillion on Jul 07, 2019, 04:47:43 PM
Why not put David's skull on the cover.
He's more scary than the Alien now.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190707/d8b6244c29746711f23d932b9fc4a8fd.gif
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 05, 2019, 08:49:25 PM
The skull is a microaggression, a bullying tactic, and it triggers me. It leaves me in a luke-warm puddle of my own despair, yearning for a time when I no longer must suffer its existence.
O Lord, please deliver me from the skull and allow us to finally achieve consensus.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 09, 2019, 07:41:05 AM
And the majority of voters like the skull anyway so... *shrugs*
Quote from: The Old One on Jul 09, 2019, 12:24:07 PM
Indeed, the consensus is definitive.
Quote from: The Old One on Jul 09, 2019, 01:22:33 PM
Right.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 09, 2019, 01:29:26 PMQuote from: The Old One on Jul 09, 2019, 01:22:33 PM
Right.
See!!! We're bestest friends! ;D
https://media.giphy.com/media/xUOxeZy7TXZYptBMSA/giphy.gif
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 09, 2019, 12:59:40 PM
Oh, please don't turn this into The-Thread-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named!
Quote from: Huggs on Jul 09, 2019, 02:09:22 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 09, 2019, 12:59:40 PM
Oh, please don't turn this into The-Thread-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named!
There's so many potential threads that I'm genuinely curious.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 09, 2019, 02:50:27 PMQuote from: Huggs on Jul 09, 2019, 02:09:22 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 09, 2019, 12:59:40 PM
Oh, please don't turn this into The-Thread-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named!
There's so many potential threads that I'm genuinely curious.Spoiler
The Egg on the Sulaco thread.[close]
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 09, 2019, 03:35:44 PM
I'm on the verge of getting disproportionately upset and blaming all of you for it.
Quote from: Vermillion on Jul 10, 2019, 08:24:45 PM
He's still alive dammit!!
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 10, 2019, 08:38:12 PMQuote from: Vermillion on Jul 10, 2019, 08:24:45 PM
He's still alive dammit!!
#TheOnlyAcceptableSkull
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOFDLLQ8iQQ/UlH57mJsOgI/AAAAAAAAAck/m2lHlw34ySs7LjVR9Wc8K29NGpF8tACPQCKgB/s1600/Neo.jpg
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 11, 2019, 11:04:34 PMQuote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 10, 2019, 08:38:12 PMQuote from: Vermillion on Jul 10, 2019, 08:24:45 PM
He's still alive dammit!!
#TheOnlyAcceptableSkull
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOFDLLQ8iQQ/UlH57mJsOgI/AAAAAAAAAck/m2lHlw34ySs7LjVR9Wc8K29NGpF8tACPQCKgB/s1600/Neo.jpg
Welcome to the team!
#TeamNoSkull
Quote from: Erik Lehnsherr on Jul 15, 2019, 06:16:00 AM
Team Skull.
Quote from: Erik Lehnsherr on Jul 15, 2019, 07:17:58 AM
We are poor sinners in the hands of an angry skull,
Let the circle be unbroken until the day.
Quote from: Vermillion on Jul 22, 2019, 12:15:46 PM
Picture on Cold Forge cover has no skull.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190722/57cb67026f1e70ec55e3c642e655ba1a.gif
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 22, 2019, 07:24:53 PM
Eww
Quote from: Huggs on Jul 22, 2019, 11:45:34 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 22, 2019, 07:24:53 PM
Eww
What if the whole xeno was transparent? Like orams baby?
Quote from: The Old One on Jul 22, 2019, 11:52:54 PM
A translucent Alien, out of an Engineer- yes please!
(Carlos Huante's Ultramorph I)
(https://pinimg.icu/wall/1920x1080/xenomorph-types-earlier-today-we-learned-that-ridley-scott-s-upcoming-Da53ea472dd93dde3b08bddf3308a3cff.jpg?t=5d244960e81a7)
Quote from: The Old One on Jul 23, 2019, 05:31:08 PM
True, but the opportunity exists yet.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Jul 23, 2019, 03:51:28 PMQuote from: The Old One on Jul 22, 2019, 11:52:54 PM
A translucent Alien, out of an Engineer- yes please!
(Carlos Huante's Ultramorph I)
(https://pinimg.icu/wall/1920x1080/xenomorph-types-earlier-today-we-learned-that-ridley-scott-s-upcoming-Da53ea472dd93dde3b08bddf3308a3cff.jpg?t=5d244960e81a7)
And we got the goddamn deacon instead of that.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 25, 2019, 12:05:37 PMSorry, but me no likey. The more I see of the skull, the more goofy it looks, and I can see a lot of it in there.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0182/2915/products/Alien_Variant_BNG.jpg)
Quote from: Stitch on Jul 25, 2019, 03:55:20 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 25, 2019, 12:05:37 PMSorry, but me no likey. The more I see of the skull, the more goofy it looks, and I can see a lot of it in there.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0182/2915/products/Alien_Variant_BNG.jpg)
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Jul 28, 2019, 02:45:28 AM
#Teamobscuredskull.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 05, 2019, 10:37:34 PM
It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous! >:(
Quote from: razeak on Aug 06, 2019, 12:31:03 PM
Any level or higher angle when looking at it from the front puts me in the mind of an ape.
Quote from: Samhain13 on Oct 15, 2019, 04:30:46 PMAh hell naw. Looks less like a translucent don't and more like a condom. Kinda fitting, but still no.
Just saw this on AVPGalaxy facebook group. Don't remember seeing it before. Also this thread needs to rise again.
(https://scontent.fssz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72552891_10220063557728923_2383838575926968320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=AQleKIOqM7vRiZj0pdnN0I90yItb2vaSiCCNQinzJIZAbdKjWZN3tPxBewnncL_0C7E&_nc_ht=scontent.fssz1-1.fna&oh=439e015bd9aea00848576cd6b9b9d354&oe=5E1AAE3F)
Quote from: Samhain13 on Oct 15, 2019, 04:30:46 PM
Just saw this on AVPGalaxy facebook group. Don't remember seeing it before. Also this thread needs to rise again.
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Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Oct 16, 2019, 06:28:11 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Oct 15, 2019, 04:30:46 PM
Just saw this on AVPGalaxy facebook group. Don't remember seeing it before. Also this thread needs to rise again.
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I found it Gorgeous. It looks like a fossil preserved in amber.
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Quote from: Huggs on Nov 13, 2019, 01:48:05 AM
Even the fish vote skull.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=39ryJJu7quk
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Apr 26, 2020, 10:56:45 PM
Still hate the skull, many years later.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 28, 2020, 01:07:42 AMThat's a great animation. Would look so much better with less skull.
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it - Big Chap
https://i.imgur.com/SY46FcT.gif
Quote from: Stitch on Apr 28, 2020, 04:35:07 AMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 28, 2020, 01:07:42 AMThat's a great animation. Would look so much better with less skull.
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it - Big Chap
https://i.imgur.com/SY46FcT.gif
Quote from: Stitch on Apr 28, 2020, 04:35:07 AMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 28, 2020, 01:07:42 AMThat's a great animation. Would look so much better with less skull.
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it - Big Chap
https://i.imgur.com/SY46FcT.gif
Quote from: TStyx on Jun 04, 2020, 07:30:45 PM
No skull for me. Why would it have a skull with eye holes? I thought one of the unnerving things about it was the lack of eyes. People tend to contact eye to eye but with no point to contact with its disconcerting. A skull is making it more human rather than alien. Each to their own though. :)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jun 04, 2020, 08:23:50 PM
I can feel the winds of change.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jun 04, 2020, 08:23:50 PM
I can feel the winds of change.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 05, 2020, 07:17:10 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Jun 04, 2020, 08:23:50 PM
I can feel the winds of change.
#TeamSkull is still well in the lead. Fear not.
Quote from: Elmazalman on Feb 19, 2017, 05:31:48 AM
I never had an issue with the skull or the air-brushed detail along it's extruded length. It was never meant to be seen in detail - only hinted at. It's a hidden detail that can only be seen in certain lighting conditions.
Seeing the eye sockets too overtly robs the creature of it's unearthliness, imo.
Quote from: City Hunter Yautja on Jul 11, 2021, 04:47:32 AMQuote from: Elmazalman on Feb 19, 2017, 05:31:48 AM
I never had an issue with the skull or the air-brushed detail along it's extruded length. It was never meant to be seen in detail - only hinted at. It's a hidden detail that can only be seen in certain lighting conditions.
Seeing the eye sockets too overtly robs the creature of it's unearthliness, imo.
I've never seen the eyes of Xenomorph. Is it in Alien?
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jul 11, 2021, 06:22:44 AMQuote from: City Hunter Yautja on Jul 11, 2021, 04:47:32 AMQuote from: Elmazalman on Feb 19, 2017, 05:31:48 AM
I never had an issue with the skull or the air-brushed detail along it's extruded length. It was never meant to be seen in detail - only hinted at. It's a hidden detail that can only be seen in certain lighting conditions.
Seeing the eye sockets too overtly robs the creature of it's unearthliness, imo.
I've never seen the eyes of Xenomorph. Is it in Alien?
What have you done?Spoiler
You better be Team Skull
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Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Jul 31, 2021, 01:28:40 AM
The new Predator Skulls movie should start with asteroids before taking us to the Comanche setting.
https://s6.gifyu.com/images/5i5d02-1.gif
Quote from: Huggs on Jul 31, 2021, 01:57:20 AMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Jul 31, 2021, 01:28:40 AM
The new Predator Skulls movie should start with asteroids before taking us to the Comanche setting.
https://s6.gifyu.com/images/5i5d02-1.gif
Kinda reminds one of the space jockey.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 31, 2021, 12:16:06 AM
https://media3.giphy.com/media/ToVrKzOUZAlwT8pu9Q/giphy.gif
Quote from: Kradan on Aug 02, 2021, 04:20:23 PM
Not sure what you're getting at, buddyQuote from: Local Trouble on Jul 31, 2021, 12:16:06 AM
https://media3.giphy.com/media/ToVrKzOUZAlwT8pu9Q/giphy.gif
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p8XBxWdggZg/VSQk6HC8WmI/AAAAAAAAqIg/5JpVedDj1tk/s1600/ib1df4upT8l9fO.gif
Quote from: NetworkATTH on Aug 02, 2021, 03:05:37 PM
Everyone's favorite movie?
Quote from: Trash Queen on Sep 19, 2021, 06:42:42 PM
It's nothing but human features and human technology, an invention specific to us particularly, that's what it's made up of.
Quote from: Trash Queen on Sep 20, 2021, 10:32:18 AM
The elongated head's a human phallus with teeth, the inner jaw's also a phallus with teeth, the rib cage's inhuman but still relates to us specifically.
It's nothing but human features mixed with technology.
Biomechanics if you will.
(https://www.iamag.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Aliens-Concept-Art-1.jpg)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u0svq1SvQ0k/U3RZ6ghh_iI/AAAAAAAAS-k/9qKBmCmBcjM/s1600/HR+Giger1.jpg
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Quote from: Huggs on Sep 21, 2021, 11:44:57 PM
The enlarged phallus. The drive to cover in secretions, to immobilize, to replicate.
Hmm. Perhaps some have ascended already.
Quote from: Kradan on Sep 24, 2021, 09:43:59 PM
That's dumb and you know it
Quote from: Kradan on Sep 24, 2021, 08:21:15 PM
I prefer no eyes look. Not because it makes the creature less-human-more-Alien but because it's a cool feature that makes design unique
Please, no "but it's not eyes, it's eye sockets, eeeeee!". It's still an implication of eyes
#TeamNoSkull
QuoteCobb's monsters all looked like they could come out of a zoo --- Giger's looked like something out of a bad dream.
Quote from: NecronomIV on Jun 16, 2022, 11:17:25 AMDefinitely love the skull with the empty eye-sockets. The skull is a powerful and evocative symbol, and features heavily in Giger's artwork.
But I think where it's really important is highlighted by that old quote from O'Bannon:QuoteCobb's monsters all looked like they could come out of a zoo --- Giger's looked like something out of a bad dream.
It's the detail, sometimes barely visible, that hammers home the nightmarish quality of the design and appearance.
I don't mind them losing it for the other films -- because ALIEN was a nightmare and a horror film and it works so well for thematically -- and the other films treated it more like a dangerous, predatory animal and so it becomes an element that would actually be at odds.
I like the artwork above. Very scratchy, like Clive Barker's art.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 06:37:02 PMI like it best when it's not there at all.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Aug 15, 2022, 02:59:22 PMI like it best when you can barely see it, but it is present.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 06:37:02 PMI like it best when it's not there at all.Could we combine the two? It can be there, but not visible at all. Ever.
Quote from: Stitch on Aug 15, 2022, 08:30:22 PMQuote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Aug 15, 2022, 02:59:22 PMI like it best when you can barely see it, but it is present.Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 06:37:02 PMI like it best when it's not there at all.Could we combine the two? It can be there, but not visible at all. Ever.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 08:43:27 PMMy Aliens will have domes covering their skills.Quote from: Stitch on Aug 15, 2022, 08:30:22 PMQuote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Aug 15, 2022, 02:59:22 PMI like it best when you can barely see it, but it is present.Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 06:37:02 PMI like it best when it's not there at all.Could we combine the two? It can be there, but not visible at all. Ever.
I'll still know it's there and I can't live with that. >:(
Quote from: SiL on Aug 15, 2022, 08:45:31 PMOh no. Oh no no no no no.Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 08:43:27 PMMy Aliens will have domes covering their skills.Quote from: Stitch on Aug 15, 2022, 08:30:22 PMQuote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Aug 15, 2022, 02:59:22 PMI like it best when you can barely see it, but it is present.Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 15, 2022, 06:37:02 PMI like it best when it's not there at all.Could we combine the two? It can be there, but not visible at all. Ever.
I'll still know it's there and I can't live with that. >:(
But the domes will have skulls at the front.
Double skull.
Quote from: Kradan on Aug 15, 2022, 08:55:09 PMPut one on the end of its tail
Quote from: Cocolyte on Aug 15, 2022, 09:17:05 PMNew alien design where the dome has the consistency of a jellyfish, but it has a skull design painted on the front
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Aug 15, 2022, 09:41:29 PMQuote from: Kradan on Aug 15, 2022, 08:55:09 PMPut one on the end of its tail
You jest, but it worked well in Shin Gojira.
Quote from: Kradan on Aug 18, 2022, 04:14:03 PMOh my God, there's a skull coming out of my dick !You better call your doctor at once! :O
Quote from: Elmazalman on Aug 22, 2022, 12:00:27 PMThat's a nice head-bite. For once, the blood doesn't look like barbecue sauce.Indeed it is the assembly cut :)
From the AC? The additional shot of the Alien's mouth opening?
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Aug 22, 2022, 02:09:38 PMThat was the most shocking scene of the movie when I was a kid. Still is.
Quote from: Elmazalman on Aug 22, 2022, 05:24:31 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Aug 22, 2022, 02:09:38 PMThat was the most shocking scene of the movie when I was a kid. Still is.
Killing off the character or the head-bite? Or both?
Most shocking death scene, imo, was prisoner David's vicious head-bite - speared through the face and out the back of the head and through the small window set in the door behind him.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 19, 2017, 05:34:10 PMTo be clear, I don't mind the skull so long as it's hidden beneath a virtually opaque dome. However, when the dome is removed, I think the head looks awful. The skull cavities give it a resemblance to that ridiculous Newborn and the ridges are obviously airbrushed instead of sculpted.
This is why I think a clearer dome on top of Winston's design would be ideal. I can't help but wonder whether or not that version actually had the skull before Cameron insisted on losing the dome altogether.
Quote from: OpenMaw on Sep 15, 2022, 02:34:26 AMhttps://i.imgur.com/VAe0s6N.png
Teh-heh-heh.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Sep 15, 2022, 02:44:38 AMAlways liked those weird f**king sculpts.
Quote from: City Hunter Yautja on Sep 21, 2021, 11:26:45 PMQuote from: Trash Queen on Sep 20, 2021, 10:32:18 AMThe elongated head's a human phallus with teeth, the inner jaw's also a phallus with teeth, the rib cage's inhuman but still relates to us specifically.
It's nothing but human features mixed with technology. I dont know what he was thinking but it was obviously sexual. Eventhough I dont like the idea of david creating the alien I think its interesting, he is full of sexual desire and frustration and wants to reproduce, maybe he even lacks genitals? I find it fitting that the creature he designs is literally a vagina that hold you down and rapes you so and impregnates you with a creature that has a penos for a head that kills you through penetration.
Biomechanics if you will.
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u0svq1SvQ0k/U3RZ6ghh_iI/AAAAAAAAS-k/9qKBmCmBcjM/s1600/HR+Giger1.jpg
(https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/1200x680/public/wire/legacy/gigers_alien.jpg)
Hmm.. Its an intriguing point of view. I wonder if Giger was prophetic, that we will become the Xenomorph, the biting tongue of Xeno a metaphor for how people bite and devour one another with words online (not these forums, but twitter, oh boy), the elongated head being our access to knowledge because the internet, and so our minds have expanded.
Quote from: Lark on Mar 25, 2023, 07:20:50 PMAs an idea and design element, I like it.Hi,
The possibility it was a real human skull, possibly unethical in its sourcing for production, bothers me a lot every time I think about it.
Had to go with don't like, for that reason. It's delayed me making a model kit for years now, because I was researching the original costume to get ideas for painting and finishing.
Quote from: xxx on Mar 26, 2023, 06:52:51 PMQuote from: Lark on Mar 25, 2023, 07:20:50 PMAs an idea and design element, I like it.Hi,
The possibility it was a real human skull, possibly unethical in its sourcing for production, bothers me a lot every time I think about it.
Had to go with don't like, for that reason. It's delayed me making a model kit for years now, because I was researching the original costume to get ideas for painting and finishing.
a lot of art schools use real "stuff" as drawing objects...I think I might also have one somewhere from my drawing years...
The question of ethically used "parts" bothers me for example in the Apocalypse now movie :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXC-b4O_H_M
Quote from: razeak on Jan 04, 2024, 07:07:34 PMSkull is okay if it is only very slightly visible. Honestly, just make it like a complexion issue. Some Aliens it shows a little, others it doesn't. Or bring back warriors from Aliens.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Feb 11, 2024, 09:04:49 AMQuote from: razeak on Jan 04, 2024, 07:07:34 PMSkull is okay if it is only very slightly visible. Honestly, just make it like a complexion issue. Some Aliens it shows a little, others it doesn't. Or bring back warriors from Aliens.
Warriors but with slightly-too-visible skulls. Just so nobody's happy.
Quote from: Kradan on Mar 18, 2024, 07:10:30 PMI don't hate that promo image
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 18, 2024, 05:58:09 PMWhat happens when you slap the skull into a shitty trace job of that one AVP promo still that makes everyone want to crawl up a wall and scream into the void about every time its used?
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