Posted by Nukiemorph
- Dec 08, 2020, 08:29:23 AMI'm aware the Dead Space creatures are called necromorphs, but I still thought it sounded cool in the context of the book.
Posted by BlueMarsalis79
- Dec 08, 2020, 07:48:52 AMI have to point out the obvious but Necromorph's far from a new name.
NECA also already did a Necromorph;
Carlos Huante also worked on Visceral's Dead Space.
Briefly.
NECA also already did a Necromorph;
Carlos Huante also worked on Visceral's Dead Space.
Briefly.
Posted by SM
- Dec 08, 2020, 03:33:52 AMThe egg morphing was my suggestion (it was originally a bit different), but my suggestion was also to keep it vague, and having read the released version not too long ago I can easily see how people might not pick up on it.
Posted by Gentleman Death
- Dec 08, 2020, 03:15:34 AMI also finished this book recently and agree with what you said. I feel like the author came up with a really great idea with the alien and then had to write around that, which fell flat for me. But damn that alien was lethal and I really enjoyed how the necromorph was written.
Posted by Nukiemorph
- Dec 08, 2020, 02:54:22 AMOh cool. I see he also did a Cold Forge snatcher and the creature from Gibson's Alien 3.
Well I just finished the book. Gonna dump my thoughts here:
As Hicks pointed out, Zula's presence on the base is very coincidental. That bugged me a bit. Also confusing why the egg closes back up after releasing the hugger.
The training session with the robot bugs was entertaining, but the reveal behind the malfunction was really dumb.
The xenomorph variant was great. Its new horrific abilities and the name "necromorph" were very cool. I'd really like to see NECA release an interpretation of this creature.
I enjoyed reading the inner workings of the necromorph's mind - how it rationalizes where to impregnate hosts for reproduction, its relationship with the cellular necrosis, and how it inherited general knowledge of the layout of the Lodge from its host.
I listened to the podcast and I agree with Ridgetop that I didn't glean eggmorphing from the book at all... but if the author confirmed it, that clearly settles it.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I'd also probably give it a 7 out of 10.
Well I just finished the book. Gonna dump my thoughts here:
As Hicks pointed out, Zula's presence on the base is very coincidental. That bugged me a bit. Also confusing why the egg closes back up after releasing the hugger.
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I actually enjoyed the dream sequence in the beginning. I enjoyed how it expressed her self-doubt and I loved the concept of the backbone creature.
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The training session with the robot bugs was entertaining, but the reveal behind the malfunction was really dumb.
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I also wasn't a fan of the Tron segment with Davis inside the network.
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The xenomorph variant was great. Its new horrific abilities and the name "necromorph" were very cool. I'd really like to see NECA release an interpretation of this creature.
I enjoyed reading the inner workings of the necromorph's mind - how it rationalizes where to impregnate hosts for reproduction, its relationship with the cellular necrosis, and how it inherited general knowledge of the layout of the Lodge from its host.
I listened to the podcast and I agree with Ridgetop that I didn't glean eggmorphing from the book at all... but if the author confirmed it, that clearly settles it.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I'd also probably give it a 7 out of 10.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Dec 07, 2020, 10:45:01 AMOh nice, he's the guy I commissioned to do me a Lion-Worm one. Maybe he enjoyed visualising the new creatures.
Posted by Nukiemorph
- Dec 07, 2020, 09:59:36 AMFinally reading this one. I'm almost done and I suddenly noticed the lesions & pus on the cover. Did anyone else completely miss this? All this time, I thought they just slapped the blu-ray art on there with no effort to represent the necromorph. I'm still disappointed that they didn't commission something new, but at least it's a vague representation of the creature in the book.
Someone on Twitter posted an illustration of the creature and it's much closer to what I was picturing. Tim Waggoner liked it too.
https://twitter.com/FrankensteinBad/status/1195881417286176769?s=20
Someone on Twitter posted an illustration of the creature and it's much closer to what I was picturing. Tim Waggoner liked it too.
https://twitter.com/FrankensteinBad/status/1195881417286176769?s=20
Posted by SiL
- Jul 02, 2020, 11:59:53 AMQuote from: The Cruentus on Jul 02, 2020, 11:34:12 AMConverting one biomass to another biomass is literally the foundation of life. Makes plenty sense.
Eggmorphing is a concept that I personally find a bit too much, sure its scary and bizarre but biologically it doesn't really make sense does it.
Posted by 426Buddy
- Jul 02, 2020, 11:51:03 AMMakes fine sense for eggmorphing and the queen to be a thing, for me anyway.
Posted by The Cruentus
- Jul 02, 2020, 11:34:12 AMQuote from: SM on Jun 28, 2020, 10:15:18 PM
There was originally a different take on eggs and my notes to Fox were 'This is a great opportunity to hint at, but not confirm egg-morphing.'
Haven't read the published book to see how that panned out though.
Dude, don't give them ideas
Eggmorphing is a concept that I personally find a bit too much, sure its scary and bizarre but biologically it doesn't really make sense does it. With the Queen or even just a drone laying an egg, you got yourself a contained and plausible life-cycle.
Posted by 426Buddy
- Jun 29, 2020, 10:02:14 PMQuote from: Xiggz456 on Jun 29, 2020, 02:47:46 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Jun 28, 2020, 02:09:32 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 30, 2019, 07:08:08 PM
It was 100% eggmorphing. It's pretty much said in the text, and clarified after the fact by the author.
I read through it looking for the eggmorphing clues but it's so vague about producing the egg that I can't believe anyone would catch it even hardcore fans.
It reads as if the Alien only needs a human for the egg to infect. I couldn't find where it specifies needing someone to create it. Its out looking for a potential host for its egg before the egg has been produced/morphed. Maybe morphing was the intention but I wish it was more clear and explicit on the page. Would have been a great opportunity imo.
I honestly thought it came across as an Alien can produce one egg (with no extra detail given). It wasn't until the interview with the author that it was clarified as egg morphing. On my second read I specifically looked for it and it still came across as just needing a host for an egg as opposed to needing a host to produce an egg.
That's how I took it as well, I was hoping it would be more.
Posted by Xiggz456
- Jun 29, 2020, 02:47:46 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Jun 28, 2020, 02:09:32 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 30, 2019, 07:08:08 PM
It was 100% eggmorphing. It's pretty much said in the text, and clarified after the fact by the author.
I read through it looking for the eggmorphing clues but it's so vague about producing the egg that I can't believe anyone would catch it even hardcore fans.
It reads as if the Alien only needs a human for the egg to infect. I couldn't find where it specifies needing someone to create it. Its out looking for a potential host for its egg before the egg has been produced/morphed. Maybe morphing was the intention but I wish it was more clear and explicit on the page. Would have been a great opportunity imo.
I honestly thought it came across as an Alien can produce one egg (with no extra detail given). It wasn't until the interview with the author that it was clarified as egg morphing. On my second read I specifically looked for it and it still came across as just needing a host for an egg as opposed to needing a host to produce an egg.
Posted by j0nesy
- Jun 28, 2020, 10:36:02 PMi cannot remember exact verbiage but i read it thinking there were strong implications of eggmorphing
Posted by SM
- Jun 28, 2020, 10:15:18 PMThere was originally a different take on eggs and my notes to Fox were 'This is a great opportunity to hint at, but not confirm egg-morphing.'
Haven't read the published book to see how that panned out though.
Haven't read the published book to see how that panned out though.
Posted by 426Buddy
- Jun 28, 2020, 02:09:32 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 30, 2019, 07:08:08 PM
It was 100% eggmorphing. It's pretty much said in the text, and clarified after the fact by the author.
I read through it looking for the eggmorphing clues but it's so vague about producing the egg that I can't believe anyone would catch it even hardcore fans.
It reads as if the Alien only needs a human for the egg to infect. I couldn't find where it specifies needing someone to create it. Its out looking for a potential host for its egg before the egg has been produced/morphed. Maybe morphing was the intention but I wish it was more clear and explicit on the page. Would have been a great opportunity imo.
