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QuoteIn space, no one can hear you meow.
Aboard the USCSS Nostromo, Jonesy leads a simple life enjoying The Company cat food and chasing space rodents. Until one day, his cryostasis catnap is rudely interrupted. The humans have a new pet and it's definitely not housetrained.
This full-colour, illustrated book offers a cat's eye view of all the action from the movie Alien.
By Rory Lucey. October release.
https://forbiddenplanet.com/249210-jonesy-nine-live-on-the-nostromo-hardcover/?utm_source=Master+Forbidden+Planet+Newsletter&utm_campaign=76c79c5d13-20180426_forbidden-planet-news-its-alien-day-2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6b45de61e-76c79c5d13-1750217&mc_cid=76c79c5d13&mc_eid=b8fd6e7e30
Wow!!! Now that's what I call original and fresh! Insta-buy!
Not sure if it's the same person and ain't clicked on them links? But didn't someone already do a short fan made story about Jonesy on the ship from his point of view on what went down on the Nostromo? I remember reading it years ago on the Net and the Humans were called Tin Openers or something like that. Was a fun read.
There was a fanfiction many moons ago but it appears to have disappeared into the ether.
Think this might be it. However ain't read much cos I'm busy at the moment to confirm it.
My Day By Jonesy A Cats Eye View of Alien.
Edit: for some reason the link works on my phone but not on my browser on my computer. IE gives me internet explorer cannot display this page.
The new Firefox the text is all jumbled up.
But works fine on my Samsung phone using Google.
Tried to copy text but when posting it here the text is all mumbled up.
Anyhow here's the link if anyone has any luck with it.
Another quick edit. It does work in Firefox but had to turn off my no script Add-On to read it.
https://www.scribd.com/document/313086662/my-day-by-jonesy-a-cat-s-eye-view-of-alien
The. Cat's. Name. Is. JONES!!! >:(
So cute!
I hope what in the book will be dialog between Xeno and Jonesy in the cage.
SE ve bien
Quote from: Mr. Clemens on Apr 28, 2018, 12:20:40 PM
The. Cat's. Name. Is. JONES!!! >:(
Mister Jones to be precise. Or kittycrap.
Whatever next? The events of Aliens from the viewpoint of the guinea pigs in the lab? :P
This is hilarious and I'm buying it.
I'm dead serious when I say this is a must-buy for me.
WOW, this and Alien Next Door cartoon book. Why do these artists need to sell this book for monetary gain when the advertisers can pay them more by publisHing it in tHeir magazine??? it opens the question of who isn't doing their part? i'm dead serious.
Well this was unexpected. Never underestimate left field.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 28, 2018, 03:32:20 PM
Whatever next? The events of Aliens from the viewpoint of the guinea pigs in the lab? :P
Just one more biological crisis that rodents and roaches will effortlessly survive. :P
Those were hamsters :P
Well we got the space jockey's story, now all we need is Mister Jones' story. Although engineering cats to hunt and kill facehuggers/chestbursters before they become a gigantic problem sounds like a trillion dollar idea...
by far the best Jonesy story sol far. We get to read about the heroic cat he truly is. http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/FELINE
https://twitter.com/RoryLucey/status/1041402900474408965?s=19
With this, I can be more patient waiting for a Drake figure from NECA. Goes to show cats are the best distraction ever.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzECEmhwmG/?taken-by=rorylucey
While searching on Amazon I found this also..
Alien Next Door https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1785650262/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_aFcOBbACANRHA
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Sep 17, 2018, 09:24:07 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzECEmhwmG/?taken-by=rorylucey
Box Alien confirmed! :D
Looks more like a towel that got left on the floor.
I hope there's a lengthy added sequence where Jones gets into the med bay and annoys Ash by continually pushing the dissected Facehugger off the desk.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Sep 20, 2018, 07:52:33 AM
I hope there's a lengthy added sequence where Jones gets into the med bay and annoys Ash by continually pushing the dissected Facehugger off the desk.
"Shhhhhhhhit." :D
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-eywmq-9c5f5f
And it's released today. I forgot to pre-order this one so just ordered today. :)
Anybody else notice that it all seems a bit ripped off from Anne Bilson's short story, "My Day by Jones"?
Quote from: krikke on Oct 17, 2018, 09:19:40 PM
Anybody else notice that it all seems a bit ripped off from Anne Bilson's short story, "My Day by Jones"?
That's what I was thinking. Oh well, two Jones stories are better than one I guess. Depends how similar the story or panels are. Hopefully, not too similar.
Quote from: krikke on Oct 17, 2018, 09:19:40 PM
Anybody else notice that it all seems a bit ripped off from Anne Bilson's short story, "My Day by Jones"?
I'm not familiar with that, what is it?
Quote from: Xenomrph on Oct 17, 2018, 11:38:27 PM
Quote from: krikke on Oct 17, 2018, 09:19:40 PM
Anybody else notice that it all seems a bit ripped off from Anne Bilson's short story, "My Day by Jones"?
I'm not familiar with that, what is it?
Check out this book on Goodreads: My Day by Jones: the Cat's-Eye View of Alien http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14287768-my-day-by-jones
I haven't read the My Day so I can't really comment on that but I did receive and read this yesterday. I've been feeling somewhat low and upset over the last few days due to the real world and this thing just lifted my spirits for a bit. Such a charming read and very well illustrated!
I love that we're getting lighter hearted things like this and Alien Next Door.
Does make me laugh that this kind of thing is coming out now and no one bats an eyelid, when back in '79 there was uproar that they made stuff for youngsters based on an R-rated horror film.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 18, 2018, 11:36:40 AM
Does make me laugh that this kind of thing is coming out now and no one bats an eyelid, when back in '79 there was uproar that they made stuff for youngsters based on an R-rated horror film.
To be fair, I don't think this is "for" kids, any more so than the "children's" book 'Go The f**k to Sleep'. Like, this is ostensibly aimed at adult fans of the franchise, but what makes it novel and entertaining is the unique tone and presentation. The toys in 1979 set off alarm bells because they were genuinely, earnestly marketed at children.
I've started thinking that these cutesy books and the oversaturation of Alien merchandising are lessening the impact of the beast and have turned the series into a joke.
It's difficult to take the alien seriously when there are a million toys, books and now funny books out there. There is no mystique left. It can't scare you. The beast is cooked.
There have been a million toys, books and funny books (some of the comics definitely quality, plus there was Cyberantics) for years. Didn't stop Isolation being the best, most terrifying thing to come out of the franchise for decades.
Kids toys came out with the first film.
Plush facehuggers didn't stop Covenant being a violent monster movie.
And I have one of the glow-in-the-dark bastards next to my TV to prove it (thanks, Windebieste!)
Plush facehuggers didn't stop Covenant from being a violent monster movie but I could argue that they stopped it from being a monster hit.
The only thing that stopped Covenant being a monster hit was Covenant (or perhaps Ridley Scott if you're being vindictive).
It certainly wasn't received the way it was because there were some toys once.
The opening weekend was underwhelming, meaning that a lot of people just didn't care for a new Alien movie, no matter how good it was or wasn't. I believe that one reason is that the beast is on a million T-shirts and toys and it's no longer shrouded in mystery.
It hasn't been shrouded in mystery since 1979. It was on toys (Ages six and up! Glows in the dark!), shirts, halloween costumes, video games, etc. basically since the beginning. The franchise is known for being one of the first R-rated movies to have such a merchandising tie-in.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 08:59:32 AM
Plush facehuggers didn't stop Covenant from being a violent monster movie but I could argue that they stopped it from being a monster hit.
Plush facehuggers had no affect on Covenant whatsoever.
I have a plush facehugger.
Not the reason I dislike Covenant.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 09:08:07 AM
The opening weekend was underwhelming, meaning that a lot of people just didn't care for a new Alien movie, no matter how good it was or wasn't. I believe that one reason is that the beast is on a million T-shirts and toys and it's no longer shrouded in mystery.
The counterpoint to this is the reception 'Alien Isolation' received, which also came out in a world with plush facehuggers and stiff.
I don't think you're *totally* wrong, I think Alien media saturation could be a factor in how Covenant was received, but I think it was a minor one at best. Covenant itself had issues, and audiences naturally took issue with them. :P I don't recall seeing many reviews with people saying "I'd have liked this movie if only those damn action figures hadn't desensitized me first".
Alien Isolation was fantastic. Its sales were also disappointing, though.
Some are missing my point. We are fans, we'll get the merchandise and talk endlessly about these movies and show up even if we didn't like the last one. General audiences no longer do. Many simply didn't bother to check out the movie or buy Isolation -and I believe one of the reasons is that the monster is way too familiar.
Turning Giger's nightmare into a cutesy cartoon doesn't help.
Fox is not protecting its property when it goes for the quick licensing buck. They will licence the Alien to anyone and for anything.
You're not getting everyone else's point: the merchandise doesn't affect the films' reception. Alien Resurrection wasn't well-received critically, but still made more than the previous movies -- and this was after a long line of Kenner Alien action figures with accompanying comic books, costumes, shirts, and cutesy figures. Same with the first AvP film. It was the highest grossing Alien or Predator movie until Prometheus, despite cartoonish merch.
That was a completely different market place. Merchandise back in 1997 was the Kenner line, the Halcyon model kits, the Dark Horse Comics and a couple of T-shirts. It was nowhere near today's saturation.
There have been glow-in-the-dark Alien toys since 1979, I'm not sure how you can keep trying to make this argument with a straight face :-\
One. One toy.
There have been multiple glow-in-the-dark Alien toys since then.
Prometheus is the highest grossing of the movies.
Prior to its release, all of these were merch items for sale:
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There was a popular webcomic called Alien Loves Predator. There were as many shirts as you could poke a stick at.
Cutesy merchandise isn't an issue. Bad films are.
Quote from: Kane's other son on Oct 19, 2018, 01:16:56 PMThat was a completely different market place. Merchandise back in 1997 was the Kenner line, the Halcyon model kits, the Dark Horse Comics and a couple of T-shirts.
There were heaps of Alien toys around in the late 90s. Even freaking
Micromachines did a whole range of
Alien and
Predator sets.
It's no more saturated now than when they were releasing half a dozen to a dozen comics a year. In fact, Dark Horse isn't hitting anything like that level of publishing today.
Quote from: SiL on Oct 19, 2018, 01:35:23 PM
There was a popular webcomic called Alien Loves Predator. There were as many shirts as you could poke a stick at.
I miss those guys. :'(
Received my copy and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fun take/perspective on ALIEN.
Spoiler
I loved the Wey-Yu puns my favorite being the coffee "Wey-Brew"
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