J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Aliens

[Nightmare Asylum]

This is gonna wind up beating that 40th Anniversary art book at this rate.

[Perfect-Organism]

Is this book actually any good?  By that I mean new photos?  Concept drawings?  Stuff never seen before?

[Mr. Clemens]

Rinzler's books are always off-the-chart information-wise, but I have to admit his ALIEN book didn't contain a lot of visual information I hadn't seen before.

I'd still highly recommend this based on his prior books alone, even though I'm not gonna buy it, because this film doesn't really mean nearly as much to me as the original. 'Superior Firepower' will do the trick for me...

[j0nesy]

p-o: i think it's the most definitive behind the scenes source for the 1979 film, for sure

[Corporal Hicks]

Is this book actually any good?  By that I mean new photos?  Concept drawings?  Stuff never seen before?

Wont know until it comes out. The first book had a bunch of lesser-seen Polaroids from Giger's diary which was a nice treat, since that's a pricey tome. But if Alien is anything to go by, this is a must buy. The thoroughness is going to be off the charts. Really looking forward to finding out which performers were inside the Alien suits in a given scene.

[Elmazalman]

The smaller page count is disappointing. I'll still get a copy. ALIENS isn't as near and dear to me as the original film.

It'll make a nice companion piece to the ALIEN volume.

[FatStu]

Got this on pre order. Can't wait.

[Prez]

Missus has pre-ordered for me (was my birthday present suggestion to her. She jokingly argued that at $56 it was $51 over her budget ... HAHAHA).

Given current the global pandemic and also it affecting worldwide shipping I hope it gets here in time for mid November.

[Corporal Hicks]

I think my review copy is being delivered today. Will confirm later. But regardless, I'm really frigging looking forward to it!

Yep! Been delivered! 

[j0nesy]

so excited for you, hicks! can't wait to hear what you think 

[Corporal Hicks]

Finished reading through the RPG corebook completely so my sights are now on Making of Aliens! I read through the first chapter last night/this morning and I'm already really please. Some good pre-Aliens setup with Jim, Gale and Bill, but also, and this is one of those "what new stuff can you possibly show me?" moments.

Remember the document that Hill and Giler handed Cameron after their meeting, where "some bullshit happens"? Rinzler actually dug that up! It's not the full 5 page in here, but the one page synopsis. And it's pretty interesting, in that "I'm glad this didn't happen" kind of way.

Spoiler

They discover that the Aliens are the anti-life force, and somehow discover a way within the Derelict to make the Aliens implode. LV-426 had been properly terraformed and was a farming colony. Lots of time inside the Derelict. They can't nuke the planet in case all the eggs fly off and infect the universe...

[close]

Which was actually something from one of those could-have-been Alien 2s in the official magazine.

[HuDaFuK]

[Kradan]

That sounds so stupid

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Spoiler

They discover that the Aliens are the anti-life force, and somehow discover a way within the Derelict to make the Aliens implode. LV-426 had been properly terraformed and was a farming colony. Lots of time inside the Derelict. They can't nuke the planet in case all the eggs fly off and infect the universe...

[close]

Maybe that's how the egg got on the Sulaco? Either via the Atmo-Nebraskaplosion or Ripley nuking the joint from orbit? 

[Perfect-Organism]

Spoiler

They discover that the Aliens are the anti-life force, and somehow discover a way within the Derelict to make the Aliens implode. LV-426 had been properly terraformed and was a farming colony. Lots of time inside the Derelict. They can't nuke the planet in case all the eggs fly off and infect the universe...

[close]

Maybe that's how the egg got on the Sulaco? Either via the Atmo-Nebraskaplosion or Ripley nuking the joint from orbit? 

Hee hee hee...