What Could Be Considered the "Standard" Alien Design?

[SM]

All the heads have the phallic shape.

No idea what 'Gigerish texture' actually means in this instance.

[StrangeShape]

All the heads have the phallic shape.

No, they didnt. Starting with A:R their head was pointy and lost the 'tip' part of it. Now it was just a long head

No idea what 'Gigerish texture' actually means in this instance.

[SM]

So not really much different from Resurrection.

And flattening off one bit of the head doesn't suddenly make it not phallic anymore.  Just not as phallic as other versions.

[StrangeShape]

So not really much different from Resurrection.

Id say its plenty different. Runner had those airbrushed designs on its body, anything from A:R on didnt have anything. Just muscles

[SM]

Like those highly prevalent shoulder muscles in your avvy pic, that weren't there on earlier designs?

[ScardyFox]

For me, Aliens.

[whiterabbit]

When I think of aliens I think of camerons first.

However there seems to be a consensus occurring here. The more designers try to remove the biomechanical life from the alien and replace it with an organic look the more it becomes a generic movie monster.

Aliens gots'a have more tubes and rolls royce parts!

[Blacklabel]

the first films design.

Everything that followed is a variation.

[Aceburster]

  For me Aliens is standard, its just been used more.

  In a perfect world Id rather see this without eyesockets.




 

[Gash]

Kane's son, the perfect design.

Hate the revisions of elongated fingers and domeless head.

[Gilfryd]

The first three films have the best designs for sure. The original is about as good as a monster design can get. The Winston design has grown on me. I'm really starting to like the skull ridges and weird arm blades. The only thing that really bothers me about the dog Alien is the tail dagger is way too long.

I guess the Resurrection design doesn't bother me TOO much, but the hands are the worst. Basically this and the AVP films are where they started to get too rubbery and fleshy. Just guys in suits. They lost a lot of elegancy.

I was hoping we'd get something biomechanical and wonderful in Prometheus but instead we get Pumpkinhead Jr. 

[Gosutoraida]

Mostly, when I hear Alien, it's usually the 'Cameron' Alien. Mostly.

[chupacabras acheronsis]

And flattening off one bit of the head doesn't suddenly make it not phallic anymore.

for dogs maybe.

[OmegaZilla]

I had done an outlining of the phallic shape in the Res Alien... Wonder where it went. Buh. Either way most of the lines are still there, they just elongated and flattened the lower part of the 'tip'.

[Valaquen]

  For me Aliens is standard, its just been used more.

  In a perfect world Id rather see this without eyesockets.

So ... Aliens then?

Love this guy

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And this one too

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