The mural of interest is
not' the one shown above.
The mural everyone should be looking at is the one with two Alien hands wrapped around a hatched Alien egg, which has the familiar four open petals on top. This is
different and a
direct depiction of the Alien creatures we all know. The original egg and original creature design's hands.
Giger's came first.
The magazine's journalists can say what they like, but this is
on-screen evidence and, thus, must be considered canon if you want to link this back to the original movie continuity.
As for the Holloway picture, it's a very nice artistic depiction, but nothing revolutionary. As interesting as the various designs for Fifield's head were to look at, they're still not much different to the famous clone design's head which ADI made up for '
Alien Resurrection':
More grey than orange/cream, but still very similar.
Quote from: Aquarius8 on Jun 20, 2012, 03:37:58 AM
Thanks for posting these. I don't see why there is some hate for the Proto-Xeno. I think he/she/queen? Looks really cool.
Not so much hatred as disappointment. It's because a lot of people, including myself, felt it had a look and animation very similar to what you'd have expected to see out of a 1980s B-movie. The reason it rubbed a lot of us up the wrong way is because it was clearly Ridley Scott's attempt to out-Alien the Alien, when they
had HR Giger on set, only to come up with what we saw.
It wouldn't have felt as cringe-worthy if it wasn't for knowing Giger was literally working on the same project, but he was.
All the more so, because Ridley Scott had been so widely quoted in publicity interviews for the film, trashing the original creature design. Which he's entitled to do, but it's like someone getting the chance to do a prequel to '
Back To The Future' and saying, "Nobody can make a DeLorean look like it can travel through time now - they're so out-dated!" Only to have their hero stumble across a time-travelling golf cart as the credits roll.