Best pic of an Alien

[SpaceMarines]

It's too fleshy for me; lack all of the biomechanical designs that made the originals so alien and terrifying.

[OmegaZilla]

To me it looks anorexic. Too skinny for my liking.

Because the originals were really, really fat.   

[TJ Doc]

The AvP design wasn't as memorable as those from the original Alien trilogy, but to Anderson's credit he certainly filmed them to great effect.

[Xhan]

It should be that thin.

[Huol]

F the giger, but the best pics come from AVP 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

I swear I have read such comment about 2010 AVP in another thread....WTF is this about?? Get me in picture..

What, these dudes?



I think Rebellion did a great job with the Alien designs myself.

Its the best they've looked in any mainstream material in years.

[Sol]

While I don't particularly hate the AVP/AVP:R designs, it's just a few things that really bother me about the designs.

The main issue I have with it is something that actually started with the Alien design is Resurrection. The rear cranial area (it's flat on the bottom). It really doesn't look good, and when trying to think of a reason WHY ADI did that, I can't think of any that makes a bit of sense.

With Resurrection, it could be partially explained away with "their DNA has been altered/contaminated" by Ripley/human DNA, and further augmented through cloning a non perfect specimen, etc etc...

But what was the reasoning in the latter films, again?

[XenoVC]

While I don't particularly hate the AVP/AVP:R designs, it's just a few things that really bother me about the designs.

The main issue I have with it is something that actually started with the Alien design is Resurrection. The rear cranial area (it's flat on the bottom). It really doesn't look good, and when trying to think of a reason WHY ADI did that, I can't think of any that makes a bit of sense.

With Resurrection, it could be partially explained away with "their DNA has been altered/contaminated" by Ripley/human DNA, and further augmented through cloning a non perfect specimen, etc etc...

But what was the reasoning in the latter films, again?

ADI being cheap.

[OmegaZilla]

Adi has done the effects for Tremors and Evolution. Definitively not cheap.

[MadassAlex]

http://i45.tinypic.com/32zmfpe.jpg

This.

Is.

Brilliant.

[Alien³]

I would kill to have a model like that in my personal collection.

I love how hideously spindly the xenomorph in A3 was. Terrifying.

[DoomRulz]

To me it looks anorexic. Too skinny for my liking.

Because the originals were really, really fat.   

Relatively speaking, I meant.

[locusta]

that's some serious anorexia.

[ive never seen those pics, they are very detailed... i wonder if Locusta has seen them? he could use these for his runner CG model]

Thank´s mate, I got these already and these shosts of the 1/4 movie marquette are ones of my main reference.

[The Demon]

Something about the third Alien reminds me of a water frog..

Does anyone know why the third Alien doesn't have those exhaust pipes the Alien's usually have? Was there a reason for not having them?

[OpenMaw]

Something about the third Alien reminds me of a water frog..

Does anyone know why the third Alien doesn't have those exhaust pipes the Alien's usually have? Was there a reason for not having them?

David Fincher, Giger, and ADI all basically decided that for this creature they wanted something like a PUMA, really fast and sleek. Giger took those off because they'd get in the way of the head, Fincher liked that idea, and ADI used it.

[locusta]

Giger skiped them by own will. He explained the reason of the initial backtube design as mere optic support for the overlapping back of the head.

As the Runner never was meant to stand upright, and the head would "rest" (in the meaning of the shape seen from the side) on the back of the Alien, the where no more needed for design reasons.

Of course, Gigers Necronom IV had these too and you see that they are obvious for reasons of shape and form.

Hey, the guy is an industrial designer