Quote from: Kradan on Oct 24, 2019, 11:11:08 AM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 24, 2019, 11:06:44 AM
What do I believe? That it was neither Stan Winston nor John Rosengrant and Shane Mahan that originally came up with the Alien Skull idea, because the Alien skull was in the film's storyboards long before, seemingly like a throw-away fun cartoon doodle.
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Quote from: SiL on Oct 24, 2019, 11:27:34 AM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 24, 2019, 11:06:44 AM
What do I believe? That it was neither Stan Winston nor John Rosengrant and Shane Mahan that originally came up with the Alien Skull idea, because the Alien skull was in the film's storyboards long before, seemingly like a throw-away fun cartoon doodle.
How long before Stan Winston's team came on board were the storyboards done? I would've thought they were working around the same time.
If my memory is serving me correctly, Stan Winston got the job in December of 1989.
There were three wave of storyboards that I know of. The first phase featured a white caucasian Mike Harrigan, second featured additions with an African-American Mike Harrigan, and then Revisions.
Director Stephen Hopkins came on in the Summer of 1989 and said they started storyboarding Predator 2 before a completed script, and even storyboarded scenes before they were actually written in the script. The first draft was completed in October 1989. The storyboard above appears to be part of that first storyboard wave. That's where my personal belief is rooted from.
What's frustrating with Predator and Predator 2 is so much supplemental reported history has conflicting facts, omissions and half-truths. Like the work of Robert Short's team, and their creation of Predator mandibles turns into a James Cameron idea on a flight? Or the comic Concrete Jungle Issue #1, which was a heavy, heavy inspiration for Predator 2, isn't even mentioned in the story process? Yep, to anyone who wants to learn about the history, it's frustrating to be unsure what to believe.