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Posted by THE CITY HUNTER
 - Aug 27, 2015, 01:57:52 PM
I listended to the podcast again and i realized half of it is not even talking about Alien 3 but about the ACTORS LIFE!.
Posted by Beatnation
 - Aug 19, 2015, 03:34:07 AM
Listen the first 20 minutes... can't get through the cinism and the stupid blind hate those guys got for this masterpiece of movie. Seems like they don't really understand the franchise at all, like in the moment they all agree the prisioners should "act" more like bad guys... I mean wtf?? First off, they're a small group isolated by many years, so they found a religion to fill their empty lifes, beside that they stay on that planet where all the rest just go to a new prision.

Here's a person who understand what this movie means:

Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Aug 18, 2015, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: Valaquen on Aug 17, 2015, 04:55:36 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 14, 2015, 12:13:35 PM
Finished this off yesterday. Really enjoyed hearing Verheiden talk about the comics. I can't say I've ever really read or heard anything from him about them (admittedly - not that I've looked).

:(

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/strange-shapes-interviews-mark-verheiden/

Alright - maybe I've read that and forgot about it. Sorry, Val.  :-[ I'll have a re-read of that later today.  :)


He didn't really talk about much different in the podcast to your interview. Still interesting though.  :)
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Aug 17, 2015, 06:50:50 PM
Quote from: Valaquen on Aug 17, 2015, 04:55:36 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 14, 2015, 12:13:35 PM
Finished this off yesterday. Really enjoyed hearing Verheiden talk about the comics. I can't say I've ever really read or heard anything from him about them (admittedly - not that I've looked).

:(

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/strange-shapes-interviews-mark-verheiden/

Very cool find.  Thanks for posting that.  It honestly deserves its own thread.  Most interestingly, there was a mention of Verheiden and Nelson putting together some new one-off issues of Aliens.  I've never seen those let alone even heard of them.  Anyone have any insights?  OT.  Oh boy.
Posted by Valaquen
 - Aug 17, 2015, 04:55:36 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 14, 2015, 12:13:35 PM
Finished this off yesterday. Really enjoyed hearing Verheiden talk about the comics. I can't say I've ever really read or heard anything from him about them (admittedly - not that I've looked).

:(

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/strange-shapes-interviews-mark-verheiden/
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Aug 17, 2015, 10:20:25 AM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Aug 14, 2015, 02:54:02 PMAfter delighting in his rich cynicism from the books... I can't remember ever reading another Alien book that matched his particular sardonic wit.

You obviously read a totally different comic to me because the writing just wasn't that memorable or spectacular at all.

Certainly not bad writing. But nothing especially noteworthy.
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Aug 14, 2015, 02:54:02 PM
Verheiden speaking was really the highlight of the entire podcast.  After delighting in his rich cynicism from the books (Rasche: New York will never be the same.  Scheaffer: You say that as if it were a bad thing.), we get to see how much of a humble person he really is.  Dark Horse was built by his friends and he is very understanding of how his works were so "tweaked" by DH over the years.  I really hope to see him write another Alien comic in the future.  I can't remember ever reading another Alien book that matched his particular sardonic wit.  It was his work that helped turn Aliens into a full-blown sci-fi franchise at the tipping point just after James Cameron's epic film.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Aug 14, 2015, 12:13:35 PM
Finished this off yesterday. Really enjoyed hearing Verheiden talk about the comics. I can't say I've ever really read or heard anything from him about them (admittedly - not that I've looked).
Posted by Valaquen
 - Aug 08, 2015, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 08, 2015, 12:18:22 PM
I suppose playing so many iterations of the character takes it toll on your memory.

Even Ridley can't get his stories straight about Alien any more. Behold the ravages of time...
Posted by Darkness
 - Aug 08, 2015, 12:37:23 PM
Still haven't listened to it all myself yet.

I used to refer the CGI thing myself until somebody here told me it was puppets. That was like a decade ago. To the casual movie viewer, it does look like bad CGI.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Aug 08, 2015, 12:18:22 PM
I suppose playing so many iterations of the character takes it toll on your memory.

Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Aug 07, 2015, 08:08:44 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned but they kept referring to the alien effects as CGI.  Mostly, these effects were not CGI.  The Alien was basically a puppet.  But it looked like bad CGI.

Gets on my nerves every time.  :-\
Posted by Valaquen
 - Aug 08, 2015, 12:11:18 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 04, 2015, 07:27:42 AM
I did like hearing Henriksen's take on it all (and his voice is just so soothing). Interesting to hear he thought of Bishop 2 as an android.

I honestly think he retconned his thoughts on it after AVP., because he always referrred to him as a human being before 2003, then suddenly, it was meant to be ambiguous, was an advanced android, etc etc. I think he tried to keep AVP in continuity and it's affected his memory or something.
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Aug 07, 2015, 08:08:44 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned but they kept referring to the alien effects as CGI.  Mostly, these effects were not CGI.  The Alien was basically a puppet.  But it looked like bad CGI.
Posted by Whiskeybrewer
 - Aug 07, 2015, 02:15:18 PM
I really need to get around to listening to this. Something always comes up lol
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Aug 07, 2015, 01:21:34 PM
Finally had a chance to listen to the whole thing.  I got the most value out of the interview with Mark Verheiden.  He is sorely missed in the Aliens comics.
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