Posted by judge death
- Nov 11, 2021, 11:17:05 PMThank you! 
Shall save down the texts so its not lost forever, with luck this datapage might be up for a long time.
This is to me the absolute source of facts/lore on the raptus
Shall save down the texts so its not lost forever, with luck this datapage might be up for a long time.
This is to me the absolute source of facts/lore on the raptus
Posted by xeno_alpha_07
- Nov 10, 2021, 10:16:07 PMQuote from: judge death on Nov 09, 2021, 10:08:56 PM
...I still miss anchorpointessays and wish I could get my hands on the info it had.
Here you go: CLICK ME
Posted by judge death
- Nov 09, 2021, 10:08:56 PMWas sad when I saw that anchorpointessays was closed several years ago, always seen it as the nr 1 site for info about the Internecivus raptus with a very scientific aproach to it.
Still remember when I was 13 years old and found anchorpointessays from a alien fan website called al´s alien page, but once there I was hooked and read all hundreds of pages of info.
I still miss anchorpointessays and wish I could get my hands on the info it had.
Still remember when I was 13 years old and found anchorpointessays from a alien fan website called al´s alien page, but once there I was hooked and read all hundreds of pages of info.
I still miss anchorpointessays and wish I could get my hands on the info it had.
Posted by Rockybear
- Jun 24, 2017, 02:16:46 PMI came across ur sites several times years ago. It's a pity to hear its closure.
Posted by jnilz
- May 28, 2017, 09:53:18 AMThedus,
I am so happy that I took the time to download the essays.
They have been an inspiration like few other things in my life.
Above all, the passion and the love that was put into the site is impressive and gave me a clearer understanding of the full width of the human experience.
Sad to see it's down.
Glad that you're up.
So that me waiting for the hardcover edition to show up in the bookshelves isn't in complete vain.
Or the tv series.
About the scientists working at Anchor Point. And the terrible mistake they made.
The essays boosted my frequent nightmares,; always about the star beast and Sigourney and me. Nightmares I've had for 38 years.
Today I'm going to the movies, Alien Covenant on IMAX.
Just reading through the essays again has raised my pulse to dangerous levels.
Just saying
I am so happy that I took the time to download the essays.
They have been an inspiration like few other things in my life.
Above all, the passion and the love that was put into the site is impressive and gave me a clearer understanding of the full width of the human experience.
Sad to see it's down.
Glad that you're up.
So that me waiting for the hardcover edition to show up in the bookshelves isn't in complete vain.
Or the tv series.
About the scientists working at Anchor Point. And the terrible mistake they made.
The essays boosted my frequent nightmares,; always about the star beast and Sigourney and me. Nightmares I've had for 38 years.
Today I'm going to the movies, Alien Covenant on IMAX.
Just reading through the essays again has raised my pulse to dangerous levels.
Just saying
Posted by Valaquen
- Aug 15, 2014, 06:19:23 PMThedus,
We've never spoken, but your site was one of the first Alien websites I came across as a young 'un, possibly back in '98 or '99. I still see people around the internet on various forums quoting from it and its articles. It's safe to say that your place in the Alien fandom is assured.
As Xenomorphine says, a salutation is in order!
We've never spoken, but your site was one of the first Alien websites I came across as a young 'un, possibly back in '98 or '99. I still see people around the internet on various forums quoting from it and its articles. It's safe to say that your place in the Alien fandom is assured.
As Xenomorphine says, a salutation is in order!
Posted by Thedus
- Aug 08, 2014, 07:08:25 PMQuote from: Darkness on Jul 29, 2014, 06:28:27 PM
Out of curiosity, what was your thoughts on Prometheus? Haven't heard your opinion about it, particularly, as those creatures in there are the precursors to the xenomorph.
As it's own movie... it's OK. As a precursor to ALIEN... it feels forced and contrived.
The Engineers using one of their own to seed a planet with life? I'm not buying it. seeding a planet would need to be a global event - not an isolated even of an Engineer sacrificing himself to spread his genetic material. It also drastically limits the worlds that could be seeded. If the world is not compatible with the Engineers' physiology then it's not going to work. Terra forming a planet first would make more sense. this way you would have a larger number of worlds to seed. And that could have been happening, but that was never explained.We are left to guess or assume that they seed planets when they are at a specific point in their process of development. Which severely limits the Engineers' ability to seed the galaxy.
Terra forming, by its very nature, destroys an existing planet to allow for the cultivation of another. The aliens are perfectly suited for this which is why I had mentioned that on my site as one possibility for their existence. There was also a rumor circulating for a while about Prometheus and the Engineers terra forming that seemed to fit in very closely to my own ideas that I had put on the site years before. I was pretty excited about to possibility that the aliens may have actually been used as in the process of terra forming. But that turned out not to be true.
I also felt that the creatures in the film were fueled by wild jumps of logic. the aliens always were rooted in a viable and easily justifiable biological niche. They made sense. It's terrifying and gruesome, but it made sense and tied-in to what we see elsewhere in nature. ...the creatures in Prometheus don't do that. If the black slime is ingested or makes contact with a person it turns them into violent mutants... unless it is introduced into the system via DNA that has already been altered - in this case: sex. Then it creates life, but not life that in any way resembles the the host DNA - something completely different. Yet, when it comes into contact with some form of ground worm it creates really cool giant worms that are not in any way deformed. True - they are aggressive and much stronger, but they don't look like they just walked out of a fire like humans do. And Shaw's offspring basically turns out to be a giant facehugger... how does this happen? What is the basis for this - I mean other than it creates a visual connection with the other Alien movies? And the creature that results and bursts out of the Engineer conveniently looks like an alien... but not. It's size also doesn't make sense - It's huge compared to the Engineer's chest cavity!
So, in a nutshell: the black slime breaks down an engineer to it's base cellular material to help seed a planet, but it turns humans into exceptionally strong mutated monsters. ...Except when inserted into the human system via black slime infected DNA - then it creates what resembles a starfish mixed with an octopus whose sole purpose is to insert more genetic material into a host to create yet another creature. The whole thing feels convoluted and heavily contrived just to make a connection to the existing movies.
Quote from: Xenomorphine on Aug 02, 2014, 12:47:32 AM
Ah, memories... Can remember avidly reading through it on the computer network at college, while all the pre-release hype for 'Alien Resurrection' was hitting the Internet.
You made a grand contribution to the fandom, Sir. We salute you.
A fan from back in the day! Thank, sir. Much appreciated. Posted by Blacklabel
- Aug 02, 2014, 02:35:12 AMQuote from: Quarax on Jul 31, 2014, 02:11:46 AM
Gotta love the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20140527122020/http://www.anchorpointessays.com/
YUS! Still available.
Posted by Xenomorphine
- Aug 02, 2014, 12:47:32 AMAh, memories... Can remember avidly reading through it on the computer network at college, while all the pre-release hype for 'Alien Resurrection' was hitting the Internet.
You made a grand contribution to the fandom, Sir. We salute you.
You made a grand contribution to the fandom, Sir. We salute you.
Posted by Quarax
- Jul 31, 2014, 02:11:46 AMGotta love the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20140527122020/http://www.anchorpointessays.com/
Posted by Darkness
- Jul 29, 2014, 06:28:27 PMOut of curiosity, what was your thoughts on Prometheus? Haven't heard your opinion about it, particularly, as those creatures in there are the precursors to the xenomorph.
Posted by Thedus
- Jul 29, 2014, 12:58:15 PMThanks, all.
Thank you, sir! Much appreciated.
Thanks, SM. Much appreciated.
And you were pivotal in the re-writing of the Hive Essay some years back. That would not have been possible without you.
I had actually moved the site off of the AXP servers about four years ago. We were having technical issues with the site, and there was a lot of back and forth AXP's provider but no solutions, so I finally decided to move the site back to my original provider: the folks that host my business's website. So, as much as I appreciate the fact that AXP offered to host the site - it was rather short-lived endeavor. And it was through no fault of the folks that ran AXP, but it just didn't work out.
And I appreciate the offer and sentiment, Darkness. And a special nod must go to you - if it weren't for your efforts the folks in Hollywood would not have been able to get in touch with me about the AVP:R Special Features, because The Essays were down at that time due to hacking issues. So, Thank you!
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Jul 29, 2014, 06:14:51 AM
All good things must sadly come to an end.. I thoroughly enjoyed your Essays and frequently recommended and referred them to many new Alien fans who wanted to get into the franchise and the fandom. I even remember printing some of the essays back in 97 or 98, and I may still have them but where they are.. I don't know.
Your information and research has not been for naught, and I want to say.. Thank you for insight and hard work.
Thank you, sir! Much appreciated.
Quote from: SM on Jul 29, 2014, 06:15:21 AM
Hi Mike - Long time no speak.
Sorry to see the site go. I dispute that it's fallen into obscurity. It's still deservedly THE premier site for Alien biological discourse, and hopefully it can find another home at some point - one that won't cost anything.
Big thanks for all the effort that went into it.
Thanks, SM. Much appreciated.
And you were pivotal in the re-writing of the Hive Essay some years back. That would not have been possible without you.
Quote from: Darkness on Jul 29, 2014, 12:27:47 PM
I thought something was up when I couldn't access it the other weekend.
I was going to say, we would have hosted you and your domain - it's still a great reference guide even if you feel it's a little outdated.. But sounds like that wasn't the problem. You were already hosted at AXP, if I recall which is still online.
We can still access it at the Web Archive so it will live on forever. And I don't think there are any other sites out there that cover the biology of the xenomorph, at least not as detailed as yours.
I had actually moved the site off of the AXP servers about four years ago. We were having technical issues with the site, and there was a lot of back and forth AXP's provider but no solutions, so I finally decided to move the site back to my original provider: the folks that host my business's website. So, as much as I appreciate the fact that AXP offered to host the site - it was rather short-lived endeavor. And it was through no fault of the folks that ran AXP, but it just didn't work out.
And I appreciate the offer and sentiment, Darkness. And a special nod must go to you - if it weren't for your efforts the folks in Hollywood would not have been able to get in touch with me about the AVP:R Special Features, because The Essays were down at that time due to hacking issues. So, Thank you!
Posted by Darkness
- Jul 29, 2014, 12:27:47 PMI thought something was up when I couldn't access it the other weekend.
I was going to say, we would have hosted you and your domain - it's still a great reference guide even if you feel it's a little outdated.. But sounds like that wasn't the problem. You were already hosted at AXP, if I recall which is still online.
We can still access it at the Web Archive so it will live on forever. And I don't think there are any other sites out there that cover the biology of the xenomorph, at least not as detailed as yours.
I was going to say, we would have hosted you and your domain - it's still a great reference guide even if you feel it's a little outdated.. But sounds like that wasn't the problem. You were already hosted at AXP, if I recall which is still online.
We can still access it at the Web Archive so it will live on forever. And I don't think there are any other sites out there that cover the biology of the xenomorph, at least not as detailed as yours.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Jul 29, 2014, 07:14:14 AMVery sad to hear about the news, Mike. Of course we understand that stuff like this isn't indefinite and family will ultimately come first. Good luck!
Posted by Kimarhi
- Jul 29, 2014, 06:54:29 AMAh man.
The franchises lack of relevance is now extending into the web sites that helped nurture the fandom.
The franchises lack of relevance is now extending into the web sites that helped nurture the fandom.
