Alien: Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb

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Alien & Aliens: Ron Cobb's art: Nostromo interior concepts

 

 

 

a) Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb  

a.i) By the time Ron Cobb reached London, Michael Seymour as art director decided that he liked the window idea and came up with this hexagon-shaped bridge that was radially symmetrical. 

a.ii) Then Ridley wanted overhead consoles, and wanted to make the set tighter, more claustrophobic, like a fighter bomber, and then Ron  just started suggesting shapes and forms that would conform to that. 

a.iii) The windows eventually became bubbles that one could sort of get to in outrigger seats that would overhang the windows

1. RON COBB: By the time I got to London, Michael Seymour decided he liked the window idea and came up with this hexagon-shaped bridge that was radially symmetrical. Then Ridley wanted overhead consoles, and wanted to make the set tighter, more claustrophobic, like a fighter bomber, and I just started suggesting shapes and forms that would conform to that. The windows eventually became bubbles you could sort of get to in outrigger seats that would overhang the windows (https://www.geocities.ws/fixer1977/cobb6e.html)

 

b) Comparisons

 

b.i) See: References 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

 

b.ii) See: References Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) by Giovanni Schiaparelli?

 

 

 

 

b.iii) See: References the cover of The Inspector #9 (May 1976)?