Updates 2013-2023

2023

May 

May 31st 2023

a) Added: Aliens: Aliens' siege on the colonial marines references the police station from Hill Street Blues season 1 episode 4, Can World War III Be an Attitude? (originally aired January 24, 1981)

b) Added: The cover of ‘Protectorate’ by Ace Books (published in January 1985) by Dan LaMountain

c) Added: The cover of ‘Protectorate’ by Ace Books (published in January 1985) by Dan LaMountain references Demon (Work 513) (Started 1978, and seems to have been finished in 1983!) by HR Giger?

d) Added: The cover of ‘Protectorate’ by Ace Books (published in January 1985) by Dan LaMountain references Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger?

May 29th 2023

a) Added: Alien : HR Giger's translucent Alien painted up

 

May 27th 2023

a) Added: Aliens: Black out in Hill Street Blues season 1 episode 4, "Can World War III Be an Attitude?" (originally aired January 24, 1981) becomes a blackout at Hadley's Hope?

b) Added: Aliens: Who is the alien in Hill Street Blues season 1 episode 4, "Can World War III Be an Attitude?"  (originally aired January 24, 1981)?

May 20th 2023

a) Added: Alien : Ron Cobb: The Leviathan

b) Added: Aliens: The idea of the APC references the Nishitsu Corp's PANDA (Personnel Armored N-Series Defense Attack) vehicle (urban tank) as seen in episodes 11 and 12 of the series Hill Street Blues,(aired March 14 & 21st, 1981)?

May 18th 2023

a) Added: Aliens:Alien Queen head and shoulders drawn by CT Thorne, references image of the car with fake alligator's head sticking out, driving off into the distance in Hill Street Blues, Series 1, Episode 10 "Gatorbait", (original airdate: March 5, 1981)? 

b) Added:  Aliens: Development via "Hill Street Blues" TV series? as an index page for anything dealing with Hill Street Blues  

 

May 16th 2023

a) Added: Aliens: Ripley's method of attacking the alien queen with a powerloader references Hill Street Blues Season 1, Episode 6 "Film At Eleven" ( aired on February 7, 1981)

 

 

 

May 12th 2023

a) Added: Prometheus: Starmap motifs scattered through Earth's history basically as an index page for the the tablets and cave drawings. This page had been hanging around for quite a while but I forgot to post it.

 

 

May 7th 2023

a) Added: HR Giger: The Spell II (work 238) (1974) references the cover for "Sabbath bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (1973) by Drew Struzan? 

b) Added: HR Giger: The Spell II (work 238) (1974) references Alpha-Omega bomb temple scene from the movie Beneath The Planet of the Apes (released 1972)

c) Added: The cover for "Sabbath bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (1973) by Drew Struzan references Aleph (work 210)(1972-1973) by HR GIger?

d) Added: "Sabbath bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (1973) by Drew Struzan as an index page dealing with this illustration

e) Added: Index page for articles dealing with: Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. "Seated man in serpent" (discovered up in 1955)

f) Added: Congrès International des clubs de publicité, Paris 3.4.5. Oct 1955 poster (1955) by Bernard Villemot references Monument 19 from La Venta documented that year in 1955

 

 

May 5th 2023

a) Added HR Giger: Necronom VIII (work 317) (1976) by HR Giger references to Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. "Seated man in serpent"?

 

April 

April 17th 2023

a) added: Aliens: Model of Alien head owned by Michael Jackson

 

April 7th

 

a) added: Alien 3: George RR Martin didn't watch Alien 3

 

April 5th 2023

a) See:  Alien 5 / "Red Harvest": "Elevator" for Neill Blomkamp's unmade Alien 5 (2015) by Geoffroy Thoorens references The Tourist VIII 'Two aquatic aliens' (work 496) (1982) by HR Giger?

 

April 3rd 2023

 

a) Added: Jack Kirby's statue of Space God in his craft of stone from The Eternals #1 (July 1976) references Necronom III version 1 (work 302) (1976) by HR Giger?

b) Added: HR Giger: Erotomechanics IX (Fellatio)(work 424) (1979) by HR Giger references Erotomechanics IX (Fellatio)(work 424) (1979) by HR Giger references publicity image for The Burke Special in The Radio Times, (19th July 1973)? 

c) Added: Publicity image with James Burke for The Burke Special in The Radio Times, (19th July 1973)

 

 

 

March 

March 30th 2023

a) Added: Panel showing the Space Jockey in his spacecraft from "The Alien" from Dark Horse's Aliens The Platinum Edition, (April 1992) references frontispiece showing Eblis sitting upon a globe of fire (1815) engraved by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor Jr for William Beckford's Vathek written in 1782?

 

March 29th 2023

a) Added: Panel showing the Space Jockey in his spacecraft from "The Alien" from Dark Horse's Aliens The Platinum Edition, (April 1992) references the Detroit Industry mural, (1932-33) by Diego Rivera ?

 

 

 

March 24th 2023

 

a) Added: HR Giger: Erotomechanics VIII (work-423) (1979) by HR Giger references "L'Origine du monde" (1866) by Gustave Courbet via Landing Ground at Nazca’ (1976) by Chris Foss  

b) Added: Gustave Courbet's L'Origine Du Monde (1866) references "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco? 

c) Added: Gustave Courbet's L'Origine Du Monde (1866) as an index page for anything to do with this painting 

d) Added: Gustave Courbet's L'Origine Du Monde (1866) references in ‘Landing Ground at Nazca’ (for the book "Visitors from Outer Space") (1976) by Chris Foss?

e) Added: Aliens: Alien queen front view for Aliens (released 1986) references costume design for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1980) by Charles Knode?

f) Added: Blade Runner: costume design for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1980) by Charles Knode as an index page for anything relating to this image

g) Added: Aliens: Jim Cameron's Alien Queen whole front view concept drawing references "Vlad Tepes" (1978) by HR Giger via costume design for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1980) by Charles Knode?

h) Added:  Blade Runner: Costume design for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1980) by Charles Knode references Vlad Tepes (work 412) (1978) by HR Giger?  

i) Added: Aliens: Alien queen front view for Aliens (released 1986) references costume design for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1980) by Charles Knode?

j) Added: Aliens: Jim Cameron's Alien Queen whole front view concept drawing as an index page for anything relating to that image 

k) Added a separate page for Aliens: Alien Queen sideview drawing which is one of the unnamed illustrations from Aliens: Creation of the Alien Queen according to the concept drawings, as an index page for the illustration

 

 

March 22nd 2023

 

a) Added: Alien 5: "Anchor" for Neill Blomkamp's unmade Alien 5 (2015) by Geoffroy Thoorens references Erotomechanics VIII, (work 423) (1979) by HR Giger? 

 

 

March 21s 2023

a) Updated and re-edited Illustrations from Linda C. Cain and Susan Rosenbaum's "Blast Off" (1973) by Leo and Diane Dillon (I don't know what happened here but I hadn't finished posting all the links for the pages of comparisons, or perhaps it had reverted back to an slightly earlier version of the page which does seem to occasionally happening. That sounds like a poor excused but tt happened right before my eyes once. But this page deals with how Giger referenced this illustrations in his Mordor paintings as if he knoew of a significant referenced work for each. So I worked out three)

 

 

 

March 20th 2023 

 

a) I've just found ou that Googlepphotos have changed he addresses of hundreds of my photos and I'm working to find them and put them back

 

 

March 14th 2023

 

a) I've re-edited "Blade Runner: Rick Deckard: human or replicant?" (as I went to see the first showing of the Imax version of the film at he science museum the other day). I've broken up the long flow of text with lots of headings.

 

 

 

 

March 13th 2023

a) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard showing Kane making coffee (1978) by Ridley Scott references cover of The Pink Panther #11 (March 1973)

b) Added: The Pink Panther #11 (March 1973) as an index page for articles relating to this comic book

c) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard showing Kane making coffee (1978) by Ridley Scott as an index page for anything to thos storyboard

 

d) Added: Soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon (1941) by Salvador Dali as an index page for all articles dealing with this painting. 

 

(NB So curiously you have this chain of images hanging together by loose strands going from an Alien Queen drawing by Jim Cameron through Syd Mead's Voight-Kampff machine that although they connect with Gger's ZDF and beyond, although the Voight-Kampff machine also connect through Ridley's storyboard for Kane making a coffee via Pink Panther #11 vis Dali's Neferiti drawing from 1972 to his soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon (1941) is that makes any sense)

 

e) Added: Radio Times illustration for At Home With Foxes, 23rd July, 1969 on BBC1, by M Wilson as an index page for any articles relating to this illustrations

f) Added: HR Giger: N.Y. City II references pot Black TV series from Radio Times for july 17 1969 ?

as a separate page for the comparisons between the painting and the Radio Times photograph 

 

g) Added: HR Giger: N.Y. City II Lovecraft over N.Y. City (work 452) (1980) by HR Giger references Adjusting a TV set photo from Radio Times Monday 6th January 1975. as a separate page for the comparisons between the painting and the Radio Times photograph 

h) Added: HR Giger: N.Y. City II Lovecraft over N.Y. City (work 452) (1980) by HR Giger references Radio Times July 3-9 1976 cover "Viewing America" as a separate page for the comparisons between the painting and the Radio Times photograph 

 

 

March 3rd 2023

 

a) Added: HR Giger: Chiquita (Work 190) (1972) by HR Giger references The Forge of Vulcan (1574) by Lucca Penni?

b) Added:  Aliens: Alien Queen Egg Layer concept art for Aliens (film released 1986) Jim Cameron references Chiquita (Work 190) (1972) by HR Giger?  

 

 

February 

 

February 18th 2023

a) Added: HR Giger: Biomechanoid III (work 255), 1974

b) Added: Blade Runner: Drawing of the Voight-Kampff machine by Syd Mead references early Alien storyboard showing Kane making coffee (1978) by Ridley Scott?

 

 

February 15th 2023

a) Added Alien: Giger's carrying alien bodyparts from A to B

 

 

February 12th 2023

a) Added more photos to:

1. H R Giger's work studio in the corner of a film studio at Shepperton, 1978 
2. H R Giger's studio moved into the hut in the car park, 1978
3. H R Giger's studio moved to the Art Department, 1978

b) Added: Alien: Building the Space Jockey in cockpit

 

 

 

 

February 8th 2023

a) Added: Aliens: Alien queen for Aliens by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine drawing for Blade Runner by Syd Mead? 

b) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen drawn by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine drawing by Syd Mead for Blade Runner and Giger's ZDF? 

c) Added: Blade Runner: Drawing of Voight-Kampff machine by Syd Mead as an index page for articles relating to this image 

d) Added: Blade Runner: Voight-Kampff machine drawing by Syd Mead references "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger? 

e) Added: Aliens: Alien queen for Aliens by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine drawing for Blade Runner by Syd Mead?

f) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen drawn by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine sketch for Blade Runner by Syd Mead and Giger's ZDF (comparable areas between the three together)

g) Added: Poster for a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in May , 1977 as an index page for articles relating to the image

 

February 6th 2023

a) Added: HR Giger: ‘The Spell III’ (1976) by HR Giger as explored by Aaron Openshaw 

b) Added: HR Giger: The Spell III (work 320) (1976) by HR Giger references poster for a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in May , 1977? 

c) Added: HR Giger: Stillbirth machine I (work 313) (1976) by HR Giger references poster for a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in May, 1977? 

d) Added: HR Giger: Still birth machine (1976) by HR Giger as an index page for the painting

 

 

 

February 4th 2023

a) Added: Prometheus: The Engineers background story

 

 

 

 

January 

January 28th 2023

a) Added: Claws of Death (1976) by Peter Andrew Jones references Stanley Kubrick (published January 30 1972) by Albert Hirschfeld?

b) Separate page was made for:  Alien: Alien Stage III, alternate second version (work 370?) (1978 ) by HR Giger 

c) Separate page was made for: Alien: Stage III alien, 1st Design (side view II first state) (1978) by HR Giger

d) Added Alien stage III version 2 side view (work 370) (1978) by HR Giger. The Kubrickalien? as an index page was made for the painting and any articles relating to it 

e) Added Alien stage III version 2 side view (work 370 & 371) (1978 ) by HR Giger references Claws of Death (1976) by Peter Andrew Jones?

f) Added Alien life form (unused design for 2001 A Space Odyssey) (Film released April 2, 1968) by Christiane Kubrick

g) Added: Added the page Stanley Kubrick (published January 30 1972) by Albert Hirschfeld as an index page for articles connected wth this image

h) Added "Mother with Child" (work 72)(1967) by HR Giger as an index page for any article dealing with this illustration

i) Added: Alien life form (unused design for 2001 A Space Odyssey) (Film released April 2, 1968) by Christiane Kubrick references "Mother with Child" (work 72)(1967) by HR Giger?

j) Added Astro-eunuchs (work 71) (1967) by HR Giger as an index page for articles dealing with this illustration

k) Added Astro-eunuchs (work 071) (1967) by HR Giger references Autumnal Cannibalism (1936) by Salvador Dali?

l) Added: Cover for The Pink Panther and The Inspector #16 (November 1973) references caricature of Stanley Kubrick (published January 30 1972) by Albert Hirschfeld

m) Added Alien: Stage III Alien, 2nd Design (side view) (work 370) (1978) by HR Giger references cover of the Pink Panther comic book #16 (November 1973)?

NB. Acknowledge the connections running from Giger's Astro-Eunuch and the  Mother With Child done in 1967 as workd 71 and 72 connecting with Christiane Kubrick's sculpture of an alien being for 2001:A Space Odyssey that then connects with Giger's Kubrickalien which connects with a cartoon of Stanley Kubrick via Claws of Death (1976) by Peter Andrew Jones, and then there's the cover of The Pink Panther  #16 that appears to reference the Stanley Kubrick illustration as well as Dali's Autumnal Cannibalism.

 

 

 

 

January 26th 2023

a) Added: Alien: Stage III alien, 2nd Design (side view) (work 370) (1978) by HR Giger references cartoon of Stanley Kubrick (published January 30 1972) by Albert Hirschfeld?

 

 

 

January 25th 2023

 

a) Restored images at Jack Kirby references HR Giger's Landscape XXIX (1974) (work 249) in The Eternals #7, January 1977 ? 

b) Restored images at Fire engine scene from The Eternals #16 referenced in HR Giger's Biomechanic Landscape I (work 583)?

c) Added index page for Panel from a page from "Les Adventures de Tintin - Les Cigars du Pharaon" first published in Le Petit "Vingtième" no.4, p9 January 1933, by Hergé 

 
 

 

 

January 24th 2023

 

a) Added: Alien: Ridleygram of Alien beast killing Brett for Alien (released 1978) by Ridley Scott references Mordor IV (Work 280) (1975) by HR Giger?

b) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard of the alien beast killing Brett aboard the Nostromo (1978) by Ridley Scott references panel from p7 of Manhunter 'Stone of Vengeance", originally printed in Adventure comics #77 (1938)) by Jack Kirby ?  

c)  Added: Aliens: Early Alien Queen drawing for Aliens references Mordor IV (Work 280) (1975) by HR Giger?  

d) Added: Aliens: Early queen concept art for Aliens references panel from a page from "Les Adventures de Tintin - Les Cigars du Pharaon" first published in Le Petit "Vingtième" no.4, p9 January 1933, by Hergé  

e) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard of the alien beast killing Brett aboard the Nostromo (1978) by Ridley Scott references panel from p7 of Manhunter 'Stone of Vengeance" p44 The New Gods #8 (reprinted 1971) (Originally printed in Adventure comics #77 (1938)) by Jack Kirby ?

 

 

 

 

January 22nd 2023

 

a) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen concept art for Aliens (released 1986) references Ridleygram of Alien beast killing Brett for Alien (released 1978)?   

b) Added: Aliens: Early queen concept art for Aliens references panel from a page from "Les Adventures de Tintin - Les Cigars du Pharaon" first published in Le Petit "Vingtième" no.4, p9 January 1933, by Hergé?

 

 

 

January 21st 2023

 

a) Added Aliens: Alien queen concept art for Aliens (film released 1986) by Jim Cameron references Acompañamiento sincopado (staccato) (1928-1930) by Frantisek Kupka? 

b) Added L'Acier Travaille (1927) by Frantisek Kupka as an index page for artciles connected with this painting

c) Added Acompañamiento sincopado (staccato) (1928-1930) by Frantisek Kupka as an index page for articles relating to this painting 

d) Added Aliens: Alien Queen concept art by Jim Cameron references Alien Monster V (work 410) (1978) by HR Giger?

e) Added HR Giger: Alien Monster V (work 410) (1978) by HR Giger references L'Acier Travaille (1927) by Frantisek Kupka?

 

 

 

 

January 18th 2023

 

a) Continued to Alien: Origins of Weylan-Yutani

b)  Re-edited Alien: Industrial conglomerates and their ships

 

 

 

 

January 17th 2023

a) Re-edited Alien: Origins of Weylan-Yutani because I found myself responding to a post in Twitter and noticed tha my page about origins of Weylan-Yutani looked very muddled

 

 

 

 

January 15th 2023

 

a) Added: Aliens: Jim Cameron's Early alien queen with eggsack references HR Giger's Alien Monster IV (work 408) (1978)?

 

 

 

 

January 12th 2023

 

a) Added: Aliens : Alien Queen vs Ripley with Power Loader concept illustration by Jim Cameron references National Park by HR Giger?

b) Updated Alien The TV series with details from a Deadline interview

 

 

 

 

January 8th 2023

 

a) Made a slight update to Alien: The Alien as a dragon with Sigourney weaver talking about the fighting the alien as a dragon being healthier than making movies about killing people in Vietnam

 

 

2022 

 

December

 

December 29th 2022

 

a) Added Right panel from Luncheon of the Boating Party triptych (1985) by William Kentridge references H R Giger's National Park (work 271) (1975)?

b) Added Right panel from Luncheon of the Boating Party triptych, (1985) by William Kentridge as an index page for this picture

c) Added "Lost Rumba, Lost Recuendo" (from the Rumbas portfolio) (1993) by Moebius references right panel from Luncheon of the Boating Party triptych, (1985) by William Kentridge?

d) Added  Superman Lives: Sylvain Despretz' Skullship concept art for the unmade Superman Lives (1997) references right panel from Luncheon of the Boating Party triptych, (1985) by William Kentridge?

 

December 28th 2022

 

a) Added: Poster for Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities references National Park (work 271) (1975) by H R Giger ?

 

December 26th 2022

 

a) Added: Tristan Jones' idea for the Alien: Desolation graphic novel series that never saw light

 

December 18th

 

a)  Added a page for Alien: Ridleygram of Pedalo

 

 

December 13th

 

a) The page 'Aliens: Jim Cameron's Aliens script makes use of elements from Asterix of Spain comic book?' has now been broken down into separate pages linking to it as an index page:

• Aliens: A little boy named named Pepe who bites becomes a little girl named Newt who also bites 
• Aliens: Gauls shaking Roman lookout crew out of the trees becomes Colonial Marines entering the alien's nest with aliens coming out of the walls?    
• Aliens: Spurius Brontosaurus' first sighting of the Gaul's superstrength potion becomes Burke's first encounter with the facehugger?    
• Aliens: Spurius Brontosaurus stealing the Gaul's superhuman strength potion becomes Burke trying to infect Ripley and Newt with the Facehuggers?
• Aliens: Asterix using a red cloak in a bullfight with an aurocs becomes Ripley using a powerloader to fight to fight the alien queen, rescuing in this instance Spurious Brontosaurus who becomes Newt? 

 

 

 

December 12th

a) Added: Alien: Cutaway of the Alien egg with face hugger inside by HR Giger references vase from "Asterix and the Roman Agent", (Originally published: 4 June 1970). written by Author René Goscinny, illustrated by Albert Uderzo

 

 

December 11th

 

a) Added: Aliens: Jim Cameron's Aliens script makes use of elements from Asterix of Spain comic book?

December 4th

a) Added: The emergency hospital section of Wernher Von Braun's space wheel (From Man and the Moon (Tomorrow Land) documentary, 1955) as an index page for the image 

b) Added: The emergency hospital section of Wernher Von Braun's Space Wheel (1956) as seen in Man and the Moon (Tomorrow Land), 1955)  references the Henu Barque from the Egyptian Book of the Dead?

c) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard of the Nostromo freezer vault with presumably Kane waking up (1978) by Ridley Scott references the emergency hospital section of Wernher Von Braun's Space Wheel as seen in Man and the Moon (Tomorrow Land), 1955)? 

d) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard of the Nostromo freeze vault (1978) by Ridley Scott references the cover of The Pink Panther #19 (May 1974)?

e) Added: Alien: Early Ridleygram of Nostromo freezer vault with crewmember waking up (1978) for Alien, by Ridley Scott as an index page for the Ridleygram 

f) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard of the Nostromo freezer vault (1978) by Ridley Scott references "Woman with the head of roses" 1935 by Salvador Dali?

 

 

December 2nd

a) Added: The astronomy section of Wernher Von Braun's space wheel 1955 references the mummification ritual image from The Egyptian Book Of The Dead?

b) Added: The astronomy section of Wernher Von Braun's space wheel 1955

c) Added: Alien: Ridley Scott's early storyboard of the space jockey references a Mummification Ritual image inspired astronomy section of Wernher Von Braun's Space Wheel from 1955

d) Added: Wernher Von Braun's space wheel (From Man and the Moon (Tomorrow Land), 1955)

 

 

November

November 23rd

i) Added Alien: Ridley Scott's notes for Ripley and Dallas in the test scene in Alien

 

November 19th

i) Added: Alien: Nostromo Lander - Owl design for Alien (1978) by Ron Cobb references  'The Snap-dragon-fly' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel? 

ii) Added: Alien Resurrection : Motorised wheelchair (1997) by Sylvain Despretz references Nostromo Lander - Owl design (1978) for Alien by Ron Cobb?

iii) Added: Alien Resurrection: Motorised wheelchair for Alien Resurrection (1997) by Sylvain Despretz references cover of The Inspector #6 (October 1975)?

iv) Added Half buried crashed space ship from the sixth page 6 the story "Harzakc" that might be a peculiar ruin (Published in Metal Hurlant #5 in January 1976) by Moebius references "New England Tragedy" (1934) by Umberto Romano? 

v) Added: The Adventures of Tintin and the red sea sharks: Marlinespike car rally panel references New England Tragedy (1934) by Umberto Romano?

vi) Added: Battle of Tetouan (1962) Salvador Dali references The Marlinespike Car Rally from The Adventures of Tintin and the Red Seasharks (Published 1 January 1958)

 

November 18th

 

i) Added: Lot #36 - ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997) - Large Hand-Drawn Xenomorph Concept Sketch ? Login to See Winning Bid Estimate: $600 - $800

 

 

 

 

November 11th

i) Added: Alien: Early Alien storyboard showing Kane's body shooting into space (1978) by Ridley Scott references photograph of Nigel Kneale, science fiction writer, in an article "Britain in 2050" publicising the TV program "Wine of India" in The Radio Times for 16/4/70 BBC1? 

ii) Added: Photograph of Nigel Kneale, science fiction writer for TV , in an article "Britain in 2050" publicising the TV program "Wine of India" in Radio Times for 16/4/70 BBC1 taken by Sylvester Jacobs as an index page for all aricles relating to this photograph

iii) Added: HR Giger: Biomechanic Mia (Egyptian Style) (work 444) (1980) by HR Giger references photograph of Nigel Kneale, science fiction writer for TV , in an article "Britain in 2050" publicising the TV program "Wine of India" in Radio Times for 16/4/70 BBC1 taken by Sylvester Jacobs?

iv) Added: Photograph of Nigel Kneale, science fiction writer for TV , in an article "Britain in 2050" publicising the TV program "Wine of India" in Radio Times for 16/4/70 BBC1 taken by Sylvester Jacobs references Portrait of Emilio Terry (completed 1934) by Salvador Dali?

v) Added: Portrait of Mr Emilio Terry (unfinished) by Salvador Dali (1930) references the Henu Barque from the Papyrus of Ani version of the Egyptian book of the dead?

 

 

 

 

November 10th

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Biomechanic Mia (Egyptian style) (work 444) (1980) by HR Giger references WHSmith "Why Dads look forward to Christmas" magazine advert , November 1980?  

ii) Added : HR Giger: Biomechanic Mia (Egyptian Style) (work 444) (1980) as an index page for the painting

iii) Added: HR Giger: Biomechanic Mia (Egyptian style) (work 444) (1980) by HR Giger references early Alien storyboard of Kane's body shoots into space (1978) by Ridley Scott?

 

November 9th

i) Added: Alien Resurrection: Motorised wheelchair by Sylvain Despretz references 'The Snap-dragon-fly' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel? 

ii) Added: Alien Resurrection : Motorised wheelchair (1997) by Sylvain Despretz as an index page for this illustration

 

October

October 29th

i) Added: Bélial, Emperor of the Flies (1948) by Wifredo Lam as an index page for the image

ii) Added: HR Giger: Necronom V (1976) by HR Giger references Bélial, Emperor of the Flies (1948) by Wifredo Lam?

 

October 28th

i) Added: Cover illustration for "Alien: Inferno's Fall" (published 2022) by Alex Ronald references Bélial, Emperor of the Flies (1948) by Wifredo Lam?

ii) Added: Cover for "Alien Inferno's Fall" (published 2022) by Alex Ronald as an index page for this image

iii) Added: Cover for "Alien Inferno's Fall" (published 2022) by Alex Ronald references Galactic head (1969) by Jack Kirby?

iv) Added an index page for Galactic Head (1969) by Jack Kirby

 

October 25th

 

i) Added: Prometheus: Weyland corporate timeline

ii) Added: Prometheus: Mission database

iii) Added: Prometheus: Weyland Pressroom 

iv) Added: Prometheus: New Worlds (I admit that the information from the promotional pages for Prometheus was rather boring but it is what was given)

 

 

October 22nd

i) Added: HR Giger: From Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin, via Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton, to Necronom IV by HR Giger

 

October 21st

 

i) Added: Alien stage III, version 3, side view (work 372) by HR Giger references panel from page 30 of "Asterix and the Soothsayer" (originally published in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972) written by Goscinny and illustrated by Uderzo, with sideview of the soothsayer?

ii) Added: Alien: Dead alien astronaut in landscape sketch by HR Giger references panels from page 41 of "Asterix and The Soothsayer"?

iii) Added Alien: Dead alien astronaut sketch from Giger's Alien Diaries as an index page for the ilustration

iv) Added: Alien: Original alien life cyle tableau, (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references panel from page 8 of "Asterix and The Soothsayer" (originally published in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972) ? 

 

 

October 15th

i) Added: From Piranesi's Carceri to Herge's Unicorn seawreck to Giger's ZDF to Jim Cameron's whole sideview of an alien queen?

ii) Added: HR Giger: ZDF (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger references Unicorn shipwreck from "The Adventures of Tintin and the Red Rackham's Treasure" (Original version of story published from 19 February 1943 – 23 September 1943 in Le Soir) by Hergé?  

 

 

 

October 13th

 

i) Added: From the cover of The Inspector #1 (July 1974) to Dali's Le Dernier Venue De La Derniere Planete to Giger's ZDF (1980) to a sideview of Alien Queen by Jim Cameron for Aliens?

ii) Added: Cover of The Inspector #1 (July 1974) referenced in "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger?

iii) Added: "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger references Le Dernier Venue De La Derniere Planete, (From the Conquest of Space II series) (1974) by Salvador Dali? 

iv) Added: Alien 3: Facehugger hidden in victims chest by HR Giger as a separate page for this section, previously to be found in the section "Alien 3: Giger's Super Face-Hugger". Aaron Percival wrote an article for AVP Galaxy where he tried to address the presence of these drawings,and perhaps I am confused as anyone 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Alien 3, although it makes me think of a sort of fever dream image but now I've added that this Ripley with a Facehugger inside her and inside a glass coffin sounds like Snow White in her glass coffin, and Fincher made a sarcastic joke about this in relation to the end of Ferguson's Alien 3 script

 

 

 

October 12th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen side view concept drawing by Jim Cameron references the cover of The Inspector #1comic (July 1974)? 

ii) Added: Aliens:Alien Queen sideview by Jim Cameron references Le Dernier Venue De La Derniere Planete, (From the Conquest of Space II series) (1974) by Salvador Dali?

iii) Added: Le Dernier Venue De La Derniere Planete, (From the Conquest of Space II series) (1974) by Salvador Dali as an index page

iv)  Added: Le Dernier Venue De La Derniere Planete, (From the Conquest of Space II series) (1974) by Salvador Dali references The Inspector #1 (Published July 1974) ?

 

 

October 10th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen with backwards knee joints by Stan Winston, and only two arms, with the puppeteer's legs in the upper part of the queen's legs. as an index page for this illustration  

ii) Added Aliens: Early alien Queen by Stan Winston references cover for The Inspector #6 (October 1975)? 

iii) Added: Cover of The Inspector #6 comic book (October 1975) as an index page for that comic book cover

iv) Added: Aliens: Early Alien Queen with backwards knee joints by Stan Winston, and only two arms, with the puppeteer's legs in the upper part of the queen's legs references cover for "Crash" by Chris Foss (1975)?

v) Added: Cover "Crash" (published 1975) by Chris Foss as an index page for this illustration 

vi) Added: Alien Queen with backwards knee joints and only two arms, with the puppeteer's legs in the upper part of the queen's legs for Aliens (1986) by Stan Winston reference “The Painter’s Eye” (1942) by Salvador Dali?

 

 

 

 

October 1st

i) Added Aliens: Jim Cameron's Alien Queen whole front view concept drawing references Vlad Tepes (1978) by HR Giger?

 

 

 

 

September

 

September 30th

i) Added Photograph of Micronauts for a Dutch department store De Bijenkorf's catalogue (1979)

ii) Added Photograph of Micronauts for a Dutch department store De Bijenkorf's catalogue (1979) references Devil's Kitchen (AKA: Stalingrad), (1944) by Max Von Moos ? 

iii) Added Alien Monster III (work 409) (1978) by HR Giger references Micronauts photo for Dutch department store catalogue from 1979 (presuming that Giger saw a preview of the photo) ? 

 

 

 

 

September 28th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Front view of Alien Queen head (For Aliens released in 1986 ) by James Cameron as an index page for any article dealing with these Alien Queen head

ii)  Added: HR Giger: Super Star (work 189) (1972) as an index page for any future articles dealing with connections to HR Giger's painting 

iii) Added: Aliens: Front view of Alien Queen head (For Aliens released in 1986 ) by James Cameron references Super Star (work 189) (1972) by HR Giger?

 

 

 

 

September 26th

 

i) I broke the "Aliens: Jenette Goldstein plays Vasquez" page up into separate pages dealing with the different sections of the story about her playing Vasquez from the various interviews etc. It is easier to read and I can organise any further information more easily.

ii) Added: Roman sea life mosaic (60AD) and Cerealia Facula in Occator Crater on the Ceres planetoid

 

 

 

September25th 

 

i) Added: Aliens: Alien Queen in hive scene was inspired by dream of a wasp nest

ii) Updated : I've updated "Aliens: Jenette Goldstein plays Vasquez" with information and a drawing from James Cameron's Future Noir book.

 

 

 

 

September 18th

 

i) Added: Panel from The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972) showing the Pink Panther riding on a camel as a "ship of the desert" references Millet's Architectonic Angelus, (1933) by Salvador Dali?

 

 

 

 

September 17th 

 

i) Added: Alien: Pilot in cockpit (work 380) (1978) by H.R Giger references panel from "The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972) showing the Pink Panther riding on a camel as a "ship of the desert"?

ii) Added: Alien:  Pilot in cockpit (work 380) (1978) by H.R Giger references "Meanwhile, tribune Noxius Vapus arrives at the prefect's palace" from Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield?

iii) Added :Alien: Landscape with Wreck (work 397) for Alien. (1978) by HR Giger as an index page for the painting

iv) Added:  Alien: Landscape with Wreck (work 397) for Alien. (1978) HR Giger references panel from "The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972) showing the Pink Panther riding on a camel as a "ship of the desert" ?

v) Added: "The Pink Sphinx" from the comic book The Pink Panther #4  (1972) 

vi) Added: Panel from "The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972) showing the Pink Panther riding on a camel as a "ship of the desert"?

vii) Added: Alien: Asterix and Alien as an index page dealing with the Alien film and Asterix

viii) Added: Alien: Wreck (Work 374 ) (1978) by HR Giger references panel from "The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972)

ix) Added: Alien: Wreck (Work 374 ) (1978) by HR Giger as an index page for the painting

x) Added: Alien: Derelict ship (Between 1977 or 1978) by Ron Cobb references panel from "The Pink Sphinx" from Pink Panther #4 (Published Jan 1972) showing the Pink Panther riding on a camel as a "ship of the desert"? 

xi) Added: Alien: The "ancient mechanism" in the Pink Sphinx's mouth, the death of Brett and the mystery of the alien beast's tongue

 

 

 

September 14th

 

i) Added: Alien: Drawing of the Nostromo by Ron Cobb references the cover of The Inspector #1, (July 1974)? 

ii) Added: index page for The Inspector #1 (July 1974) 

iii) Added: Alien: Resurrection: "USM Auriga" model miniature

iv) Added: Cover of The Inspector #1 (July 1974) references "The Resurrection" from a triptych at the Ducal palace in Urbino (15th Century)? 

v) Added:"The Resurrection" from a tryptich at the Ducal palace in Urbino (15th Century)  as an index page for the painting

vi) Added: Alien Vs Predator: Requiem: Hybrid 017 references "The Resurrection" from a tryptich at the Ducal palace in Urbino (15th Century)

 

 

 

 

September 13th

 

i) Added: Alien: Nostromo Lander drawing by Ron Cobb 

 

 

 

 

September 12th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Jim Cameron's Alien Queen side view concept drawing references HR Giger's ZDF (work 433) (1980) ?

ii) Added: HR Giger's Mordor V according to Mathew Mathew: How the Orc is made in a sausage factory

 

September 7th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Designing the side view of the Alien Queen based on Giger's Biomechanic Landscape II (work 417) (1979)?

 

 

 

 

August

 

August 25th

 

i) Added: Alien: Dead alien astronaut in Landscape (work 385)(1978) by HR Giger for Alien references "Armorican forest" playscene for Weetabix Asterix Friends & Foes standup figures and action scene sets (1975)?

 

 

 

 
August 24th

 

i) Added: Alien: Dead alien astronaut in Landscape (work 385)(1978) by HR Giger for Alien references Roman Envoy thrown out of his litter in "Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield"(originally published in Pilote in 1967)? 

 

 

 

August 23rd

 

i) Added a separate page for Asterix: The golden sickle rack room panel from "Asterix and the Golden Sickle" (1960)) written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo

ii) Added Alien: Cocoon (work 393)(1978, for Alien) by HR Giger references panel showing a group of people caught in a cheese fondu from Asterix in Switzerland (originally published in Pilote in 1970) written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo?

iii) Added: Alien: Egg Silo exterior (work 378) (1978) by HR Giger references thatched domed roofs of Gaulish village huts from Asterix the Gaul stories?

August 18th

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger references the golden sickle rack room panel from "Asterix and the Golden Sickle" (1960)) written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo? 

ii) Added: Asterix The Gaul as an index page dealing with all things related to the comic book series

iii) Added  Aliens: storyboard showing Ripley and Newt first encountering the Alien Queen references panel featuring golden sickle racks from "Asterix and the Golden Sickle" (1960) written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo, via Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger?

 

 

 

 

August 17th

 

i) Added: Alien: Ridleygram storyboard of alien beast running down the Nostromo corridor (1978) by Ridley Scott as an index page for the storyboard

ii) Added: Alien: Ridleygram storyboard of alien beast running down the Nostromo corridor (1978) for Alien references "Aufbruch zum Sabbat" (work 327) (1977) by HR Giger?

 

 

 

 

August 14th 

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) by HR Giger references Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton?

ii) Added Helmut Newton: Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton as an index pafe for tbe photo 

iii) Added Alien: Early Alien storyboard featuring two computers talking represented by emergency helmets in the control room (1978) by Ridley Scott references Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton

iv) Added Helmut Newton: Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton as an index page for the photograph
v) Added Helmut Newton: Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton references cover of The Pink Panther #14 (September 1973) ? 

vi) Added index page for The Pink Panther #29 (October 1975)

vii) Added Cover of The Pink Panther #29 (October 1975) references Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton?

 

 

 

 

August 2nd

 

i) Added: Alien: Dressing the Nostromo based on some stories about the subject by Roger Christian

ii) Updated Alien production- timeline July 1978 with some Giger's Alien diaries quotes. 

 

 

July

 

July 26th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Storyboard showing Ripley and Newt first encountering the Alien Queen references Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger?

 

 

July 25th

 

i) Added: Alien: Ridleygram of Space jockey and chair seen from the side for Giger (1978) by Ridley Scott Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton?

ii) Added: Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton as an index page for that photograph 

iii) Added: Alien: Early Ridleygram showing the sideview of the Space Jockey (1978) by Ridley Scott for Alien references Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton?

iv) Added: Cover for Isaac Asimov's The Bicentennial Man" (Published 1978) by Chris Foss references Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger ?

v) Added: The cover of Asimov's The Bicentennial Man" (Published 1978) by Chris Foss references the cover of The Inspector #4?

vi) The above also contribute to the section Alien: Early Ridleygram showing the sideview of the Space Jockey (1978) by Ridley Scott for Alien

vii) Added Helmut Newton:Photo of Gunilla Bergstrom at Eiffel Tower, Paris (1976) by Helmut Newton

viii) Added Helmut Newton: Photo of Gunilla Bergstrom at Eiffel Tower, Paris (1976) by Helmut Newton references Pink Panther #33 (January 1976)?

ix) Added HR Giger: Necronom V (150x100 cm) (1976) (acrylic on paper) by HR Giger references photo of Gunilla Bergstrom at Eiffel Tower, Paris (1976) by Helmut Newton? 

 

 

 

July 24th 

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger

ii) Added: HR Giger: Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger references Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton?

iii) Added: HR Giger: Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger references cover of The Inspector #4 (April 1975)? 

iv) Added: The Inspector #4, (April 1975)

v) Added: Helmut Newton: Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton references the cover of The Inspector #4 (1975)?

vi) Added: HR Giger: Bed station I (work 329) (1976) by HR Giger references “The Painter’s Eye” (1941) by Salvador Dali ?

vii) Added: Cover of The Inspector #4 references “The Painter’s Eye” (1942) by Salvador Dali?

 

 

 

 

July 18th

 

i) Added: Aliens: Aliens in the workroom

 

 

 

 

July 10th 

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (1976) by HR Giger references the box art from Pink Panther Flakes (1973)?

 

 

 

 

July 9th 

 

i) Added Radio Times: "Into the Unknown" cover, Radio Times 3th -19th September 1975 as an index page for things relating to the image

 

 

 

 

July 7th

 

i) Added Early storyboard featuring a female Nostromo crewmember sitting at the controls for Alien (1978) by Ridley Scott references "Into the Unknown" cover, Radio Times, 13th -19th September 1975 ?

 

 

 

July 6th

 

i) Added HR Giger: Biomechanical Landscape III "Trains" (work 418) (1979) by HR Giger references "Into the Unknown" cover, Radio Times, 13-19 September 1975?

ii) Added Biomechanical Landscape III "Trains" (work 418) (1979) by HR Giger as an index page for that painting 

July 3rd

i) Replaced all statements relating to Giger quotes from his Diaries in Production Timeline October 1978 with direct quotes and added a few photos where possible

July 1st

 

i) Added:  HR Giger: Alien life cycle hieroglyphics (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references Page 3 of 'Omo Bob' from Zap comic #6 (Published 1973) by Rick Griffin?

ii) Added: Page 3 of 'Omo Bob' from Zap comic #6 (Published January 1973) by Rick Griffin references The Borogoves, Toves and the Raths" from Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel ?

iii) Added: Alien: Original life cyle tableau, (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references "The Borogoves, Toves and the Raths" from Alice Through The Looking Glass by Tenniel via page 3 of 'Omo Bob' from Zap comic #6 (Published 1973) by Rick Griffin?

iv) Added Alien: Perspectives on HR Giger's Life Cycle Hieroglyphics tableau (work 384) (1978) as a page linking up the people's different views about the painting on page separate from the list of comparisons between the painting and various different earlier works

 

 

June 

 

June 25th 2022

 

i) Added Alien Covenant: Ben Rigby plays Ledward

 

June 21st 2022

 

i) Added: Prometheus: Jon Spaihts explores the derelict mystery

ii) Re-edited parts of: Prometheus: Jon Spaihts boards Prometheus which links up to the article about Spaihts exploration of the derelict mystery

iii) Added: Prometheus: Jon Spaihts explores the derelict mystery

iv) Added: Prometheus: Jon Spaihts works with Ridley Scott 

v) Edited Prometheus: Jon Spaihts writes a script  so that this page becomes the index of everything that he did for Prometheus

 

June 20th 2022

 

i) Added: Prometheus & Alien Covenant: Waffling about Nephilim

 

 

 

 

June 19th 2022

 

i) Added transcript for Script Apart podcast Episode 41: Prometheus with Jon Spaihts 

 

June 12th 2022

i) Added: HR Giger: Necronom I (1976) references a crashed Pontiac from the New Sculpture by J. G. Ballard', "Crashed Cars" exhibition at the New Arts Laboratory in London (1970)?

ii) Added HR Giger's Necronom I (1976) referenced by Jack Kirby in his head of the statue of the pilot from The Eternals (1976) #1 ? (I'm sure that I had explored this some years ago but somehow the information was lost) 

 

May 

 

May 23rd 2022

i) Added: Alien 3: Change to a dogburster. I'm sure that because AVP Galaxy had been posting about alien 3, it made me want to see what I had got on my site, Was there something that I had forgotten even?

ii) Added: Alien 3: Dog Puppet with Dogburster Alien

 

 

 

 

May 21st 2022

i) Updated "Prometheus: Jesus Christ Emissary From Outer Space?" on 21st May 2022 with information from the Script Apart podcast

 

 

 

 

May 11th 2022

i) Updated Prometheus: Possibilities of merging the universes of Blade Runner and Alien because I looked at Jon Spaihts' Alien Genesis script and saw the part with the character Captain Batty

 

 

 

 

May10th 2022

 

i) Added a couple of images to Alien 3 : Sigourney Weaver photographed by Helmut Newton

ii) Added an index page for Helmut Newton

iii) Added Alien Resurrection: Helmut Newton visited the set and photographed Sigourney Weaver

iv) Updated  Transcript for the webinar Memory: Ridley Scott's Alien and Mythology with Alexandre O. Philippe changing it now to Alexandre O Philippe's "Memory - origins of Alien": Report with complete transcript in segments as reference quotes for the webinar Memory: Ridley Scott's Alien and Mythology with Alexandre O. Philippe

 

 

 

 

May 5th 2022

 

i) Added: Alien 3: David Fincher takes up the role of director

 

 

 

April

 

April 24th 2022

 

i) Added: Clive Barker on Alien (What seems to have happened I think is that when Blogspot had a fault one day and removed a dozen plus pages, they must have forgot to return this one and I didn't know anything about it. I'm not even sure what was written on it but I've had another go at developing a page for it. Today it seems easier to find quotes to play with at clivebarker.info though .)

 

 

April 20th 2022

 

i) Added Transcript for the webinar Memory: Ridley Scott's Alien and Mythology with Alexandre O. Philippe

ii) Added : My response to points discussed in the webinar "Alexandre O. Philippe - Memory: Ridley Scott's Alien and Mythology 2 Mar 2022 for the UCSD Arts and Humanities Events"

 

 

 

April 16th 2022

 

i) Added: HR Giger's Necronom I (1976) references Panel from page 7 of Manhunter 'Stone of Vengeance" by Jack Kirby? 

 

 

 

 

April 15th 2022

 

i) Added: Alien: Kane gets face hugged after realising that I hadn't really written anything about it 

ii) Added: The manila envelope coloured Face hugger skin story to Alien: The Facehugger:
 

 

 

 

April 11th 2022

 

i) Added index page for JG Ballard portrait photo for the Radio Times in December 1973

ii) Added Illustration from the Radio Times i (February 6th to 12th, 1971 edition) for Harley Cokeliss' Crash documentary, (featuring JG Ballard) 

iii) Added Illustration from February 6th to 12th, 1971 edition of the Radio Times, for Harley Cokeliss' Crash documentary (featuring J G Ballard) references Wagon Lits Cook poster (1933) by A.M. Cassandre?

iv) Added Alien: Early Ridleygram storyboard of alien beast running down the Nostromo corridor for Alien. (1978) by Ridley Scott Illustration from the Radio Times i (February 6th to 12th, 1971 edition) for Harley Cokeliss' Crash documentary (featuring JG Ballard)

v) Added: The cover of The Pink Panther #32 (March 1976) references illustration from Radio Times (February 1971) for Harley Cokeliss' Crash documentary (featuring JG Ballard)?  

 

 

 

 

April 8th 2022

 

i) Added Predator 2: Skull of the Alien beast

 

 

 

March 

 

 

March 27th 2022

 

i) I've rewritten and re-edited "Alien: Pyramid" renaming it "Alien: Pyramid with birthchamber" but it's still over complicated because there are parts of the script used a references and they're rather page consuming and really people might look at it and not have much of a clue about what they're looking at because it sounds interesting what Dan had in mind and his ideas didn't get into the seen artwork very well. What can I do about it? I don't know. It's been quite a mental battle over the years to deal with the subject matter and work on that one. I added Dan O'Bannon's storyboard for the mural but although that showed me another interesting connection, it didn't really show off all of the interesting things seen in the digital scans that they look at later

ii) I've added photos to Alien: Dan O'Bannon's Original Story index

iii) I've added photos to Alien: Dan O'Bannon's Mysteries and added the connections to the jewel assciations and Tintin connections to do with the Alien script. One might still wonder what was going on there.

 

 

 

 

March 24th 2022

 

i) Added: Alien: Comparison to Manhunter 'Stone of Vengeance" by Jack Kirby 

ii) Added: Alien: Mystery of the poster in relation to Jack Kirby's Manhunter "The Stone of Vengeance"

This was an eye opener because it was a significant piece of the jewel mystery with Alien that I noticed but didn't know what was going on. But I don't know what the idea was about still other than the connections all make sense. At present I am trying to see how it might also connect with the Hope diamond curse but that would have been fuel for diamond curse stories and perhaps a bit of that went into Kirby's Manhunter: Stone of Vengeance 

March 22nd 2022

 

i) Added Raised by Wolves: In relation to Alien and Blade Runner

March 19th 2022

 

i) Added Raised by Wolves - the TV series as an index page for articles to do with this series 

ii) Added Raised by wolves: The birthing helmet

 

 

 

March 10th 2022

 

i) Added: Carlos Huante's red Bullbox alien

ii) Updated Prometheus: The Ultramorph. That's about an unused concept for Prometheus. It is a bit of a pity because whenever I read what I've put together about this creature, I can't claim to know what I'm writing about here other than putting words together based on words as spoken by Carlos Huante but it's almost reduced to insignificance because we didn't see early storyboards featuring his Ultramorph to the same level that we saw all of these interesting things in Ridley Scott's early storyboards for Alien that had something to do with all these other significant pieces of art, and it seems almost as if Carlos Huante had been left alone stewing in his ideas. 

 

Of course the Jocelyn Watt's character doesn't have much of a problem killing it with a diamond bladed hull saw in the Alien Engineers script anyway although this Ultramorph became something designed by another person as Deacon erupting as an Ultramorph instead. It seems as if while Carlos Huante was having all of these intricate ideas, no one including Ridley Scott cared that much anyway about Huante's specifics about this and that other than to think about what they could do with the final image and indeed how they could alter it for something that they wanted for the shot. Meanwhile Huante has a back story that looked as if it was almost on the verge of becoming interesting, but to what extent? 

 

Steve Messings did acknowledge the idea of the Ultramorph in some words that he shared about the relief he designed in the head room, but there was nothing from Ridley though apart from words about the Evil Deacon in relation to the creature that we see at the end of the final movie that finds itself birthed and left behind on the near barren planet doing nothing and the term The Evil Deacon has a historical context as well.

 

February

February 22nd 2022

 

i) Added: The Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 2 #62 (Published 1987) Darkseid and the Anti-Life equation panel trail

ii) Added: Darkseid and the Anti-Life equation panel from Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 2 #62 by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala References The Tourist IV (Tentacled Creature)(work 492) (1982) by HR Giger? 

iii) Added: Superman vs Aliens II #9 p2, 2002 references Biomechanic landscape (unfinished) (1988) by HR Giger?

iv) Added: HR Giger: Biomechanic landscape (unfinished) (1988) by HR Giger references Panel showing Darkseid and the Anti-Life equation from Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 2 #62 (Published 1987) by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala? 

v) Added: Panel showing the comic book character Darkseid holding a mother box as he tries working out the Anti-Life equation from Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 2 #62 (Published 1987) by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala references Erotomechanics VII by HR Giger (1979)  

vi) Added: Panel showing the comic book character Darkseid holding a mother box as he tries working out the Anti-Life equation from Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 2 #62 (Published 1987) by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala references HR Giger's ZDF (work 433) (1980)?

 

 

February 15th 2022

 

i) Have been working on the arranging and re-editing the content for Carlos Huante

 

 

 

 

January 30th 2022

 

i) Added: Alien: Roger Christian comes aboard

 

 

 

 

January 23rd 2022

 

i) Added Peter Briggs on the Alien life cycle which is just his various ruminations on the matter that he has managed to share so far.  

ii) Added: Alien and the anti-life equation

iii) Added a few updates to "Alien: The laser placenta" with some extra fragments of small details mentioned in interviews with Roger Christian painting the picture about the events that took place when he went to see Anton Furst about the laser and then told Ridley. 

 

 

 

 

January 22nd 2022

 

i) Added: A page for all articles where Roger Christian the production designer for Alienis mentioned

 

 

January 16th 2022

 

i) Added: Aliens vs Predator: Borrowed from Jack Kirby's The Eternals #19

 

 

 

 

January 15th 2022

 

i) Updated: Guillermo Del Toro and the Alien films. I do wish that Guillermo would talk more about Alien indeed but he had become rather quiet about it.

 

 

 

 

January 4th 2022

 

i)There's a new interview with Noah Hawley revealing more about the Alien series https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a38591125/noah-hawley-anthem-alien-fargo-interview/

ii) With that I've updated my blog page dealing with this series with the information from Esquire Alien: The TV series

 

 

 

 

2021

 

December

 

December 30th 2021

 

i) Re-edited Aliens: Writing the script adding material from the commentary 

ii) Added: Aliens: The poster which is basically based upon Gizmodo.com's interview material with James Cameron

 

 

 

 

December 29th 2021

 

i) Added: Aliens: Pitching the title before greenlighting

 

 

 

 

December 25th 2021

 

i) Added: Sylvain Despretz's biomechanical Skullship for Tim Burton's unmade Superman Lives in 1997. references The Jabberwocky for Lewis Carroll's "Alice Through The Looking Glass" (published 1871) by John Tenniel? 

ii) Added: HR Giger: National Park (work 271) (1975) references The Jabberwocky from "Alice Through The Looking Glass" (published 1871) by John Tenniel?

iii) Added: Illustration for Airlines written by David H Keller (published in Astounding magazine, v04n10, January 1930) by Wesso references Baphomet, in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, (1856) by Eliphas Levi?

iv) Added: Illustration for Airlines written by David H Keller (published in Astounding magazine, v04n10, January 1930) 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel? 

v) Added: Perpignan Station (1965) by Salvador Dali references references La Resurrezione di Cristo (1475 - 1479) by Giovanni Bellini?  

 

 

 

 

December 22nd 2021

 

i) Added: Perpignan Station (1965) by Salvador Dali references the Baphomet, in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, (1856) by Eliphas Levi?

ii) Added: The Baphomet in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie' (1856) by Eliphas Levi references La Resurrezione di Cristo (1475 - 1479) by Giovanni Bellini? 

iii) Added:  The Baker listening to his Uncle' for Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of The Snark (Published 1876) by Henry Holiday references the early 'Alice meets the Caterpillar' drawing for Alice In Wonderland (between (1862-1864) by Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) (which I think is referenced in Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' ?

iv) Added: 'The Baker listening to his Uncle' for Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of The Snark (Published 1876) by Henry Holiday references the Baphomet, in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, (1856) by Eliphas Levi?

 

 

 

December 21st 2021

 

i) See: Illustration for Airlines written by David H Keller (published in Astounding magazine, v04n10, January 1930) by Wesso. references Baphomet, in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, (1856) by Eliphas Levi? 

ii) See: Alien: The Nostromo's garage and the tomb of the sky god from Jack Kirby's The Eternals

 

 

 

December 19th 2021

 

i) Added: Sema tawy (without deities) on the side of statue of Khephren/Khafre (2520-2494 BC) Enthroned, from the Valley Temple of the Pyramid of Khephren/Khafre at Giza

ii) Added: Angelus (1857-1859) by Jean-François Millet references Baphomet, in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, (1856) by Eliphas Levi?

iii) Added: Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger references 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel?

iv) Added: 'The Baker listening to his Uncle' for Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of The Snark (Published 1876) by Henry Holiday references 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

December 17th 2021

 

i) Added: 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel references La Resurrezione di Cristo (1475 - 1479) by Giovanni Bellini?

ii) Added a page for listing articles relating to La Resurrezione di Cristo (1475 - 1479) by Giovanni Bellini

iii) Added 'Dodo presents the thimble' for Alice In Wonderland (published 1865) by John Tenniel references mosaic of the resurrection at San Marco, Venice (11th Century) references mosaic of the resurrection at San Marco, Venice (11th Century) ?

 

 

 

December 16th 2021

 

i) Added: The Baphomet Boulevard as an index for anything that seems to reference the Baphomet by Eliphas Levi 

ii) Added: 'Alice meets the Caterpillar' for Alice In Wonderland (between (1862-1864) by Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) references 'Baphomet in Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie' (1856) by Eliphas Levi ? 

iii) Added: 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel references 'Alice meets the Caterpillar' for Alice In Wonderland (between (1862-1864) by Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) ?   

iv) Added: 'Alice meets the Caterpillar' for Alice In Wonderland (between 1862-1864) by Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) references La Resurrezione di Cristo (1475 - 1479) by Giovanni Bellini?

 

 

 

 

December 13th 2021

 

i) Added Alien 3: A stunt Ripley which is just another Propstore item

ii) Added: Alien 3: Animatronic puppet for Charles Dance being slain by the alien which is another Propstore item. The photos were there but no pages for the Propstore site

 

 

 

 

December 5th 2021

 

i) Added: Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) by Giovanni Schiaparelli references 'The Rocking-horse-fly' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel?

ii) Added: Mysteries of Mars and John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice In Wonderland novels as an index page dealing with those connections 

iii) Added: Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) Giovanni Schiaparelli Connects with one of the sides of the Kodiak Butte in Jezero crater on Mars?

iv) Added: Created an index page for Alien & Aliens: Ron Cobb's art: Nostromo interior concepts

v)  Added: Alien: Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb references Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) by Giovanni Schiaparelli? So far for the Nostromo interiors, I have posted one so far. 

vi) Added: Alien: Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb references the cover of The Inspector #9 (May 1976)?

vii) Added: 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel references cone of Astarte in Horned Enclosure, Temple Court, Byblos, on Coin of Macrinus? 

viii) Added: Alien: Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb references 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel?  

December 3rd 2021

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Satan I (work 324) (1976) references Le petit déjeuner à la sortie du bain (1883) by Edgar Degas?  

ii) Added: HR Giger: Satan I (work 324) (1977) references The "King's Messenger in prison" for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel?

iii) Added: HR Giger: Satan I (work 324) (1977) references cover of Inspector #7 (January 1976)?

iv) Added: HR Giger: Tom Gabriel Fischer (AKA Tom Warrior) talks about Satan I (work 324) (1977) by HR Giger 

v) Added: HR Giger: Satan I (work 324) (1977) as an index page for articles relating to this page

vi) Added: Concept art for "Predator" (1985. film released 1987) by William Stout references HR Giger's Satan I (work 324) (1977)?

 

 

November 

 

November 28th 2021

 

i) Re-edited Alien: Starting the beast, 

ii) Re-edited Alien: Sculpting the costume

iii) Re-edited Alien; Sculpting the alien head

iv) I'll just say that there years I'm realising that with his Alien Explorations blog where it describes the events that took place in the events linked with production of the Alien movies, after a while nothing of, it even many of the better written parts without any mistakes, appears to  makes any sense.

If I read a page of it, it means often nothing. As time goes by the context of everything being said appears to fragment into nothing. It's almost perhaps as if I'm at times word blind with the computer screen content

So if I divide every paragraph up with coloured subheadings for each individual action and decision being described, it's more navigable and I can get a better idea of what has been written that's often a fusion of three or four different quotes from various interviews. With that, every sentence has to be set a line apart.
 

I hate dumping long quotes as something that's supposed to mean anything because really much of of the time they really can only say a fragment of what they want to say and the information that they're trying to get out is spread through at least three or four interviews.

However this this form of breaking information up probably might be better for all, because I'm not really convinced that anyone ever has much of a clue about what's being written in these long articles, they don't have the time to skim through the words and if they read too much on the screen, they're likely to become disorientated.

However I've noticed that one popular poster of Alien material and gots lots of enthusiastic thumbs up (about a month later that's almost 300) , I've realised that the person quoted a section from my writeup about the Yellow Nostromo although I wasn't being given credit.

Everyone could understand what was being communicated within those words that accompanied several photographs of the Nostromo spaceship model painted yellow, and what is more I was able to recognise his own words even though it was a snippet of what he had written.  So, I thought that was interesting. It was my style of wording here anyway, as if to describe the sequence events as they've been described to happen from fragments of numerous interviews, whether those events were really as described or not.

 

 

 

 

November 27th 2021

 

a) Added: Lowell Hess's map of Mars (1956) references 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel ? 

b) Added: Mysteries of Mars as an index page for realisations associated with the planet

 

 

 

 

November 24th 2021

 

a) Added: Visitez La Cote D'Azur (1968) by Bernard Villemot references 'The snoring Red King ' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (Published 1871) by John Tenniel? 

b) Added: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) by HR Giger references Visitez La Cote D'Azur (1968) by Bernard Villemot?

c) Added: Guild Tug for Jodorowsky's Dune (1975) by Chris Foss references Visitez La Cote D'Azur (1968) by Bernard Villemot?

d) Added: Visitez La Cote D'Azur (1968) by Bernard Villemot as an index page for articles dealing with this poster. 

e) Added: Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) by Giovanni Schiaparelli references 'Gryphon asleep' by John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (Published 1865)? 

f) Added: 'Gryphon asleep' by John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (Published 1865) somehow connects with a cliff side on Kodiak Butte in Jezero Crater on Mars as photographed by the Perseverance rover?

 

 

 

 

November 23rd 2021

 

a) Added: Alien TV series and Blade Runner TV series: Ridley's update on the Alien TV series and a Blade Runner TV series

 

 

 

 

November 20th 2021

a) Added: HR Giger: Development of Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) via Guild Tug for Jodorowsky's Dune (1975) by Chris Foss, cover of Pink Panther #21 (September 1974)?

 

b) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) references Guild Tug for Jodorowsky's Dune (1975) by Chris Foss? 

 

November 15th 2021

i) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) references Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin 0303 (made 490-480bc. From Vulci. Discovered when? 19th c?)

ii) Added: The 'Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin' avenue

iii) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV by HR Giger references Bonbonnière (1969) by Hugo Schuhmacher (the person who introduced Giger to airbrushing)?

iv) Added: 'Lobster primps before a mirror' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel references Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin 0303 (made 490-480bc)?  

v) Added: Bonbonnière (1969) by Hugo Schuhmacher references 'Lobster primps before a mirror' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel ?

vi) Added: The cover of The Inspector #8 (March 1976) references 'Lobster primps before a mirror' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

 

November 14th 2021

i) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (1976) by HR Giger references 'photo 25, interior of Captured WW1 SM U-10 (U-Boat) (1918)' photographed by Frank & Sons of South Shields?

ii) Added: Ernst Fuchs' Triumph of the Sphinx, 1966 references Photo 25, interior of Captured WW1 SM U-10 (U-Boat) (1918) photographed by Frank & Sons of South Shields?

iii) Added: The 'photo 25, interior of Captured WW1 SM U-10 (U-Boat) (1918)' underpass as another trail in itself

iv) Added: HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) references Cinzano Zebra poster (1956) by Bernard Villemot?

v) Added: Cinzano Zebra poster (1956) by Bernard Villemot references Photo 25, interior of Captured WW1 SM U-10 (U-Boat) (1918) photographed by Frank & Sons of South Shields? 

vi) Added an index page for Wifredo Lam's "Femme-Cheval" (1948) 

vii) Added: HR Giger: The Spell II (work 238) (1974) references La Noce (1947) by Wifredo Lam?  

 

 

 

 

November 9th 2021

i) Added: Alien vs Predator: Peter Brigg's script: Development of the story

ii) Added: Alien vs Predator: Peter Brigg's script: Adoration of Takayuki Takeya's version of the Alien beast   

iii) Added: Alien vs Predator: Peter Brigg's script: AVP scripts buried in inaccessable Amstrad discs

 

 

 

November 8th 2021

 

i) Added: Alien the TV series: Casting call news from 5th November 2021

 

 

 

 

October

 

October 31st 2021

 

i)  Updated Alien: Casting Tom Skerrit as Dallas with some quotes from a Vulture interview with the actor https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/tom-skerritt-has-a-story-to-tell.html

 

October 30th 2021

i) Edited Event Horizon: Echoes of "Hellraiser" because it needed to be done and some of the sentences seemed a little jibberish for some reason as if some words had disappeared but I don't know what happened to it.

 

 

 

October 27th 2021

 

i) Added : Alien Resurrection: Jeunet's life in Beverly Hills which is a slightly curious fact about how his house was next to a golf club

 

 

 

October 19th 2021

 

i) Added HR Giger: Passage Temple Environment

 

 

 

 

October 17th 2021

 

i) Added Roman sea life mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, (initially excavated in 1830) as one of these things that when it was dug up sent Western society artist's into overdrive and then changed it to 'Pompeii Roman Sea Life Mosaic row.

 

 

 

 

October 16th 2021

i) Added an index page for Plane filling II (1957) by MC Escher

ii) With that I'm doing what I can to focus on The Jacques Louis David's "Death of Socrates" passage

with the various images along its stretch perhaps to show that there are significant little chains of images of map out for very good reason. In the title Passage was previously Route , and then I liked the idea of calling it a Passage, but still a lot of work has to be done. The painting is significant enough as a starting point for sets of such associations.
iii) Added an index page for E.L. Kirchner's "Studio of Painter" (1920)

iv) Added Plane filling II (1956) by MC Escher references The Death of Socrates” (1787) by Jacques-Louis David

v) Added an index page for Dream (20th October 1961) by Federico Fellini

vi) Added Dream (20th October 1961) by Federico Fellini references the marine store from "The Adventures of Tintin: Red Rackham's treasure (1944) by Hergé?
vii) Added a separate page for Illustration for "Europ Assistance" (published 1981) by Moebius references the “The Painter’s Eye” (1942) by Salvador Dali? which used to be on the page for the Europ Assistance illustration 

viii) Added Deathbirth Machine II" (work 342) (1977) by HR Giger references “The Death of Socrates” (1787) by Jacques Louis David?

ix) Added: HR Giger: Deathbirth Machine II (work 342) (1977) references Then Inspector #2 (October 1974)?

x) Added Deathbirth Machine II (work 342) (1977) by HR Giger referenced in the alien suit design for Independence Day (1996)?

xi) Added: The cover of The Inspector #2, October 1974

xii) Added: HR Giger: "Pilot in cockpit" (work 380) (1978) references Inspector #2 (October 1974)?<

 

 

October 15th 2021 

 

i) Added:  HR Giger: 'Deathbirth machine II' (work 342) (1977) by HR Giger references the marine shop from Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin and Red Rackham's Treasure" (1944)

ii) Added: The marine shop from Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin and Red Rackham's Treasure" (1944) as an index page for anything to do with this image and I've also updated connections between some pages that exist as index pages for anything to do with his work. The two main ones have linked together. Meanwhile this led to me making alterations to these two pages, being the index page for Hergé because there's also the page Hergé's Tintin that seemed confusing. Was there anything that was supposed to be different about either on. perhaps eventually there will be but but I had to edit it down and make sure that I'm not just replicating arrangements of links that can be found elsewhere, and make sure that the page that should have all the links has them all. It's very complicated really and this overcomplication doesn't help the site very much which has near enough helped lead to its failure over the years..

iii) Added HR Giger: Deathbirth Machine II (342) (1977) references "Plane Filling II" (1957) by MC Escher? 

iv) Added Plane filling II (1957) by MC Escher references the marine shop from Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin and Red Rackham's Treasure" (1944) ?

v) Added “The Death of Socrates” (1787) by Jacques-Louis David references The Henu Barque?

vi) Added an index page for “The Death of Socrates” (1787) by Jacques-Louis David

October 10th 2021

 

i) Updated Alien: The Derelict during construction with photos from Propstore Auction: Alien & Aliens Collection 2nd- 13th December 2019. I've only taken and edited what's was on the website to make them presentable

ii) Added: HR Giger: "Deathbirth Machine II" (work 342) (1977) by HR Giger

iii) Added: HR Giger: Henu Barque from the Papyrus of Ani version of the Egyptian Book of the Dead t HR Giger's "Deathbirth Machine II" (1977)

iv) Added: Alien: "Pilot in cockpit" (work 380) (1978) H.R Giger references his own earlier painting "Deathbirth Machine II" (work 342) (1977)? 

v) Added: Alien: "Pilot in Cockpit" (work 380) (1978) by HR Giger references a derelict ship detail illustration by Chris Foss ? 

vi) Added  Alien: derelict ship detail for Alien (1977) by Chris Foss as an index page for the illustration

vii) Added HR Giger: Deathbirth machine II (342) (1977) by HR Giger references derelict ship detail for Alien (1977) by Chris Foss (which came first indeed?) ?

 

 

 

 

October 4th 2021

 

i) Added Alien 3: Inspired by Element of Crime?  as an individual page

ii) Added: Element of Crime: Inspiration from Blade Runner? as an individual page   

iii) Added: Element of Crime: Inspired by Apocalypse Now? as an individual page

October 2nd 2021 

i) Added: Alien: Items from the Alien production in the John Mollo collection sold at Christies back in 2003

ii) Added: Alien: Hero "ramming" Chestburster with articulating jaw and pneumatic "whiplash" tail from Alien....

iii) Added: Alien : The chestburster prop known as "Little Rascal"?

 

 

 

 

September

29th September 2021

i) Added: Predator: Concept art for the "Hunter" by William Stout  (1985) references HR Giger's Lovecraft and his Pets (work 400) (1978) ? 

ii)  Added: Predator: Concept art for the catfish skeleton inspired "Hunter" by William Stout (1985)

 

 

 

 

28th September 2021

 

i) Updated Alien 3: Curious similarities to Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner via Element of Crime" which was previously titled "Alien 3: Curious similarities to Element of Crime". It's a very fragmented subject to even think about. 

 

The cinematographer and editor of Element of Crime have acknowledged the Blade Runner connection even though the director still says it's different and then the people analysing the film might see the Blade Runner connection for the same obvious reasons but it might require looking at what happened in Blade Runner carefully rather than arguing over whether Deckard must be either a replicant or jusr human. But Coppola has been an influence for Trier certainly and the connections there seem quite evident even if the connections mentioned in the Element of Crime commentary connect it with other Coppola films. Then there's the question about the connection between Blade Runner and Alien 3, is it obvious and has some of the confusion that has erupted in the mysteries surrounding that movie jumped into Alien 3. Is Bishop 2 a human, an android or just a product of confusion for many. Is there something at the core of all of this?

 

I have recently wondered about and Alien meets Blade Runner story but what could one do with that really, when it seems that these are two different franchises with some different ideas about where the future is going, namely androids in Blade Runner that appear organic and androids that seem to have a semi organic interior such as Ash in Alien, and Ridley Scott liberally calls the latter a 'replicant' which is a term for the androids in Blade Runner, and we might want to wonder what was going on in Ridley's brain when he decided to associate the two. Ridley Scott had his Alien film set a hundred years into the future from when it was made, and that might make it about 2080 although because of Ron Cobb's idea about a futuristic history evolving, he wrote out a series of events that took place in the future that accompanied the set of patches on sale as worn by the Alien crew. The Nostromo flight might seemed to have been revealed to take place perhaps in the early part of the 22nd century instead of towards the end of the 21st. Aliens decided to have a timeline which seemed to be based somewhere along the lines of Ron Cobb's ideas.

 

With that I seem to appreciate the idea of some disproportionism in the way time it's set out, perhaps have Alien set in 2080 as Ridley imagined with this seemingly unlikely space faring technology but there is the madness of this alternate history that seems to have everyone with a history shoved into the near future of then. This wouldn't help the world of people who want some official timeline that governs everything in the universe of Alien because I'm always happy to have some sort of Moebius loop shoved into it for the hell of it by the sounds of it, or some way that the Escher's imagination work effecting the universe of Alien.

 

Probably I wouldn't want Alien and Blade Runner to merge as these big franchises but perhaps eventually once the hysteria about these different film universes are cast aside, suddenly these things would eventually bleed through into each other where Tyrell and Weylan(d)-Yutani are found on the same piece of paper or on the horizon on the cityscape with little explanation so frequently that it doesn't matter. Then it seems that William Gibson wanted aliens running around a Blade Runner set back in time of Alien 3 before he went off with the idea of unfinished space stations. But what a biomechanoid alien with its curious life cycle would be doing in the Blade Runner universe is another thing that still I haven't worked out yet. 

 

ii) Added: Alien: Implied future timeline  

iii) Added: Total Recall: D & M pyramid  

 

 

 

 

21st September 2021

 

i) Added Predator: William Stout's Giger-esque "Hunter" design references HR Giger's Biomechanic Landscape II (work 319) (1976)? 

ii) Added index page for HR Giger's Biomechanic Landscape II (work 319) (1976)

iii) Added the start of the Alien 3 timeline: production etc

 

 

 

 

19th September 2021

 

i) Added Alien 3: Early mockup of the Alien beast puppet

 

 

 

12th September 2021 

 

i) Updated Alien: Dan O'Bannon meets Ron Cobb part 1

ii) Updated Alien: Dune and the gathering

iii) Updated Alien: A Sofa in LA

 

 

 

 

11th September 2021

 

i) Updated: Memory The Origin Of Alien: Ash the mysogynist dealing with Clarke Wolfe's segment for

ii) Updated: Memory The Origin of Alien: Patriarchal Guilt Emerges,  

iii) Updated: Memory The Origin of Alien The Xenomorph as a mythical beast . 

I have to say that although I appreciated the documentary any many things seen in it and that the director who made a name for himself with some interesting documentaries was approached to have a go at putting something together, I seems that I have to treat much of it like a fragmented farce and would like improvements in a Director's cut if one ever got made. Perhaps it should be turned into a documentary about case study of hysteria and psychosis projected onto the Alien movie and materials relating to it

9th September 2021

 

i) Added The Fifth Element: The design of the Mondoshawan expanding on the various possibilties of the design of the characters as seen in the final film 

ii) Added: The Fifth Element: Jacques Rey's final Mondoshawan design references the cover of The Pink Panther #40 ( January 1977)?

iii)  Added: The Fifth Element: The final Mondoshawan design by Jacques Rey references Looking-glass-world Armies for Lewis Carroll's "Alice Through The Looking Glass" (published 1871) by John Tenniel ?

 

 

 

 

8th September 2021  

 

i) Updated article "Alien: Simon Deering hops aboard" on with information about working as a member of the stage crew for Tangerine Dream's European tour in 1978. This makes it clearer why Steve Joliffe visited Bray studio and helped with the Nostromo 'wiggeteering' (see: Alien: Steve Jolliffe of Tangerine Dreams joins the Nostromo wiggeters). Many thanks to "24db" for the information.

 

 

 

 

3rd September 2021

 

i) Added: Alien vs Predator: On the road to discovering the Alien Vs Predator comics

ii) Added: Alien Vs Predator: Peter Briggs sells the script 

iii) Added: Alien vs Predator: Peter Briggs watched Paul Anderson's film

 

 

 

2nd September 2021

i) Added: Alien vs Predator: Peter Briggs visits ADI in Pinewood

 

 

 

August 2021

 

August 23rd 2021

 

i) Added Prometheus: production-Used Blueprint - Engineer Hibernation Room

 

 

 

 

August 22nd 2021

 

i) Updated "Neill Blomkamp's Alien movie" changing the title to "The coming and going of Blomkamp's Alien 5"

ii) Added: Alien Covenant: Development of the Neomorph by way of Australia

iii) Added Alien Covenant: MPC designs Neomorphs and Xenomorphs

iv) Added Alien Covenant : Stephane Levallois tackles the Neomorph

v) Added Alien Covenant: Later Back Burster by Stephane Levallois

vi) Have corrected multiple misspellings of Stephane Levallois's surname where I've written Lavallois

vii) Added Prometheus: Juhani Nurmi gives advice on the frescos

viii) Added: Alien 3: Alec Gillis' concept art 

ix) Added: Aliens: Frost's (Ricco Ross) Colonial Marine Armour Chest Plate

x) Added: Prometheus: production used blueprints for Shaw's (Noomi Rapace's) quarters

 

 

 

 

August 14th 2021 

i) Added: Alien 3: ADI's Super Face-Hugger which has nothing new to say about the creation but I've added it.

August 10th 2021

 

i) Updated "Dune and the gathering", using the page with information from an interview with Dan O'Bannon talking about his time on Dune from "Moebius Redux" and so re-edited the whole essay, breaking the longer sections up with subheadings as a way to navigate the page 

ii) Added: Alien 3: ADI's Queen Alien Facehugger

 

 

 

 

August 7th 2021

 

i) Continuing to update  "Supposed "Mayan" artifact showing contact with extra terrestrials Side A as seen on America Unearthed"

ii) Updated Alien: Ivor Powell wrote a treatment for an Alien prequel/sequel "Universal Matter" with snippets of information from Alien Vs Predator Podcast #130 The History Of the Hunt - An interview with Peter Briggs.

 

  

 

 

August 6th 2021

 

i) Bizarrely I decided to update the page: "Supposed "Mayan" artifact showing contact with extra terrestrials Side A as seen on America Unearthed" as I had noticed that Jason Colavito decided to have a point of view about the whole program and I once bought a book by this writer. I probably am interested to explore the contravery around these artifacts since I have a perspective on them that's growing and has helped me to explore connections between various artists work. Colavito noticed the Necronom IV connection before I did and whatever way he thought about it, I noticed it my own way.

July 2021

July 31st 2021

i) I decided to break the "Alien Covenant: The xenomorph  - a stripped-down killing machine" down into a number of different pages and with that added information based on quotes from Cinefex #153 and the Conor O'Sullivan interview for the Reel Feedback podcast. Unfortunately, the story of the process of whatever went on there seems very fragmented still.

 

 

July 27th 2021

i) Added Alien beast by Fraco since people were still confused about the illustration and thought it was by Moebius

July 24th 2021

i) Had a go at adding more details to Alien production timeline May 1978 and Alien Production Timeline June 1978 such as Giger having an acid trip in June when she arrived. I keep finding things that ought to be there are not and I thought that I had written a chapter on Giger's use of LSD but somehow it has been erased, and one wonders what to make of these inconsistancies. Although I have written all of thise out in the timelines which should really be brief, they might as well become more complicated, in order for me to really work out what I think that I am doing rather than guessing about what these brief references mean

 

July 15th 2021

 

i) Added: Aliens: Mark Rolston plays Drake

ii) Updated  Alien: Ivor Powell wrote a treatment for an Alien prequel/sequel "Universal Matter"

and added "Universal Matter" to the title 

 

 

 

 

July 14th 2021

i) Added Alien: HR Giger's Space Jockey and the "Pacal Votan" tomb lid as an exploration of the relationship between the two

 

 

 

July 11th 2021

 

i) Added: Alien: James Bond - Diamonds Are Forever (1970) references The Adventures of Tintin: The Broken Ear ?

 

 

 

 

July 10th 2021

i) Added: Alien: Early Alien script by Dan O'Bannon references The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin and the Broken Ear (Published 1936) by Hergé?

 

 

July 4th 2021

i) Added: Alien Covenant: Alien Newborn by Colin Shulver

ii) Added Alien Covenant: Flute scene as a homage to Hamlet?

iii) Added Alien Covenant: Echoes of Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books?
 

 

 

 

July 3rd 2021

i) Updated Alien: The TV series

June 2021

June 30th 2021

i) Added: the make of the radio control box seen in the photo at Alien: David Watling's Alien Head

June 23rd 2021 

i) Added:  Echoes of Occator crater on the Ceres planetoid in relief of Roman relief of a port scene from the Severan age (Yes, I'm sure that I'm causing confusion with this but there we go)

 

 

 

 

June 19th 2021

 

i)  Added:  Relativity (1953) by MC Escher echoes the Cerealia Facula in Occator Crater on the Ceres planetoid? 

ii) Added: Mycenaean lentoid featuring a daemon standing between two lions echoes Occator Crater on the Ceres planetoid?

iii) Added: Echoes of The Henu Barque from the Papyrus of Ani in the “Battle in the Glenn” Mycenaean seal ring 

iv) Added: Dance (1910) by Henri Matisse echoes Cerealia Facula on Occator Crater on the Ceres ?

 

 

 

 

June 15th 2021

i) Added: Mycenaean lentoid showing a sacred palm and wild goat echoes Cerealia Faculae in Occator Crater? 

ii) Added: Seated goddess between lions on lentoid ring-stone echoes Occator Crater on the Ceres planetoid?

 

 

 

 

June 11th 2021

 

i) Added: HR Giger: Alien Monster II (work 407) (1978) references Demons tormenting St. Anthony (1520) by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch?

ii) Added: Demons tormenting St. Anthony (1520) by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch June 10th 2021

i) Added: Puzzle picture (commissioned by Catherine Scorsese as a present for father Martin Scorsese) (2021) designed by J Frederick Fesel references "Demons tormenting St. Anthony" (1520) by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch?

 

  

 

June 9th 2021 

i) Added:  Puzzle picture for Martin Scorsese (2021) designed by J Frederick Fesel

 

 

 

June 5th 2021

i) Added: Alien Vs Predator: (2007) Predalien maquette

ii) Added: Alien vs Predator (2004) - Alien Queen Full-size Crown Casting

 

  

 

 

May 2021

May 15th 2021

i) Google have deleted over a dozen pages because of supposed Malware violations, and there shouldn't be anything of that nature at all. but there we go.

ii) 'January to December 2020' has just been restored.

iii) 'Prometheus: Giger-esque relief in the ampule room' has just been restored.

iv) 'Aliens: Writing the script' has just been restored.

v) 'Alien: Nostromo' has just been restored. 

vi) 'Alien: Nostromo: The Garage 'has now been restored. 

vii) 'Alien: HR Giger's Life Cycle Hieroglyphics: Mythologist Will Linn's comments' has now been restored.

viii) 'Alien: Hypersleep chamber' has now been restored.

ix) 'Alien: Nostromo: Hypersleep chamber' has now been restored.

x) 'Alien: Development of the hypersleep chamber via the Countdown comic book #1, 1971 ?' has now been restored.

xi) 'HR Giger's Woman with Child, 1967 (work 72) references Brusilov's "Des Visiteurs Du Cosmos" illustration?' has now been restored. 

xii) 'Alien Life Cycle Hieroglyphs according to Rob Ager of "Collative Learning"'  has now been restored.

xiii) 'Alien: Nostromo's Windows into the Engine Room' has been restored.

xiv) 'Alien: Nostromo: The Refinery' has been restored.

 

 

 

 

April 2021

 

April 26th 2021

 

i) Added:  Alien: Birth Temple painting for Alien (1976 or 77) Ron Cobb  references The Railway Guard looking at Alice' for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice Through The Looking Glass' (1871) by John Tenniel ?

ii) Added: Alien: Ron Cobb's birth temple references Slumber Inc. crematorium from the James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever" (1971)?

 

 

 

April 23rd 2021

 

i) Added: Alien : Jewels of associations

ii) Added: Alien: Development via Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch A Thief" (1955)?

iii) Added: Alien: Development via James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)?

iv) Added: Alien: Development via horror movie 'Blood From The Mummy's Tomb' (1971)?

 

 

April 17th 2021

 

i) Updated Alien 3 Cocoons with news that the story about David Fincher's "Thinking Shell" as told to Cinefex was a fib

April 1st 2021

 

i) Added: Further rewrote: Alien: The end of the line and back to the distant past. Whenever I look at the essay, i keep finding that the words are mixed up or meaningless as if a digital whirlwind is forever mixing everything up. This problem has gone on for years and may well continue. 

I don't know if we can find out enough because Ridley only gives vague fragments of the development of his ideas for the evolution of the Space Jockey scenario which is infuriating for an Alien fan.

What we have are bare bones and very little to flesh it out with. Posting quotes from Ridley as something conveying meaning isn't good enough, because they don't always mean that much for anyone really wanting to know something.

Is there another direction to go with this? I'd like to go there.

March 2021

 

 

 

 

March 29th 2021

i) Added: Alien Life Cycle Hieroglyphs according to Christopher Robinson as published in L'art et la science dans Alien

 

 

 

March 24th 2021

 

i) Updated Alien: Ridley's creative turnaround With the release of the longer version of the interview featured in the Ivor Powell documentary recently (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ivor-powell-associate-producer-of-alien-and-blade-runner/id1522552119?i=1000514095372) this means I can update the article Ridley's Creative Turnaroud with the name of the actual station where Ivor carried out the near legendary act of picking up the copy of the Metal Hurlant.

I'm obviously excited to think that Ridley saw the magazine that Ivor bought as they sat on the train, and then perhaps said "Let's have a look at that" before he picked it up. That's part of the story of the making of Alien .  

 

 

 

 

March 18th 2021

 

i) Added : HR Giger's Unused Alien Life Cycle Tableau according to SciFi Explained

 

 

 

 

March 17th 2021

 

i) Added: Federico Fellini as an index page for articles dealing with this director

 

 

March 14th 2021

 

i) Added: Alien:Evolution, of the Pilot in Cockpit by HR Giger via Portrait of James Tissot via Walrus and the Carpenter with empty oyster shells, via Behind Veronica's cloth?

ii) Added Alien: Pilot in cockpit (work 380) references 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (published 1871) by John Tenniel'

iii) Added: Behind Veronica's Cloth (1953) by Ernst Fuchs references 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (published 1871) by John Tenniel'?

iv) Added: Alien: Pilot in cockpit (work 380) (1978) by H.R Giger references Portrait of James Tissot (1868) of Edgar Degas ?

v) Added: Alien: Pilot in cockpit (work 380) references 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (published 1871) by John Tenniel'?  

vi) Added: Alien: Pilot in cockpit (work 380) (1978) by H.R Giger references Behind Veronica's Cloth (1953) by Ernst Fuchs?

 

 

 

 
March 13th 2021

i) Added Alien: Construction of the egg silo

ii) Added: Alien: HR Giger's Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978

iii) Added: Alien: Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978 by HR Giger references the cover of The Pink Panther #5 (published March 1972)?

iv) Added: Alien: Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978 by HR Giger references The Oysters with the Walrus and the Carpenter' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (published 1871) by John Tenniel? 

v) Added page for Alien: "Pilot in Cockpit" (work 380) (1978) by HR Giger painting to act as an index page for other articles relating to the painting

 

 

 

 

March 3rd 2021

i) Added: A separate page for "HR Giger: The theme of Nut the Sky Goddess involved in Giger choice of grave stone" was made on 3rd March 2021 although the information had been published here as soon as photos showed up of the tomb stone which was shortly after the completion of the grave memorial in 2016

 

 

 

March 2nd 2021

 

i) Added: Alien: Development of the hypersleep chamber via the Countdown comic book #1, 1971 ? 

ii) Added: Alien: Nostromo: Hypersleep chamber as an index page for articles dealing with this chamber 

iii) Added: Alien: Nostromo: The Garage as an index page for articles dealing with this chamber

iv) Added: Alien Life Cycle Hieroglyphs according to Rob Ager of "Collative Learning" on Youtube

 

 

 

 

February 2021

 

 

February 25th 2021  

i) Added: Predator: The Val Verde Universe of movies
 

 

February 20th 2021

 

i) Re-edited "Prometheus: Encounter with the Engineers references Dromedan from Jack Kirby's The Eternals?" (Formerly "Prometheus references Jack Kirby's The Eternals?")

ii) Added: Predator 2 : Trophy display storyboard references "Wir Kleigen in Kreisen" by Sergei Eisentstein 

iii) Added: Wir Kleigen in kreisen (We complain in circles) (21/11/1937) by Sergei Eisentstein

 

 

 

 

February 10th 2021

 

i) Added: Job and the judgement of Paris (1966) by Ernst Fuchs references "The Borogoves, Toves and the Raths " from Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel? 

ii) Added: Job and the judgement of Paris (1966) by Ernst Fuchs references Adoration of the Magi (1503 approx) by Albrecht Dürer? 

iii)  Added: "The Borogoves, Toves and the Raths " from Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) John Tenniel references The Promenade on Horseback (1868) by Edgar Degas? 

iv) Added: Alien; Alien life cycle hieroglyphics (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references "The Borogoves, Toves and the Raths" from Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel ?  

v) Added: Alien: Life cycle hieroglyphics (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references Job and the Judgement of Paris (1966) by Ernst Fuchs?  

vi) Added: The Promenade on Horseback (1868) Edgar Degas references Adoration of the Magi (1503 approx) by Albrecht Dürer?

 

  

 

 

February 1st 2021  

 

i) Added: HR Giger's Alien's Life Cycle Hieroglyphs according to Shonky Lab podcast 

ii) Added: HR Giger's Alien Life Cycle Hieroglyphs according to Giger's biographer Herbert M Hurka  

iii) Re-edited Alien: HR Giger's Life Cycle Hieroglyphics Tableau

 

 

 

 

January 2021

January13th 2021

i) Updated Carl Sagan vs von Däniken with quotes from "Planetary systems beyond the sun" lecture (1977)for The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children

 

 

 

 

January 10th 2021

 

i) Updated "Chris Nolan on Alien and Blade Runner" changing it to "Chris Nolan on Alien, Alien 3 and Blade Runner Thankfully Chris Nolan has expanded on his discussion about the Alien franchise in interviews beyond his few words of appreciation for Alien. As we can see from the article from The Independent which has already reached most of you by other sources, he has talked a little about Alien 3 and I've now added that to my page on his experience of the films. 

ii) Added: Space Jockey from "The Alien" in Aliens Platinum Edition, April 1992, illustrated by Tony Akins and Paul Guinan references Jorge Camacho's El sueño de Sancho (The dream of Sancho) (1978)? 

 

 

 

 

January 5th 2021

 

i) Added: HR Giger: The Spell IV (work 331) (1977) references The Mad Hatter's Tea Party for Alice In Wonderland by John Tenniel?

ii) Added: HR Giger: The Spell IV (work 331) (1977) references "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco? 

iii) Added: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party for Alice In Wonderland (published 1865) by John Tenniel references "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco?

iv) Added: Supposed "Mayan" artifacts showing contact with extra terrestrials.

v) Added: Supposed "Mayan" artifact showing contact with extra terrestrials Side A

vi) Added: Supposed "Mayan" artifact showing contact with extra terrestrials, Side B 

vii) Added index page for articles dealing with HR Giger's Passage Temple - Way of the Magician (work 264) (1975))

viii) Added HR Giger: Biomechanoid III, (work 255) 1974 by HR Giger references Alice and the Knitting Sheep from "Alice Through The Looking Glass" by John Tenniel?  

ix) Added: Illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland etc by John Tenniel  

 

 

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