It's an adaptation of the Stargate Doom levels add-on.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
You're all forgetting the OGhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXWwpZdAgMI/TsfrJQUyRoI/AAAAAAAAEpg/zjfijPMzzXk/s1600/chariots.jpg
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
that's the bible of alien archaeology bro
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i know i just forgot there was a question mark in the title
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
The DaVinci Code?
so did i, actually
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
kinda changes how you have to say it when you speak the title out loud, it's not 'chariots of the gods' it's 'CHARiots of the GODS?'
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
seems there wasn't a question mark in the original German title tho. Guess the translators got shook
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if the Daniken family gets any money from the History Channel these days.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Chariots? Of the Gods? Of Mars?
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Giger's original heiroglyph, linked for lolhueg-ness:
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/20287.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
God, I've always loved that thing. Each additional step is like LOL SURPRISE!
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
that's the modified version to include space jockey, this is the original original:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8sv9gYsuLwc/SZoDqwu8FEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/sVyjMloilyM/s1600/384.jpg
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
meant to link, oops
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
"Hey Steve, lie back, put your arms on your chest and close your eyes! LOL FACE RAPE!"
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
It's like the Alien equivalent of drawing dicks on someone's face when they pass out.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
This is a Giger creation; drawing dicks is crucial to everything
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
not uninteresting: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.co.uk/2008_01_01_archive.html
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Scott (Alien 30th Anniversary Edition):"I always wanted to go back and make an alien five or six. er,where we find out where they came from and go there, and answer the question 'who are they?' Mars, Mars is too close,so they can't be, they can't be gods of War, but the theory was, in my head was, this was, a... an aircraft carrier, a battle wagon, of a civilisation and the eggs were a cargo which were essentially weapons, (sorry) like a large form of bacteriological stroke biomechanoid warfare."
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
How do the two graphics differ, aside from the nameplate? I'm on my phone, I can't load up both at once
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
the man in the third panel looks more astronaut-y in the original
― goole, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
" They put them on all deep space vessels to watch for the discovery of key products. The company has found that under certain circumstances, crews refuse to bring back key products. A key product is any substance capable of changing the course of human evolution. The Alien is a key product. The Alien utilizes other species in this reproductive cycle. In so doing, it crosses itself with the host. "
^ this is kinda dope
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
Man, I had forgotten how the early Web had an explosion of fan sites for this, and how we can still pick over the archeological debris left over:
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/Derelict.html
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/figs/gebnut.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
*backs slowly away from the rabbit hole*
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Too late!
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
moar rabbit hole
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
*alien bursts out of rabbit hole*
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Two recently departed creators who I hope get their due when this comes out: the late Dan O'bannon and Moebius.
Moebius did the suit designs, and Dan himself suggested the Derelict should look like "a lobster", amongst many other things
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Gives new meaning to the ancient Egyptian "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Between Alien and Blade Runner, Scott sure made some films that obsessios like to obsess over... I never knew there was so much to talk about w/r/t the Alien universe!
And of course they're going to fuck up what 'the derelict' is -- its only ever really been defined in one's mind and those are always the most satisfying... It seems like there was a loose agreed-upon idea of some backstory that had to get shuffled around a bit. I love when production costs and script/set changes turn things into enduring mysteries that fans can argue over -- so much more interesting to me than intentional *mysteries* placed into films (like Pulp Fiction for example).
― Smith... Frobisher Smith. (Viceroy), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
otm, i'm not really expecting anything from the alien mythos retconning part of this, but i'm still hoping for a decent scary & visually impressive bit of SF.
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair, Blade Runner was adapted from a book that was part of the author's larger themes, and Alien was followed by a film(and notable stories in other media) that expanded on the original mysteries while retaining that same level of quality, even if the form of genre mutated slightly between releases
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Slightly off topic: does anyone here listen to the Superego comedy podcast?
They have an HR Giger character that's fucking hysterical
http://soundcloud.com/gosuperego/superego-episode-3-10 Skip to 14:00 = 'HR Giger' reading Twas the Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pupil chamber, not a creature was stirring, not even a xenomorph creature that has been a ribtube with biogenetic narcogasms..."
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's Paul F Tompkins reading that, isn't it
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yep!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'd not seen the close-up on this scene from the trailer until just now:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5md9bNPwqs/T3EQjEE0t3I/AAAAAAAACtE/0OIARt1t0Ts/s640/egganimation.gif
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
creepy...looks like it has two tails/limbs and umbilical cord
― Large Sack (Empty) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
fan service for tentacle enthusiasts
― mh, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/137/818/7006b3_2218040.gif?1308633640
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol Phil
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
i just spent 10 minutes searching this thread for that link to some super long essay on the original alien ship/space jockey. can anyone help me?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
This one?http://alienexplorations.blogspot.co.uk/2008_01_01_archive.html
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yes that seems to be it although like... differently formatted? odd.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
like click through
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
didn't post the exact right link but it's all broken up into various categories on there i think
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
oh no what's going on there?
is somebody standing outside the tube, holding a mutant squid with a steel claw, menacing the person inside the tube w/ it?
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
im gonna guess no?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think the claw has extracted the mutant squid from the person's abdomen.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
^ that's what I'm seeing, caesarian squid
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link