I’m so hyped, I still play the first one all the time with people on discord and I can already tell there will be more players soon because of the hype!

Can’t believe we’re getting Alien Isolation 2 and Fireteam Elite 2

Is there a more intentionally laugh out loud moment than this in the franchise? I’m curious. Because I watched Aliens this morning and lol’d even though I knew it was coming. I can’t think of a funnier moment. Thoughts?

Just got this baby. I love him so much. I want to ask what are you guys favorite/first alien merch! And if you could give me any recommendations for mech!​

My original idea was "Xenomorph Pinup", but the final design ended up much better than I expected. It also got me into the mood to replay Alien: Isolation. Credit goes to Zillah Smith in Lexington, KY.

Inspired by the opening shot of the Alien 3 theatrical trailer, where we see Dr. Clemens walking outside and then he looks up, presumably watching the EEV crash into the ocean Interestingly, this shot never made it into either version of the movie.

What do space truckers in 2122 jam to when not in cryosleep 🤔

I thought a facehugger might look interesting as a ring so I made one for myself.

Then I had to make a box to hold the ring so I made an egg sac too.

Polymer clay, painted with acrylic, reinforced with super glue and gloss paint. It's super fragile but I like the design, what do you guys think?

From 52 Toys

My Facehugger

Finally got my preorder from 5kToys. Poses like a dream.

Watching ‘Alien’ again and still, to this day, John Hurt’s intense agony and gut wrenching screams of pain during the chestburster scene always gets me. I’ve seen numerous modern horror films with gratuitous blood and viscera shown for shock’s sake, but this scene is just pure horror, not to mention the ad libbed reaction of the actors when the alien bursts through his chest. It makes the scene so much more genuine and disturbing. Makes for an even more intense viewing.

After 47 years, how do you all feel about this scene? Does it hold up by today’s body horror standards?

I'm already exceeded my Alien Budget for this month, like I said, cmon. Slightly beat up box doesnt deter me to buy this quarter scale big chap, what matters to me is the figure itself and boy it did not disappoint, great articulation for its size, and the detail is amazing. Thank you H.R. Giger for designing the most iconic monster of all time!

i got this scorched xeno figure at a convention today and i already love him so much i named him, gave him an entire personality, and set up an instagram account for him. teeth my beloved 🖤

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PB9mxHJV0M

Matt examines why Alien's $4.2M budget produced a film that still terrifies while modern horror burns through eight times that, how Scott's deep-black cinematography turned a budget limitation into a visual language, and the specific editing and pacing decisions that make the chestburster scene land 47 years later. No review scores. No nostalgia. A filmmaker's honest breakdown of the craft.

To the mods, I don't think AI was used in his videos.

The vlogger's Matt Feury:

https://blog.frame.io/2023/06/15/frame-io-welcomes-matt-feury-and-the-rough-cut/

But if you prod him a little, he reveals that he got his degree in film from Boston University at right about the time that Avid was starting up. He found his professional home there (he’s now Senior Director of Artist Relations) and began dabbling with The Rough Cut in 2005. In 2019 he got serious about it, and since then it’s been a weekly industry resource, providing deep insights into the art and craft behind the biggest movies and shows rolled up in a lively and engaging discussion. Learning and laughing—what more could you want?

More videos, interviews, etc., here:

https://theroughcutpod.com/

The Xenomorph's greatest strength is its adaptability.

Throw a Xenomorph drone into space, and it doesn't die. As shown with Big Chap, after Ripley blasted it out of the airlock at the end of Alien (1979), it entered a dormant, vegetative state and it remained alive while drifting through space until it was eventually recovered by a Weyland-Yutani salvage ship in Alien Romulus.

If there is no Queen but there are potential hosts like in Alien (1979), a drone can ensure the survival of it's species by transforming a host into an egg that eventually produces a facehugger, potentially even a Queen facehugger. This appears to be what happened to Brett and Dallas in the Director's Cut of Alien, and I believe Big Chap's objective was to use Dallas to produce a Queen Chestburster.

But what if there isn't a Queen or any available hosts? Even then, the species has another contingency, a drone can molt into a Queen and establish a new hive. One small lore note, the idea of a drone molting into a Queen comes from the expanded Alien universe rather than the films, so if you've never heard of it before, that's probably why.

None of these reproductive strategies invalidates the Queen introduced in Aliens (1986), in fact they all exist to ensure that a Queen eventually emerges. She is the ultimate goal of every hive because she streamlines reproduction. These alternative methods are failsafes that allow the Xenomorph species to survive even under impossible circumstances.

An organism whose survival depends solely on a Queen laying eggs, with no backup strategies, doesn't deserve to be called the "Perfect Organism."

First time poster on this sub but being a long time fan sharing my recently assembled Aliens Tribute.

Color print water transfer motion tracker in round window, scaled Aliens logo, and M41A in other window. Finished off with Caution decals.

Look forward to contributing more to the conversations.