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The document discusses the extended Alien franchise including comics and films. It traces the origins and timeline of the original Alien films from 1979 to 1997 and later expansions like Prometheus in 2012. It also mentions the artist H.R. Giger's contributions to designing the Alien monster and importance of design. Finally, it discusses how the franchise continues to extend the Alien narrative and retell origins through new films and stories.
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Alien rebooted gough bcu final
- 1. ALIEN REBOOTED A Marketing Monster Awakens from Hypersleep Dr Kerry Gough Birmingham School of Media
- 5. Dark Horse Comics: Extended Alien Universe • Certainly not the first extension to the Alien narrative arc
- 6. Alien Origins Lengthy genesis… Alien (79) Aliens (86) Alien 3 (92) Alien Resurrection (97) …extended play AVP: Alien vs. Predator (04) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (07) Prometheus (12)
- 11. H.R.Giger: Alien Monster VI
- 29. Alien Creations & the Importance of Design
- 32. Extending the Alien Narrative Prometheus returns to Alien story of the space jockey Narrativises origins creation story Engineers as creators of mankind To retell the original Alien story New and improved
- 33. The Importance of Origins…
- 34. ALIEN REBOOTED A Marketing Monster Awakens from Hypersleep Signing off… Dr Kerry Gough, Birmingham School of Media
Editor's Notes
- Re-adressing the purpose of the Space Jockey of Alien (1979) Mark Verheiden; Dark Horse Aliens comic book extension, 1988 Known first as ‘the Other’ and later the Mala’kak Aliens Original Sin(05) Represents renewed interest not in the alien xenomorph, but in origins of the space jockey
- Much debate on progeny of the alien series
- Scott’s original inspiration for Alien (1979) Concept art for the film built upon ‘biomechanoidal’ art contained in H.R.Giger’s Necronomicon Described by Timothy Leary as ‘biochemical, neuro-gynological and post-terrestrial’ – designs offered psycho-sexual Built of sex and sinew, carcass, cartilage and orifice, these ‘soft-machine bodies’ and ‘courageous bio-scapes’ are arguably the star of the original film Original inspiration retained in Prometheus (2012)
- The Alien franchise has inspired ongoing creative engagement with the film series – shoes designed by the late UK designer Alexander McQueen (2010)
- London Underground saw a recent redesign in preparation for the launch of the Aliens: Colonial Marines Console game (Feb 2013)
- Nemesis Sub Terra paid homage to the Alien life cycle (Mar 2012)
- To return to the film Prometheus… 'expressing "growing anxieties" about "our place" in a world in which... capacity has been enhanced by artificial intelligence' (Telotte in Neale 103) But also addressing anxieties of the fans in terms of the genesis of the alien race and the place of the space jockey
- For the fans these origins are essential for narrative arc buy-in Looking for fit, as part of the narrative arc If not found, Resulting in rejection as a franchise cash-in