MetaFilter posts tagged with Alien

Dan O'Bannon, gone to the great outerspace oil refinery in the sky

Artw — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:26:12 -0800

Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, probably best known for his work on Alien, as well numerous other science fiction films, has passed away age 63.

Who can argue with the fibre?

bwg — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:40:08 -0800

Alien Vs. Cereal: a rather loquacious alien expounds upon the wonders of Raisin Bran Crunch. Via Adfreak: "A chatty British alien explains how his life is so much better now that he's eating right—more Raisin Bran Crunch, less human meat and cerebral fluid—in this amusing three-minute video from Leo Burnett in Chicago. The creature looks a lot like one of the H.R. Giger creations from the Alien movie series. He even has the smaller inner set of jaws, which turn out to be perfect for eating spoonfuls of the cereal."

Voca People...

HuronBob — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:06:59 -0800

aliens, planet Voca, music The Voca people are 8 friendly aliens from the planet Voca, a musical planet that has no verbal communication but use vocal expressions only. They have heard the music from earth for decades now and with their imitation abilities they have decided to pay a one evening tribute to humanity and to perform the songs they love as musical- gratitude. And, for your continued enjoyment, a more.... because, sometimes we take things way too seriously around here!

In praise of the sci-fi corridor

empath — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:01:28 -0800

In praise of the sci-fi corridor -- a geeky look at that staple of sci-fi movie sets - the corridor.

Duncan can't have his cake and eat it, too.

not_on_display — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:34:50 -0800

"My name's Duncan. I was just a lonely 13-year-old with a rapid aging disease until I met..." Cakey! The Cake from Outer Space! [ episode 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 ; each episode 4-5 minutes. Borderline NSFW. Must like talking cake. ]

Alien Resurrection?

Mintyblonde — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:31:35 -0800

Fox have offocially announced that Ridley Scott has officially signed on to direct the new 'Alien' prequel. He certainly did a great job on the original but can he match his previous truimph? Given the number of projects he has in gestation (heh) maybe any celebration is premature...

The Wonderful Details of... wait, reddit? Really?

saturnine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:58:06 -0800

Over the years I've never really paid attention to the reddit alien. So it's a good thing this guy did! (SLYT)

Return of the Tenctonese

PhoBWanKenobi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:08:44 -0800

Alien Nation is being revived for the SyFy channel by Tim Minear, whose previous credits include Firefly and Angel. Alien Nation was a rare sort of science fiction television series—one that actually enjoyed a modicum of mainstream success. Based on a television movie by Rockne O’Bannon (who apparently really likes bald aliens), it blended elements of both police dramas and science fiction. It also included a nice dose of buddy comedy and racial allegory, and featured one of the most complex alien species (with some of the most elaborately detailed alien reproductive practices) ever featured on television. But, like other science fiction series with the misfortune to air on FOX, it was killed before its time, after only twenty two episodes. Thanks to the efforts of fans and show-runner Kenneth Johnson, it lived on in comic books, licensed novels, and, most recently, a series of made-for-TV movies.

Bring back box office receipts. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.

Artw — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:15:53 -0800

Tony Scott has confirmed that a prequel to Alien is in the works, with commercial director Carl Rinsch at the helm. Of course, his brother Ridley was no stranger to advertising. Meanwhile Dark Horse is celebrating 30 years of the franchise by releasing a new series of Aliens comics.

Unlike a moss, both the gametozoon and the sporozoon stages require a living host.

WPW — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:10:23 -0800

David Cronenburg's Alien: novelisation by JG Ballard. Starsky and Hutch: novelisation by JG Ballard.

Vampire Lincoln meets Zombie Platypus

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:41:55 -0800

The Official Creebobby Comics Archetype Times Table

Monks in Space!

Artw — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:30:30 -0800

Concept art for the Alien 3 that never was - Before the Walter Hill version was shot, entirely in brown, by David Fincher there were many iterations of the Alien 3 script. One of the more exotic ones was the Vincent Ward & John Fasano "monks in space" script, illustrated here. [via io9]

Has life on Mars been confirmed?

Joe in Australia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:41:26 -0800

A British tabloid claims that NASA will today announce the probable presence of life on Mars. Planetary and atmospheric scientists from NASA's Mars program will address a press conference at 2PM EST, apparently about concentrated methane plumes that bloom and dissipate [pdf]. There was a false alarm about a similar briefing a few months ago; is this the real deal?

A standup fight, or another bughunt?

Artw — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:39:36 -0800

Aliens vs Predator: Whoever wins, you lose - MeFi's own jscalzi talks about the worst Sci-Fi film of the year. Meanwhile Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott suggest making another alien movie - with Ripley but without any aliens. It's may not be all bad news for xenomorphs though - 2009 will see the release of Aliens: Colonial Marines is still just around the corner, hopefully.

John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time

spock — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:54:29 -0800

John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time
Perhaps the sweetest discourse on the subject of aliens & earth that you will ever hear — from a 2008 TED talk. (via BoingBoing)

Bulbous Beings

Kronos_to_Earth — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:02:02 -0800

"The common point of all my characters is that they aren’t nice, [they’re] either nasty or mean. They all have a personality with good and bad sides." Olivier Bucheron creates striking alien and robot meanies. Zamak.... (some images mildly nsfw)

A grim day for robot kind...but we could always build more killbots...

Smart Dalek — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:07:02 -0800

Fearless Fightin' Flash Fun for Friday: Robokill is a demo that recalls the overhead action of SMASH TV - though this time, you're placed in the metal shoes of a lowly salvage bot, sent to decimate your mechanical brethren who commandeered an orbital outpost. As you clear the halls for the benefit of some lazy humans, you can trade supplies and armaments with an alien merchant who mistakes you for one of Earth's fleshbags. It's a thankless job, sure, but you're supposed to be a remorseless machine...[via]

Unbelievable, Fantastic and Odd

MrMustard — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:28:15 -0800

The UK Ministry of Defence has just released previously classified documents detailing numerous UFO sightings and alien contacts from across the country. Report yours at UFO Watch.

The Alien is my Brother

Snyder — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:04:40 -0800

Vatican's chief astronomer states that belief in alien life does not conradict faith in God. Fr. José Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit preist and chief astronomer for the Vatican, stated in an interview in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper, that, "Just as we consider earthly creatures as 'a brother,' and 'sister,' why should we not talk about an 'extraterrestrial brother'? It would still be part of creation." Fr. Funes goes on to speculate that aliens might be free from original sin, as well as stating the Bible "is not a science book," and that the Big Bang theory is the most "reasonable" explanation for the creation of the universe. (The original article in Italian.) Coincidentally, the UK's Ministry of Defence just released it's previously classified UFO files.

A history of television hijacking.

ooklala — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:05:55 -0800

During the 70s and 80s a new phenomenon appeared. Television Hijacking. It started in 1977 when a man in England hijacked the sound broadcast of a newscast. In 1986, a hijacker known as Captain Midnight hijacked HBO in response to their scrambling of television signals. The year after (20 years ago as of today), a character disguised as Max Headroom (a television character) infiltrated two Chicago television studios in one night. First the man infiltrated Channel 9 (WGN) for a few seconds with no sound, and then moved on to attack another Chicago station, this time with sound. After the Max Headroom incident, television hacking incidents were rare in the United States except for this one in Wyoming.

bugs

dhruva — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:34:53 -0800

The bugmaker and his factory.

Far distant lands

Devonian — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:46:24 -0800

The first was found just fifteen years ago, after centuries of speculation. As of today, we're up to 227 and counting. Most are just wobbles in data, but we have pictures and exotica too. And we are looking for more (although some think we shouldn't look very hard and others are drawing some surprising conclusions). The science and technology of finding the most fascinating and elusive types demands some of the cleverest engineering, yet you can even have a go for yourself. Previously on Metafilter

One of the men said that it was the most delicious dish he had ever eaten.

premiumpolar — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:02:50 -0800

Russian fisherman catch squeaking alien and eat it. Footage of the 100kg monster was also caught on camera phone (possibly nsfw page).

You will probably not get abducted by aliens if you wear this hat

Mister_A — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:26:16 -0800

I am so tired of being abducted by aliens. Only two people have been abducted while using this new anti-alien abduction technology. Only two!

To have and to audit, with thetans and without, till Xenu do us part.

Arcaz Ino — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:47:38 -0800

To celebrate Tom Cruise's wedding, ABC News reprints the 1992 Ted Koppel interview with Cruise's best man, and spiritual leader, Religious Technology Center chairman David Miscavige. It was his first and last significant interview, and you can see why.