Aliens

AMC Fearfest '09 Video - Alien Creature Effects Coordinator on Working Before Digital Effects

source: blogs.amctv.com

Shane Mahan says the most difficult part of making realistic Alien creatures was hiding the hydraulics that powered them. A veteran of Aliens, The Terminator and Predator 2, Shane Mahan discusses the difficulties of making realistic looking creatures in "extreme action mode" and hidi...

Published Fri, Oct 23

Daily Scan for 09.30.09 - Rowling Encourages Witchcraft, Terminator Staves Off Bankruptcy

source: blogs.amctv.com

• A recent script review of Robert Rodriguez's Predators is making the project look good. It'll be a hard R, for one, and more like the original than the Aliens Versus Predator series. • Apparently, the Terminator franchise isn't really in that much danger: The Halcyon Holding Group is in be...

Published Wed, Sep 30

James Cameron Says Studio Wanted Avatar's Aliens To Be Less Alien

source: io9

We got a few minutes with Comic Con's king of the world, James Cameron, and he had plenty to say about Avatar's blue creatures. Find out whether Na'Vi gills are sexy, and how he fought to keep them alien. The Stan Wintson studio guys, who I'd worked with since Terminator, were brought in at that...

Published Fri, Jul 24

12 Science Fiction Movie Sequels That Don't Utterly Suck

source: io9

Aliens Cameron already proved he had what it took to make a killer sequel when he returned to the film that put him on the map. In some ways, this is just a remake of the original, only with Arnie's Terminator in the role of protector instead of pursuer. But just like Cameron increased Ripley's b...

Published Mon, Jul 6

Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley Tops List Of Science Fiction's Baddest Women [Women Who Rule]

source: io9

1) ELLEN RIPLEY (Sigourney Weaver, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection) 5) SARAH CONNOR (Linda Hamilton, Terminator, T2) 12) STORM (Halle Berry, X-Men) 14) CATWOMAN (Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns) 17) MIKAELA BANES (Megan Fox, Transformers)

Published Tue, Jun 2

Avatar Demo On The Way This Week

source: Kotaku

Now, every gamer who also loves Aliens, Terminator and True Lies probably has nothing but mad respect for Mr. Cameron. But I've never heard (or rather seen) so many Twitters about how boring the guy's 13-minute talk about Avatar was. Come on, guys — this is the man responsible for the sex scene...

Published Tue, Jun 2

'Salvation' has arrived

source: odt.co.nz

 New Zealand The first two films in the franchise were loud and proud, with director Cameron (Titanic, Aliens) delivering perhaps the best time-travel movies ever made - with some surprisingly soulful moments amid the artful explosions. Terminator 3: Rise of the ...

Published Fri, May 29

'Night at the Museum' tops 'Terminator'

source: Bellingham Herald

Aliens." "'Star Trek' is living long and prospering," said Dergarabedian. "It's just one of those movies we knew would hold up. People are enjoying it and talking about it. It's unusual for a summer blockbuster to be propelled by word of mouth, ...

Published Thu, May 28