Aliens

Aliens-Style Power Loader Will Have You Battling Xenomorphs in No Time [Exosuits]

source: io9

While Cyberdyne plans to outfit our military personnel in exosuits straight out of Iron Man, Activelink draws its exosuit inspiration from Aliens, creating an actual Power Loader that's nearly ready for Ripley. You can see the Power Loader in action below, although Activelink fails to...

Published Wed, Sep 30

Alien Ultimate Fan Quiz

source: blogs.amctv.com

Have you been following the Alien franchise since the Ridley Scott original? Do you remember Newt's birth name? Or how Ripley avoided attack in Alien 3? Show us what you've got. Have you been following the Alien franchise since the Ridley Scott original? Watched and rewatched the Cameron...

Published Fri, Sep 4

Next Star Trek Could Feature Yeoman Rand

source: io9

We ended up going to a whole new set of characters, and Maggie's replacement starts to feel like it was organic given the theme of this new story. We always [want to have strong female characters]. Going back to movies like Aliens, Ripley was the original ass-kicker. And that goes back to Weste...

Published Mon, Jun 22

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

Femme fighters

source: Winnipeg Sun

 Canada I'm a big fan of strong female characters as is (Terminator creator and Aliens director) Jim Cameron," he says. "The strongest female characters in history have got to be Ripley, in the Alien pictures, and Sarah Connor." Trouble was, by the time of ...

Published Thu, May 28

Galaxy Quest (Ten Year Edition)

source: Comics2Film

Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver, Aliens) as Lt. Tawny Madison, the Uhura-esque communications officer whose function is to repeat what the computer says verbatim and be the buxom, stereotypical dumb blonde. Tawny is the antithesis of Ripley, ...

Published Wed, May 27

Best -- and worst -- action flick franchises

source: MiamiHerald.com

 FL ALIEN:Alien and Aliens are two of the finest and scariest sci-fi films ever made. Thanks to Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ripley and the grade-A direction by Ridley Scott and James Cameron, these two films place this series in the top tier. ...

Published Tue, May 26

Is This Our First Look at a Mech from Cameron's Avatar?

source: First Showing

 CA So what exactly is this? Brendon claims it's a "Powersuit" much like the one Cameron had Ripley get in to fight the queen in Aliens. "Apparently, these 14-feet tall Powersuits are worn by human troopers on the surface of alien planet Pandora. ...

Published Mon, May 25