Acheron

Leading fromAliensa) The Name of the planet James Cameron named the unknown planetoid from Alien as "Acheron". Prevue stated in a question to him that Acheron was a name Dante used in his description of the Ninth Circle of Hell and also in an interview to be identified,  Cameron states that he believed that Acheron a feature in the ninth circle of Dante Alighieri's Hell. He thought that it might be the sort of thing that a colonist who...

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The Alien Queen and Terry Gilliam's Giant Samurai?

leading fromJames Cameron's alien queenand Terry Gilliam  giant metal Samurai with flags and fan of blades sticking out from its backMyself having made the connection between Cameron's Alien Queen and HR Giger's The Spell with its transformed Japanese imagery, on 30th July 2014,  I am asking myself if Cameron recognised the Japanese influence there and took the sides of the Alien Queen head curving downwards slightly in the manner...

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James Cameron's Alien Queen

 leading fromAliensRipley encounters the Alien Queen (Alien Blu-ray) Terry Gillam's Giant Samurai from "Brazil" imprint on The Alien Queen? From Giger's The Spell 3 To Jim Cameron's Alien Queen HR Giger's Spell III   a) HR Giger's The Spell 3, b) its connection with the Heike Crab, c) as a homage to Takeda Shingen's head dress helmet Giger talks about Aliens and Poltergeist 2Fom Zig Zag Devil via Delville & Giger to...

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Giger's "The Spell III" and the alien queen from Jim Cameron's Aliens

leading from James Cameron's Alien Queen,  Giger's The Spell III as found in Giger's NecronomiconThe head of the Alien queen here is from a Halcyon model of the Alien queen painted by "Guyver1" (source: http://th06.deviantart.net. The painting is the head details from the multilimbed demon from The Spell III. The face patterns highlighted in yellow to form an impression very similar to the general form of the head of the Alien Queen. If Jim...

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Poltergeist 2

leading fromGigers talks about Aliens and Poltergeistin development still The Great Beast as it is seen in the final moviea) Poltergeist 2 Pre-ProductionDuring the time of the Aliens production, Giger found himself involved in the creation of a demonic Gorgon like creature referred to as "The Great Beast" in Poltergeist 2.  Brian Gibson, a director who made his name through through his film about the post-punk movie Breaking Glass who would...

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Cameron removes the human to spore stage

leading fromAliensa) Jim Cameron's wayJames Cameron decided to do away with the human to spore part of the alien life cycle that had been left out of the original version of Alien. Ridley's actual idea was that the humans taken away by the alien and cocooned, were actually food being devoured by the alien's young as would Dan O'Bannon's idea have been,b) Jim Cameron's misunderstanding I He did not understand the concept, why it was that he...

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