Saturday 23rd July brings our ALIEN ALL-DAYER to Mini Cini @ Ducie Street Warehouse, and there are very limited tickets still available!
Ahead of this, your pal The Reaper has been casting his one good eye over the vastness of the internet to bring you some essential ALIEN reading and viewing…
Why not start with 20 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About ALIEN? Then take a look at the film with a focus on the depiction of blue-collar workers aboard the Nostromo, and explore how it’s stayed relevant all these years later.
Or dive into an epic making-of documentary –
James Cameron’s Oscar-winning sequel is celebrated with an excellent essay here, read about the troubles on set (back when Cameron was a young upstart fresh off PIRANHA II & THE TERMINATOR) and explore how the film changed video games forever.
Alien 3’s journey from torturous production to muted reception to redemption is covered here and here, and David Fincher talked about his experiences on set plus the lessons he learned from his first feature.
Enjoy this amazing teaser trailer which bears no resemblance to the actual film –
Plus this short video covering various unmade ALIEN sequels –
Joss Whedon’s original endings for ALIEN RESURRECTON are detailed here and join the debate on whether the 1997 sequel is a misfire or misunderstood!
We end with a trivia question…
Who was behind the very first ALIEN comic, released the same year as the original movie in 1979?