Dig these "behind-the-scenes" pics of
Tom Woodruff Jr in the ALIEN suit!
(I love seeing stuff like this!)
Tom Woodruff Jr in the ALIEN suit!
(I love seeing stuff like this!)
Tom Woodruff Jr, along with partner-in-crime Alec Gillis, worked on the creature FX in ALIENS under Stan Winston. They then broke off and formed their own company, Amalgamated Dynamics, and worked on Tremors and ALIEN 3 (to name a few). During ALIEN 3, they not only created & redesigned the alien itself, but Woodruff went into the Alien suit. And there he's stayed, on Alien: Resurrection and AVP.Personally, I'm not a fan of their Alien redesigns. Each movie the Alien desing gets tooled around with and by the time AVP came around, I felt the Alien was no longer the cool Bio-Mechanical creature I find gorgeous and perfect, but instead a Pumpkinhead-like creature. I wish they would return to the ALIEN and/or ALIENS desgin. With that said, though, they put together a pretty neat book detailing their creature work on AVP. The book is really quite awesome! I recommend it.
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3 comments:
The trouble is with something as cool as the Alien it's always going to only work once,or twice at the most.The Borg in Star Trek were a nice idea when they first showed up,the 2nd time still quite spooky,the 3rd time not so hot,the fourth 'yawn' boring ! Freddy Kruger went the same way,first movie creepy and funny,the 2nd film he had become a caricature of himself. I don't think the Alien could ever really be as creepy as it was because we've all seen it far too much in films like Alien 3,Alien Ressurection,AVP and countless comics etc...
Oh yes but the book you mentioned is a great book !
I think if shot and lit correctly, the Alien could once again be terrifying. Less-is-more definitely applies to this creature. It should always live in the shadows and quick cuts.
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