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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Alien (1979) Giger's Space Jockey, influenced by Fossils?

 I mean a lot of that stuff in the movie looks like fossils, but I was reminded of it vividly when I saw these pictures of Dinosaur National Monument, the color, the shapes smoothly flowing from rock to bone, etc. Thanks to Gavin Lockard on google maps for these:




BTW, what's up with their crazy hands and skulls? Always loved how weird the original Alien was:






While I'm at it, these queen heads are interesting. The crooked toothed version is scariest, but the transparent teeth seem right (even if the rest is a model or something that is too plasticky). 









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