'Alien:Isolation' Proves The Adage In Space No One Can Hear You Scream !!!

I am not the huge gamer I used to be, but when a game comes out that hearkens back to my youth I can't help but pay attention. This is definitely the case with Alien: isolation, the latest Alien video game from Sega. Coming off the disappointment of Aliens: Space Marines a few years back (that game looked super cool coming out but actually sucked balls) the team has gone back to the drawing board in terms of coming up with a new format for the game to take it back to the franchises roots. The first movie of the franchise used isolation to build the terror of the xemomorph creatures and how they were picking off the crew. So when this game decides to have you play as Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter... well it all starts to fall into place. She is looking for answers as to what her mom went through, and in her search for answers she stumbled upon something way worse... something with a egg shaped head and a mouth within its mouth! The game hits October, 2014... but for now jump after the trailer and see the cool teaser put together for E3...

Pregnetheus by James Lee

Prometheus is a polarizing film... probably the most polarizing film of the summer. Some love what Ridley Scott created, others really hate it. Either way, there are some really cool scenes in the film that people of both opinions probably like. One of those scenes has to be the surgery/abortion scene, in which Elizabeth Shaw excises a certain alien baby squid from her stomach in a surgery machine. It is epically brilliant, but animator James Lee thought he could amp up the action in it a bit. So he created Pregnetheus. Yup, I just typed that title!!! Check out the cool animated short after the jump whether you liked the film or not....

Planet of the Vampires... Prometheus Style!!!

Planet of the Vampires is a little known Italian gem of a film from director Mario Bava. Even though it may not be very popular among regular people today, the film holds a special place in the hearts of many filmmakers that watched it when they were younger and adopted styling from the film. One of these directors was Ridley Scott, who frequently has cited Planet of the Vampires as a style touchstone for his films Alien & Prometheus. So of course it was only a matter of time before some enterprising videographer  would mash up the two and give us a cool faux trailer. Freakstorm 2 has done just that, mashing up footage from Planet of the Vampires with the audio from the Prometheus trailer... very cool stuff. Check out the full video after the jump.

Ripley Times 3 by Ross Burt

Ellen Ripley is one of the strongest woman heroes in the history of cinema, and when Ridley Scott decided to make her the star of the show in his seminal 1979 classic Alien he set the mold for what a heroine should be in the future. James Cameron continued the characters bad-assness in Aliens, and then David Fincher shaved her head and put her in an even more precarious situation in his Aliens 3. Artist Ross Burt has decided to highlight the evolution of Ridley in three pieces that he designed for each of the movies, and in honor of the tough as nails chick that she was I decided to post them for you here. You can catch all three individually after the jump....

Prometheus: The 50s Version by Josh Calvert (???)

Prometheus comes out this week and not a moment to soon, because I can't possibly dodge any more featurettes and trailers featuring clips from the movie. WTF Ridley... leave something to the imagination!!!! Anyway, I am beginning to get kinda hype and then I ran across this gem of a mystery poster. Damon Lindeloff, 'Lost' & 'Prometheus' writer extraordinaire, re-tweeted the poster. Apparently somebody named Josh Calvert sent it to him. But Josh Calvert's account only had that one tweet & has one of those goofy egg things as a avatar (usually a sign that the account is a fake one), so I am not sure it was him that really designed it. I saw the poster on a few other blogs, but with no formal credits. So if it was you Mr. Calvert, great job. This has a very 'Planet of the Vampire' feel to... and I love me some Bava! So enjoy the poster after the jump...

'Alien: The Easter Edition' Is A Must See For All Fans Of The Franchise

With Prometheus on the horizon, I am slowly preparing myself to re-enter the universe of Alien. Ridley Scott & James Cameron created a magical world that lead to a few more shitty sequels and some terrible Alien vs Predator turds. But instead of beating the dead horse to death on these other films, maybe the franchise should have took a turn for the comedic. Director Will Tribble and his gang try to add a little humor to the bleak space sets of Alien in their excellent fan film, and boy did they do a bang up job. If you need a quick laugh, watch this for a few seconds. You will be laughing so hard & out of breath that you will think a facehugger got ya when you weren't looking. Enjoy....

Polaroids Aplenty From The Blade Runner Set

One of my all time favorite sci-fi movies is the 1982 Ridley Scott's classic Blade Runner. It's just so dark and disturbing, and Rutger Hauer is such a gangster!!! You also gotta love Harrison Ford's excellent performance as well. The very lovely star actress of the film, Sean Young, took some Polaroid pictures on the set and captured some cool behind-the-scenes images of the wonderful cast in all their youthful glory. They hit the 'Net a few weeks back, and it is my job to share 'em with ya!!! You can find the rest of the photos after the jump.