Cold space, soulless corporations and biomechanical nightmares.
[CAREFUL WITH SPOILERS!]
ALIEN is a 46-years-old transmedia franchise, spanning a gigantic number of films, shorts, books, graphic novels, tours, video games, goodies, and now a TV series that just launched last week, Alien: Earthe.
It all starts with an unique masterpiece: the movie Alien, released in 1979. Born from improbable encounters and extreme passion, the movie was directed by Ridley Scott from a Dan O'Bannon story reworked by Ronald Shusett, David Giler and Walter Hill, designed by a dream team of artists of international magnitude - amongst them Ron Cobb, Jean "Moebius" Giraud and, last but not least, the Swiss painter and sculptor Hans Ruedi Giger -, and inhabited by a stellar cast of actresses and actors of Shakespearian formation, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and the star of the show, Sigourney Weaver. Additionally, the artist Bolaji Badejo wore the costume of the title creature.
The result was STELLAR. Alien is fantastic, still efficient after so many years, after all of its codes, all of its language spread and contaminated pop culture. Excellent structure, fantastic soundtrack, impeccable art direction, and a disgusting, dirty look that will haunt people's minds until the end of times.
It was only the beginning of the adventure, though...
What is your experience with Alien? Do you want to see more of it? Is Alien: Isolation the best horror game of all times? What do you think about the Alien books by the great nonbinary writer Alex White? Did you like Prometheus? What about Alien: Romulus? Did you start watching Alien: Earth?
