H.R.Gigers Alien Essay -- Fim Movies

H.R.Gigers AlienHollywoods conception of extraterrestrial life was pretty much limited to either whimsical little green men or bunglesome bug-eyed monsters. In a gritty future, Scott brought to life Swiss surrealist H.R.Gigers terrifying biomechanical beastie an acid-bleeding, razor-toothed, overgrown cockroach with an ugly practice of gestating its offspring in human hosts. Suddenly, space was a pretty scary place to be. (Schwarzbaum, 27)In 1979 an alien was born. Before 1979 the icon Star wars showed the vastness of space where men and women fought among themselves for control of the universe. The aliens that were present in such(prenominal) movies were nothing more than secondary actors. These types of aliens were never truly frightening and the concept of extraterrestrial life as a threat to us was never believable. The movie Aliens presented a conception and perception of design of extraterrestrial life that was different from anything else. This movie introduced many revolut ionary concepts the two most prominent of these are the effeminate heroine and the new design for a terrifying alien life form and its surroundings that gave a less perfect view of space. What makes the movie Alien so terrifying is the concept that life in outer space is pure evil. Before 1979, most movies portrayed aliens as friendly creature that came in public security and wanted to help humanity. This new Alien was so different and had revolutionary special effects that the creation of an alien creature won an Oscar for Best motion for Visual Effects April14th, 1980. The creator and designer of the alien creature was H. R Giger, born in Born in Chur, Germany, 1940. H. R Gigers revolutionary designs and the make of the book Gigers Necr... ...ective that is still being used in Science fiction movies today.BibliographyInternet Sitewww.hrgiger.com Copyright 1996, H.R.GigerMoviesAlien Directed by Ridley Scott. twentieth century Fox, 1979Planet of the Apes Directed by Franklin J . Schanffner. 20th Century Fox, 1968 Star Wars Directed by George Lucas. Lucas films Ltd, 1977This Island Earth Directed by Joseph M. Newman. Universal International Pictures, 1954War of the Worlds Directed by Byron Haskin and George Pal. Paramount Pictures, 1953MagazinesEntertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum. Volume 3 Issue 454, October 1998 BooksBonnie J. Dow. Prime-Time Feminism Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 Clute, John. Science fiction the illustrated encyclopedia. London New York Dorling Kindersley capital of Massachusetts Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1995.