Topic: RIP HR Giger

In the Prometheus behind-the-scenes, Giger looked like he was getting on... now he's gone to the Necronomicon in the sky, or rather, below the ground....

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/ma … ien-artist

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I think I'm correct in saying that Ridley Scott was inspired by Giger's art and that he brought Giger on to Alien to help with production design even tho that wasn't Giger's thing. I wish there was more of that in the film industry.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

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Sad news.

He was a successful artist whose death might have made news even if he'd never been associated with the ALIEN franchise. But his design work on ALIEN stands extremely tall in movie history. What's remarkable is how well the designs hold up, too. After all these years the basic Xenomorph design doesn't look dated or cheesy or tame compared to anything that's been done since.

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Rob wrote:

Sad news.

He was a successful artist whose death might have made news even if he'd never been associated with the ALIEN franchise. But his design work on ALIEN stands extremely tall in movie history. What's remarkable is how well the designs hold up, too. After all these years the basic Xenomorph design doesn't look dated or cheesy or tame compared to anything that's been done since.

Yes, and much imitated since... Species, Mimic, etc. The xenomorph (classique edition) is arguably the best movie alien design we've seen, only rivalled by the Beach Ball in Dark Star.

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May his remains rest under a tasteful chrome dildo gasmask tombstone.

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Zarban wrote:

I think I'm correct in saying that Ridley Scott was inspired by Giger's art and that he brought Giger on to Alien to help with production design even tho that wasn't Giger's thing. I wish there was more of that in the film industry.

I agree. And for what it's worth (heh) that happened a bit with my buddy Alex Pardee on Sucker Punch.

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Zarban wrote:

I think I'm correct in saying that Ridley Scott was inspired by Giger's art and that he brought Giger on to Alien to help with production design even tho that wasn't Giger's thing. I wish there was more of that in the film industry.

As the recent documentary "Jodorowsky's Dune" shows, Giger was one of the artists tapped for that project. When it fell apart, Scott snapped him up for his movie.

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Lie back, turn the lights down, roll yourself a good one....

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avatar wrote:

much imitated since... Species, Mimic, etc.

Small quibble: Giger did the character design for Species.   Carry on.

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Was he sued for ripping himself off?

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