Alien 2 (Imitation Film)
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A spaceship lands back on Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can penetrate people's bodies and make them explode. A group of cave explorers are attacked by the monsters inside an underground cave, but the survivors are in for a surprise when they finally manage to escape the trap...
Alien 2 included alien creatures which incubate inside human hosts.
Alien3 Terminal Addiction
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This comic short story was created to advertise the Alien3 SNES video game. It shows a boy in our universe playing the Alien3 video game on his SNES console, and somehow gets sucked into the game itself. After fighting off Kiande Amedha with assault rifles and flamethrowers, he is finally subdued by a Facehugger, only to suddenly awake and realize the entire experience was a hallucination. But as he sits in front of his TV, a Kiande Amedha emerges from the shadows behind him...
Alien: 40 Artists 40 Years
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An artistic tribute to the sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. 40 artists, filmmakers, and fans have been invited to contribute a piece of original art to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Alien in 2019.
Pieces range from alternative posters to gothic interpretations of key scenes. Sketches, process pieces, and interview text accompany each new and unique nightmare.
In addition to cover artist Dane Hallett—an Alien: Covenant concept artist—the contributors include Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, Sam Hudecki, and Tanya Lapointe; Star Wars concept artist and creature designer Terryl Whitlatch; and Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and Jon Wilcox.
Alien: The Special Effects
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Alien: The Special Effects offers an in-depth, insider look into how the special effects in Alien, Aliens and Alien3 were achieved. It also include interviews with directors Ridley Scott and James Cameron, and designer H.R. Giger.
Alien Saga: The Poster Collection
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Alien Saga: The Poster Collection is a 40-page book featuring 40 removable poster from the Alien franchise. The book brings together not only stills from films such as Alien, Aliens, Alien3, and Alien Resurrection, but the iconic poster art that gave us taglines such as "In space no one can hear you scream."
Aliens - The Archive
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The ultimate guide to the classic monster.
Alien is a science fiction milestone and one of the most terrifying and beautiful film franchises of all time.
Alien: The Archive is the first complete book of the stunning artwork and photography from all four films.
Aliens: The Set Photography
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Aliens comes the first, official record of the shoot.
Through candid, high-quality stills we see the cast and crew at work, in costume, rehearsing, in make-up, and during filming. Some choice pieces of original concept art add greater context to the shoot and showcase the remarkable level of design.
Also features insightful quotes from original interviews.
Aliens: The Official Movie Book
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Aliens: The Official Movie Book has a brief photonovel adaptation of Aliens, along with behind the scenes articles on several of the principle actors and crew and their roles in the film, behind the scenes images, as well as several pull-out posters, an interview with writer/director James Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd, and photos annotated by key members of the design and effects crew that worked on the film — specifically Stan Winston, Ron Cobb and visual effects supervisor Brian Johnson.
The Alien Dead (Imitation Film)
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A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what's happening to people once they start disappearing.
The Alien Dead (1979) was renamed at the last minute to cash in on Alien's popularity.
Alien Vault
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Alien Vault, also known as Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film featured director Ridley Scott’s own annotated storyboards, Polaroids and script pages; the elegant but disturbing concept artwork of H.R. Giger; sketches and construction blueprints for the Nostromo; costume designs by Moebius; a treasure trove of never-before-seen photographs of the cast and crew; and ten meticulously reproduced artefacts, enclosed in vellum envelopes, for readers to remove and examine more closely.
Although in the film the Narcissus was under the right wing of the spacecraft, in the schematics that accompanied the book Alien Vault, the Narcissus has been shown as under the left wing with a further escape craft called the Salmacis under the right.
In the film and on set models show that during Kane's funeral his body is jettisoned towards the back of the Nostromo, flying near the Narcissus as it disappeared into the darkness. There is no mention in the early draft of two Narcissuses and as theatrical and other version demonstrate there is no other escape craft aboard the Nostromo.
AVH: Alien vs. Hunter (Imitation Film)
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AVH: Alien vs. Hunter is a "mockbuster" that closely resembles AvP: Requiem. It deals with a suburban community being threatened by a fight between two warring extraterrestrial beings.
Alien Origin (Imitation Film)
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Alien Origin is a "mockbuster" that closely resembles Prometheus.
A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.
American Dad
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The Yautja have been referenced by American Dad twice:
- "Joint Custody:" When Roger finds out that Hayley's boyfriend, Jeff, is wanted in Florida for smuggling marijuana, he and Stan turn into bounty hunters and chase Jeff across the country. One of the outfits Roger tries on when preparing to become a bounty hunter is a Yautja costume.
- "Oedipal Panties:" When Stan's mom gets dumped for the umpteenth time by a boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support. Feeling threatened by her always-visiting mother-in-law, Francine is determined to cut Stan's umbilical cord and figure out what keeps going wrong with the men in her life. A Yautja's mask can be seen in Roger's closet during this episode.
Archer
Archer: El Contador
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"El Contador:" Archer begins nervously scanning the tropical jungle around him carrying a rare left-handed M-16 when Cyril suddenly disappears, believing a Yautja to be responsible. Lana attempts to point out how ridiculous he is being, stating that, for starters, the Yautja is invisible, but Archer interrupts her, correcting, "Not totally, he has a tell-tale shimmer."
Lana: Well, where the hell did he go?
Archer: I don’t know. It’s like he just-
(Looks around)
Lana: You’re looking for Predator aren’t you?
Archer: (pause) Yes.
Lana: Couple things: A. He’s invisible.
Archer: Not totally he has a tell-tale shimmer. "El Contador." Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat. Archer Season 3 Ep 5. Fox. 26 Jan 2012. Television.
Archer: The Wind Cries Mary
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"The Wind Cries Mary:" Archer and his former best friend Lucas Troy are holed up in the Vermont wilderness, fighting hard to come out on top.] Pam has everyone at ISIS do peer reviews but Cyril and Lana have some serious issues with the reviews. When Archer finds a pile of Cyril's discarded clothes in the snow he initially mistakes them for skin, wondering aloud whether Cyril might have been killed by a Yautja. He goes on to reassure himself that the Yautja only hunts in tropical jungles.
At the Mountains of Madness
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This novella served as an inspiration for Alien vs Predator, and several elements of the Alien vs Predator comic series were included.
The story details the events of a disastrousexpedition to the Antarctic continent in Sept 1930 and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr William Dyer.
AVP: The Creature Effects of ADI
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In 1979, Ridley Scott introduced moviegoers to a new definition of fear and horror with his sci-fi classic, Alien. To coincide with the release of AVP, special effects gurus Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. opened the doors of their Academy Award-winning creature shop, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (A.D.I.), to invite all to a behind-the-scenes journey, as they once more breathe life into the characters that have been scaring audiences for over two decades. Different from many 'making of' books, it focuses exclusively on the creature effects of AVP; what it takes to create some of sci-fi's baddest baddies. It follows Gillis and Woodruff and their talented crew of over 100 artists and technicians throughout the design, sculpting, fabrication, and finishing processes. The story continues on location in Prague where, as the cameras roll, their creations truly come to life.
AvP: Requiem Inside the Monster Shop
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Woodruff and Gillis from Amalgamated Dynamics (ADI) unveil the secrets of the design process behind two of the big screens most frightening characters. From conception to fabrication and finishing, follow the talented crew in-studio and on location through this captivating book. If you enjoyed the first making-of book Aliens vs Predator: Creature Effects of ADI, this book has plenty to offer.
Included are hundreds of photos and captions detailing how scenes in the movie were filmed, like a production diary explaining things that happen during shooting. The second half of the book includes sketches, photos and miniatures showing how the creatures and weapons in the movie were constructed. The photos are high resolution with close-ups to show all the subtle details. There are captions all along, same goes for every page of the book. It's an incredibly in-depth look behind the scenes.
Beautiful Monsters: Unofficial Guide to Alien and Predator Films
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'Beautiful Monsters' is the story of the 'Alien' and 'Predator' film franchises. Each film is chronicled through analysis and extensive background information, and the themes and influences examined through articles. In addition, all the spin-off books, comics and computer games are detailed. This is your one-stop guide for everything relating to two of cinema's most popular and enduring creations.
Blade Runner
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In Blade Runner, Deckard is tasked with locating and "retiring" genetically engineered humanoids called "replicants."
An Easter egg in the Prometheus Blu-ray Disc implies that the synthetics were a sort of continuation to Blade Runner's replicants -- Peter Weyland was a friend and mentee to Eldon Tyrell.
As mentioned in the Multiverse article, however, BladeRunner does not occur within the AvP Multiverse.
Bob's Burgers
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Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” carried a hilarious Predator parody.
In Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid, Gene has the stomach flu and can’t eat Thanksgiving dinner, and the family tries to cheer him up.
The following clip has Gene struggling in the bathroom. Sad he’s missing out on the best food holiday, he asks Louise to tell a story that will make him hate food. Her tale goofs on Predator, turning Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character into “Dutch Oven”, a soldier battling the “Breadator”.
The Book of Alien
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In 1979, a movie was released that was to capture the imagination of the world, and become a science fiction classic ...Alien. 25 years later, the Alien franchise is stronger than ever!
The Book of Alien is the definitive companion to the movie, which celebrates the 25th anniversary in 2004. Taking you right behind the scenes of the production, there are interviews with the key people involved, including legendary designer HR Giger and director Ridley Scott.
Lavishly illustrated with scores of stunning design paintings, production art and film stills unpublished elsewhere, the book covers every creative stage, and graphically demonstrates just why the movie won an Oscar for its visual effects.
Buffy The Vampire Sayer
Buffy The Vampire Sayer
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Joss Whedon's Buffy franchise does have some links to the Alien-Predator universe (Whedon had written the script for Alien Resurrection). In the Buffyverse, Weyland-Yutani is one of the Wolfram and Heart firm's clients. In the canonical season nine Dark Horse comics, Buffy does have an encounter with a "kiande amedha" in the short story "In Space No One Can Hear You Slay".
But the "kiande amedha" in this story isn't the traditional kiande amedha as it's origins are vastly different, and likely doesn't utilize the reproduction method in that it's a Bug Demon that mutated into a creature resembling the kiande amedha, and that instead of an aversion to fire, it has an affinity to it.
In the non-canonical Dark Horse and Wizard "City of Despair" comic, a Yautja and Hellboy make cameo appearances as gladiators in an interdimensional arena.
Angel
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Someone frames Harmony for the murder of a demon-rights activist who was mediating an important truce between warring tribes.
Weyland-Yutani happens to be one of the companies represented by Wolfram & Hart in this episode.
Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys Episode 3: Ape-lien
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Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys is an American animated television series that includes many references and parodies of science fiction films and TV show.
In this episode, the crew answers a distress call from the NC-17 galaxy, where they find a derelict ship and split up to search it. Spydor uses his beamatron to pick up a pile of crystals. The crew then returns to their own ship, since they didn't find anyone alive, and also because Splitzy started a core meltdown. On their way out, Spydor uses the beamatron again to pick up an egg (which he thinks is a coconut). Later, an alien hatches from the egg, attaches itself to Spydor's rear end, then escapes into the vents. The alien spits out radioactive mucus. By the time the crew finds it again, it has grown, and dodges their blasts. Splitzy says that the alien's DNA is changing rapidly, allowing it to change shape quickly; as Gor-illa fights the alien, it absorbs his DNA, reconstructing itself and becoming stronger. The primates escape via an elevator; the door chops off the alien's hand, which quickly evolves into a duplicate and merges with the original. Splitzy uses Spydor's crystals to create a cage to trap the alien; Spydor lures the alien into the cage, and the primates dump it into space.
This episode has a parodied appearance of the Engineer and the kiande amedha. This episode plays out quite similarly to the 1979 film, Alien. Spydor assumes the role of Kane as the host to the Ape-lien, but instead of a Facehugger latching onto his face, it instead is a parasite which bites onto his rear and mutates. The parodied creature further mutates as it confronts the members of Captain Simian's crew.
Chariots of the Gods
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Influenced by the work of Erich von Däniken, Anderson researched von Däniken's theories on how he believed early civilisations were able to construct massive pyramids with the help of aliens, an idea drawn from Aztec mythology.
Anderson wove these ideas into Alien vs. Predator, describing a scenario in which Yautja taught ancient humans to build pyramids and used Earth for rite of passage rituals every 100 years in which they would hunt kiande amedha. To explain how these ancient civilisations "disappeared without a trace", Anderson came up with the idea that the Yautja, if overwhelmed by the kiande amedha, would use their self-destruct weapons to kill everything in the area.
Cinefantastiqe
Cinefantastiqe Vol 9, No 1.
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A detailed account on the making of the film Alien. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs and drawings throughout. Centerfold is a magnificent color reproduction the original Alien design.
Also, article about Hans Rudi (H. R.) Giger and the Alien, the Derelict, and Space Jockey designs.
Cinefantastiqe Vol 18, No 4
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A look at how Hollywood has treated the Swiss surrealist artist whose Oscar-winning work on Alien changed the look of science
fiction, and how his unique style has become common property in Hollywood.
A sidebar article is a visual catalogue of some of the most blatant Giger imitations, many from some of the biggest names in movies and special effects.
The next article looks at how Giger's work has changed our perception of what is alien.
The next article is about the influences on Giger's art, and puts the impact of Giger's work into artistic perspective.
The next article presents a preview of The Mirror, a forthcoming film based on the imagery of Giger's famed Necronomicon which promises to be the most faithful film adaptation of the artist's nightmare vision to date.
Contamination (Imitation Film)
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A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Contamination was initially going to be titled Alien 2 until 20th Century Fox's lawyers contacted writer/director Luigi Cozzi and made him change it, and it built on press coverage of Alien's Chestburster scene by having many similar creatures, which originated from large, slimy eggs, bursting from characters' chests.
Conker's Bad Fur Day / Conker: Live & Reloaded
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Heinrich is the name given to the kiande amedha created by Professor von Kripplespac and is the "final boss" and tertiary antagonist of Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker: Live & Reloaded. He is a parody of the kiande amedha from the 1979 film Alien.
Heinrich not only looks very similar to the Queen in design, but the reference is further alluded when Conker uses a yellow, mechanical exoskeleton to defeat it, as well as using the line, "Get away from her, you bitch!" as Heinrich looked down upon Berri's body, which is a direct reference to Ellen Ripley battling the Queen during the film's final act.
Cannon Spike
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Cannon Spike, known as Gunspike in Japan, is a multi-directional shooter game made by Psikyo, a crossover game featuring Capcom characters.
Simone is a cyborg with superhuman strength and works alongside Arthur. Simone is based upon Linn Kurosawa from Alien vs. Predator.
Contra
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Examples of Alien-inspired works appear in this game. The primary antagonists of the Contra series, they are heavily inspired by H. R. Giger's Necronom IV, which is also the basis for the kiande amedha from the Alien film series.
Alien / Predator / Deadpool 2 Photobomb
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In true Deadpool fashion, the masked mercenary has hijacked the BluRay covers of some famous movies. In a marketing move to promote the upcoming Deadpool 2, released May 18 2018, Walmart slipped joke covers over classic films to show the chimichanga-loving anti-hero in some brand new roles.
Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine #207
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Contains an interview with college dropout and former truck driver, James Cameron regarding his experiences with that led up to and during making the Aliens movie.
Empire July 2018
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A brief interview with director and co-screenwriter Shane Black.
Empire Aug 2018
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This 30th Anniversary Special has a feature about The Predator with full on-set report: New Alien! New weapons! New Blood!
The article features an interview with Jim Thomas, original Predator screenwriter.
Family Guy
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Alien and Predator has been referred to several times on Family Guy:
- In one of cutaways in "You May Now Kiss the…Uh…Guy Who Receives", there’s a clip of a doctor taking a blood sample from somebody. Instead of blood, it’s acid and it burns through the floor just like in Alien. Then a chestburster bursts out of the guy's chest which the doctor kills with a shotgun.
- A Xenomorph with eyes on its face (and a regular, green tongue) can be spotted in "Blue Harvest" during the scene in Mos Eisley Cantina.
- In one of the Cutaway gags in "Peter's Daughter", the Alien Queen confronts Ellen Ripley and Newt from leaving the Atomosphere Prosessor Plant and she sounds like Bruce the Performance Artist who was voiced by Mike Henry.
- Kramer vs. Predator pits Dustin Hoffman’s character from Kramer vs. Kramer against a Predator in a parody of the 2004 crossover film Alien vs. Predator in "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter".
- In a cutaway gag in "Brian Writes a Bestseller", a guy in a coma dreams of writing a script of Batman vs. Predator.
- A Predator stalks Peter, Joe and Quagmire in the woods in "Bigfat". Peter suggested covering their body heat like Arnold Schwarzenegger did in the film but the others disagree; saying it's just a movie.
- In a television gag of the O.J. Simpson trial during the recording of a DVD commentary by the Griffin family in "You Can't Handle the Booth!", they are joined by the Xenomorph and the Predator.
Famous Monsters #158
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Interview with Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger, about his career as an artist, and his work on film starting with Dune in 1976 and including Alien in 1979.
Fangoria
Fangoria #1
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Fangoria #1 features a 2 page picture spread about the movie Alien.
Fangoria #3
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Fangoria #3 features a short article about the movie Alien with a pull-out poster featuring Lt. Ripley and the Kiande Amedha.
Alien: TV Series
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As Fangoria reported, due to the success of Alien, it was being prepared as a television series. No deal had been finalized at the time of printing, but 20th Century Fox was hoping for ABC to buy their idea for the series.
With the idea scrapped, the sequel, Aliens, came out in 1986.
Fangoria #55
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An interview with Lance Henriksen about Aliens.
Fangoria #56
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Features an interview with James Cameron about Aliens. He was drawn to the movie becasuse of the realism of the original film and a strong female lead. He speaks about creating a sequel, and its problems, to such a film.
Fangoria #57
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Features an interview with Stan Winston about Aliens, the largest effects film, and the most difficult film, he'd been on at that time.
Fangoria #65
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Features an article about the movie, Predator and its director John McTiernan.
"Arnold Vs. Alien! A group of commandos meets up with a nasty space hunter in Schwarzenegger’s new actionflick."
"How to survive lethal snakes, foreign film crew and-shudder!-unsatisfactory monsters."
Fangoria #98
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One-page article about the movie Predator 2, featuring Jim and Jogn Thomas (screenwriters) and Kevin Peter Hall (the man in the alien suit).
Fangoria #114
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Features an article about the movie, Alien3, and its "many mutations". It describes the efforts of ADI to create the kiande amedha, and how much the creature transformed behind the scenes as much as they did on the screen.
Fangoria #234
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Features an article about the movie, Alien Vs. Predator.
Fangoria #235
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Fangoria talks more with writer/ director Paul Anderson about Alien Vs. Predator. He mentions that he remembers seeing teaser trailers about the first 3 films in the Alien franchise, and always hoping it would lead to Earth. It's Anderson's movie now, though, andhe finally gets to bring the kiande amedha to this world. More specifically, Antarctica.
Anderson saw this movie as the beginning of a new franchise. It's designed deliberately not to interfere with future Alien or Predator movies. That's one of the reasons why he was insistent with Fox to call it AVP, to have an identity of its own.
Fangoria #236
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Features an article about the movie, Alien Vs. Predator, and the return of Lance Henriksen to the franchise. Lance recalls his experiences with the franchise, and the current film.
Fangoria #268
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An in-depth article about the movie, AvP Requiem.
In 1979 was debut of the sci-fi horror classic Alien. In 1987, the studio released Predator. Responding to the rabid fan base's expectations for both properties, Dark Horse Comics published a number of AvP comics titles. Then, an kiande amedha skull trophy hung on a wall at the end of Predator 2. In 2004, fans got what they were wishing for with Paul W.S. Anderson's Alien vs. Predator -- and now AvP Requiem.
The article goes into detail about one night of shooting, when the townfolk amass at the center of town.
Fangoria #269
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Features another article about the movie, AvP Requiem, and its directors, their reasoning for casting the actors.
Fangoria #270
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Features another article about the movie, AvP Requiem about FX creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr - best known for handling the creatures in Alien3, Alien Resurrection and Alien vs. Predator, and now AvP Requiem.
Fangoria #295
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Article about the movie, Predators and its director Nimrod Antal.
Freakazoid
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The Nerdator was a one-time enemy of Freakazoid.
A parody of the Yautja, "Nerdator" is a segment in Episode 11 of the Freakazoid cartoon series which aired Dec 31, 1995.
Nerdator kidnapped the world's nerds in order to steal their intelligence. Freakazoid convinces Nerdator of the downside of being a nerd, so he releases the nerds and kidnaps good-looking but vapid airheads so he can steal their powers and get babes.
Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
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A variant of the kiande amedha Facehuggers makes a guest appearance in the Japanese light novel franchise Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri.
Grand Theft Auto V
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Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure video. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three criminals and their efforts to commit heists while under pressure from a government agency. The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles.
This mod allows the player to play as a Yautja.
Howard The Duck #7
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A one page parady of Alien, done by Simonson, who also drew Alien: The Illustrated Story in May-June 1979, which features a snail in the role of the kiande amedha as it menaces Howard.
Inseminoid (Imitation Film)
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A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Inseminoid has been criticised as a perceived imitation, "knock-off" or "rip-off" of the 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien.
The Making of Alien
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A comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives.
In 1979 a movie legend was born, as Twentieth Century-Fox and director Ridley Scott unleashed Alien - and gave audiences around the world the scare of their lives.
To celebrate the movie's fortieth anniversary, author J.W. Rinzler (The Making of Star Wars) tells the whole fascinating story of how Alien evolved from a simple idea in the mind of writer Dan O'Bannon into one of the most memorable sci-fi horror thrillers of all time.
With brand new interviews with Ridley Scott and other key members of the original production crew, and featuring many never-before-seen photographs and artworks from the archives, The Making of Alien is the definitive work on this masterpiece of popular cinema.
Marvel Vs Alien VARIANT COVERS
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KING IN BLACK ARRIVES!
EDDIE BROCK is about to face the biggest challenge of his life...but he's not alone.
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WEAPON X - TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!
WOLVERINE's back in MADRIPOOR for an underworld criminal auction specializing in super hero artifacts that will surface more than just bad memories for the mutant formerly known as WEAPON X!
The Predator: Art and Making of
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Official companion book to the new blockbuster sci-fi movie from Shane Black, containing stunning concept art and behind-the-scenes photography from the filming process.
Witness the return of one of the most formidable movie monsters of all time as director Shane Black brings The Predator to the world’s cinema screens.
This official companion book provides a unique look at the making of the movie, including fascinating detail on all the major aspects of production such as stunt work, production design, visual effects, costumes and props. Interviews with the cast and crew highlight the evolution of the story and the challenges faced while bringing an incredible new chapter in this blockbuster franchise to life.
Captivating concept art and on-set photography reveal the creative processes behind the creatures, the technology and the breathtaking action set pieces that feature in this long-awaited new movie. This book is a must-have for all Predator fans!
The Art and Making of Alien: Covenant
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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise.
The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David8, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film reveals how the visual style of the film evolved, with breathtaking concept art accompanied by insight and interviews with key cast and crew.
This official companion book explores all the major environments, creatures and technology that feature in this exciting new movie. It explores the intricate technology of the eponymous colony ship and its auxiliary vehicles, designs of the crew’s uniforms and weaponry, artwork of key locations and breathtaking alien art imagery in amazing detail.
Packed with fascinating sketches, blueprints, diagrams, full-color artwork, final film frames and behind-the-scenes shots from the set, Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film is the ultimate literary companion to this highly anticipated movie event.
Metroid
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The Metroid series has borrowed many elements and plots from the Alien film franchise. Yoshio Sakamoto, the co-creator, has made comparisons and Nintendo Power #58 claims that Samus Aran's physical appearance in the Super Metroid comic was partly based on Ellen Ripley (as well as Leia Organa from Star Wars).
I think the film Alien had a huge influence on the production of the first Metroid game. All of the team members were affected by HR Giger's design work, and I think they were aware that such designs would be a good match for the Metroid world we had already put in place. Yoshio Sakamoto on Metroid
It's no secret that Nintendo was influenced by Ridley Scott's space horror masterpiece, Alien, when making Metroid. Official Nintendo Magazine issue 59, page 68: "Homages to Alien"
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is an overhead action-adventure stealth video game, with the tagline "Tactical Espionage Game", that was originally released by Konami in 1990 for the MSX2 computer platform. The game was designed and written by Hideo Kojima, who also designed the MSX2 version of the original Metal Gear. Wikipedia
The character Predator/Jungle Evil from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is inspired by the movie Predator. Jungle Evil was a Zanzibar Land mercenary who specialized in ambush techniques and guerilla warfare as the self-styled "King of the Jungle."
My Gym Partner's a Monkey
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An episode of Cartoon Network's "My Gym Partner's a Monkey", entitled "Hygiene Hijinks" references Jungle Hunter. An anthropomorphic Rhinoceros, Cyrus Q. Hornbill, teaches a class on protecting oneself from predators (referring to predatory animals). He demonstrates a technique by lathering himself in mud, and explaining how doing so will make prey invisible to the infrared-thermal vision of nocturnal predators. We then cut to a Yautja, sitting at a desk in the class, shrugging his shoulders and admits: "It's true."
Minecraft AVP Resource Pack
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Minecraft is a sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and later developed by Mojang. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.
Planetminecraft member Quadropl created a patch to emulate the universe of AvP.
Man At Arms: Reforged
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Every other Monday, this team of blacksmiths and craftsman will build some of Earth's favorite weapons, and some weapons that they've never seen before. This week, they're recreating the Yautja's blades (aka: Gauntlet Knives) from the Alien vs. Predator movie.
Mortal Kombat
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While non-canon in either Alien-Predator or Mortal Kombat franchises, the Yautja makes an appearance in Mortal Kombat X. Interestingly enough, while it's widely accepted that Yautjas disdain and abhor magic, a Yautja dubbed by the fans as "Apex" seems to have successfully hunted the Kombatants and Elder God Shinnok, only to then later acquire the secrets of Shinnok's amulet and learned the applications of sorcery-- effectively wiping out the Mortal Kombat universe.
Planet 51
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An alien dog is an alien animal in space throughout Planet 51. These dogs chase Chuck Baker after he lands on the Planet. They use toxic acid to release themselves from traps like the chain and the leash. One dog was fooled by the mailman with the donut causing himself to get angry and start attacking him. The Alien Dog has similarities to the kiande amedha from the Alien Series. The name of the dog featured in the movie is Ripley - a nod to Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley.
Popeye
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Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy is a wrestling video game starring Popeye. Set in space, Popeye is forced to compete in wrestling matches against five alien opponents (with the first resembling the kiande amedha from the Alien franchise and the fifth resembling Robot B-9 from Lost in Space). Helpful items include spinach cans and energy-restoring hamburgers (thrown into the ring by Wimpy), the latter which may be of help not only to Popeye but to the opponent as well. Olive Oyl and Bluto can also be seen among the alien-dominated crowd.
Red Dwarf
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The Alien films have been referenced several times on the British sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf:
- In "Waiting for God", Rimmer warns Lister against opening a deep space pod of unknown origin, telling him he "might get some squiggly, slimy thing stuck to [his] face", a nod to the Facehuggers from the Alien films.
- In "Confidence & Paranoia", a character says, "In space no one can hear you cha-cha-cha."
- "Polymorph" revolves around the crew battling a genetically-engineered lifeform known as a Polymorph, which features several characteristics clearly inspired by the Xenomorph, not least of all its name. The creature also features a rigid proboscis that shoots from its mouth as a means of attack, similar to the Xenomorph's inner jaw, that it uses to drain emotions from its victims by attaching it to their forehead, an obvious nod to the classic Headbite. Furthermore, the creature's large, elongated head and exposed jaws are somewhat similar to the Xenomorph Queen. Coincidentally, Rimmer at one point refers to the creature as "an eight-foot tall, armor-plated killing machine", which is similar to dialogue that would later be used by Andrews to describe the Alien in Alien3.
- "Psirens" reused a model of the Narcissus as one of many derelict ships abandoned in an asteroid field (along with models from several other 70s/80s sci-fi films and television series).
- Notably, actor Mac McDonald, who played Simpson in the extended Special Edition of Aliens, featured in the show's first and eighth seasons.
Rick and Morty - Alien: Covenant
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When the viral marketing campaign for Alien: Covenant began, a short film called Alien: Covenant - Rick and Morty, conceived and designed by Justin Roiland on the behest of 20th Century Fox, was released on .
The short revolved around Rick and Morty arriving in the dimension in which the Alien movies are set, and Morty urging Rick to respond to a distress call coming from an Engineer's ship. Rick is attacked by a Facehugger, only for it to die from "all the drugs and alcohol swirling about in [his] system".
The film continues a plot thread included in an earlier episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation", where-in Rick Sanchez mentions the value of Facehuggers in his universe. In that episode,while exploring the stranded alien starship, Rick tells Morty and Summer that if they find a room full of Eggs to give one a shake, claiming that the Facehuggers are worth more than the ship. A reference to Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien.
Robot Chicken
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The Yautja have appeared several times on the stop-motion comedy series Robot Chicken:
- "A Piece of the Action" (2005): An Alien and a Yautja quietly play a game of chess.
- "The Sack" (2005): A television dating show, similar to long-running reality series Blind Date. The date, between Susan the kiande amedha and Douglas the Yautja, initially goes well, but when Douglas attempts to kiss Susan as he drops her off at home, she protests and eventually plungers her inner jaw into his neck. The mortally wounded Douglas then activates his Self-Destruct Device, killing them both (and the camera crew). The skit was later reused in the 2008 episode "Adultizzle Swizzle".
- "Werewolf vs. Unicorn" (2007): California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger shows how California is dealing with the Mexican border issue, and frankly, it's not much of an improvement. He says that he has dealt with many aliens in the past, and points to a board which contains pictures of a Yautja and a Terminator (the T-1000).
- "Malcolm X: Fully Loaded" (2011) The City Hunter is cornered by two soldiers armed with an M16 and M60. The City Hunter begins using his Wrist Gauntlet and the soldiers gun him down fearing what he is doing with it. It is revealed that the Yautja was simply sending a text telling them that he was surrendering.
- "Casablankman" (2011) The Falconer (instead of the Jungle Hunter) is about to kill Dutch, but is stopped when a group of Yautjas (including Berserker) who oppose sport hunting arrive and activate his Self-Destruct Device which detonates in an explosion only small enough to kill the Falconer. The Yautjas then "free" Dutch, who is then attacked by a snake.
Robocop vs Predator
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Interesting to note...
These panels and pages were done as a pitch for Dark Horse to do Robocop vs Predator. Ultimately the project was never picked up for unknown reasons and scrapped.
Comic pages by Joshua Boulet.
SeaLab 2021
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While not directly shown out of cloaking, the visual references and the title of this episode, the Predator, is both a reference to the classic 1987 movie, and the titular creature. Given the characteristics of the antagonist in this episode, this creature is very much a reference to the Yautja, but in a parodied manner.
Skeleton Crew
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Editor Dave Hughes turned his attention to the Aliens franchise and made an "Aliens-themed" issue. It included:
- An original two-page comic story (p. 32-33) with a script by Adrien Rigelsford and art by assistant-editor Lee Brimmicombe-Wood (who would later write and illustrate articles for Dark Horse International's Aliens Vol. 2 with help from Hughes). The story contains no dialogue, as it is told from a Xenomorph's point-of-view, from hatching, to implanting an egg inside a human's throat, to bursting from the human's chest and escape in the wilderness of what seems to be LV-426. The kiande amedha hides inside what looks like an atmosphere processor and when a Queen is burning to death, the kiande amedha screams and a title appears: "Do Aliens Dream?"
- Rigelsford's early speculations about the upcoming Alien III (AKA Alien World)
- Alien concept artist Chris Foss writes about his experiences working on the pre-production of the movie
- Actor Brian Blessed expressing his love of the Alien movies
- A long interview with James Cameron about his career by Philip Nutman
- A review of the Dark Horse Aliens comics so far (at that point only Book 1 and 2 were available) by Nick Gillott
- A one-page parody by Brimmicombe-Wood of Leading Edge Games' Aliens Expansion for their licensed boardgame
SFX
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The men behind the latest Predator movie, producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal, explain why this sequel's the best yet. They discuss the lead-up to making the film, their casting choices.
The Simpsons
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Alien has been referred to several times on The Simpsons:
- "Deep Space Homer:" Scratchy is eating a sandwich and riding in his spaceship. Itchy pops out of his stomach (similar to the Chestburster emerging from Kane in Alien) and tosses Scratchy into the airlock and hits the "Blow Hatch" button. Scratchy quickly dons his spacesuit before being blown out into space. Itchy emerges from the ship in an EVA pod (from 2001: A Space Odyssey) and cuts Scratchy in half using Saturn's rings (which act as a sawblade), then removes Scratchy's space helmet, causing Scratchy's head to inflate. Itchy punctures Scratchy's inflated head with a pin, causing blood to splatter everything in the scene and spell out "THE END".
- "Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song:" Bart brings his dog, Santa’s Little Helper, to school and the dog wonders into the air ducts (similar to the Runner Kiande Amedha in Alien3). Groundskeeper Willie has to go in there and track it down through the school’s airducts. Principal Skinner, meanwhile, is looking at a motion tracking monitor and one dot is getting closer to the other (similar to where Dallas goes into the air vents and the rest of the crew are watching on the motion detector in Alien).
- "Treehouse of Horror VI:" Features a segment called "Homer3" but no further reference to the film is used.
- "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds:" In this parody of 101 Dalations, ill-behaved greyhound pups burst out of a roasted turkey that has just been placed on a dining room table (similar to the Chestburster emerging from Kane in Alien).
- "The Lastest Gun in the West:" Snake Jailbird and several goons armed with M41A Pulse Rifles (painted completely black) are seen in a shootout at the bank they are robbing with the Springfield Police Department.
"Stealing First Base" A montage of famous kissing scenes from various classic movies is played - itself a parody of Cinema Paradiso. One of these is a spoof from Alien3 where the Runner Kiande Amedha leers over Ripley in the infirmary — in keeping with the theme of kissing, instead of hissing threateningly, the Runner Kiande Amedha gently kisses Ripley on the cheek with its inner jaw.
- "Treehouse of Horror XXI:" Professor Frink walks in front of his X-ray machine, and a Kiande Amedha embryo is seen inside him.
- "Treehouse of Horror XXII:" Maggie bursts out of Bart's chest.
- "To Cur, with Love": While Mr. Burns is giving awards, a flying mutated Blinky fish appears. It has wings and a rigid tongue with its own set of jaws, like the kiande amedha.
- "Treehouse of Horror XXIV:" During the opening sequence, a kiande amedha is among the movie creatures and characters seen in the field next to the Simpsons' house.
South Park
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The Yautja makes a few appearances in South Park.
- "Butters' Very Own Episode:" We see Butters moving through a haunted forest, and the signature targeting crosshairs appear on Butters, followed by the thermal infrared vision.
- "ImaginationLand Trilogy": We see the Yautja but it is a figment of someone's imagination, and therefore not a real Yautja. Butters finds himself in Imagination Land just as numerous movie monsters and villains are invading. At one point, the Mayor is killed by akiande amedhah, before Butters runs into the Yautja.
- "Jewpacabra" The first person view of the hunter looking through the binoculars is supposedly a reference to Yautja. Thermal vision is also used in the episode and James Cameron is mentioned.
- "Cat Orgy": Cartman was watching Aliens and then quotes the scene "They mostly come at night... Mostly" when in a similar situation. He then uses that line a number of different times in varying situations, such as to describe a meteor shower.
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Amazing Spider Man
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Mysterio teamed up with Armada to destroy Spider-Man and get rich. Spider-Man thwarted the plot, leaving Mysterio and Armada vengeful against the wall-crawler. Now, they are trying again.
Ben Reilly, the current Spider-Man at the time during the Clone Saga, awakens in a bug jar in a giant child's room, being shaken by a little boy. Spider-Man finds he has been downsized - to actual spider size! He doesn't remember how he got to be so small, but all of a sudden Spider-Man's become a child's toy. It doesn't take long for him to realize the toys in this room don't want to play with him. He escapes the jar, only to be attacked by the various toys from all over the room.
Among the toys there is the kiande amedha from the Alien franchise, and a robot which resembles a Transformer.
It's revealed that Spider-Man's tiny adventure is the result of some treachery on the part of Mysterio and Armada. They created a giant version of a child's room, complete with a giant robot boy. Armada himself designed some robots to destroy Spider-Man, but he's upset that his creatures are being hurt. Mysterio says that it's more fun to toy with Spider-Man, as it shows true artistry.
Spider-Man soon discovers one of Armada's robots inside a toy. When he destroys it, an enraged Armada tries to take matters into his own hands by reveals himself. Realizing the truth of his situation, Spider-Man takes control of Armada's armor and rides him into Mysterio's control center. Mysterio hides in his mist but Spider-Man tracks him down, striking him, and revealing him as a robotic decoy. Spider-Man doesn't know if the real person was ever even there, Spider-Man leaves Armada webbed up.
Starlog
Starlog #23
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Full-color preview plus an interview with co-screenwriter Dan O'Bannon.
Starlog #26
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The Making of Alien is an interview with director Ridley Scott, on his career leading up to and during the making of the movie Alien.
The Designing of Alien is an interview with Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger - about the kiande amedha, the derelict extraterrestrial ship, its decayed occupant, and the planetary landscapes he designed.
Starlog #363
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Greg and Colin Strause direct the Alien attack in AvP Requiem.
Starlog #364
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The Amalgamated Dynamics Inc guys, veteran creature FX meisters Tom Woodruff Jr and Alec Gillis, return from Alien vs Predator to imagine the very latest in extraterrestrial nightmares for AvP Requiem. They speak about the Yautja, Wolf - the lone-wold specialist that cleans up mistakes that other Yautja leave behind.
Star Wars
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The two-meter tall, gray-skinned Taung, pre-cursors to the Mandalorian race, were an ancient species of Humanoid simians. They are warriors at youth, and viewed battle as a source of honor both for the individual amd their gods.
The Taung, look like mandible-less Yautja. Even their armor look similar. The only real difference is that instead of the mandibles, they have some kind of beak
Snatcher
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Snatcher is a cyberpunk adventure game, taking place in a large futuristic dystopian city. The story revolves around Gillian Seed, an investigator assigned to investigate a breed of bioroids, known as "snatchers", who are killing humans and taking their place in society.
In the original PC-8801 release of Snatcher, the scene in the "The Outer Heaven Show Pub" is attended by a totally different array of characters parodying other popular franchises, such as Alien and the Kamen Rider series.
Starburst
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Starburst goes hunting and takes a look at The Predator as well as looks at various other iterations of the vicious but sporting character.
Always Bet on Black: The Yautja is back. With the original film's Hawkins himself returning to the helm this exciting chapter in the franchise, find out everything writer/director Shane Black has in store for fans in our in-depth preview.
Whoever wins, We loose: Forget Danny Glover. Forget Adrien Brody. Forget Arnie, even. The Yautja's toughest battle has been it's 29-year-long war with the kiande amedha. We play Special Correspondents to bring you the full story.
No Beast So Fierce: Concluding our celebration of the creature's return, we follow their adventures into the world of comic books, and discover some of their most unusual opponents along the way (Archie Andrews?!).
Soldier
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Soldier is a science fiction action film that tells the story of a highly skilled genetically engineered soldier defying his commanders and facing a relentless and brutal genetically-enhanced rival soldier.
A M41A Pulse Rifle and USCM Smart Gun from Aliens is in Soldier. The screen displaying Todd's stats includes numerous references which may include the M41A Pulse Rifle as the letters "LE" (which are the last two letters in M41A Pulse Rifle) are briefly seen in the list before the word disappears.
The movie shares a screenwriter with Blade Runner, and he openly called Soldier a "side-quel" to that film. There are other shout-outs to the Alien-verse in Soldier. As mentioned in the Multiverse article, however, this movie, nor BladeRunner, occur within the AvP Multiverse.
Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
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The Stage 3, Area 1 boss in Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is a parody of the film Alien.
Splatterhouse 2
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On the North American and European Splatterhouse 2 boxart, there's a monster that strongly resembles an adult kiande amedha.
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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ST:TNG - Genesis is the 171st episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 19th episode of the seventh season. On Stardate: 47653.2, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Data return to the USS Enterprise to discover the rest of the crew de-evolved into primitive forms of life, including spiders, amphibians and cave men. Specifcally, Lieutenant Commander Worf devolving into a "proto-Klingon" that bears several visual similarities with the Yautja, including prominent mandibles around the mouth.
Star Trek: Voyager
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Star Trek: Voyager's The Hirogen were a nomadic species of hunters who were encountered by the USS Voyager in the Delta Quadrant. They viewed other lifeforms as prey and treated them as such, showing little evidence of compassion and empathy for other intelligent species. Like the Yautjas, they wear elaborate, tribal-themed masks while taking part in hunts, and collect the skulls of their prey as trophies, displaying them prominently in trophy cabinets. Joe Menosky admitted that the Yautja were an influence on the Hirogen, saying of the latter species, "They were our little way of emulating Predator and so forth."
In the episode "Macrocosm", Janeway returns to the ship to find that an alien species has began to incubate in the crew to escape in a newly created orifice. Her surviving companion gets dragged away after being sprayed with a horrible liquid that came from the alien intruder. She is left on her own in a steadily heating ship with just a large weapon and the pursuing aliens.
Strider Hiryû II
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Strider Hiryû II (not to be confused with the noncanonical Strider Returns: Journey from Darkness) is a side-scrolling platform action video game, is Capcom's 1999 sequel to the original Strider.
Stage 4 in Strider II bears similar design to areas in the Alien movies, as well as enemies resembling the kiande amedha, while one of Hiryu's color alts in the 2014 Strider may be inspired by Lt. Linn Kurosawa from Alien vs. Predator.
Teekyuu
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Teekyu is an anime series directed and written by Shin Itagaki, based upon a manga distributed in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star.
In the episode, Udonko decides to do a story on the mysterious alien Tomarin. The jokes fly during the interview due to their surprisingly good chemistry. A Yautja makes an appeaance as a transfer student.
TMNT
TMNT: Part One
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The Kiande amedha make an indirect appearance in the Mirage TMNT comics in variant covers and within Letters to the Editor columns. In the TMNT "Anything Goes" story entitled "The Road Trip", the Turtles browse through a newspaper to catch movie time slots, pack their bags, run across roof tops, hitchhikes on top of a trailer and runs through a forest before getting their goal: a drive-in theatre playing James Cameron's 1986 sequel, Aliens.
This is reprinted in Shell Shock, in which the original colors are relaced with greytones.
TMNT: Part Two
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The kiande amedha and Yautja has inspired many franchises to create similar creatures. A primary example of these inspired creatures are seen in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
The Pizza Monsters, seen in the 1987 TMNT series, episode "The Case of the Killer Pizzas" and the Squirrelanoids from the 2012 Nick series, episode "Invasion of the Squirrelanoids" are clear examples of the TMNT franchise referencing the Alien films. They are shown even displaying similar reproduction methods and abilities to the kiande amedha.
3rd Rock from the Sun
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In "Frozen Dick," Harry gets a job at a video store. When one customer asks where he can find Aliens, Harry starts to back off and nervously insists that aren't any there at all.
Toy Story
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At Pizza Planet,restaurant, you can eat Super Nova Burgers, houses an arcade for the customer to enjoy himself. Among other things you can find a Whack-an-Alien Game : with a hammer, you have to hit worms that are bursting out of an astronaut’s body (kiande amedha similar to the Chestbursters).
Transformers
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A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky and the Autobots must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the Decepticons all-consuming evil.
Though not official, it has been noted by several fans how Crankcase & Crowbar are similar to the Predators; masked or unmasked.
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Turrican
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The kiande amedha (both grown-up versions and Facehuggers) appear in the second-last stage of Turrican II, and as a boss figure in Mega Turrican.
The Voyage of the Space Beagle
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The Voyage of the Space Beagle novel is a "fix-up" compilation of four previously published stories:
- Black Destroyer. Chapters 1-6, Astounding magazine, July, 1939
- War of Nerves. Chapters 9-12. Other Worlds magazine, May, 1950
- Discord in Scarlet Chapters 13 to 21. Astounding magazine, December, 1939
- M33 in Andromeda Chapters 22 to 28. Astounding magazine August, 1943
At first glance, the alien Ixtl also appears to be an inspiration for the film Alien, though those involved with the film denied any influence on its part. Van Vogt initiated a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox for plagiarism, and he collected an out-of-court settlement of $50,000.
The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio
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For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from The Terminator and the extraterrestrial monstrosities of kiande amedha and Yautja to the amazing dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and the fanciful character of Edward Scissorhands.
Now, at last, he's opening up the Stan Winston Studio to collaborate on the first-ever book to reveal all the behind-the-scenes secrets of his groundbreaking and hugely influential artistry and effects work.
Featuring an extensive array of sketches, production art, and photographs straight from the studio archives, this is the book his fans have been waiting for!
XTRO
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This is an Alien knockoff film. In the wake of 1979’s Alien, a series of films desperately tried to recreate Ridley Scott’s gothic slasher and H.R. Giger’s creature design.
The film focuses on Sam Phillips, who was abducted by aliens and returns to his family three years later but he’s been transformed into an alien being, yet he goes in search of his son to back with him.
The title card is the first indication that this film is playing in the same field as Alien, or at least it’s the first tool that the producers have to evoke the masterpiece they have no chance in duplicating. Starry night, a twinkle in the far distance flickers splits the universe into a gargantuan X, and the title XTRO is birthed from its supernova.
Zig & Sharko
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An alien shows up on the beach. His mission: capture Marina incognito. Except Bernie spots him, then he does his alien thing: he takes on the crab's appearance and locks the real Bernie inside his spaceship...
The Alien has a brief cameo.