The android portrait of Philip K. Dick–an intelligent, evolving robotic recreation of the sci-fi writer who authored VALIS, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, UBIK, and many other masterworks. By resurrecting PKD as an android, we seek to realize genius-level AI with compassion and creativity. While we have a long way to go, even the […]
July 2018
Creatives: Billy Mansell, Engineer Extra for Alien: Covenant by Ozymandias
On Alien Day, we were very busy and had multiple posts to publish, so we didn’t want to flood you with all this Alien goodness. Now that our schedule has freed up, we can share this interview that Luis/Ozymandias did with Billy Mansell. He was an Engineer extra in Alien: Covenant/The Crossing. *Úrnājā (oornaajaa) is PIE(Proto […]
Prometheus-by-Minute 30
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Deaths of Paradise Part I
Alien: Covenant and The Tempest
Brett assigned: Corazon Oscuro.
Originally posted on The Nostromo Files:
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Brett assigned: Corazon Oscuro. July 14, 2108: Brett is assigned to Weyland-Yutani waste disposal vessel as Assistant Engineer, under Captain Speight (Flight Status C). USCSS Corazon Oscuro. Refer to the TDAN calendar page. <INTERFACE 2037 DISCONNECT>
Spacesuits by Moebius for Alien.
Originally posted on The Nostromo Files:
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> ? https://www.facebook.com/TheVaultOfRetroScifi.2.0/posts/2080163598722155 ? <INTERFACE 2037 DISCONNECT>
Dark Horse Comics Announces New Alien 3 Comic!
Originally posted on Xenomorphing:
After a tease on Alien Day, Dark Horse Comics finally pulls the curtain on the big announcement. They will be a release a new series based on Willam Gibson’s early draft. This is quite a nice surprise. The story of the many scripts of Alien 3 are of legend at this…
Early seeds of Prometheus/Covenant and classicism by Phil
During the after-shoot of Alien, Ridley Scott had originally set his eye on the space opera Dune, something that was left after the death of his older brother. He later started production of the film Blade Runner. He explained in an interview that he wanted to do a fantasy film of the opera Tristan und […]
The Creatives Series: Beginning
I started this interview series originally as a way to find out more about the artists who created the work in a movie that challenged me on so many levels, I loved it and I hated it and it filled me with anger but also awe. So here’s the story of my journey and how […]
