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Brilliant.

If there are no engineers that are smoking pot. Or at least some reference to advertise and legalize. Ahh fuck that let's keep it criminal eh! That's why they invented armored buldowzers and nano bots for your brain

"Building Better Worlds" Baby! "Building Better Worlds" !!!

Has anyone else watched this yet? Thank you DibDab! Very Much !!!

No problem. They all seem like a real down to earth bunch of people, i liked the anecdote that one guy had meeting Ridley at the urinal lol Theres also 3 other alien vids and some links about the model making process on that page.

Yes, I checked it all out, but my "fav" was the Documentary you drew our attention to The first guy up is soooo cool and {was that Syd Mead?} anyways wow, what a piece of Alien Treasure that entire thing is man. I loved the story about how Hurt having a glass of wine in one hand and a smoke in the other while they were doing what he called "Open Heart Surgery with animal organs" on his chest...LMAO...and the other story about how Ridley was in the bathroom and the guy walked in and said..."Good Morning Governor", and what he would say, how hard he would laugh, if you called him that today...and it just goes on and on, seeing all the stuff they used to build the sets and seeing the derelict in his back yard...OMG, this thing is by Far the Best "Documentation" I have ever seen on any of the films. Or how about Ridley driving out of the compound one night at 11:45 PM. and seeing all of the crew leaving at the same time who were not suppose to be paid for staying late so he goes in the next morning early and blasts the suits until they relent and agree to pay every single one of them for the hours worked? Amazing "shiznit" !!! and the best part is...it's all the true story of how they made it happen

I'm with Cain1977's first Idea... I'm thinking that the Magellen is maybe the transport or carrier vessel for the Prometheus 'mission vessel' that maybe a large 'lander craft'.

Hi all, new to the group, but certainly not the 'Alien legacy' or it's lore. There's some great theories and banter being created on this site and I can't express how much I'm looking forward to June!!! @Rick, How do we know for sure that (speaking of 'Aliens') Bishop was actually owned/'company' property. I was always under the impression that Bishop was part of the USS Sulaco's crew (or equipment rosta, if you prefer) and therefore 'property' of the military/navy? Also, how do we know that Weyland-Yutani manufacture their own synths? However adding to that last note, regardless of who manufactured which synth (be it Borgia Industries or whoever) at the end of the day in this 'world' if you like, synths are deemed as property and it's fair to say that a large firm such as 'the company' would have the ability to programme/re-programme a synth (or atleast the financial ability) to request to the supplier/manufacturer that certain perameters be programmed into their purchase before reciept.

yep the answer to question 2 is right , so a point to EP. er.. tell you what, it would be unfair to say whoever gets all 5 right gets the con because diff people will get diff answers right at diff times, so whoever gets most answers right gets the con? everyone cool with that? And no, question 1's answer is not correct, as i said, EP was on the right track, spartacus, you veared off mate

We'll say question one is active so if a hint is needed please ask. No hints for 3, 4 and 5 yet as someone needs to have a try first. Saying that, as i say, EP was def on the right track.

1. All the actors/ production crew are named before we see the fully titled 'ALIEN' 2. German Shepherd dog behind a glass screen 3. His close up ,just before he's killed 4.? 5.Polystyrene and nail polish remover

that's one point for thadus for question 3, EP has a point for question 2. Question 1 is still up for grabs and EP has been the closest so far. Question 5 is nearly there, looking for the specific chemical name. as stated by Scott, it wasn't nail polish remover. 1. Still up for grabs 2. 1 point to EP 3. 1 point to Thadus 4. I'll clarify, the set changed toward the end of the film because of something ridley scott did, what did he do? 5. Looking for the second chemical compound, Thadus got polystyrene so will give him a half point.

Chemical name is 'ACETONE'

Nope, according to scott on the 1st edition alien dvd commentary (pre quadrilogy) it wasn't acetone, i would have given you nail polish remover if it was.

Is the answer 'GASOLINE'?

Good Morning Fellas, With regard to question 1 Sometimes less is far, far more, as is the case with "Alien"'s opening, designed by Richard Greenberg. Over a shot of infinitely dark space, Jerry Goldstein’s haunting score comes in slowly, full of strange clanking noises and eerily hollow tones. The camera pans right over an eclipsing planet as main credits appear in the center of the screen and, more crucially still, strange linear shapes at the top of the screen begin to change in telling ways. The effect is to immediately concentrate attention on the frame, to demand engagement for the surprises that lurk in the darkness, and before long, those geometric lines begin to take on a form -- the film’s title. This reveal proves as disquietingly deliberate and menacing as the camera’s measured movement, and it exhibits, in as few gestures as possible, a slow, sinister sense of mutation that carries through to the film’s human-alien chest-bursting apex.

With regard to question 4 He changed his mind.

Hey Spartacus, Right, EP is still the closest by a long way. I'm going to give a clue here because people are thinking too hard. So.. the logo. the title sequence was unique because the it was the first time, on the idea of ridley, that the same people who worked on what also worked on the title? on question 4, lol nope he didn't change his mind, but he did do something based on the atmosphere at that point in the film, the point at which ripley started running thru the ship to get to Parker and Lambert. On question 5, nope not gasoline either.

4. strobe lighting 5. is the second ingredient sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, vinegar, turps or lemonade???

4. Nope, he physically did something to the set 5. Pick one lol

5. sulphuric acid

4. Heated up the set

Current Standings ------------> Thadus12=12 Spartacus=13 Engineer Prototype - Model GAJ84 = 5 Neurion=3 Tattooedkoi= 3 Snorklebottom=2 Tec-B=1 Jamieboy=1 Biomechanic=1 SpaceJock=1 Rick=1 Caine1977=1 Thad=.5 we now return to the match....

did you include thads half mark for polystyrene? Snorkel: 5. try again 4. Nope, you were closer with lighting. Visual aspect of the set

hahaha forgot that Ill add it or you can too hahahaha damn I have been slacking on these...

4. Stripped decoration on the set to make the corridors look different. 5. hydrochloric acid

It's In Now! Tx for the Heads Up.

and Snorkel has a half point for question 5. question 4. Oh so close.. keep going

4. rearranged decorations to make the corridors look different

1. Still up for grabs 2. 1 point to EP 3. 1 point to Thadus 4. Still up for grabs 5. 1/2 point to Thadus and 1/2 point to Snorkel

4. Nope, stripped was closer, but the other way

was I not right for 4. what is question 1 again, I is watching for activity in the discussion I've put up XD

4. stripped decorations in the corridor systematically as the scene progressed

Thadus12=13 Spartacus=13 Engineer Prototype - Model GAJ84 = 6 Neurion=3 Tattooedkoi= 3 Snorklebottom=2.5 Tec-B=1 Jamieboy=1 Biomechanic=1 SpaceJock=1 Rick=1 Caine1977=1 Thad=.5

Thadus12/ Thad=12.5

nope he did the opposite of stripped, nothing rearranged, obviously the lighting changed but Ridley personnaly went around the set and changed something about it

1. was what was a first or unique at the time about the opening title sequence, i think i gave a clue, something along the lines of the guys who desgined something else to do with the film also designed the alien title that appears and worked on the idea of the hyroglyphs appearing

4. Added decorations to the corridor to make them look different.

mmm broadly speaking he did a kind of decorating, but i need something a little more specific

1. something about the method of how the letters appeared bit by bit, or was it synchronised with the music