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The Xeno in Alien 3 was a Puppet, not CGI.

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Svanya

AdminPraetorianMarch 04, 2013
I wanted to post this because I saw how many people still think the Xeno in Alien 3 is CGI. It's not, they used Puppets. Only one scene was done with CGI and that is a crack on the Xeno's head dome when it gets killed at the end. Here is a fantastic documentary on the making of Alien3 that explains how they did the special effects in Alien 3. Enjoy!! :D [Center]~Part 1:[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7aQ8f7oyw][b]Visual Effects Part 1 [The Making Of Alien³][/b][/url][/Center] [Center]~Part 2:[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljJgfJGOtU][b]Visual Effects Part 2 [The Making Of Alien³][/b][/url] [Center]~Part 3:[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEg85k9UEL8][b]Visual Effects Part 3 [The Making Of Alien³][/b][/url][/Center] [Center]Xeno Puppet[/Center] [Center][IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/2dha6tk.jpg[/IMG][/Center] [Center]Xeno Puppet2[/Center] [Center][IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/2uyrsbk.jpg[/IMG][/Center] *Btw if ever you want to know more about Alien 3, talk to staffmember [url=http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/member/28]xeno_alpha_07[/url], he knows just about everything on the Alien franchise and he has a wonderful blog we are integrating to the site soon. :)

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Yeah i watched this on the special features. i heard this was pretty revolutionary and what not. i thought it looked really bad personally, but it was new and this movie was a little hard to film with just a guy in a suit for what they wanted to do

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Oh it looked really bad, even more so now, I don't deny it. I just want to clear up the mystery. No one expects puppets!!! Muahahahaa!! XD

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for me most bad image from alien universe...
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Mateo
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Visual effects at the time, and its limitations, but Scott already done with spinners lifted by ropes, but always I said that Scott is a different guy.
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Oh that's right. I forgot that too! But regarding the puppet technique, it still didn't work and that is the main point. As I now remember the only CGI shot was the cracking surface of the xeno when exposed to the cooling effect of water on the super heated exoskeleton.
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I saw the puppet head for sale at this site just last week. I was tempted but put it off now its gone :( [url=http://moviepropwarehouse.com/index.php?route=product/search&filter_tag=Alien%203]Movie Prop Warehouse[/url]
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Svanya
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@djrees56; OMGGGGGGGGGG! That would be an amazing thing to have!

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thats the weirdest thing, i swear i just watched that documentary not a day before you posted this lol and even though its not CGI, its still looks really bad lol
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Even if the alien was not CGI the problem was that the alien was not as impressive as the other 2 alien films that's my only problem with alien 3. But I enjoyed the film and its still a good sequel if the film made the alien better looking like the other two it would be my favourite of the series but to be fair the film suffered a horrible pre-production anyway.

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