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We Lost Out On Giger's Dune Twice
Did you know H.R. Giger worked on two different Dune movies that never got made? Here's his concept art for the Palace of Harkonnen, from the first version. Alejandro Jodorowsky's version would have been 14 hours long and starred himself and his son, plus Salvador Dali. And then Ridley Scott was attached to direct in the early 80s and hired Giger again. Scott wanted to be the "John Ford of science fiction," but quit Dune due to script problems. [Electronic Cerebrectomy]
Did you know H.R. Giger worked on two different Dune movies that never got made? Here's his concept art for the Palace of Harkonnen, from the first version. Alejandro Jodorowsky's version would have been 14 hours long and starred himself and his son, plus Salvador Dali. And then Ridley Scott was attached to direct in the early 80s and hired Giger again. Scott wanted to be the "John Ford of science fiction," but quit Dune due to script problems. [Electronic Cerebrectomy]
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The Sunglasses-Wearing, Phallus-Headed Alien
Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem will be unwrapped in theaters on Christmas Day, unleashing strange alien design and horror everywhere, but that shiny-headed killing machine is more than 30 years old now. It wasn't created from scratch for the original Alien in 1979, but was based on two paintings created by H.R. Giger several years before. More »
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Must See: Alien
Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by James Rocchi.Title: Alien
Date: 1979
Vitals: It's a haunted house movie ... in outer space! Ridley Scott's grit-grime working-class space truckers pick up an unexpected hitchhiker — and, along the way, kick off a franchise that's still going. The plot may be classic (and on loan from other Sci-Fi tales like It! The Terror from Beyond Space and The Voyage of the Space Beagle), but Scott's direction and H. R Giger's visual design still thrill and chill. More »
