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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    I like it. It violates convention and makes me feel a little uncomfortable. #batmobile
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    Anton Furst's Batmobile was the best. George Barris's second to that. The rest don't matter. #batmobile
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    That is weird. It looks just like this thing I saw on Gizmodo.
    [gizmodo.com] #batmobile
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    reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    I love Giger, but this looks phoned-in. I would guess his tastes don't include the source material. He really could have gone to town on this one. #batmobile
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    gods-n-clods was starred gods-n-clods was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/03/09

    @gods-n-clods: Actually, that's how he works. At least when he is working for someone he doesn't like. He goes to his studio in Switzerland, the director faxes or phones in what he wants, and Giger faxes over sketches. Giger described this process in one of his books. It's how he worked on Alien 3 and Species. The sketch we're looking at is probably one of the faxes not the original. Really, if you were a painter and concept designer, would working for Joel Schumacher inspire your best work?
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    Edited by Bill-Lee at 11/03/09 12:06 PM Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/03/09

    @Bill-Lee: That is how most contracted artists work; just fax the thumbnails. Nothing wrong with that. I just thought if he was a kid who grew up with Swiss Batman, he'd be all up in Shumacher's pie. Species was something he took time to design, this is a once-off.
    I'm acquainted with a nice photog that got to shoot him when she was younger, and he was a sweetie to her. Other interviews make him look like a kind, thoughtful man. He makes respectful comments about his mother, and how offended she would be by his art.
    Obvs psycho, or the Swiss are good stock? #batmobile
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/03/09

    @gods-n-clods: haha, phoned in. literally. #batmobile
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of chakrabs chakrabs
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    Quick Robin, to the chromosome-car! #batmobile
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment chakrabs was starred chakrabs was unstarred
    Image of Presidentpez Presidentpez
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    I guess the producers forgot to say "This time don't make it look anything like a vagina!" #batmobile
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    MISS MERCY STREET promoted this comment Presidentpez was starred Presidentpez was unstarred
    Image of psybab psybab
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    I wonder how much Giger charges to sketch a car on a piece of scrap paper. #batmobile
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    psybab was starred psybab was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/03/09

    @psybab: Yeah really. It reminds me of that Saturday Night Live sketch with John Lovitz as Picasso... eating at a restaurant, paying the bill with a signature on a napkin, "I'm Pi-CASSO!" #batmobile
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    gods-n-clods was starred gods-n-clods was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    Wow, I'm shocked that Schumacher ignored an opportunity to make that movie even worse. #batmobile
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Rtrain Rtrain
    11/03/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Finally! An applicable segue for this video! #batmobile
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    salthegeek promoted this comment Rtrain was starred Rtrain was unstarred
    Image of Davio Davio
    11/04/09

    @Rtrain: Oh that's fantastic! #batmobile
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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    Run... It's the Bat-Tentacle! #batmobile
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    salthegeek promoted this comment Blue_Thark was starred Blue_Thark was unstarred
    Image of Erix_Cale Erix_Cale
    11/03/09

    @Blue_Thark: Watch out Japanese -school girls #batmobile
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    salthegeek promoted this comment Erix_Cale was starred Erix_Cale was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/03/09

    In reply to Batman Forever Missed Out On HR Giger's Alien Batmobile
    The second picture looks like some sort of sea creature. #batmobile
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    atrus123 was starred atrus123 was unstarred
    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    09/25/09

    In reply to Is "The Tourist" the Greatest Scifi Movie Never Made?
    This reminds me in certain (vague) ways of Cronenberg's 'Videodrome,' in that it is unconventional and has a sort of loopy structure. Considering her love of Giger (she collected his works, and had him compose the art for her 1981 hip-hop-esque album) Deborah Harry would've probably starred in this for free.

    This is one of the very best gifts I've been given in a long time, Lauren.
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    ampersandparade was starred ampersandparade was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/25/09

    @ampersandparade:

    Cronenburg would be a perfect director.
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    Wookie1972 was starred Wookie1972 was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/24/09

    In reply to Is "The Tourist" the Greatest Scifi Movie Never Made?
    I'm reading the screenplay right now and as brilliant as it is, it does have a lot going against it or I should say, it contains elements that would easily turn Hollywood of 1980 against it.

    1.It's written by a woman and features an unconventional female lead. When it comes to screenplays and lead roles, Hollywood in 1980 is not what we call an equal opportunity employer.

    2.It doesn't easily fit into the preconceived notion of science fiction. It's not hard science fiction with manly astronauts, it's not space horror like Alien, and it's not space opera or military sci-fi with explosions and funny looking aliens.

    3. It refuses to follow the standard "three act" Aristotelian formula but a looser structure inspired by the French New Wave movement. While Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Wong Kar Wai might get away with that today, in 1980 nobody was gonna touch it.
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    09/24/09

    In reply to Is "The Tourist" the Greatest Scifi Movie Never Made?
    Considering the trend of sci-fi lately, Gamer, Surrogates, and the treatment of great literary works on film. Maybe its best the good stuff is sitting on the shelf. Science Fiction lately seems to be reaching out to greater audiences instead of honoring the fans and intent of the art. Sci-Fi is being bastardized by movie studios, Will Smith and Fox
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    Trystero promoted this comment burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/24/09

    @burlybax: If "The Giant Gila Monster" teaches us anything, it's that science fiction used to be all about honoring the fans and the intent of the art.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/24/09

    @burlybax: I have to agree that most scifis coming out are not that good at all in a serious scifi way.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/24/09

    In reply to Is "The Tourist" the Greatest Scifi Movie Never Made?
    i read about this in the book Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made, and this is the one that is probably the most heartbreaking, because it was one of the few that was an original script rather than based on another medium. (the only other one that I think of is the original version of ET - Night Skies? - that would have been closer to Signs meets Poltergeist).
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/24/09

    @Wookie1972: While that may be true, if this movie had actually been made it would probably have followed one of two tracks: it would have overshadowed Alien -- and all that would entail for that franchise, or (I believe more likely) it would have been popularly derided as an Alien rip-off (reality isn't important in forming such an opinion) and ended up as a cult favorite, at best. Or, it could have been poorly executed dreck, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt.

    Granted, I'm pretty much pulling this out of my behind, but it seems to me that a movie with H.R. Giger designs and a character named Ripley coming out a couple of years after Alien would have a tough time staking its own claim. This is assuming that studio squbbles didn't force creative changes.
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    Image of Neiten Neiten
    09/24/09

    @Wookie1972: Very good little book that. It makes me a little sad reading about how the story has been picked apart over the years and how it'll likely never get made.

    I seem to recall the writer mentioning Men in Black as using a lot of material from the script, but was unable to do anything about it for one reason or another.

    Will have to find the book and reread that chapter again. Ah, got it.
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    Trystero promoted this comment Neiten was starred Neiten was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/24/09

    @Trystero: However, it would have been on Earth, which is something the makers of Alien never tried (yes, I'm not counting AvP.) It's a very, very different-sounding movie from Alien. If anything, it sounded like it resembled the Hunger with a little bit of Casablanca intrigue thrown in. It would not have hurt them to try.
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    Edited by Wookie1972 at 09/24/09 3:39 PM Wookie1972 was starred Wookie1972 was unstarred
    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    09/24/09

    In reply to Is "The Tourist" the Greatest Scifi Movie Never Made?
    it looks like recycled Giger artwork.....bio-mechanical cables mixed with vaginal imagery...it's been DONE, people!
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    Image of Strangebomb Strangebomb
    09/24/09

    @CodenameV: Yes, but the point is that THEN it hadn't really been done to death. This is like..30 year old artwork, not something he's rehashed a thousand times since.
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment Strangebomb was starred Strangebomb was unstarred
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