![]() ![]() There was a real hunger for more xenomorph-based shenanigans and Cameron served it up in the most satisfying way possible. He didn’t mess with the formula too much.Īt the time, people wanted more. Cameron is a smart, thoughtful filmmaker, and it was his simple approach to Aliens – make it bigger, better, harder – that made the film so good. The secret to Aliens’ success was escalation it took what made the first film terrifying – the monster – and just increased the number of them. Rehashing something or attempting to catch lightning in a bottle twice or three times, with the same IP and ingredients as before, is next to impossible. Of course, wider issues with the overall stories, plot, and characters used in subsequent films, notably Resurrection and Ridley Scott’s newer (and deathly terrible) prequels, didn’t help matters one bit. As someone that believes the first two films in the series – Alien and Aliens – are two of the best films ever made, period, the effect CGI had on the titular alien character is enormous. Plenty of arguments have already been made about CGI being overused in modern cinema and how, in some cases, bombastic effects have replaced actual storytelling.īut the negative impact of CGI has never been more visible than it is inside the Alien franchise. ![]() You couldn’t make a modern action-packed blockbuster without it. How practical effects make for better filmmaking in the Alien universe…ĬGI is essential to filmmaking these days. It also covered the effects work in the original Predator (#33).Aliens are better when they’re men in suits. As well as the articles on the first three films that are collected in this book, Cinefex would go on to feature pieces on virtually all of the subsequent Alien films, including Alien Resurrection (#73), Alien vs.All the secrets of these visually stunning and innovative blockbuster films are containing in this first, exciting collaboration between Titan Books and respected special effects magazine Cinefex.ĭiscover the very different approaches to the creative process of directors Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher, and follow the changes in available technology over the period in which the three films were made from filming a tall man in an Alien costume to the complexities of computer-generated imagery from studio-bound production to location shots.Īnd enjoy the entertaining inventiveness of the special effects teams, whether they're using seafood to simulate internal organs, or borrowing a laser display to create space light! Trivia Giger.ĭiscover how the amazing special effects in Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 were achieved in this inside, in-depth look behind the scenes. It also includes interviews with directors Ridley Scott and James Cameron, and the original Alien designer H. It offers an in-depth, insider look into how the special effects in the first three films of the Alien franchise were achieved. The book is not actually original material, but rather a collected reprint of articles on Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 that first appeared in issues 1, 27 and 50 of Cinefex magazine, respectively. 144 Alien: The Special Effects is a 1997 behind the scenes book covering the creation of the special effects in Alien, Aliens and Alien 3, written by Don Shay and Bill Norton and published as a collaboration between Titan Books and the special effects journal Cinefex.
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