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The Master™ · 26th July 2004, 12:57 PM

I liked the idea that the physical structure of the host has an impact on the resulting alien - with the "dog alien"...

But for the most part, because of the SFX of the times, and actors being human shaped, I suspect that was why in the first two films they were like that... Then I think someone with a CGI fetish thought it might be a good idea to create something different on the Penal Colony... But then in 4 they couldn't do something newer, because of the action being on board a ship - though the swimming aliens was good...

Again, with the "dog-legged" shape, that will have been down to a bit of CGI manipulation, and the "copy of a copy of a copy..." may not have been thought of...

Wonder what Alien vs Predator will bring to the screen, CGI-wise???

26th July 2004, 12:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Master™ Right hand of Vengence!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,753	Re: Differences in Xenomorphs of "Alien" films. I liked the idea that the physical structure of the host has an impact on the resulting alien - with the "dog alien"... But for the most part, because of the SFX of the times, and actors being human shaped, I suspect that was why in the first two films they were like that... Then I think someone with a CGI fetish thought it might be a good idea to create something different on the Penal Colony... But then in 4 they couldn't do something newer, because of the action being on board a ship - though the swimming aliens was good... Again, with the "dog-legged" shape, that will have been down to a bit of CGI manipulation, and the "copy of a copy of a copy..." may not have been thought of... Wonder what Alien vs Predator will bring to the screen, CGI-wise???