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Aquaria => General => Topic started by: T-34 on September 01, 2007, 09:01:01 pm

Title: Question ..
Post by: T-34 on September 01, 2007, 09:01:01 pm

I just  saw  a  movie  ,  where  they  showed  the  deep sea creature  , that  was the  inspiration for  the  Alien creature  from the  "Alien" movies .

It  was  a deep  sea ,  parasitic  arthropod  of  some  kind  living  in  a  jelly  fish  ...   they  sad  the  name  but  , i  searched it  and  nothing  came out  ...

does  someone  know  the  name  exactly  ,  or  even  some  links  about  it  ... 


Thank  you  in advance ...

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: shinygerbil on September 02, 2007, 01:41:38 am

Bingo! (I think!)

Took me one google search. I searched for "that inspired the creature from Alien" (without quotes). The first result tells you the name:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronima

And here's a pic:

http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/deepsea/pages/l038_jpg.htm

I'm sure you can find a lot more by Googling Phronima.

In fact, clicking on the link for the first Google Images search result shows me that you were probably watching the excellent Blue Planet with David Attenborough.

Huzzah for my Google skills! ;)

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Alec on September 02, 2007, 02:10:32 am

Creepy.  :o

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Tosheros on September 02, 2007, 07:59:28 pm

I thought the Alien design was made by a gothik swizerland drawer  ???

Well, still something to add with the editor :D
I wonder if it is possible to create transparent sprites ...

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Omni on September 02, 2007, 08:24:12 pm

Yes the Alien was made by H.R. Giger in the 60s and the shape of the head of the alien was made to be phallic.  Do a search on Giger paintings and you can see a lot of strange phallic stuff.
Pretty sure that guy did lots of lsd.

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Toom on September 03, 2007, 11:47:45 am

RRRrrrrggghhhh Giger pisses me right off. WE GET IT. PEOPLE ARE KINDA SCARED OF COCKS, ALSO THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE COCKS. CONGRATULATIONS ON READING A WHOLE LOAD OF FREUD YOU FUCKING HAAAAAAAAACK augh god dammit.

Oh, he's not all that bad, I suppose, but he is extremely samey.

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Tosheros on September 04, 2007, 11:24:54 pm

I never thought of the Alien head as something scary.

I wonder why, it was more the fact that we don't see the creature a lot during all the movie which scared me instead of the scenes where he/she/it appears.  ???

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Sherman Gill on September 07, 2007, 07:55:37 am

Biomechanical cocks are SCARY! Though, I thought the penis inspiration was pretty obvious...

Title: Re: Question ..
Post by: Sfiera on September 07, 2007, 08:06:19 am

Then I'm sure this will frighten you to no end:

(http://www.spaternite.com/frame/images/0200/210/2129.jpg)