The first Facehugger design for "Alien" was initially much larger and more grotesque. Thankfully H. R. Giger scaled it down to what fans know today.

Matthew Savage discusses his career path and creative process.

For years, I firmly believed that there were no bad "Alien" movies (I am, of course, excluding the dreadful "Alien vs. Predator" films, which simply don't count). Ridley Scott's original "Alien" is a ...

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With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

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