"caused an usher to faint. In the following scene, Ash's head is placed on a table and re-activated; for portions of this scene, an animatronic head was made using a face cast of the actor, Ian Holm. However, the latex of the head shrank while curing and the result was not entirely convincing. For the bulk of the scene, Holm knelt under the table with his head coming up through a hole. Milk, caviar, pasta, fiber optics, and glass marbles were combined to form the android's innards. Giger made several conceptual paintings of the adult Alien before settling on the"
"Eddie Powell Eddie Powell (9 March 1927 - 11 August 2000) was a British stuntman and actor. Powell performed stuntwork in several films for Hammer Studios, serving as a regular stunt double for Christopher Lee. His credits during this time included portraying Thompson in ""Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D."" (1966) and the Mummy in ""The Mummy's Shroud"" (1967). He also appeared in several James Bond films. Powell portrayed the Aliens for stuntwork in ""Alien"" (1979) and ""Aliens"" (1986). He also did stunts in ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" (1989), ""Batman"" (1989), and """" (1991). He had an uncredited part"
"the character. A hallmark of director Sir Ridley Scott is the theme of artificial intelligence present in his science fiction films. Scott's earliest foray into the philosophy of artificial intelligence was with the android character Ash, in the original ""Alien"" film released in 1979. Ian Holm portrayed Ash as a character who may uncannily assume a human form, yet he maintains a sense of superiority that is only humbled by the nature of the Alien, which runs counter to the very future of the human race. In the book ""The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott"", the authors- Adam Barkman,"
"Alien (creature in Alien franchise) The ""Alien"" (colloquial: ""Xenomorph XX121""; binomial: ""Internecivus raptus [""murderous thief""]"") is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous antagonist of the ""Alien"" film series. The species made its debut in the film ""Alien"" (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien 3"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), as well as the crossover films ""Alien vs. Predator"" (2004) and """" (2007). The ""Alien"" design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph titled ""Necronom IV"" and refined for the series' first film, ""Alien"". The practical effects for"
"1989 until the rides closure in 2017. An ""Alien""-based attraction at the Magic Kingdom entered early development stages before being reworked into ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. The Alien has a brief cameo in an episode of ""Zig and Sharko"". Alien (creature in Alien franchise) The ""Alien"" (colloquial: ""Xenomorph XX121""; binomial: ""Internecivus raptus [""murderous thief""]"") is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous antagonist of the ""Alien"" film series. The species made its debut in the film ""Alien"" (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien 3"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), as well as the crossover films ""Alien"
"Alien (film) Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug ""Nostromo"" who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and"
"Ian Whyte (actor) Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. Whyte began his career a professional basketball player for the Newcastle Eagles. He also collected 80 caps for the England national team. After his retirement from basketball he began his second career as a stuntman and actor. Whyte is best known for portraying Predators in the movies ""Alien vs. Predator"" and """". Whyte portrayed one of the ""Engineer"" aliens seen in Ridley Scott's 2012 science fiction film, ""Prometheus"". In 2010, Whyte played Sheikh Sulieman in Clash of the Titans. He"
"Ian Whyte (actor) Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. Whyte began his career a professional basketball player for the Newcastle Eagles. He also collected 80 caps for the England national team. After his retirement from basketball he began his second career as a stuntman and actor. Whyte is best known for portraying Predators in the movies ""Alien vs. Predator"" and """". Whyte portrayed one of the ""Engineer"" aliens seen in Ridley Scott's 2012 science fiction film, ""Prometheus"". In 2010, Whyte played Sheikh Sulieman in Clash of the Titans. He"
"to discover an Alien has terrorized the station, killing the vast majority of the crew. The Alien also was a downloadable character in ""Mortal Kombat X"" (2015). Leading Edge Games released the ""Aliens Adventure Game"" in 1990. The Bishop character has been the subject of literary and philosophical analysis as a high-profile android character conforming to science fiction author Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and as a model of a compliant, potentially self-aware machine. The portrayal of androids in the ""Alien"" series—Ash in ""Alien"", Bishop in ""Aliens"" and ""Alien³"", and Call (Winona Ryder) in ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997)—has been studied"
"Amanda and the Alien Amanda and the Alien (or Alien Love in the UK) is a 1995 made-for-cable science-fiction comedy movie directed by Jon Kroll and starring Nicole Eggert as Amanda Patterson. It premiered on Showtime on August 20, 1995. Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable life. All this changes when an alien that's been held at a secret military installation escapes by taking over the body of one of the base employees. Amanda finds the fugitive alien and decides to help it hide from the government agents chasing it, a"
"Alien Hunter Alien Hunter is a 2003 television science-fiction-thriller film, directed by Ronald Krauss and stars James Spader, Carl Lewis and Leslie Stefanson. In 1947 New Mexico, a radio operator receives a bizarre signal, coming from Roswell. He decides to investigate the signal's origin and goes out to follow it, never to be seen again. Present day and the same signal is received from the South Pole and then retransmitted from the Falkland Islands to the United States. A satellite image captures an unknown object sitting on the Antarctic snow. Cryptologist Julian Rome (James Spader), a teacher at the University"
"the two hours and three minutes of the released version. ""Alien: Covenant"" premiered in London on May 4, 2017. It was released on May 12 in the United Kingdom, and on May 19 in the United States. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its visual aesthetic and design, cinematography, production design, and performances (particularly that of Fassbender and Waterston), but criticized the plot. The film grossed a worldwide total of $240 million against a production budget of around $111 million. Business magnate Peter Weyland speaks with his newly activated android, who chooses the name ""David"" after"
""""". Several computer games based on the film were released, but not until several years after its theatrical run. Alien (film) Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug ""Nostromo"" who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and"
"film ""Alien"": ""In space, no one can hear you scream."" A New York Film Academy professor refers to Holden as a ""James Cameron-wannabe"", referring to the American director of such films as ""The Terminator"" and ""Aliens"". The vlog in which Holden's ear is cut off is described by one characters as a rip-off of director Quentin Tarantino, a reference to his 1992 feature film debut, ""Reservoir Dogs"". During an interrogation, Mike Logan sarcastically refers to Reggie as James Dean, the famous actor and American cultural icon. Captain Danny Ross refers to the episode's shooting as ""cyber-Rashomon. Reggie says Holden shot"
"to switch Ellen Ripley from the standard male action hero to a heroine. Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), who appeared in the first four ""Alien"" films, would become a cinematic icon. The final scene of John Hurt's character has been named by a number of publications as one of the most memorable in cinematic history. Filmed at Shepperton Studios in England, ""Alien"" was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1979, earning over $104 million worldwide. Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the original film. In promotional interviews at the time, Scott indicated he had been in discussions"
"of androids introduced in ""Alien"" would contradict the observable nature of David in ""Prometheus""; though both would serve the same corporate masters and have the same non-human innards, David would identify himself as a sentient entity who is capable of expressing - if not feeling - emotion. In between the time Scott released ""Alien"" in 1979 and returned to the franchise with ""Prometheus"" in 2012, he directed another notable science fiction film concerning artificial intelligence, ""Blade Runner"", in 1982. Contrary to the white-blooded androids of ""Alien"" that emulate emotions and recognize a disconnect with humanity, ""Blade Runner"" features the replicants-"
"the show relate that ""Andromeda"" and her captain, Dylan Hunt (played by Kevin Sorbo) were frozen in the event horizon of a black hole for 300 years before being rescued by the crew of the ""Eureka Maru"" in CY 10087 (approx 5167 CE). The ship has an artificial intelligence (AI), Andromeda, which appears to the crew in three formats: on the two-dimensional monitors; as a three-dimensional holographic projection; and as the avatar Rommie (all three played by Lexa Doig). In the High Guard, AIs are considered officers as part of their own crew. An avatar is a humanoid representation of"
"in partnership with PhatMojo – which spotlights the iconic feud of Alien‘s Alien Queen and Bishop. Bishop (Aliens) Bishop is a fictional character in the movie ""Aliens"", who was portrayed by actor Lance Henriksen. The character is the science officer of the ""Sulaco"", and whose actions (and self-sacrifice) are critical to the survival of Ellen Ripley. When Ripley discovers that Bishop, like Ash (an antagonist of the first ""Alien"" film), is also an android, she treats him with extreme distrust due to her previous experiences. Bishop (Lance Henriksen), the android executive officer assigned to the ""Sulaco"", is primarily responsible for"
"Alien (franchise) Alien is a science-fiction horror media franchise centered on the film series depicting Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as ""the Alien"". Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the series began with ""Alien"" (1979), directed by Ridley Scott. It was followed by three sequels, ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Alien³"" (1992), and ""Alien Resurrection"" (1997), directed by James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, respectively. Scott also directed a prequel series, composed of ""Prometheus"" (2012) and """" (2017). The series has led to numerous books, comics, and video"
"Aliens (film) Aliens is a 1986 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver. It is the sequel to the 1979 film ""Alien"" and the second installment in the ""Alien"" franchise. The film follows Weaver's character Ellen Ripley as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines. Additional roles are played by Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, and Bill Paxton. Gordon Carroll, David Giler,"
"of the robot in science fiction was reverting to its pre-Isaac Asimov characterization of ""a competitor to humanity who would sooner or later turn on us or pass for human and mis-lead us"". The revelation that Ash is, in the words of crewman Parker at the crux of the fight scene, ""a goddamned robot"", is a pivotal point of the plot of the film, that forces, for the audience, a retrospective wholesale reinterpretation of all his prior actions. Moreover, as Nicholas Mirzoeff observes, with Ash, ""Alien"" recapitulates the idea central to ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" that ""the most frightening"
"The main character of ""Machine Teen"" is Adam Aaronson. Machine Teen appeared as a supporting character in ""Avengers Academy"" in issue #21 (Jan 2012) and issue #26 (April 2012). Some years ago, Aaron Isaacs, a pioneering programmer and engineer in the field of robotics, made a breakthrough in Artificial intelligence making the ""Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism"". But when he discovered his employer Holden Radcliffe had destroyed his work, Isaacs went on the run. He changed his name to Isaac Aaronson and built Adam, a Beta version of his A.I. project. Adam was programmed with false memories of a normal childhood"
"David 8 David 8, commonly known as David, is a fictional character featured in the ""Alien"" franchise, portrayed by Michael Fassbender. Introduced in the first prequel film, ""Prometheus"" (2012), David is an android serving as a butler, maintenance man and surrogate son to his creator, Peter Weyland, the founder of the Weyland Corporation. While he assists his human companions in their interstellar expedition to meet their creators, the extraterrestrial Engineers, David is obsessed with the concept of creating life of his own. After Peter Weyland is killed, David is freed from servitude, allowing him to conduct his experiments to engineer"
"Robots (1988 film) Robots is a 1988 Interactive movie directed by Doug Smith and Kim Takal. Its screenplay, by Peter Olatka, is based on Isaac Asimov's ""Robot"" series. It stars Stephen Rowe as Elijah Baley, Brent Barrett as R. Daneel Olivaw, and John Henry Cox as Han Fastolfe. Elijah Baley is issued an assignment by Police Commissioner Julius Enderby to induct a Spacer Robot onto the force, as requested by Dr. Han Fastolfe, the galaxy's leading Spacer roboticist. Baley meets R. Daneel Olivaw at Spacertown, where they discover that Han Fastolfe becomes the victim of a failed murder attempt, his"
"robots fighting aliens"". Robot Jox Robot Jox is a 1990 post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson and Paul Koslo. Co-written by science fiction author Joe Haldeman, the film's plot follows Achilles, one of the ""robot jox"" who pilot giant machines that fight international battles to settle territorial disputes in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world. After producer Charles Band approved Gordon's initial concept, the director approached Haldeman to write the script. Gordon and Haldeman clashed frequently over the film's tone and intended audience. Principal photography finished in Rome in 1987, but the bankruptcy of"
"Toy Aliens and Wheezy respectively. Woody is voiced by Jim Hanks, the younger brother of his original voice actor Tom Hanks (as Tom was too busy working on ""Cast Away""), and Hamm is voiced by Andrew Stanton instead of John Ratzenberger. Originally, Patrick Warburton, (the TV series voice for Buzz), voiced Buzz for the film, but when it was released to video, his lines were redubbed by Allen. Slinky Dog makes a silent cameo due to Jim Varney's death on February 10, 2000. When the movie was later edited into three episodes of the television show, the opening ""Andy's Room"""
"accepted as ""human"". In the movies ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"", and the ""Alien"" series, robots are made to look and act human. In ""The Terminator"", Arnold Schwarzenegger played a cyborg that wore a human disguise. In the 2010 , the antagonist is a cyborg named Madeline Bergman who has been raised by the governing Galactic Federation and has effectively been kept in imprisonment on a derelict space vessel, thus making her gradually loathe humans. Madeline eventually plans to raid the Federation headquarters and destroy human civilization, but fortunately Samus Aran is called onto the scene by the Federation before this can"
"went to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Henriksen does appear in the film, in the supporting role of Sergeant Hal Vukovich. Henriksen played the android Bishop, an artificial life-form, in ""Aliens"" (1986, another Cameron film) and ""Alien 3"" (1992). Henriksen also played Charles Bishop Weyland (the man upon whom the android Bishop is based) in ""Alien 3"" and ""Alien vs. Predator"" (2004). He played the vampire leader Jesse Hooker in Kathryn Bigelow's cult film ""Near Dark"". Henriksen portrays gunfighters in Westerns ""Dead Man"" and ""The Quick and the Dead"" and appears alongside British actor Bruce Payne in """" in 1995. He would appear"
"Evil Aliens Evil Aliens is a British slapstick horror-comedy film directed by Jake West. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD (High Definition) cameras. The film begins with the alien abduction on Scalleum, a remote island off the coast of Wales, of Cat Williams and her boyfriend. Cat's boyfriend is gorily killed through brutal anal probing, and Cat is (also gorily) implanted with an alien fetus. Cat's story attracts the attention of Michelle ""Foxy"" Fox (Emily Booth), the bosomy host of the cable TV show ""Weird Worlde"", who brings a film crew to"
"Bishop (Aliens) Bishop is a fictional character in the movie ""Aliens"", who was portrayed by actor Lance Henriksen. The character is the science officer of the ""Sulaco"", and whose actions (and self-sacrifice) are critical to the survival of Ellen Ripley. When Ripley discovers that Bishop, like Ash (an antagonist of the first ""Alien"" film), is also an android, she treats him with extreme distrust due to her previous experiences. Bishop (Lance Henriksen), the android executive officer assigned to the ""Sulaco"", is primarily responsible for planetary maneuvering. When he introduces himself to Ripley, he says that his programming demands complete loyalty"
"named Xenomorph XX121, and has been referred to most often onscreen, and in the credits of each film, simply as the ""Alien"". It was called an alien, and an organism, in the first film. It has also been referred to as a creature, a serpent, a beast, a dragon, a monster, a nasty, or simply, a thing. The term ""xenomorph"" (lit. ""alien form""—from Greek ""xeno-"", which translates as either ""other"" or ""strange"", and ""-morph"", which denotes shape) was first used by the character Lieutenant Gorman in ""Aliens"" with reference to generic extraterrestrial life. The term was erroneously assumed by some"
"seemingly easy task, as the alien must change host bodies every few days. It is based upon the short story of the same name written by Robert Silverberg. The ""New York Daily News"" criticized Eggert's acting and wrote that the film ""wastes so much time deciding whether it wants to steal from 'Life-force,' 'Starman,' 'Species' or 'Earth Girls Are Easy' that it goes nowhere fast."" Amanda and the Alien Amanda and the Alien (or Alien Love in the UK) is a 1995 made-for-cable science-fiction comedy movie directed by Jon Kroll and starring Nicole Eggert as Amanda Patterson. It premiered on"
"designed by DuMont's ""idea man"" Larry Menkin for early live television. One of its most iconic episodes, widely written about in metropolitan New York newspapers, was titled ""I TOBOR."" The robot was an important recurring character, and represented the first appearance of a robot in live televised science fiction. Its original manufacturer's name was ""ROBOT I,"" but the stencil with its name inadvertently was applied backward to create the enigmatic name. The robot was played by actor David Ballard, who stood 7-feet, 6-inches tall. Other villains included Doctor Pauli, the ""wily Oriental"" Hing Foo Sung, and Nargola, played by neophyte"