When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

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India, Aug. 20 -- Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) shattered all expectations when it fused horror and science fiction in a way nobody had seen before. At its heart lurked a nightmarish creature that felt ...

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, ...