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FeathersMcGraw wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:51 am

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FeathersMcGraw wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:13 am I like how we turn into the Alien Xenomorph

Description of the artwork «Necronom IV»
In 1977, Giger released a book of his illustrations which was called The Necronomicon. It made his fans look for parallels between his paintings and Lovecraft’s Cthulhu worlds for many years. In fact, Giger just liked the name. This book called for the first wave of popularity for Hans Rudy, which even reached Hollywood. At the time, director Ridley Scott was working on the concept for Alien and couldn’t find an artist who could provide him with a suitable sketch depicting a bloodthirsty alien. At some point, the film operator showed Scott Giger’s Necronomicon, and when he saw the Necronom IV, he realized that his search was over.

The artist happily agreed to cooperate and set to work. He decided to change the original appearance of the Alien a little, because the creature from the Giger’s painting caused inappropriate erotic associations. Hans Rudi not only created an eerie image of an alien at all stages of its development (egg, face-hijacker and adult), he invented a whole world inhabited by these creatures and drew sketches of the internal structure of the ship. He came to Hollywood to supervise the process of creating the scenery: it was planned that Giger would stay there for only three weeks, but he was delayed for five months. The artist was not satisfied with the work of decorators who tried to recreate the papier-mâché model of the Alien’s body based on his sketches. Hans Rudi got down to business himself and demanded bones and plasticine for work.

The result of the collaboration between Giger and Scott surpassed all expectations. In 1980, the artist received an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in Alien. Later, based on the film, several computer games were created, then numerous sequels followed. The last film that Giger worked on was Prometheus, which has common action with the Aliens series. Moreover, in Switzerland (in Gruyeres and the artist’s hometown), there are two “Giger Bars”, the interior of which were created according to the sketches of Hans Rudy.

Author: Yevheniia Sidelnikova

...have you ever enjoyed your favorite beverage inside of the belly of a beast? Or in front of the crying eyes of a hundred mummified babies? No? Well get ready to enjoy the creepiest cocktail of your life inside of the H.R. Giger Bar, a dystopian nightmare in the picturesque medieval village of Gruyéres, Switzerland (yes, of cheese fame).

There are actually two Giger Bars, in case you were wondering. The first one opened in Chur, Switzerland -- Giger's birthplace -- in 1992, and is slightly more futuristic sci-fi, if that makes sense (pictured above), than the bone-heavy one in Gruyéres, which opened in 2003.

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Ghostly monkey, slug snake among new species seen in Asia

In this undated photo, a Popa langur moves along a forest floor. The monkey is the only mammal among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund's latest update on the Mekong region.

World Wildlife Foundation via AP

The Popa langurs were likely once widespread across central Myanmar, according to the study, which analyzed historical records like museum specimens and travel notes -- but only a few groups survived. Now, the remaining individuals only live in four isolated populations.


Mount Popa is a sacred pilgriimage site, and home to about 100 Popa langurs.

The largest population is on Mount Popa, home to more than 100 langurs. Mount Popa, a sacred pilgrimage site, is also home to an important wildlife sanctuary -- but threats remain for the endangered Popa langurs.