If we're including animation, Evangelion's angels were all sorts if things. ie. Shamshel, Ramiel, Sahaquiel, Armisael
Or Parasyte which was more like The Thing.
What in the lord of Christ is that from lol
Agreed. I just wish people would stop pulling from 1970s alien designs.Give me the fun charming designs of Space Opera aliens over these generic monsters any day.
Yep. It's fascinating to see an alien that's both "alien" but also empathetic. I recommend the short story it's based on too.
Why is Rami Malek in this photo?
Love Death Robots - Beyond The Aquila Rift.
Mr. Robot
Of course, things like bioships and telekinesis are basically just space magic. When I try to work backwards to contemplate the selection pressures for the ships, it falls apart pretty quick in my mind. What planetary conditions conducive to the genesis of life and subsequent years of evolution would also result in the requisite hardiness for interstellar travel? The ecosystem around such a creature would be pure madness, even if it's just the platform for a cyborg-y thing. Absent some breakthroughs in physics, telekinesis doesn't merit consideration.Without any kind of appendage or real way to physically interact with objects, some sort of extra-sensory or telekinetic ability is a common trope for this. The ship itself could also be mostly biological, eg Farscape, and to some extent control itself or otherwise be communicated with by anyone telepathically.
And some aliens are often bio-engineered for other purposes by some ancestor race, eg the Xenomorphs.
Most of the time it's just left unexplained. ItsAliens.jpg.
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Love the designs in Fifth Element. Mandoshowans in particular are amazing to me.
Of course, things like bioships and telekinesis are basically just space magic. When I try to work backwards to contemplate the selection pressures for the ships, it falls apart pretty quick in my mind. What planetary conditions conducive to the genesis of life and subsequent years of evolution would also result in the requisite hardiness for interstellar travel? The ecosystem around such a creature would be pure madness, even if it's just the platform for a cyborg-y thing. Absent some breakthroughs in physics, telekinesis doesn't merit consideration.
After that, think about the incredible number of links in the chain just to get us to the moon. I suspect it doesn't take too many before you have narrowed down the size of the spacefaring creature, the appendage situation, the sensory situation, and the built-in communication equipment to a relatively small range. If we're talking non-spacefaring or non-intelligent life, then the range of possibilities opens up much wider.
The Mimics from Edge of Tomorrow were fun in a "Oh God, get that thing away from me" kind of way due to the speed at which they moved and killed.
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MIB is hit or miss for me.
Yeah the last one is trash, the first two are great though!MIB is hit or miss for me.
You got cool designs like the worm aliens and Edgar
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But then you get designs like....whatever the hell this is
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Love the designs in Fifth Element. Mandoshowans in particular are amazing to me.
I also just rewatched some Babylon 5. While it had some humanoid characters for the sake of economy, the Vorlons and the Shadows were really good, and as humanoid aliens go the Narn were exceptionally well made for 90's TV.
They look human don't they? I mean that's what Lelu was resurrected from wasn't it?I want to know what they are like outside the suit. Does it conform to body shape or not?
For how bad the movie was, the alien in Tomorrow War were decent. The white spikes were, fast, menacing, able to shoot spikes to impale you, climb, jump and run and maul you. They felt like a real threat
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I liked TTW and loved EoT but these both looked pretty bad in motion. Just a confusing mess of limbs and tentacles.The Mimics from Edge of Tomorrow were fun in a "Oh God, get that thing away from me" kind of way due to the speed at which they moved and killed.
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Giger is still the GOAT.