The Godzilla and Zilla Question
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Author: the monster philologist
I'm always bored and monsters were the first thing to entertain me
Before StarBeast — Prometheus
Ridley Scott had always expressed disappointment in the direction the Alien sequels chose to follow, as they never explained who the original Derelict Pilot was. ” I say we should go back to where the Alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created,” he said. “No one has ever explained why.” Originally… Read More Before StarBeast — Prometheus
The Desolate One
Sammael The Desolate One, Lord of the Shadows, Son of Nergal, Harbinger of Pestilence, Seed of Destruction, Hound of Resurrection.
The Rancor
“At the side of the pit, an iron door rumbles upward and a giant, fanged RANCOR emerges. The guard runs to the side of the pit and tries futilely to scramble to the top. The hideous beast closes in on him. The Rancor moves past Luke, and as the guard continues to scramble, the Rancor… Read More The Rancor
Godzilla 2 Script Treatment
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Special: Why was the Pilot fired from ‘The Thing’?
As Kate Lloyd enters the ancient spaceship — in the climax of Matthijs van Heijningen’s The Thing — she discovers a luminous, shapeshifting tower. Hologram pieces continuously assemble and disassemble, moving geometrically. It is here that she is attacked by the assimilated Sander, who has taken the form of a distorted creature. The final cut… Read More Special: Why was the Pilot fired from ‘The Thing’?
Mimic Terrors
“Nature is a strange thing, I learned. You learn that very clearly when you work in a museum. You realize how nature uses the art of camouflage.” -Donald A. Wollheim, Mimic The original Mimic short story, penned by Donald A. Wollheim and first published in 1942, was widely different in both plot and tone to… Read More Mimic Terrors
Monster Legacy
Monster Legacy was first created on July the 27th, 2011, on a Blogspot address. Technical issues with the server have convinced the writer you are reading from to try a new place to work on. I chose WordPress, as it was suggested many times as a tidier and smoother server — and it is here… Read More Monster Legacy
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