Monster Gallery: Cloverfield (2008)
Main Article: Clover
Tag: Neville Page
Clover
“I wanted a monster movie for so long,” said Cloverfield producer J.J. Abrams during a speech at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con. “I was in Japan over a year ago with my son, who’s eight; and all he wanted to do was go to toy stores. We went to all these stores and there were… Read More Clover
Monster Gallery: Avatar (2009)
Main article: Creatures of Pandora
Creatures of Pandora
General note: the following article focuses on the six major alien species featured in Avatar, with deliberate excision of the Na’vis — which will not be analyzed on the site. No Neytiri here! James Cameron first conceived Avatar in 1994, with an 80-page treatment of the story — which was to be produced into a film… Read More Creatures of Pandora
Monster Gallery: Super 8 (2011)
Main Article: Cooper
Monster Gallery: Prometheus (2012)
Main Article: Before StarBeast — Prometheus
Cooper
“[J.J. Abrams] wanted something that was iconic,” said creature designer Neville Page, “[that] has never been seen before and absolutely fierce, provocative and scary and new. Whenever you hear new — oh, that one again. How am I gonna do it? So it was intimidating, yeah.” ‘Cooper’ was the nickname given to the Super 8… Read More Cooper
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
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