There really wasn't enough of a difference between the screenplay and the movie to make this interesting, and the art was bland and often incomprehensible, especially in the action sequences. A decent idea, but the execution was decidedly lacking.

Dan O'Bannon's original screenplay was a bit different than what was seen in theaters in 1979 with different names, places, and no androids (there was still a cat though) - Here we have the crew of the Snark setting down on a planetoid in relation to a distress signal of unknown origin and then it goes pear-shaped. The end result is the same but how we get there is a very different route. If you are a fan of the Alien universe, this is something you need to have on your shelf.

I would say the original Alien is in my top five favourite films, and I've been avidly reading Dark Horse's Alien comics through the years. I do feel Dark Horse has let the franchise slip, especially in their output in the last couple of years, with writing that repeatedly seems to miss the point of the xenomorph.But this is something different. It's a new comic adaptation of Dan O'Bannon's original screenplay, before it was tightened up and rewritten considerably by David Giler and Walter Hill....

The plot is essentially the same as the movie with slightly different characters. None of the designs are as good as what ended up in the movie and the pacing isn't nearly as good either. Worth a look for only the biggest fans of the Alien films.

This is a really neat idea, skillfully executed - an adaptation of Dan O'Bannon's original script for the movie that would become the 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien, but before the rewrites and the designs of H.R. Giger and Ron Cobb. The result - crisply written by Cristiano Seixas and beautifully illustrated by Guilherme Balbi is a compelling story of spacers who pick up a very unwanted passenger while in deep space. But we also see the value brought to Alien's rewrites and final designs, too...

I said it in my review of "William Gibson's Alien 3", I really like the concept of revisiting old scripts and re-imagining them as comics.This is very similar to "The Star Wars", the comic adaptation of an early script for Star Wars. The art in this book is very unlike the eventual film "Alien", as it was written long before Ridley Scott, Moebius or H. R. Giger got involved. It helps that all of the characters have different names too, so there's less direct comparisons with the final film.If yo...

Це дуже погано вже на рівні роботи художника.Барбаршопні персонажі туплять посеред сюжету про Чужого, інколи стаючи в жахливі, майже нелюдські пози. Там, де класичний фільм розкривав персонажів, тут навіть не замислюються про таке. Весь дизайн з отими величезними ЕПТ-моніторами, сяючими кнопками та ручками кудись викинули. про інтригу з таємним андроїдом забули. про зловісну корпорацію забули. Виходить, не дарма відмовилися колись від оригінального сценарію, де не було місця Гігеру.Сюжет від рел...

In the last few years, I have enjoyed reading articles and listening to podcasts regarding earlier drafts of movie scripts that would go on to be made into some of my favorite movies. It becomes the ultimate What If? The Alien: The Original Screenplay comic adaptation is a very interesting adaptation. The DNA that made it up on the screen is there, with much of the same story and even most of the characters (even if they have different names) with a few plot differences that changes in subsequen...

This is a really cool idea; to base a comic on Dan O'Bannon's original Alien screenplay before any rewrites of H.R. Giger's designs entered the picture. For the most part it follows the path of the shot movie with small differences. Alien is my favorite horror movie. That may have something to do with the fact I watched this at 7 years old from behind the couch when I was supposed to be in bed. I was terrified my parents would catch me in addition to being terrified by the movie. This lacks the

Le doy 4 estrellas porque el dibujo es bueno y porque la peli es cojonuda (¿la peli? Sí). PERO el guión es EXACTAMENTE el mismo que la peli (por eso mola), excepto la pequeña parte que persiguen al alien y pillan y ya. Lo recomiendo si eres MUY fan (como yo) y te da igual que sea lo mismo pero con diferente envoltorio.

Been wanting to read this for a while and was hoping it wasn’t as bad as the adaptation of William Gibson’s Alien 3 (hooboy was the layout and art in that one a stinker). The art here is fine, though the creature design as interpreted from the script felt mostly uninspired. I liked that each character, while not at all fleshed out, felt distinct based on their look and profile. I think this will prove the most entertaining for anyone (crazy like me) who had watched Alien, the scenes from the Dir...

This wasn't bad. Its pretty cool to see the small differences between the original screenplay and the final product we all know and love. You can also see some of the cool ideas that eventually made it into the underrated Prometheus. Wasn't entirely thrilled by the art, but it got the job done.

I do think there is a lot of merit in making these “what could have been” books, especially something like the OG Star Wars book that Dark Horse put out a few years ago.Mostly it just shows how much collaboration on these projects brought out the best from the bones of the original idea and this is very much in that category.There isn’t really enough changes to feel like a new take (or old take I guess??) and for the most part it hits all the beats of the film but not as hard or as masterful.The...

It was pretty surprising to see how short this was, especially with original concept of the pyramid - I would have expected that to be explored a little more than it was. The artwork was pretty good and the dialogue was easy enough to follow. It was cool to see what direction the original Alien screenplay would have taken, and it was especially interesting to see how the face huggers deteriorated after they died. In terms of extra content there's really next to nothing, just the cover pages of a...

From the perspective of a 30 yo that has never seen the film: meh.For starters, why the heck would the captain have chosen to board with the parasite in the first place? It just...makes no sense. Try to heal the guy in the other spaceship, eject the lifeboat and try in there, or just cut your losses and gtfo of there.The timeline also seemed a bit off with transmission times and arrival times, but what do I know? Points for cool art, the fact that there's a cat and the fact that at least the wom...

Vote: ☆☆☆ 1/2 A solid comic-book adaption of late Dan O'Bannon's original screenplay before Walter Hill and David Giler edited it, a proto Alien ante litteram very similar to William Gibson's Alien III from Dark Horse.Not bad at all for an author debut, I enjoyed the artworks, and this was a cool original take on the classic storyline everybody knows and loves, with different characters (android Ash, one of best things in the 1979 movie wasn't in the script) and without the iconic xenomorph f

2.75 starsSo, I can give this work props for two things: first, the colors are pretty, really pretty, and I take no criticism in that regard, because I loved them; on the other hand, the redesigns for the alien and the chestbuster where very interesting, certainly far more bio than mechanic in comparison to Giger's ideas, still aiming for a gross/violent erotica, but in a more slimy direction, and the design of Poor Yorick was just lovely.Everything else? Eh, I just don't think this version need...

This is a book for the followers of the Aliens series on paper, the art is very good, but the story is the same as the movie.Sadly it's not the same terror I experienced with the movie 40 or so years ago.I Also made a Spanish review here:https://pananime.com/LeAn/Entries/202...

Me gusta que el cómic rescate guiones primigenios de reconocidas películas (ojalá ver algún día un cómic sobre la irrealizada Superman Lives de Burton). En el caso de la Alien original, el libreto original, aunque en estructura no se distancia tanto de lo que vimos en el film de Ridley Scott. Si que, más allá del evidente cambio de diseño conceptual, ajeno a las asfixiantes estructuras y formas Gigerianas (aunque no exenta de su particular atractivo), resulta curioso ver cómo aquí estaba el germ...

Okay, let’s get started. It’s important to note this graphic novel is an adaptation of the original screenplay of Alien. So if you’re looking for something brand new, this isn’t it. The concept of the alien in this novel has a flora feel about it (for some reason I think Poison Ivy), whereas the alien from the film Alien has a biomechanical appearance. If you recall, the phenotype of a xenomorph is dependent upon its host. So while this is a separate screenplay, the alien from the original scree...