Mondo Debuts Stunning Black-and-White Print for ALIEN Day
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Alien Day is upon us. Yes, April 26, or 4/26, is so named after the planet the
Nostromo crew lands on in the original Ridley Scott film. This mysterious uninhabited world doesn’t have a name, just a designation: LV-426. And we all know just what they found there, and it wasn’t pretty. In recent years, we’ve taken to celebrating the premiere horror/sci-fi franchise on this day. Hey, if
Alien?
As a way of commemorating the day Lt. Ellen Ripley became a legendary sci-fi hero, the folks at Mondo are offering a fantastic new print showcasing the alien xenomorph from artist Attack Peter. This artwork does proper justice to the terrifying designs of artist H.R. Giger. Giger’s twisted genius gave us the look of the xenomorph, one of the most iconic creatures in film history. You can see several images of the creepy and beautiful new black-and-white print right here.
Soul unsurprisingly winning the award for Best Animated Feature.
But the biggest upset of night was Sir Anthony Hopkins receiving the award for Best Actor for his performance in Florian Zeller’s drama
The Father . and not being around to receive it! Who could’ve seen that twist coming? Certainly not Sir Hopkins, that’s for sure!
Besides the Oscars, we watched a whole bunch of other cool stuff over the weekend. From the season final of
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and David O. Russell’s
The Fighter to 1988’s
Midnight Run and the so-bad-it’s-great
Street Fighter movie, here are a few of the shows and movies we’re enjoying watching right now, and what you might enjoy watching as well.
From La Femme en Noir, a private female-owned POC slow fashion house.
By Meredith Borders · @xymarla · April 26, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT Xenomorph Cat-eye Sunglasses for La Femme en Noir.
Happy Alien Day to all who observe! What s Alien Day, you ask? It s celebrated every year on April 26, in honor of LV-426 (or Acheron), one of the first planetoids to be infested by Xenomorphs in the
Alien universe and the setting of the film
Alien. I observe it, because in this household we respect made-up holidays ceremonializing stuff we actually care about (versus, like, Valentine s Day), and this incredible, officially licensed new line by premier gothic clothing house La Femme en Noir, headed by designers and co-founders Lynh Haaga and Micheline Pitt, is a great way to tell the world that you observe it, too.
Updated on April 21, 2021 at 9:12 am
Spying Predator or a Xenomorph on the silver screen?
You re already setting yourself up for some intense feelings, and some big reactions, and the sort of sweat-inducing, brain-racing responses that frightful film characters can so successfully deliver.
But what if Predator or a Xenomorph was actually standing in your living room? What if you woke up each day to spy these space-fantastical figures adding intensity to your own home?
That could happen, for serious fans of the Predator and Alien franchises, when the Hollywood Legends & Luminaries and Hollywood Sci-fi, Action, Fantasy and More auction lands its ship at Julien s Auctions on April 29.
Photo: Paramount+/CBS
Today is First Contact Day, or at least it will be in 42 years, making this the… pre-anniversary of the day in
Star Trek canon when mankind first made contact with an alien race (specifically the Vulcans). Much like with
Star Wars Day (May 4) and
Alien Day (April 26), Paramount has noticed that there’s a lot of good branding potential in associating a pop culture franchise with a specific day, so it has turned First Contact Day into an excuse to celebrate all things
Trek and this year it actually made good on that premise with a bunch of