Brain Dead 攜手《Aliens》漫畫限量膠囊系列矚目登場
系列單品包括一頂黑色 6 片帽、兩款圖案 Tee 與一件黑色連帽衛衣，並將漫畫中的經典畫格與橋段注入設計細節。Brain Dead 創辦人 Kyle Ng 自小便是《Alien》系列鐵粉，這次更動用自己珍藏的初版漫畫作藍本，親自挑選並掃描圖像注入設計。Ng 早年常流連 Los Angeles 的漫畫店，深刻塑造了他的創作視野，使本企劃成為一次回歸初心、意義非凡的致敬。
「《Alien》系列的前衛與創新一直打破常規，這與 Brain Dead 的創作視角不謀而合。」Disney Consumer Products 創意設計副總裁 Bobby Kim 表示。「能夠讓《Alien》以全新姿態走進當代消費者的生活，同時滿足潮流玩家與忠實影迷，實在令人振奮。」
為慶祝系列登場，Brain Dead Studios Fairfax 將於《Alien》主題 takeover，活動將於 8 月 9 日至 10 日舉行。首日安排 7 部電影馬拉松，翌日再放映《Alien》與《Aliens》。
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That original film lives solely on its own, and Noah was able to find a way to honour what that movie gives us as fans and then create his own world. "Which, I think, is the only way to do it because you can't recreate Alien. You can only honour it and explore the world of it." The person who helped her navigate the weight of responsibility was Lawther, who she describes as being a brother to her after making the series. Chandler says: "He was my lifeline, like for this whole thing." "It's a long time to be away from home," the Andor star quips, to which Chandler adds: "Yeah and I don't know what I'm doing!" The pair almost feel like siblings as they talk, with Lawther quickly chiming in to say "she does" know what she's doing before Chandler goes on: "I definitely looked to you to see how you handled such a big set and such a layered character. And you kept me so grounded, and you're just such a calm energy to be around and such a giving actor. 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"And in the early days we talked, mostly I wanted to hear his experiences and inspirations, to see if there was anything that he hadn't managed to get into his three movies that he thought were still interesting. "And then I just would sort of lay out where my head was on it as well. You know, this is a man with a lot of demands on his time, and whenever I was speaking to him, he was always storyboarding what seemed like a different movie every time we spoke. So I think, like the Coen brothers for [the] Fargo TV show, when he realised that I had my vision and my path, he just was supportive." The series is produced by David W. Zucker, who is Chief Creative Officer of the filmmaker's production company Scott Free. He adds that the Gladiator director likes to see where others can take his creations. "He was a painter by trade to start, and I think the way he approaches his work is he completes his canvas and he moves on to the next," he says. "And I think he was excited about the opportunity to interface with Noah and provide whatever insight, and as much support and encouragement, as he can with the excitement for what may result from an entirely fresh pursuit. "It's really pioneering, I think, on Noah's part, because while it has that sort of original content to reference, it is an entirely different format, and one that he is truly a master of." One original idea that Hawley brought to the world of Alien was the prospect of new extraterrestrial life. They're very different to the xenomorph but equally as scary, which is something the show creator was keen to explore. "In order for them to work as successfully as the xenomorph they really have to tap into some primal fears of ours," Hawley says of the new aliens viewers will meet in Alien: Earth. "Whether it's about parasites, insects, predators, all of those things are mostly about our bodily autonomy, and those deep genetic revulsions that we have. "And so, for me, it was always the functionality of trying to figure out what were the worst things that I could think of, and then embodying them in creature form, which was the design process we went through with WETA, and then into the physical. Making the props, the references, the creatures and then into a visual effects medium." Reflecting on the scariest aliens he came up with, Hawley adds: "Anything that has to do with our face and our eyes and the loss of control, I think, is a really interesting thing to do to an audience. But you've added that dimension of insect-like creatures that also have an awareness of us that we wouldn't want in the world we live in now, at that scale." "There was a moment Ridley told me that what he wanted to do was that he wanted to have the xenomorph kill Ripley and then get on the radio and mimic her voice and then head off to Earth. He didn't do that, but he had that thought, and so I think there is something to that idea. That sort of invasion of the body snatchers idea is still really scary." It's an expansion of the lore that the cast appreciated too, with Blenkin sharing: "I think it's absolutely essential to expand the universe from the original film. The original film is a two-hour survival film, and we've got eight hours of television to fill, and what Noah Hawley is so incredible at is threading in character arcs that weave together in this... I think it's character-driven, which makes it really special. Ceesay adds: "And audacious to go, well, we're going to bring in new alien life forms to really bring that ick factor that you felt when you first met the xenomorph. It's amazing." Whether the new additions to the Alien franchise stand the test of time is up to the audience. But Hawley, Chandler and her fellow co-stars have given everything they can to the show, and that's all we can ask for. Alien: Earth premieres with its first two episodes on Disney+ on Wednesday, 13 August.
