I'd have to say one of the coolest alien designs I've seen in a long time were the Protoss from Starcraft. Those nerve appendages were really cool and I liked how their legs bent the opposite direction. They even had a pretty interesting background story to them and why some severed their nerve appendages and became the Dark Templar.
And this may sound really lame, but I think the Vulcans from Star Trek were great too. I know a lot of Star Trek aliens may seem lame because they will just have a little bump on their forhead or ears and that makes them alien, but in Star Trek episodes I really felt like they were just trying to get an idea or moral across to the viewer and you just had to use your imagination a little more when the budget fell short of producing spectacular aliens. But I like how logical the Vulcans are and yet they are totally illogical as well because they often contradict themselves. It's like a race who is denying everything they are and yet they are still finding new truths in such a hypocritical society and philosophy.
One thing I really liked about the Kilrathi besides just their design, was their cultuer and psycology. I always wanted to know more about their background and wished that in all Wing Commander games and the movie that they would get into their culture more. It's just another example to me of a fictional universe that has so much more to explore and yet because people know it won't make a lot of money to produce such a medium, it faces extinction. Not that it does at all, however. I'm so amazed at the fan-made projects that have come about. Such dedication to it all is really quite incredible. It makes me so happy that WC means so much to other people as it does me.
Well, I meant to start this just talking about favorite alien designs. So I'll stop there. What are some of your favorite alien concepts?
And this may sound really lame, but I think the Vulcans from Star Trek were great too. I know a lot of Star Trek aliens may seem lame because they will just have a little bump on their forhead or ears and that makes them alien, but in Star Trek episodes I really felt like they were just trying to get an idea or moral across to the viewer and you just had to use your imagination a little more when the budget fell short of producing spectacular aliens. But I like how logical the Vulcans are and yet they are totally illogical as well because they often contradict themselves. It's like a race who is denying everything they are and yet they are still finding new truths in such a hypocritical society and philosophy.
One thing I really liked about the Kilrathi besides just their design, was their cultuer and psycology. I always wanted to know more about their background and wished that in all Wing Commander games and the movie that they would get into their culture more. It's just another example to me of a fictional universe that has so much more to explore and yet because people know it won't make a lot of money to produce such a medium, it faces extinction. Not that it does at all, however. I'm so amazed at the fan-made projects that have come about. Such dedication to it all is really quite incredible. It makes me so happy that WC means so much to other people as it does me.
Well, I meant to start this just talking about favorite alien designs. So I'll stop there. What are some of your favorite alien concepts?
