Alien aesthetics

max 330 mega · Apr 20, 2019

So pretty random beer fueled thought. I recently picked up the GI Joe animated movie from the late 80's, and can't help but notice that a lot of the Cobrala kingdom buildings look so much like the alien structures, and honestly the aliens as well, in Cyber-lip. Where did this aesthetic style originate? It's definitely a bit HR Giger, but it seems to draw a lot from some other influence that is more organic design as well.
Anybody have some insight on this?

gusmoney · Apr 20, 2019

Looks a bit like some of Moebius' stuff. I am sure some of the talented artists on here know better.

NeoCverA · Apr 21, 2019

Fuck this thread without the images of ops examples. 2019 you feggit

fake · Apr 21, 2019

Yeah. Post examples and maybe someone will give you an answer.

max 330 mega · Apr 21, 2019

Best ones I could easily grab off the web, I noticed a lot of other little overlapping similarities while watching the movie, but I ain't got teh screen grab skillz.

max 330 mega · Apr 21, 2019

I was really just kind of wondering if this was all kind of a rip from an earlier anime, and if so which one or series.

fake · Apr 21, 2019

Not to my knowledge. But the phallices are def geigeresque

GhostSeed · Apr 21, 2019

Looks like Roger Deans artwork.

LoneSage · Apr 21, 2019

It's crazy how much power and influence movies have over our culture. If there was no Alien things would have turned out much different.

NeoSneth · Apr 21, 2019

Almost all of these are inspired by nature. It's not some original concept.
The GI Joe movie specifically had a villain who's lair was organic structures. HR Giger said he was inspired by nature.

Stefan · Apr 21, 2019

max 330 mega said:
I was really just kind of wondering if this was all kind of a rip from an earlier anime, and if so which one or series.

The prehistoric symbiotic biotech, & related organic weaponry that drives much of the plot in the manga "Bio-Booster Armor Guyver" does interestingly predate the '87 G.I. Joe movie by a few years.

NeoSneth · Apr 22, 2019

Stefan said:
The prehistoric symbiotic biotech, & related organic weaponry that drives much of the plot in the manga "Bio-Booster Armor Guyver" does interestingly predate the '87 G.I. Joe movie by a few years.

Alien was 1979.

LoneSage · Apr 22, 2019

kid_aphex once said the opening for the GI Joe movie was one of the greatest things in the world or something to that affect

DevilRedeemed · Apr 22, 2019

There's some Dali in their too, maybe some influence from the symbolist art movement of yore

max 330 mega · Apr 22, 2019

Well, now I got some shit to look up and an anime to watch. Awesome, thanks dudes!

oliverclaude · Apr 26, 2019

I recommend René Laloux' three animated features: Fantastic Planet (1973, with Roland Topor), Time Masters (1982, with Moebius, a.k.a. Jean Giraud) and Light Years (1987).

max 330 mega · Apr 26, 2019

I'll look them up, thanks dude!

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