Prometheus stills

Lots of Prometheus stills. (You'll want to watch the slideshow without sound.) Via.

*Buy Alien toys by Neca at eBay.

Alien t-shirt by Last Exit to Nowhere

I think I might have posted this before, but now it's on sale - - a new Alien t-shirt by Last Exit to Nowhere.

HAL 9000 wins the chess game in 2001 by cheating (and more)

I've been watching a fascinating series of film analyses by Rober Ager. In this first video, he shows that HAL 9000 was based on IBM, and that HAL wins the chess game against the astronaut by cheating in two ways:









This next video is about The Shining and how the Overlook Hotel and hedge maze shift architecturally throughout the movie:




(I've previously linked to as series of posts explaining that the protagonist of The Shining is the hotel.)

There's many more videos in the series, including a look at Aliens (Cameron's take on Vietnam?). Via these sites.

*Buy 2001 posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Screenshots from the Aliens: Infestation sidescroller for the Nintendo DS, featuring art design by Chris Bachalo.

2. Sam Wolfe Connelly is giving away a poster.

3. Photos of the new Terrax Marvel Legends series.

4. And speaking of Marvel, there's a good selection of recent Marvel collections on sale for 40% off at TFAW.