Well folks, you saw ALIEN: RESURRECTION yesterday, and some of you agreed with

my opinion of it, and others did not. Good, this is as it should be. It reaffirms my belief

that I am not god and that my opinion is mine. It's been about a 50-50 split so far. I just

received the following letter from H.R. GIGER's agent. Now usually I don't do this sort

of thing, but since it is Thanksgiving, and Fox is going to make a mint off of Giger's

creative genius, I thought it would be especially appropriate and ironic to observe that Fox

didn't feel like "giving thanks" to the man most responsible (in my eyes) for the success of

the Alien franchise. This outraged me. After reading it, I thought back to the premiere

and nobody... NOBODY thanked Giger for his original vision of these creatures, Ridley

Scott was thanked by Jeunet though. A catastrophic oversight. I love Giger's vision for

these creatures and think that alongside the Predator, it stands alongside the great

designed creatures in history. Of course Universal doesn't go out of it's way to thank Jack

Pierce for the original Frankenstein, Mummy or Wolfman makeup/creature designs, so it's

a fairly typical snub. Though that does not excuse it. From me to Giger, "Thank you for

the wonderful work you did in bringing us fantastic nightmares unlike we have ever

imagined. We know who you are, even if those in charge fail to recognize that." Throw

your support behind Giger at http://www.hrgiger.com Here's the letter:

On November 1, 1997 after the first U.S.A. screening of ALIEN:RESURRECTION,

H.R.Giger received the news that his name is not mentioned anywhere in the

film credits. The following letter is from Giger to 20th Century Fox Film

Corporation, stating the artist's opinion.

TO: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

FROM: H.R.GIGER

November 13, 1997

The Alien Quartet has, from the very beginning, contained my unique and

personal style. For the first film ALIEN, I was awarded an Oscar for "Best

Achievement for Visual Effects". In ALIENS, a film I was not asked to work

on, I still received a screen credit for "Original Alien Design". On ALIEN

3, I was cheated out of the Oscar nomination received by that film because

20th Century Fox gave me the credit, "Original Alien Design" again, instead

of "Alien 3 Creature Design", as it was my rightful title in accordance to

my contract and the work I had performed on the film. In 1976 I had

completed two paintings, "Necronom IV" and "Necronom V", in which two

long-headed creatures appeared. In 1977 these paintings, were published in

my book, NECRONOMICON, by Sphinx Verlag, Basel, in German. It was in this

version of the book that Ridley Scott, in his search for a credible Alien

creature, came across these two paintings and decided, on them for the

full-grown Alien, using the words "That's it!" The statement has been

graciously repeated by Ridley Scott in almost every interview about his

work on ALIEN.

The creatures in ALIEN:RESURRECTION are even closer to my original Alien

designs than the ones which appear in ALIENS and ALIEN 3. The film also

resurrects my original designs for the other stages of the creature's

life-cycle, the Eggs, the Facehugger and the Chestburster.

ALIEN:RESURRECTION is an excellent film. What would it look like without my

Alien life-forms? In all likelihood, all the sequels to ALIEN would not

even exist! The designs and my credit have been stolen from me, since I

alone have designed the Alien. So why does not Fox give me the credit I

rightfully earned?

As for those responsible for this conspiracy: All I can wish them is an

Alien breeding inside their chests, which might just remind them that the

"Alien Father" is H.R.Giger.

H.R.Giger

Amen, well said! --- Harry