Before ‘Alien V Predator’ they tried a crossover where Matthew Broderick took on the Xenomorph at computer games. This was the early stage, where they’re on a ZX Spectrum text adventure but – to make it work for Hollywood – the on-screen avatar is Martin Short in a comedy wig and leg-warmers.
The font makes my eyes hurt. No matter the head-tilt-trifocal-adjustment, I’m still getting a mess.
@GSS ex-noob: Scholastic you say? Well, that would make sense then. As a kid I was often baffled by Scholastic’s choice of kids books and the illustrations that went with them. GSS could have a field day with kids’ SF covers…
The only way I can explain this : Jethro Tull were catapulted through a time vortex from 1972 to 2472, became vegans, and watched the Galileo 7 crash into neo-Hong Kong. What I can’t explain is “Alien War Games.”
@Bruce: I think he might be. Perhaps the glasses/crutch combo is to signify this is an old barbarian, which would explain the deep face furrows, stance and the pants-pooping.
Maybe the spaceship is from his nursing home. “Grandpa’s wandering outside the city in his Halloween costume again; better pick him up and take him back to safety.”
If not, then why he’s waving the crutch/bicycle pump around remains a mystery.
Leave a Reply
Send In Your Pictures
Please use our lovely submit page to send us your images.
(Remember to read the rules first!)
May 17th, 2022 at 8:58 am
Tinyhanditis?
May 17th, 2022 at 11:00 am
The international hairdressing business was tough on Nicky Clarke.
May 17th, 2022 at 11:23 am
In the Alien War Games knitwear is the new camo.
May 17th, 2022 at 12:21 pm
Be very wary of a barbarian wielding a crutch.
May 17th, 2022 at 2:22 pm
‘Published 1984’. No kidding.
Before ‘Alien V Predator’ they tried a crossover where Matthew Broderick took on the Xenomorph at computer games. This was the early stage, where they’re on a ZX Spectrum text adventure but – to make it work for Hollywood – the on-screen avatar is Martin Short in a comedy wig and leg-warmers.
May 17th, 2022 at 3:21 pm
The alien won’t touch this cover with a 10-foot pole.
May 17th, 2022 at 5:04 pm
Is their tunic knitted out of whole wheat pasta? If so, it’s the best use of whole wheat pasta to date.
May 17th, 2022 at 8:58 pm
The universal body language of “I Pooped My Pants”.
May 17th, 2022 at 9:45 pm
At a very quick glance (and keeping in mind I need new glasses), I read it as “Alien Bar Babes”. record scratch noise
So it could have been worse.
Since this is from Scholastic, I must cry “Won’t someone think of the children?!” They deserve better than this.
@fred: It really does look like a crutch. Is the spaceship from the city towers swooping down to laugh at him?
@JuanPaul: Could also be chickpea pasta, ditto. I’m not ruling out dryer filter lint.
@ARY: Of course he did. Couldn’t get the bodysuit/leotard off fast enough.
May 18th, 2022 at 2:20 am
The font makes my eyes hurt. No matter the head-tilt-trifocal-adjustment, I’m still getting a mess.
@GSS ex-noob: Scholastic you say? Well, that would make sense then. As a kid I was often baffled by Scholastic’s choice of kids books and the illustrations that went with them. GSS could have a field day with kids’ SF covers…
May 18th, 2022 at 3:33 am
The only way I can explain this : Jethro Tull were catapulted through a time vortex from 1972 to 2472, became vegans, and watched the Galileo 7 crash into neo-Hong Kong. What I can’t explain is “Alien War Games.”
May 18th, 2022 at 4:40 am
@GGS ex-noob: might also be a bicycle pump. Is he wearing glasses?
May 18th, 2022 at 10:44 pm
@Bruce: I think he might be. Perhaps the glasses/crutch combo is to signify this is an old barbarian, which would explain the deep face furrows, stance and the pants-pooping.
Maybe the spaceship is from his nursing home. “Grandpa’s wandering outside the city in his Halloween costume again; better pick him up and take him back to safety.”
If not, then why he’s waving the crutch/bicycle pump around remains a mystery.