Also in Slate: Read Dana Stevens’ review of Prometheus, learn some of the science behind the film, and seek some advice on what not to name your spaceship.
Every once in a while we like to pay tribute to a landmark film by encapsulating it in three animated GIFs. For this installment, on the occasion of director Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction with Prometheus, we’re honoring Alien, the 1979 slasher in space that started it all. (Warning: gruesome alien violence ahead.)
In the comments, let us know which three GIFs you would have selected, and nominate the film we should take on next.
Images from Alien © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.
Images from Alien © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.
Images from Alien © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.
Previously
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: Rushmore
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: The Grand Illusion
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFS: King Kong
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: A Clockwork Orange
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: Easy Rider
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: Metropolitan
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: Citizen Kane
Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs: The Godfather
