Oh yeah he did... but the eggs look nothing like any minges I've ever seen tbh, maybe I've dated the wrong girls! Some of his other art, certainly.
The facehuggers on the other hand (no pun intended) are like intersex genitals with witches fingers, and I think they're one of the most macabre and gruesome creatures I've ever seen on film. And I fucking love them.
His art isn't for everyone, but just seeing these reactions to my comment shows that it's making people feel something. Which is more than can be said for the vast majority of monsters in most horror/sci-fi since the first few Alien films.
Ah, it's ok to be a philistine... but to say that a xenomorph is simply an "anthropomorphic penis" and to claim that it's remotely similar to a generic star, is lazy as hell.
First off, it's just the head that is phallic, the rest of the alien isn't. And the facehuggers are purposefully designed to look like vulva/vaginas, and they also "rape" the victim with the tube and impregnate them. Would you be happier with an "intersex facehugger" tattoo?
This shit is amazing symbolism, but tbh it isn't really a big part of the films, no sexual apsects were ever discussed - it was done as subtext to push the body horror/helpless host aspects even further, and to great effect.
Just the fact that you think it's comparable to a generic star, shows how little you understand about the subtext of the character design/lore and the films (if you've even seen them). Some films are engineered to make you feel uncomfortable, it's kind of the point of this type of body horror.
Don't forget that Ripley is one of the finest written female characters in all of cinema, that ties in with the primal aspect of the alien's design and behaviour and how she can triumph over them. Also the motherly/protective behaviour she shows with Newt and the Alien Queen, and also with the Alien clone Ripley 8, in Alien Resurrection.
Hey check out the album cover for "Frankenchrist" if you really wanna get your knickers in a twist! I'm thinking this style of art and cinema is just not for you tbh, but doesn't mean it isn't objectively artistic and interesting.
I wanted a couple of red/black ones on my collar bones when I was 15 cause M. Shadows of A7x had them. Thank god my parents were staunchly anti-tattoo. By the time I was 18 I no longer listened to a7x and did not get these tattooed.
But I was apprenticing at a tattoo shop (20 years ago) and wanted to practice straight lines, so I did it on the side of my foot.
I'm not ashamed of it though. It's like a little picture book of my life. "And on page 20, it's a nautical star. The first tattoo I ever did on myself." I don't tattoo anymore, but it's a little reminder of who/where I was years ago. I'm ok that it's not "cool" anymore, because neither am I. 😂
Could somebody explain why this is such an unusually bad tattoo?
I've only seen 2 or 3 in my life that I thought were OK - generally don't like tattoos. But as far as imagery, plain geometric shapes score pretty high I'd think.
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u/Odd-League-7550 4d ago
Horrible tattoos.