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Machiko Noguchi
The ''Alien vs. Predator'' novels are an extension of the fictional crossover franchise of ''Alien vs. Predator'', notably containing a trilogy series of novels based on the original ''Aliens vs. Predator'' comic book series by Dark Horse Comics. ''The Machiko Noguchi Saga'' The trilogy is centered on Machiko Noguchi, a human woman of Japanese descent who lived and hunted with members of the Predator species. She is both intelligent and athletic, and skilled in firearms, personal defence and martial arts. After the colony of Ryushi was destroyed, Machiko desired a life of hunting and honour, connecting with and coming to be seen as an honorary member of the Predator species, formally known as Da'dtou-di ("small knife"), "The Human Predator", while hunting the xenomorph species across the galaxy, and coming into conflict with "Shorty", a ruthless hunter who views her with contempt. ''Aliens vs. Predator: Prey'' (1994) A clan of Predators (known as "Yautja" in this series) 'seeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Crossover
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unofficial efforts by fans, or common corporate ownership. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, more rarely, involve properties from different holders, provided that the inherent legal obstacles can be overcome. They may also involve using characters that have passed into the public domain with those concurrently under copyright protection. A crossover story may try to explain its own reason for the crosso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Franchise
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as “something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time.” Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its mediums and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Vs
Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extraterrestrial beings; see List of alleged extraterrestrial beings ** For fictional extraterrestrial life, see Extraterrestrials in fiction * Introduced species, a species not native to its environment Alien(s), or The Alien(s) may also refer to: Science and technology * AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework * Alien (file converter), a Linux program * Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology Arts and entertainment * ''Alien'' (franchise), a media franchise ** Alien (creature in ''Alien'' franchise) Films * ''Alien'' (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott ** ''Aliens'' (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron ** ''Alien 3'', third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher ** ''Alien Resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980. Dark Horse Comics has emerged as the fourth largest comic publishing company in the United States of America. Dividing profits with artists and writers, as well as supporting artistic and creative rights in the comic book industry, Dark Horse Comics has become a strong proponent of publishing licensed material that often does not fit into mainstream media. Several titles include: ''Sin City, Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 300 (comics), 300, and Star Wars comics#Dark Horse (1991–2014), Star Wars.'' In December 2021, Swedish gaming company Embracer Group launched its acquisition of Dark Horse Media, Dark Horse Comics' parent company, and completed the buyout in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (alien)
The Predator, also known as Yautja (pronounced ), is the titular extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial species featured in the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' science fiction franchise, characterized by its trophy hunting of other species for sport. First introduced in the Predator (film), film of the same name, the creatures returned in the sequels ''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Predators (film), Predators'' (2010) and ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' (2018) (the latter two of which introducing the rival clan of Hish-Qu-Ten), and the prequel ''Prey (2022 film), Prey'' (2022), as well as the Crossover (fiction), crossover films ''Alien vs. Predator (film), Alien vs. Predator'' (2004) and ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007). The Predator has been the subject of numerous novels, video games and comic books, both on their own and as part of the ''Alien vs. Predator (franchise), Alien vs. Predator'' crossover imprint. The species have been called Predators and Hunters i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (creature In Alien Franchise)
The Alien (also known as a ''Xenomorph XX121'' or ''Internecivus raptus'', or simply a xenomorph)Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that serves as the titular antagonist of the ''Alien'' film series. The species made its debut in the film '' Alien'' (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ''Aliens'' (1986), ''Alien 3'' (1992), and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997). The species returns in the prequel series, first with a predecessor in ''Prometheus'' (2012) and a further evolved form in '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017). It also featured in the crossover films '' Alien vs. Predator'' (2004) and '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007), with the skull and tail of one of the creatures respectively appearing briefly in '' Predator 2'' (1990) and '' The Predator'' (2018), and will return in the FX television series ''Alien'' (2023). In addition, the Alien appears in various literature and video game spin-offs from the franchises. The Aliens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retroactive Continuity
Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which established diegetic facts in the plot of a fictional work (those established through the narrative itself) are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former. There are various motivations for applying retroactive continuity, including: * To accommodate desired aspects of sequels or derivative works which would otherwise be ruled out. * To respond to negative fan reception of previous stories. * To correct and overcome errors or problems identified in the prior work since its publication. * To change or clarify how the prior work should be interpreted. * To match reality, when assumptions or projections of the future are later proven wrong. Retcons are used by authors to increase their creative freedom, on the assumption that the changes are unimportant to the audience compared to the new story which can be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bischoff
David F. Bischoff (December 15, 1951 – March 19, 2018) was an American science fiction and television writer. General background Born in Washington D.C., Bischoff wrote science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. He began writing during the early 1970s and had more than 80 books published. Bischoff was known best for novelizations of popular movies and television series including ''Aliens'', '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', Star Trek: The Next Generation, and '' WarGames''. Early career Bischoff began writing science fiction and reviews of the genre while studying at the University of Maryland. His first publications were for ''Thrust'', a fanzine offering science fiction commentary and criticism. The editor, Doug Fratz, later converted ''Thrust'' to a trade magazine, for which Bischoff was a regular contributor. His first novel, '' The Seeker'' (with Christopher Lampton) was published in 1976, and in 1978 Bischoff coauthored "Tin Woodman", a short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alien (franchise) Comics
The ''Alien'' comic books are part of the ''Alien'' franchise and has had several titles published based on the license, most of which are part of the Dark Horse Comics line, but other comics by other distributors have been made. ''Alien: The Illustrated Story'' ''Alien: The Illustrated Story'' is a critically acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of the original 1979 movie ''Alien'', published by '' Heavy Metal'' magazine the same year. The creative team consisted of Archie Goodwin as the scriptwriter and Walt Simonson as the artist. It won the Harvey Award for '' Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work'' in 2013. Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is the most well-known publisher of ''Aliens'' comics, having published many limited series from 1988 to 1999. Publishing took a hiatus until 2009. Comics Stories Stories based on the ''Alien'' franchise published in other comics, such as the ''Dark Horse Presents'' anthology title. Marvel Comics Marvel Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alien (franchise) Novels
The ''Alien'' literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of ''Alien''. In the 20th century, all ''Alien''-related novels published were adaptations of pre-existing material. From 1979 up to 1997, Warner Books published novelizations of the first four films in the year of release; 1979, 1986, 1992, and 1997, respectively. The first three novelizations were written by Alan Dean Foster. Throughout the 1990s, Bantam Books published nine novelizations of ''Alien'' comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. After going on a hiatus, the franchise returned in book form in 2005. DH Press—Dark Horse Comics' novel publishing imprint—published six original novels from 2005 to 2008. This marked the first time in the franchise where novels were original stories, rather than adaptations. DH Press' series took place after the events of the fourth film; ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), despite t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Predator Comics
The ''Predator'' comic books are part of the ''Predator'' franchise and has had several titles published based on the license, most of which are part of the Dark Horse Comics line (Dark Horse also publishes the ''Aliens'' and ''Alien vs. Predator'' lines of comics) but other comics by other distributors have been made. Dark Horse Comics Crossovers Crossovers with the ''Alien'' franchise are in their own separate article. Stories Stories published in other comics unrelated to the ''Predator'' franchise. Marvel Comics Publications The details of the publication of the comics and trade paperbacks include: * ''Predator: Concrete Jungle'' (by Mark Verheiden and Chris Warner, Dark Horse, 112 pages, 1990, ) * ''Predator: Big Game'' (by John Arcudi, Evan Dorkin and Armando Gil, Titan Books, 112 pages, 1992, , Dark Horse, 1996, ) * ''Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time'' (by Dan Barry and Chris Warner, 2-issue mini-series, 1992) * ''Predator: Cold War'' (by Mark Verheiden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
