⚫㊐✨Heather Mc Erlean❦㈦㊏
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E.W. Doc Parris:
As I read on the website, you have an affinity for unhumanoid alien life and all that goes along with their societies. My question is: Were you more of a George Lucas, Gene Roddenberry, Jim Mortimer, the litany of writers for the Dr. Who series, or H.G. Wells fan? There are so many great writers of alien fiction (and never know if it's non-fiction lol) and were any of these writers an inspiration to you?
E.W. Doc Parris
My favorite aliens of all time are the Sheliak Corporate from Start Trek TNG (S3E02: The ensigns of Command). I loved their non-humanoid presentation. I also like the 456 in Torchwood: Children of Earth and of course Abbott and Costello in Arrival. I lean toward any alien conception that makes any communication between us damn-near impossible. The easier it is to communicate, the more suspicious I get as a reader or viewer.
But, once they get completely unrealistic I start to like them again. All of the Star Trek Humanoids with brow-ridge sculpture of the week are fine.
I was mostly inspired by Michael Crichton and the alien organism in The Andromeda Strain. Non human, non organic, non intelligent. Unreasoning life just doing what it does to survive. That's what most alien life is going to be, I suspect, if there's any out there at all.
But, once they get completely unrealistic I start to like them again. All of the Star Trek Humanoids with brow-ridge sculpture of the week are fine.
I was mostly inspired by Michael Crichton and the alien organism in The Andromeda Strain. Non human, non organic, non intelligent. Unreasoning life just doing what it does to survive. That's what most alien life is going to be, I suspect, if there's any out there at all.
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