Before directing Terminator or Aliens, James Cameron did concept design and FX work on Galaxy of Terror, along with Robert and Dennis Skotak who did FX work on Aliens,The Abyss,Terminator 2 for Cameron. The film may be pretty naff but these guys did work wonders for the most part with the budget they got, probably around $50 :) You can see from the top picture that James Cameron is a very accomplished artist, the pic of the guy in the Giger-esque corridor being a great example of his skill. Cameron went onto design the look of both the Terminator endo-skeleton and the Queen Alien and Power Loader amongst other things, Stan Winston said they tried other ideas but pretty much went back to what Jim had first designed, I suppose as a director he knew exactly what he wanted so the best way was to draw it himself. I really hope James Cameron's new movie Avatar is worth the wait and doesn't end up being his Star Wars prequels after all these years.
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