Alien: Earth cast & crew talk art, eyeball aliens, and 'the ghost of Giger'

But to truly bring the creatures of Alien: Earth to life, the show's art department had to lean heavily on the same retro-futuristic visual design and practical effects employed by the original 1979 film. Set two years before the Nostromo incident, Alien: Earth had to look right. ConceptionFrom new creatures like t. ocellus to classics like the Xenomorph, Alien: Earth's art directors had to stay true to H.R. Thankfully, modern materials like methylcellulose meant the cast and crew of Alien: Earth didn't have to deal with biohazards on set. Giger's former assistant, Marco Witzig, on art for Alien: Earth, art director Joe Dunckley is confident that Giger himself would have approved of the cute-but-deadly little creature's design.