Alien War Returns To Glasgow

[silverlocusts]

The Alien Wars have returned to Glasgow after an absence of 9 years located in the Arches which is where it started shortly after the release of Alien 3 in 1992.

The Arches are a labyrinth of Victorian tunnels and chambers under the Glasgow Central railway station.

For those not familiar with this there is a clip below from when this was located at the Trocadero in London.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6oCor2VsKE

My eldest has been to this twice with me and he enjoyed it thoroughly so I have arranged to meet up with him in 2 weeks and make a day of it.

I found it pretty tense at times more so as you feed of the fear & anticipation of others around you. When the beastie does make an appearence ( usually dragging off a marine in the process ) the combination of strobe lighting and gunfire is effective and I confess to running myself with the crowd even although my father could be wearing the Alien costume.

Both of us have emerged at the end running out into a cafeteria laughing hysterically.

20th Century Fox no longer have any control over the content of the attraction therefore the creators have allegedly put in more situations to make the experience more intense.

This may very well be my very last transmission..........

[richardburton]

I'd be well up for that!

[silverlocusts]

Will let you know if it has improved as they say.

If I dont then I will probably in the cardiac unit at Western General......

[poyks]

Looks like brilliant fun!!

[RustiSwordz]

I'm a member of the Aliens forums. A lot of the guys are preds Aliens and marines on the old Alien War.

[Scifishocks]

Cool!
I wanna go!

[Anim8tr]

Looks like a blast! I'd love to have one of those Pulse Rifles.

[silverlocusts]

I did come across the Alien in a newsagent in Cambridge Street in Glasgow in the late 80s. There had been a Science Fiction convention in one of the hotels located there.

It was really dissappointing - he asked for a Mars Bar !!!!

Went home on the underground sitting beside 2 Klingons.

Came to mind when I saw that video of the predator on the London Tube. Brilliant !

[crystalegg]

What this video badly needs is the Predator doing a PSA for the tubes.
As the Alien prepares to board the Predator should yank him backwards and yell "Mind The Gap!" into his face.

[silverlocusts]

A predator as a ticket collector would be awesome.

"you have no ticket , pay up ya bass - and turn that music off"

[silverlocusts]

Found this article in one of the local papers:

Exclusive: Alien Wars forced to beef up security after neds start attacking the monsters
Mar 26 2009 By John Ferguson

NEDS have been battering aliens during a sci-fi adventure show.

Visitors to Alien Wars are taken through a maze of smoke-filled tunnels, where they are confronted by terrifying extra-terrestrials played by actors.

But Glasgow yobs have been laying in to the kid-on monsters - to show how tough they are.

A source at the show's venue in the city's Arches added: "It has been pretty wild some nights.

"You get groups of neds coming in and they just want to batter an alien to show how brave they are.

"The security guys have been good at spotting the trouble quickly and getting the neds turfed out before they can do any real damage.

"These people are just spoiling the show for everyone else."

Organisers have had to bring in undercover security guards to protect the cast from attacks.

Creator Gary Gillies said: "There have been some incidents and some shows have been disrupted. We try to spot the neds coming in now and plant a couple of security guards in their group, so we can react quickly if there is any bother.

"The troublemakers are taken out and the rest of the group are then allowed to continue or we take them through from the beginning again."

Alien Wars is based on the terrifying blockbuster film Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver.

Gary added: "The thing is, people genuinely get really scared in there.

"When we have fathers with their children, they sometimes have a reflex reaction to protect their kids by lashing out.

"Obviously, our alien wouldn't harm anyone but people become so carried away that they forget it is just a show."

Alien Wars is the brainchild of Gary and his pal John Gorman, who were looking to find a way of bringing the blockbuster Alien film franchise to life in Glasgow back in 1992.

The film buffs wanted to pull people out of their armchairs and into the action.

Film fans across the country turned up in their droves to be put through the terrifying experience.

Musician Gary and John, a director and designer, suddenly found themselves with a nationwide hit.

Fans included Tony Blair, who was pictured in his office holding an Alien Wars mug.

Rambo star Sylvester Stallone is said to have been too scared to go in when the show visited London and Michael Jackson refused to enter after sending two security guards through it first.

Gary and John have now brought the show back to its original home.

It was supposed to end this month but has been extended until the end of August due to demand.

Tickets cost £10 for adults, £8 for concessions and £5 for children aged eight to 16. Phone [phone] or visit www.thearches.co.uk. "

Couldnt make it up , could you.

Just as well Wells was not a Glaswegian else the story might have been veeerrry different.