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The franchise Men in Black is often associated with the creative aliens that its shows- tiny, slimy, sticky, eyes-popping aliens! The man behind creating such wondrous aliens is Makeup artist Rick Baker. Baker is associated with the past two movies of the franchise and will be back with such horrendous aliens in the third movie of the trilogy!
The movie Men in Black 3 of Sony Picture’s releases all over India on 25th May and will be in 3D.The movie brings back the two well-known agents-Agent J and Agent K. This time around J comes across a piece of news that makes him take a time jump. J lands in the era of 1960’s where the aliens aren’t as good as they ought to be! The shocking colour combos and the hippie culture has influenced these aliens too.
How does Baker bring forth these aliens of 1960’s is something we will see when the movie releases.But talking about the challenge of creating such monsters Baker says, “It is fun working for such franchise where not only do I get to show my creativity with aliens of 2012 but also get to create the aliens of 1960’s.The aliens of 1960’s with big eyes and wearing helmets on their heads”
Talking about the versatility of Baker, Will Smith says, “The thing I really love is the retro aliens. I thought that was an absolute stroke of genius. The aliens are designed from the science fiction perspective of the 60s. You know, Ray Bradburry, Isaac Asimov, “Star Trek” on TV, you know what I mean. Rick Baker designed each alien with that very awkward, peculiar sense of humor from the 60’s sci-fi perspective. The aliens capture a texture, a wonderful sense of humor, and a clever inventiveness that lends itself to this world”
The same testimony comes from the Producer Parkes. He says “It was Baker’s idea to have a little fun in his alien designs. He came in one day and said, ‘What if the aliens in 1969 were 1960s aliens, retro-futuristic aliens that reflected our collective memory of that time and a more innocent approach to sci-fi?’ It was just such a charming idea, and everyone went for it.”
Charming or not, the creativity is sure to appease the audience.But how very appeasing will it be will only revealed once the movie releases in India on 25th May.
