The possibilities of imaginative phenomena in the cinematic world of the 1980s opened the eyes of the audience, giving birth to a set of sci-fi movies that are still legendary today. This stemmed from the world environment at that time, after the end of World War II for more than 30 years, the world economy gradually returned to the right track, film entertainment became the people's weekend pastime; at the same time, the Usur-Soviet space race that was in the Cold War period, many technologies and future elements broke out, bringing endless imagination space to the film. And one of the most familiar classic movie series is Alien!
The movie "Alien" has also been released for 43 years, and the heroine ellen Ripley in the first part of the movie is wearing a futuristic watch on her hand, and today we will deconstruct this sci-fi watch with a unique shape!
The sci-fi thriller film "Alien", released in 1979, was directed by the famous British director Ridley Scott, and found the heroine Ellen Ripley played by the famous Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver, and tom Skerritt played the male protagonist Arthur Dallas, and in the movie, the two also wore a watch with two surfaces supported by an orange rubber shell, but it was never officially exposed.
This turned out to be a prop watch deconstructed and reassembled by the art director and prop crew of Alien. In order to match the relationship that took place in 2122 and entered space, the prop designer used the F-100 model launched by the CASIO brand in 1977 as the main axis, when the original design was made of all-black plastic with a simple surface, and the four-color horizontal line below was marked by a function button, and the overall atmosphere exuded a minimalist futuristic feeling.
However, in order to get closer to the timeline and sci-fi scene design of "Alien", director Ridley Scott and the prop designer learned that the space crew needed to check the functions of time zones around the world, boldly and innovatively assembled two Casio F-100 disassembly, and the four buttons on the surface were also painted blue and red, recreating a Casio F-100 watch that would not be released.
"Alien" had excellent box office results that year, and also won the 52nd Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and was ranked 6th among AFI's top 100 thriller films in the 100 years, which made the CASIO F-100 sports timepiece, which only sold for 7,500 yen that year, a legendary item, and with the aura of the film, it looks like a simple plastic electronic watch, but behind it contains the filmmaker's boldness to creation.
In recent years, Casio has launched the A100, which is actually a new Vintage Series model inspired by the Casio F-100 watch worn by the characters in the classic 1979 movie Alien.
Released in 1978, the F-100 was the first Casio watch to feature an all-resin casing. It has a retro futuristic style with four buttons on the front, similar to a control panel. With its light weight, affordability and durability, it paves the way for the success of other resin Casios.
The new A100 retains the same shape and structure, but has a metallic finish (with resin casing) and a stainless steel strap.
In addition to the silver version (A100WE-1A), the gold version (A100WEG-9A), the gray reflective LCD display (A100WEGG-1A), the A100 series has also cooperated with Bandai Namco to launch a fun "Pac-Man" version of the A100WEPC retro watch