“Giger’s work on ALIEN (and elsewhere) was some of the creepiest (in a good way) art and design work I’ve seen. “
...and it holds up well too, because it made no attempt to mimic presently-existing technology. Change out the CRT displays in the ships with LCD’s, and the films could have been made last week.
I agree. ALIEN has aged very well, for the most part. I think it holds up better than its sequel (ALIENS) in that respect. (Though I do enjoy ALIENS as well!)