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Japanese Company Wants To Make A Real ‘Aliens’ Power Loader
Japanese oil and mining company Mitsui has announced that they want to create a real-life version of the power loader that was made famous in the 1984 sci-fi/thriller Aliens. And it’s not even that they’re making something that calls this piece of machinery to mind, they actually admit that it’s their inspiration!
Tomoya Tsutsumi, an an official at Mitsui’s construction and industrial machinery division, clearly states, “What we have in mind is the Aliens power loader.”
While the full power loader suit is still a plan for the future, the company is already hard at work on a smaller version, named the Assist Suit AWN-03, that allows users to lift up to 33lbs without stressing the lower back. The next iteration, which is said to come out in two years, will add mechanical arms and legs. After that, the plan is to make suits that mimic the infamous power loaders.
Below are pictures of the prototype designs.
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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery
One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.
Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”
In the SXSW 2024 horror film…
“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.
“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”
Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.
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