HotGritz said:

OMG, some of you are being soooooo slutty on this thread.

If the human wins......the movie is bogus.

Graycap23 said:

If the human wins......the movie is bogus.

oh , you.

This new featurette for Ridley Scott's Prometheus is largely a testatment to the influence of the helmer of Bladerunner,who is a self-proclaimed "all about everything director,' and whose characteristic attention to detail appears evident in every frame of the film released so far.

Stars Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are clearly excited to be working with Scott, and this under two-minute featurette features tantalizing glimpses of the vehicles and alien artifacts that make Prometheus one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the summer. (Source: ICv2)

OOOH I forgot about this thread for a minute! Ok question for all you Alien fans/experts:

The "space jockey" was attacked by a face hugger. You see this in the Director's cut where Dallas comes upon the space jockey and observes that the creature (the space jockey had to have been a living thing) was dead for some time and had something ripped its way out of the space jockey's chest.

I got into a debate with a friend about whether the Queen we see in Aliens was the creature that came out of the space jockey's chest and that is why she is so HUGE. My friend says negative and that only a queen sized face hugger could have attacked the space jockey since he/it was so much larger than any human and normal sized face huggers can only cover a human sized head. I simply don't get what the hell he was talking about. The embryo's the face huggers implant mimic their hosts so a big host would yield a big Alien. What difference does it make what size the face hugger is?

Plus, there was already a queen in existence because the queen lays the eggs. Right?

What do you think?

This image by H.R. Giger( the original set designer and creature artist) seems to depict the implantation of an alien embryo into the Jockey by a member of its race.

Identity said:

This image by H.R. Giger( the original set designer and creature artist) seems to depict the implantation of an alien embryo into the Jockey by a member of its race.

OMG! So the jockey was used as a guinea pig? How horrible.

I can't wait to see this film even though I know I will be frightened out of me britches!

HotGritz said:

Identity said:

This image by H.R. Giger( the original set designer and creature artist) seems to depict the implantation of an alien embryo into the Jockey by a member of its race.

OMG! So the jockey was used as a guinea pig? How horrible.

I don't know; it's pure speculation. But I'm hoping we got it right.

The international launch clip. N-joy!

I don´t really get the Alien/Prometheus connection. Are these movies somehow related? Is this a prequel to Alien? I have read a bit about this movie but this thread is the first time that I´m reading some Alien references. What do the aliens from the Alien movie have to do with this movie?

Same studio, same director, same alien species (the Space Jokeys) from the 1979 feature.

KoolEaze said:

I don´t really get the Alien/Prometheus connection. Are these movies somehow related? Is this a prequel to Alien? I have read a bit about this movie but this thread is the first time that I´m reading some Alien references. What do the aliens from the Alien movie have to do with this movie?

It's "sort of" a prequel to Alien. Meaning it's the period of time just before Sigourney's ship gets there. But it is a stand alone film.

Identity said:

Prometheus: The Art of the Film

March 28, 2012

Excitement is definitely building among science fiction fans for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, a high-concept sci-fi horror film from the director of Bladerunner and Alien. On June 5th Titan Books is publishing Prometheus: The Art of the Film, 192-page hardcover with a cover price of $39.95.

This movie began as a sort of “prequel” to the original Alien movie, but quickly morphed into something altogether more ambitious via a process that is detailed in this sumptuous volume.

The narrative DNA of the Alien movies is definitely present inPrometheus, but there is also a strain of high-concept narrative that touches on the most profound mysteries of life in a manner unseen in a major science fiction film since Stanley Kubrick’s 2001.

http://www.icv2.com/artic...22511.html

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I might have to get this

I have the Alien book

This book gave me nightmares when I was a little girl I didn't see the film until I was an adult

Is that a weapon the space jockey is holding? It reminds me of those types of guns that are mounted on top of old military tanks.

Prometheus - Origins featurette.

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Three cast members grace the latest cover of Entertainment Wkly.