Prometheus Review Thread (Spoilers)

[PointManification]

Taken from wiki :

The Book of Alien notes that the actors and crew felt instinctively that the Space Jockey was a benign creature, though they could not say why. In the novelization of Alien by Alan Dean Foster, Ash describes the Space Jockey's race as a noble people and hopes that mankind will encounter them under more pleasant circumstances. It also states that they were larger, stronger and possibly more intelligent than humans.

The first Space Jockey was seen in the original Alien movie as a giant humanoid corpse sitting in front of a telescope-like device aboard the derelict craft. It had been there for an extremely long time, long enough for the corpse to become fossilized. The Jockey that the starship Nostromo's crew found aboard the derelict seemed to be growing out of the chair of the telescope, as if it had fused itself into it. Its rib cage was bent outward; it is evident that a Xenomorph escaped from the creature, though no adult Xenomorphs were encountered on the derelict. It is mostly likely any adult xenomorph would have been dead by the time the derelict was discovered due to the lack of food sources.
In the comics, the Jockey is shown to have an elephantine trunk. This is inconsistent with the original concept. An inspection of the concept art done by H.R. Giger, shows that the "trunk" is supposed to be an air hose and there is a helmet surrounding the Jockey's head. This is also supported by the fact that soft tissue such as elephant trunks do not fossilize. This does not leave out the possibility of a different kind of trunk, but the one depicted in the comics is very much like an elephant's. None of the works depicting the Jockey with a "trunk" are considered canon - the only canon appearance of the Space Jockey is in Alien and its novelization and directly related works.

In an early script visualized but never written, the Pilot ship had crashed or landed on LV-426 some 10 million years prior to discovery by the Nostromo. It was depicted as having been dragged in some unknown manner to the top of a pyramidal structure, which was the top of an enormous subterranean temple containing the Xenomorph eggs. This is evident in the first Alien film, when Kane notices the hole torn in the bottom of the Pilot ship. It should also be noted that despite later rewrites and storylines, Giger and O'Bannon designed the Pilot so that it appeared to be a sympathetic and friendly lifeform.

[Blu Ian]

After seeing this trailer I don't care about The Hobbit or TDKR.

[Dave_6]

Originally Posted by Strafer

After seeing this trailer I don't care about The Hobbit or TDKR.

I'm terribly excited for TDKR especially after seeing the prologue, but this trailer may have moved Prometheus to #1 for me.

[jcstucke]

Originally Posted by PointManification

Taken from wiki :

The Book of Alien notes that the actors and crew felt instinctively that the Space Jockey was a benign creature, though they could not say why. In the novelization of Alien by Alan Dean Foster, Ash describes the Space Jockey's race as a noble people and hopes that mankind will encounter them under more pleasant circumstances. It also states that they were larger, stronger and possibly more intelligent than humans.

The first Space Jockey was seen in the original Alien movie as a giant humanoid corpse sitting in front of a telescope-like device aboard the derelict craft. It had been there for an extremely long time, long enough for the corpse to become fossilized. The Jockey that the starship Nostromo's crew found aboard the derelict seemed to be growing out of the chair of the telescope, as if it had fused itself into it. Its rib cage was bent outward; it is evident that a Xenomorph escaped from the creature, though no adult Xenomorphs were encountered on the derelict. It is mostly likely any adult xenomorph would have been dead by the time the derelict was discovered due to the lack of food sources.
In the comics, the Jockey is shown to have an elephantine trunk. This is inconsistent with the original concept. An inspection of the concept art done by H.R. Giger, shows that the "trunk" is supposed to be an air hose and there is a helmet surrounding the Jockey's head. This is also supported by the fact that soft tissue such as elephant trunks do not fossilize. This does not leave out the possibility of a different kind of trunk, but the one depicted in the comics is very much like an elephant's. None of the works depicting the Jockey with a "trunk" are considered canon - the only canon appearance of the Space Jockey is in Alien and its novelization and directly related works.

In an early script visualized but never written, the Pilot ship had crashed or landed on LV-426 some 10 million years prior to discovery by the Nostromo. It was depicted as having been dragged in some unknown manner to the top of a pyramidal structure, which was the top of an enormous subterranean temple containing the Xenomorph eggs. This is evident in the first Alien film, when Kane notices the hole torn in the bottom of the Pilot ship. It should also be noted that despite later rewrites and storylines, Giger and O'Bannon designed the Pilot so that it appeared to be a sympathetic and friendly lifeform.

That would work still with what we know from the trailer and ALIEN.

The scientific crew discovers the humanoid Space Jockey race. Someone aboard the ship, in typical ALIEN fashion, tries to steal secrets / power from the aliens for corporate use. The aliens release xenomorphs, or something similar that later becomes the xenomorph, to destroy the crew before they can escape with the tech but plans go awry, the alien ship is damaged and the xenomorph weapon infiltrates the pilots chamber. The few remaining scientific crew realize their error and try to save the Space Jockey but things have already spun too far out of control. Warning Beacon is set right before the remaining crew is killed. The End.

[groove93]

When you pause the scene in with the Map, the surrounding area is that of the Derelict Ship. Who is in the center of the picture remains to be discovered, but I will bet it's the Space Jockey mapping out some kind of course which will lead him to his demise on LV426.

[BrianAgenda]

Originally Posted by scratchy

1080p

http://www.mediafire.com/?1vxhixyv9a3x9v9

thank you!

I'm beyond excited for this flick.

[besi]

some screen shots from 1080p




http://imageshack.us/g/706/vlcsnap2011122211h50m06.png/

[jcstucke]

Originally Posted by groove93

When you pause the scene in with the Map, the surrounding area is that of the Derelict Ship. Who is in the center of the picture remains to be discovered, but I will bet it's the Space Jockey mapping out some kind of course which will lead him to his demise on LV426.

Could it not be some chamber discovered on Earth or other planet that is the alien tech that could lead the research team back to them?

On 2nd inspection of the still it looks like Fassbender standing in the pilot's room of the derelict ship but the proportions are off given the scale of the room shown in ALIEN.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...211h52m12.png/

[groove93]

Originally Posted by jcstucke

Could it not be some chamber discovered on Earth or other planet that is the alien tech that could lead the research team back to them?

On 2nd inspection of the still it looks like Fassbender standing in the pilot's room of the derelict ship but the proportions are off given the scale of the room shown in ALIEN.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...211h52m12.png/

Try to imagine the two scenes in the trailer where we see the Space Jockey seat rise and the scene with the Star Map.

The Space Jockey maps out a course, then the next sequence is of the infamous Pilot's chair appearing from the bottom of the ship.

I'm curious as to how he died and the events that caused his death. Did a facehugger or some type of Species attack him in flight? Did an Alien burst through his chest, killing him, and we see the results of the ship falling out of the sky?

Also in one of the scenes, look at the imprint of the ground to the left of the Derelict ship as it sits "upright".

[jcstucke]

Originally Posted by groove93

Try to imagine the two scenes in the trailer where we see the Space Jockey seat rise and the scene with the Star Map.

The Space Jockey maps out a course, then the next sequence is of the infamous Pilot's chair appearing from the bottom of the ship.

I'm curious as to how he died and the events that caused his death. Did a facehugger or some type of Species attack him in flight? Did an Alien burst through his chest, killing him, and we see the results of the ship falling out of the sky?

Also in one of the scenes, look at the imprint of the ground to the left of the Derelict ship as it sits "upright".

Looks like an impact left from the ship skidding across the planet's surface.

[groove93]

Originally Posted by jcstucke

Looks like an impact left from the ship skidding across the planet's surface.

Right, which makes me think it will eventually fall into the position later found by the Crew of the Nostromo.

[Kirk Out]

wow sick trailer . on my to do list for 2012

[Donat96]

Originally Posted by Strafer

After seeing this trailer I don't care about The Hobbit or TDKR.

+1.

[P@t_Mtl]

Interesting preview. I like how it was presented, will see this once it's on Blu-ray even if I am a bit confuse if it's a prequel or not for Alien.

[TheZoof]

now that is a teaser!!!!!

[Toxa]

can't wait the blu-ray now

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by Toxa

can't wait the blu-ray now

You're jumping slightly ahead of things

As for me, I can't wait to see it in theatres and -then- to get it on Blu-Ray

[csdot]

OK this looks better than anything else coming out in 2012, its official.

[gavkiwi]

can't stop watching trailer

[Donat96]

Originally Posted by gavkiwi

can't stop watching trailer

Me neither. I don't think I've been this fascinated by a trailer in a while. And considering the trailer for TDKR just came out, that is saying a lot.