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I had to register just so I could tell you guys what I discovered about the film.

The space jockey that you see in alien who has had his chest busted open is the guy who engineers the aliens. He sends the aliens to planet that he wants to take over. The aliens kill the locals and he flys in and pillages the land of its resources. It seems as though he is responsible for the aliens creation. He is some kind of super scientist, a super mad scientist. It appears that the engineer is sort of leader of a civilisation and there is a cult around his personality and his alien creations, this is probably due to the fact that he has mastered the technology that continues to provide the resource requirements of his home world. The engineer or space jockey will be in some sort of cryo-chamber.

The engineer is played by some huge guy who is 8ft tall. He appears even bigger in the space jockey scene from Alien as he is wearing a space suit. He appears to have died in a seat that looks like it is some sort of weapon control, this is in fact the navigation system that the space ship uses to open worm holes and plot its course. Perhaps the aliens revolted and, knowing that he has been impregnated, he is desperately trying to return home to have the alien extricated.

Have any of you beat the alien vs predator 2 game? There is info about the engineer species in it.

FOS

feedback wrote:Can't wait, I like how it somehow looks retro in that "real" way where it's not all shitty CGI.

I feel that too

I've read the script and been on the set with the big heads.

jelly?

Like I said.... The film is about the space jockey right? He is some mad sientist who actually engineers the aliens and is looked at as a mesiath by hiw own race.

Tsakali wrote:I'm hoping it's good...about time for a proper scifi!

trailer

Thanks Tsakali.
I was just reading today's (New Years Day here) paper of upcoming movies in 2012 and this caught one my attention.
I was about to search for the trailer and I found it (already) here as I expected

fKd wrote:will watch just for the art and set designs. if there's a good story in there to that's a bonus imo.

Much like me there fKd.
Even if "ALIEN"like I still go for the (pun) atmosphere

Ridley Scott was really enthusiastic about the story, he said that's why he decided to make an all new film, with some connections to Alien, rather than just a prequel. So the story should be as good as the sets, at least. After the Alien Vs Predator shit film, I have low expectations for this, though, even though it's a Ridley Scott film. I mean the studios clearly don't give a shit what people do with the Alien franchise (or the Predator one, "hey lets bastardise 2 franchises at once!"). They should care about staying true to the high quality of the originals. It's like if Coca-Cola switched their recipe to lemonade; "it's OK, it will sell"

Oh and FOS. Someone delete that spoiler shit please. FFS.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, there should have been an Alien Vs Predator film, but they should have based it on the comics, which I read were good, or something making sure the quality was high, instead of getting some hack to do it, which is what they did.

They're disregarding the AVP films.

phantasmagoria wrote:They're disregarding the AVP films.

I knew that.

New bit of marketing for Prometheus.

Peter Weyland at TED2023: I will change the world

Spiffy

I'm going to buy stocks in this company (because I've seen Aliens so I know they will eventually merge with the Yutani Corporation and will be worth BAZILLIONS).

I fucking love the first two Alien movies, so this better be good.

obsidian wrote:I'm going to buy stocks in this company (because I've seen Aliens so I know they will eventually merge with the Yutani Corporation and will be worth BAZILLIONS).

Insider trading is illegal....unless you're a US Senator.

obsidian wrote:I'm going to buy stocks in this company (because I've seen Aliens so I know they will eventually merge with the Yutani Corporation and will be worth BAZILLIONS).

But then they'll be bought out by Wal-Mart, so...

Yongwang wrote:I fucking love the first two Alien movies, so this better be good.

Unfortunately the fact that there's a character with the last name Weyland is the only connection Prometheus has with Alien(s). Yes, he is the Weyland of Weyland-Yutani, but the significance stops there. This movie will hopefully stand on its own, but I am disappointed that I've been looking forward to the "Alien prequel" for so long only to find this out.

I assume this Prometheus movie doesn't take place in 2023? I mean, even Ridley Scott should know that by 2023 we aren't going to be capable of building massive space ships.

We can also safely assume that Paul Reiser is a lot older in 2023

GONNAFISTYA wrote:

obsidian wrote:I'm going to buy stocks in this company (because I've seen Aliens so I know they will eventually merge with the Yutani Corporation and will be worth BAZILLIONS).

Insider trading is illegal....unless you're a US Senator.

or frequent Q3W

Eraser wrote:I assume this Prometheus movie doesn't take place in 2023? I mean, even Ridley Scott should know that by 2023 we aren't going to be capable of building massive space ships.

past tense wrote:Considered a seminal moment in the career of our founder Peter Weyland, this 2023 TED Talk launched Weyland Corp into the international spotlight.

so TED 2023 will be held a dimly-lit O2 arena, with guest speakers who deliver their lines like a cross between Hamlet and that creepy old geneticist from Far Cry?

It's the future!!!

....in space!!!!

Looks cool.
Don't spoil it with obsessive Alien universe association.

OMG, Sigourney totally wore different underwearz...teh a-synchronicity of it all

seremtan wrote:so TED 2023 will be held a dimly-lit O2 arena, with guest speakers who deliver their lines like a cross between Hamlet and that creepy old geneticist from Far Cry?

now that i've watched it instead of just reading the notes - guy pearce is great, but the dialog and everything going on around him was rubbish
they should've made notes on a few real TED talks (smaller venue, actual content) before pretending to make one - and had a less preposterous CGI environment.