well that... makes... sense....
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I like that second trailer too!
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
who's that standing behind the S here? Must be pretty big, that space jockey was gigantic in Alien.
http://i.imgur.com/vXeOy.jpg
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
he's the dude that the virus infects to make into an alien
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
since all of the trailers seem to give away a lot of the plot I bet there's a big reveal that none of us are gonna be ready for
It was all a dream! The bad guys are the good guys! Aliens taste like chicken!
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
giant dude is the Space Jockey
― Number None, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/euMfb.jpg
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
It isn't him unless that skeleton is a suit imo
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WF14b.jpg
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
it'll be a biomechanical suit or whatever
― Number None, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
and the comics ain't canon
I know I just wanted everybody to see how funny the jockey looks
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that would be way better obviously
― Number None, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
omg are those 3D goggles he's holding? mind boggles @ goggles
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
It's a suit for sure, probably a biomechanical interface to the ship. /nerd
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
guys
http://f.cl.ly/items/2w2q0f2r1q2s3K0a0e1n/prometheus_glowy_dude.jpg
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
This Peter Weyland timeline is pretty ridiculous, but explains the fake TED talk megalomania. He fixes global warming, creates terraforming, does stem cell research, and cures almost all cancers by age 25! Gets a Nobel prize at 26! Gives ridiculous TED talk and then creates super-amazing androids!
I kind of hope this is in line with the Alien films, because lol even though dude was a genius his company still merges with Yutani corp and in a few hundred years is bought by Wal-Mart.
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Can't tell what that's supposed to be? They put in a green goblin for st. patrick's day? Xpost
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
It's the really tall dude activating something that has a green energy ball popping up. Really quick cut toward the end of the trailer.
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, missed this on the timeline:
After years of litigation, Weyland wins the David patent lawsuit against the Japanese start-up Yutani Corporation, effectively protecting the investments of both Weyland Industries and its shareholders.
Presumably the world of Prometheus is one where scientific progress makes a leap due to a shitload of funding and effort that reality lacks. Guessing Weyland is the front-runner, with some competitors?
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think that guy is necessarily really tall, we don't see where his feet are touching the ground or whether the floor slopes up near the walls
like his head seems to be about half the size of the space jockey's which proportionally matches this picture
― the late great, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Man, it's going to be a long two and a half months until this gets released. (and in about ten years I'll laugh about this post when the tread gets revived because the 4D UV-disc remaster is released)
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
i hope there will be a cloverfield-esque shitstorm of endless fake spoilers and arguments about clues in viral ads that are then completely irrelevant to the movie
― the late great, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
we can only hope
that corporate timeline mentions a weyland "memorial library" but I think it's a red herring. if peter weyland is born in 1990, he could be mid-80s by the time of the movie. crepey pale-looking dude could be peter weyland
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
or more accurately, the stuff about "looking for a practical use for stasis" makes me think that dude is gonna go into stasis to skip ahead -- you know, the old "thaw me out when we can travel to other worlds" trick
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe weyland was born in the 90s i feel old
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
What worries me more is that the world of 2085 doesn't remember what happened in the 1979 Alien movie.
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't segue into Alien but it leaves some of its own questions unanswered, leaving open the option of a sequel: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prometheus_(film)&mobileaction=view_normal_site#Sequel
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yay. Look, go to wikipedia, it's on the Prometheus page, section called sequel.
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
"if we’re fortunate enough to do a sequel to Prometheus, it will tangentialize even further away from the original Alien."
tangetialize, yall
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Mmm. In Germany, the movie will be called "Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen"(that's "Dark Signs" or dark symbols)
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
What I want to know is if the space jockey ship in this is the derelict from Alien, or just another ship of the same type.
also looks like the aliens came from humans infected with a virus, which is an interesting wrinkle if that's where they went with it.
While I don't doubt there will be lots of retconned silliness in this flick, I'm pretty sure that the "aliens came from humans infected with a virus" scenario won't be part of that. For starters, this mural http://i.imgur.com/UL3mC.jpg seen at 1:37 in the trailer, pretty much makes it clear that the aliens have been around for a while before the events of the movie.
My guess is that the "space jockeys" are a race of bioengineers of some sort and the aliens are one of many bioweapons or creations of theirs (those little worm things in the trailer are probably another).
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
They made humans!!!
― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Or did they? Wait for Prometheus 2: The Reckoning in 2016!
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
what are we looking at in that photo latebloomer?
― the late great, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Prometheus 2: The Retconning
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
an alien, brah!
http://i.imgur.com/UL3mC.jpg
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
yuk. multiple trailers. showing way too much.
=failure
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Failien
― StanM, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
exactly
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
that photo makes me v excited
I realllllly hope I don't regret this anticipation
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's alien hunter in a christ pose?
― the late great, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
or the underside of a facehugger?
the former
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
You changed you display name for a film? Pathetic.
― StanMetheus (StanM), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
losers
― fartmetheus (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
all your farts eat cock
― young drometheus (dayo), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:11 (Yesterday)
this is called the prequel paradox
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link