They're Remaking 'Alien' -- the 'Prometheus' thread

Ah okay, so Pearce will be an android in the movie? Makes sense.

I just read the movie's synopsis on IMDb:

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe.

Since the Aliens are bioweapons engineered by the Space Jockeys, the big reveal in this movie must be that humans were bioengineered by them as well, right? Hence the title "Prometheus" (and its allusion to Frankenstein and various other creating-life stories).

nah, Fassbender is the android, I think

ugh that would kind of suck, i always liked the idea of them just being random lifeforms we (and the space jockeys) were unlucky enough to come across

humanity must have been one of their failed early experiments

of course i'm stoked for this but i really fear it's gonna be the exact same prequel retconning i fucking hate

not really feeling this fake ted talk /picky

― goole, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:03 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah it was p lame and overdone

The fake TED talk makes Weyland look like a bombastic asshole. Seems about right.

guys what if the aliens were actually the crew of the prometheus that were mutated?!?

Everyone's an android /spoiler

xxxpost

WmC just replace "?" with "!!!"

That wouldn't reveal the origin of mankind though. Unless the aliens were sent back in time and became our ancestors.

I think replacing all your question marks with exclamation points would indeed reveal the origin of mankind, though.

we are all ~aliens~ if u think about it, from the right POV

"The fake TED talk makes Weyland look like a bombastic asshole."

in the trailer, on the TED screen there are livestreamed comments from the audience -- one of them is something to the effect of 'christ what an asshole'

from the right POV we are all backwards cowboy aliens

reverse cowgirl aliens

(sorry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLzJhZa8PY&

As long as there are aliens of some sort in this, I think we're all good.

Why do future space people name things after tragic figures? Like, why would you name a planet Pandora and expect anything good to come of it? Why would you name a ship Prometheus? That's like naming your ship Icarus, your spelunking party Orpheus, or your son Oedipus. In the future, have the endings of all these Greek myths been forgotten?

they named the ship Icarus in Sunshine. Actually even better, it's called Icarus II cos the first one disappeared on its mission to the Sun.

was that the space jockey?

indeed it was

so it WASN'T a pred ship

space jockeys:predators::OG Klingons:forehead ridge Klingons

I liked Icarus II better than the original.

yeahhh, why kid myself, i'm gonna go see this opening day

Why do future space people name things after tragic figures? Like, why would you name a planet Pandora and expect anything good to come of it? Why would you name a ship Prometheus? That's like naming your ship Icarus, your spelunking party Orpheus, or your son Oedipus. In the future, have the endings of all these Greek myths been forgotten?

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they named the ship Icarus in Sunshine. Actually even better, it's called Icarus II cos the first one disappeared on its mission to the Sun.

― Number None, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol this is all so otm

"i hereby unveil our advanced new interstellar ship... the Space Titanic!"

http://www.starshiptitanic.com/splash.jpg

http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/0/06/A_Flight_to_Remember.jpg/225px-A_Flight_to_Remember.jpg

Hahaha xp

Why do future space people name things after tragic figures? Like, why would you name a planet Pandora and expect anything good to come of it? Why would you name a ship Prometheus? That's like naming your ship Icarus, your spelunking party Orpheus, or your son Oedipus. In the future, have the endings of all these Greek myths been forgotten?

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's a tragic figure in that he meets a pretty awful end, but he's definitely a scientific hero.

of course i'm stoked for this but i really fear it's gonna be the exact same prequel retconning i fucking hate

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:40 (3 days ago) Permalink

yeah totally.

they have to come up with a really unique take to pull off what i think they're trying to do with this: mission to mars with monsters.

Mars Needs Monsters

that was the original title but they pulled a john carter

"ah fuck it, we'll make it into an Alien prequel"

Meantime a little more about Weyland Industries:

https://www.weylandindustries.com/#/timeline

space jockeys:predators::OG Klingons:forehead ridge Klingons

― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Saturday, March 17, 2012 2:59 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

speaking of redonkulous retcons/franchises filling in details that didn't need explicating, in Star Trek Enterprise they actually explained why the Kirk-era Klingons didn't have forehead ridges while the later ones did: A VIRUS!

New full trailer sometime tonight and a sneak's been seen:

http://io9.com/5894182/weve-seen-the-first-full-trailer-for-ridley-scotts-prometheus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcHYisZFLU&feature=player_embedded

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASt3JT_ppos/Tz7axtB4eEI/AAAAAAAAD6g/vyOpZBJFupk/s1600/1313834741941.png

ridley scott, today at wondercon panel

my nips are fucking hard!
xela1221 4 minutes ago 7

the opening of that looked just like the first Alien vs Predator movie

looks cool though

Erich von Daniken has a lot to answer for

holy shit the sound in that trailer!

& is that benedict wong? don't let him work out the calculations for the spaceship trajectory! he'll fuck it up!

This looks good! I will regret anticipating it tho I'm almost sure

Yeah I loved the screaming sound towards the end.

But can we be done with the Inception-ish low-horn blasts now, christ I'm so sick of hearing that in every actiony trailer.

Yeah I loved the screaming sound towards the end.

i know, what is it about that sound thats really appealing here? i'm slowly getting more excited than i should about this. damn trailers.

whoa ^_^

Okay, that was pretty damn good.