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

Scott says he's going to PG-13 and R cuts and submit them to the studio. Wonder which one they'll pick?

Oh, fuck that. All four Alien films were R, at least.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/faq?mode=desktop

i always wanted to see the Predators civilisation. Dudes just working in offices and whatnot

― Number None, Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:03 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol the predators we see in the movies are basically yuppies acting out the alien version of deliverance

still not sure how looking forward to a film in a series (maybe) somehow also means that any disappointment will somehow register emotionally. if prometheus sucks, it's not going devalue the first two alien movies (don't care about three and four). it's just gonna be another bad movie nbd

yeah exactly. it can't be any worse than than aliens vs predator 2.

I need to rewatch that, I feel like I wasn't able to absorb the full impact of the "aliens in the maternity ward" part

This is one of my main apprehensions about Prometheus: that they'll succumb to idiot studio or fanboy pressure or something and do the medichlorian thing. Where they feel the need to over explain some thing irrelevant to the actual story and in doing so fuck up and ruin some of the core mystique or vibe that helped made the franchise interesting in the first place.

Yeah--I liked that, despite some hints that they existed, we never saw any 'other' aliens in the Alien films, and that the space jockey could well have been first contact for all we knew

to be fair avp2 was better than avp1, just as dengue is better than ebola

The big reveal will be that the entire universe has been wiped out by capital A aliens, and that earth is the only planet that has not yet succumbed.

will whoever the female lead in this remake wear as ridiculously small panties as Ripley in the remakes denouement?

― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post

Well the trailers answered that, didn't they

I think we should all wear small panties on opening day in solidarity

you will regret that, trust me

So far so good

i guess a key to not hating this moviegoing experience will be not knowing or caring about what a space jockey is (most ppl don't)

this whole thread has me convinced that alien fandom is on the same level as SW fandom circa phantom menace. 1 + 2 are good movies but i had no idea people got fanboy obsessive over them.

heh

this is a world where people earnestly get upset about changes to the "canon" in ninja turtle movies

i guess this one will be rated lower, i mean they'll be no aliens eating face will there. maybe an occasional face hugger and a chest burster? they rate these on gore value don't they?

Also f-bombs.

And panties.

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/lucas/bestbuy.jpg

Hieroglyphic evidence on ancient earth civilizations......ah-ha! The reason they're saying this isn't an Alien Prequel is that it's a Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sequel!

Stargate iirc

It's an adaptation of the Stargate Doom levels add-on.

You're all forgetting the OG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXWwpZdAgMI/TsfrJQUyRoI/AAAAAAAAEpg/zjfijPMzzXk/s1600/chariots.jpg

?

that's the bible of alien archaeology bro

i know i just forgot there was a question mark in the title

The DaVinci Code?

so did i, actually

kinda changes how you have to say it when you speak the title out loud, it's not 'chariots of the gods' it's 'CHARiots of the GODS?'

seems there wasn't a question mark in the original German title tho. Guess the translators got shook

I wonder if the Daniken family gets any money from the History Channel these days.

Chariots? Of the Gods? Of Mars?

Giger's original heiroglyph, linked for lolhueg-ness:

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/20287.jpg

God, I've always loved that thing. Each additional step is like LOL SURPRISE!

that's the modified version to include space jockey, this is the original original:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8sv9gYsuLwc/SZoDqwu8FEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/sVyjMloilyM/s1600/384.jpg

meant to link, oops

"Hey Steve, lie back, put your arms on your chest and close your eyes! LOL FACE RAPE!"

It's like the Alien equivalent of drawing dicks on someone's face when they pass out.

This is a Giger creation; drawing dicks is crucial to everything

not uninteresting: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.co.uk/2008_01_01_archive.html

Scott (Alien 30th Anniversary Edition):"I always wanted to go back and make an alien five or six. er,where we find out where they came from and go there, and answer the question 'who are they?' Mars, Mars is too close,so they can't be, they can't be gods of War, but the theory was, in my head was, this was, a... an aircraft carrier, a battle wagon, of a civilisation and the eggs were a cargo which were essentially weapons, (sorry) like a large form of bacteriological stroke biomechanoid warfare."

How do the two graphics differ, aside from the nameplate? I'm on my phone, I can't load up both at once

the man in the third panel looks more astronaut-y in the original

" They put them on all deep space vessels to watch for the discovery of key products. The company has found that under certain circumstances, crews refuse to bring back key products. A key product is any substance capable of changing the course of human evolution. The Alien is a key product. The Alien utilizes other species in this reproductive cycle. In so doing, it crosses itself with the host. "

^ this is kinda dope

Man, I had forgotten how the early Web had an explosion of fan sites for this, and how we can still pick over the archeological debris left over:

http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/Derelict.html

http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/figs/gebnut.jpg

*backs slowly away from the rabbit hole*

Too late!

moar rabbit hole