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
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah exactly. it can't be any worse than than aliens vs predator 2.
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
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
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair avp2 was better than avp1, just as dengue is better than ebola
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
I think we should all wear small panties on opening day in solidarity
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
you will regret that, trust me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
So far so good
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
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)
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:32 (twelve years ago) link
heh
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
this is a world where people earnestly get upset about changes to the "canon" in ninja turtle movies
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― PSOD (Ste), Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
Also f-bombs.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
And panties.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
Stargate iirc
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
It's an adaptation of the Stargate Doom levels add-on.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
You're all forgetting the OGhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXWwpZdAgMI/TsfrJQUyRoI/AAAAAAAAEpg/zjfijPMzzXk/s1600/chariots.jpg
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
that's the bible of alien archaeology bro
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i know i just forgot there was a question mark in the title
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
The DaVinci Code?
so did i, actually
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
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?'
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
seems there wasn't a question mark in the original German title tho. Guess the translators got shook
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if the Daniken family gets any money from the History Channel these days.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Chariots? Of the Gods? Of Mars?
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Giger's original heiroglyph, linked for lolhueg-ness:
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/20287.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
God, I've always loved that thing. Each additional step is like LOL SURPRISE!
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
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
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
meant to link, oops
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
"Hey Steve, lie back, put your arms on your chest and close your eyes! LOL FACE RAPE!"
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
It's like the Alien equivalent of drawing dicks on someone's face when they pass out.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
This is a Giger creation; drawing dicks is crucial to everything
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
not uninteresting: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.co.uk/2008_01_01_archive.html
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
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."
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
How do the two graphics differ, aside from the nameplate? I'm on my phone, I can't load up both at once
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
the man in the third panel looks more astronaut-y in the original
― goole, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
" 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
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
*backs slowly away from the rabbit hole*
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Too late!
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
moar rabbit hole
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
*alien bursts out of rabbit hole*
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Two recently departed creators who I hope get their due when this comes out: the late Dan O'bannon and Moebius.
Moebius did the suit designs, and Dan himself suggested the Derelict should look like "a lobster", amongst many other things
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Gives new meaning to the ancient Egyptian "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Between Alien and Blade Runner, Scott sure made some films that obsessios like to obsess over... I never knew there was so much to talk about w/r/t the Alien universe!
And of course they're going to fuck up what 'the derelict' is -- its only ever really been defined in one's mind and those are always the most satisfying... It seems like there was a loose agreed-upon idea of some backstory that had to get shuffled around a bit. I love when production costs and script/set changes turn things into enduring mysteries that fans can argue over -- so much more interesting to me than intentional *mysteries* placed into films (like Pulp Fiction for example).
― Smith... Frobisher Smith. (Viceroy), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link