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

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

*alien bursts out of rabbit hole*

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

Gives new meaning to the ancient Egyptian "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony.

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).

otm, i'm not really expecting anything from the alien mythos retconning part of this, but i'm still hoping for a decent scary & visually impressive bit of SF.

To be fair, Blade Runner was adapted from a book that was part of the author's larger themes, and Alien was followed by a film(and notable stories in other media) that expanded on the original mysteries while retaining that same level of quality, even if the form of genre mutated slightly between releases

Slightly off topic: does anyone here listen to the Superego comedy podcast?

They have an HR Giger character that's fucking hysterical

http://soundcloud.com/gosuperego/superego-episode-3-10 Skip to 14:00 = 'HR Giger' reading Twas the Night Before Christmas

"Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pupil chamber, not a creature was stirring, not even a xenomorph creature that has been a ribtube with biogenetic narcogasms..."

Oh yeah, that's Paul F Tompkins reading that, isn't it