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Neurion nailed it on the head about portrayal of the alien in Alien. None of the other films quite got it. I'm hoping we see some of that original alien. I think the acid blood is one of the most basic traits of the beastie. As for everything else we just can't be sure. If we assume that the alien pulls genetic cues from the host species then I think the resulting adult could have wildly varying traits. Even the long skull and second jaws could be changed in shape based on the final form of the adult. The Dark Horse Aliens comics did touch on the final appearance of the adult and they appeared fairly radically different than the adult human host alien. Another thing to mention about the second jaw is that Giger (in an interview I read a while back) said that he wasn't happy with the second jaws and that for the Alien 3 xenomorph design he replaced the second jaws with a long flexible "tongue". So, depending on Giger's involvment we may see something we've never seen before.

You guys bring up some really good points. Let me pose this question grab your old Alien DVD throw it in and look at the Alien Egg Cave under the Space Jockey. Does that Cavern look atleast larger than the ship? Too me that Cavern look like it went on forever. I know they tried to portray the ship as being huge but it looked more like it crashed and opened up the cavern under ship thus under the space jockey's chair.

Also the eggs that are in the ship could be a different "type" of alien then the ones in Aliens. I don't remeber the types, from the video game days. I know they portayed them much like a Hive mind type creature, such as Ants, and Bees.

Interesting thought Rick. Yes, the matte painting they used for the view of the Egg Chamber was a bit out of scale (IMHO) based on the exterior shots of the alien ship. The original story featured an "egg silo" that the crew of the tug was to go into to find the eggs and a bunch of other information about the alien. It wasn't included in the film (obviously) but wonder if there is a connection to the original story in that scene.

I'm going to have to go back through my DVDs and read through some of the information about the film in it. Was it part of the original screen play and was it actually filmed or written?

I don't remember exact details about how far the egg silo story got. If I remember the egg silo was part of O'Bannon's original story, but I can't remember if it ever got written into the screenplay. Will do some research and try to find out.

TK can you link some of those designs?

Hi Rick Below are the links to the Alien 3 Giger Work: [url]http://www.hrgiger.com/alien4f.htm[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkvzPnODNTQ[/url] The second link is for a documentary about Giger's designs for Alien 3. The most amazing thing about the video is that I had never seen any of the design work he did until i found this (a couple of months ago). Very cool!

Hey Everyone,
I was reading that the Space Jockey's are going to be 8ft tall and animatronic Which means they can ambulate. Yet, in Ridley's original Alien film it was said that the creature looked like it grew out of the chair. I hope this is addressed in the film.


Also, the plot is about alien DNA so I hope this will help tie the whole Genre together from Resurrection (which in my opinion killed the series) back to the original Alien. It will I can see shed some light on how The corporation knew of the signal and changed the Nostromo's course. Side Note. Any hints about the cut scene on the destroyed earth from resurrection being addressed?

Is there any word on whether Ridley is going old school with Alien suits or are they going to be all CGI?
Later,
Rick

Hey All, All of the current "normal" characteristics of the Alien that you see in this genre will probable be present. There will positvely be some new ones as well since it was mentioned that this movie takes us back to the "Alien homeworld". Now the question I have is what will those new characteristics be since we get to see them in their natural habitat and in hopefully a pure form unpolluted with human or space jockey DNA. This inturn leads me to more questions, where do they exist in that planet's "food chain" top, middle or bottom? Are there nastier creatures than the Aliens on the homeworld? Are there different alien clans or better word would probable be "hives" on the homeworld? The questions for me go on and on. Regards, Rick

Of course this is just my own personal opinion, but don’t think that the Alien (creature) has been portrayed well since 1979. The original “Alien” in Ridley Scott’s film was extremely unique in a way that almost escapes me. It had a strange quality about it that the subsequent filmmakers and productions have not been able to reproduce. I find it difficult to put into words, so maybe it’s just me. Maybe the creature of the first film affected me in a way that other folks just wouldn’t “get” or understand…or maybe they would. I’ll try to describe what I mean. To me, the original Alien or xenomorph had a kind of regal or royal air about it. It was beautiful and horrific at the same time. With very few, but carefully framed camera shots, it came off as completely confident in its actions. Its body or physique was so statuesque and graceful, like a cross between a tall, lean Zulu warrior and a black widow spider. I’m comparing all of this to all of this to the subsequent ALIEN franchise films. Even to the great “ALIENS”, which in my opinion is the next best after the original. The sequels seem content to depict the Xenomorphs as some kind of extra-terrestrial version of a velociraptor or something. There kind of messy, way to slimy, and seem kind of dumb. In the first film, Ash the android called the Alien a “Perfect Organism,” and I totally “buy it”…completely, within the context of the story. Even the queen alien in ALIENS was not as fearsome, scary, magnificent, sublime, majestic, and exquisite as the first. She was too large, clunky, uncoordinated, boney and antlike to be related to “Kane’s son.” Don’t get me wrong, I think ALIENS is a great movie. However, I find ALIEN to be a masterpiece. Don’t even get me started on that big, dopey, white thing at the end of Alien: Resurrection. Anyways, that full on H.R. Giger creation from the fist picture still haunts my dreams from time to time. You gotta love it. In space…no one can hear you scream, Neurion

Welcome both of you to the Prometheus Fan Community! It's great to see how much hype this film is getting so early on!

Hello everyone, just stumbled on this while Googling' 'Prometheus' - looking great to me! Only 12 months away for this big event. I hope for some great discussion here in the meantime.

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Now thats an avatar! I'll bet you he has acid in his didie.

Hello all! 44/M/USA.NH. Can't wait for this movie and some insight on the space jockey. The apperance of this "thing" in Alien really made me wonder it's origins and how it fell victim of the Aliens. Looking forward to new set news and hopefull some picture stills.

If I remember correctly, each Alien presented in the 4 movies were 99.5% identical except for the way they moved,thought and problem solved. I would expect that the new Alien would the be similar with a personality and social skills of the Space Jockey. Hopefully the Space Jockey doesn't have a personality that of Ja Ja Binks. That would be a huge drag! I would like to see the new Alien more as they were presented in Alien and Aliens. More primal and animalistic.

Trailers won't be released for a while, hopefully we can get some teasers up near 2012, but I doubt we'll see any until a month or so before the movie is set for release, so probably May, 2012. Unless one leaks out early, but Prometheus-Movie.com will keep an eye out for it. You can count on that.

Welcome to the community by the way! Great to see new fans of the project signing up!

Thanks Big Proto-P! I only recently heard the news of an acutal bona fide ALIEN prequel and I have high hopes as Ridley Scott and the venerable Godfather of ALIEN H.R. Giger are involved in the film. Any word on movie trailers coming our way? Thanks! V.A.

Well, one of the plot features we do know of is a trip to the Alien homeworld! A definite setting most fans are hoping for.

Yes, it will be interesting to see what they do with the "Alien Life Cycle". They also state that the new "Aliens" will be quite larger than previous Xenos which we have already seen in the films. So, again it will be interresting to see how the overall "Alien" characteristics change.

Fan sites must relate to the Prometheus Movie for it to be listed.

One thing I would really like to see is the xenomorph "Alien" Homeworld. See how they live and what they look like on their own planet. I can't wait to see this film, It sounds pretty good.

The acid blood, Second jaw, And elongated skull. Are all characteristics of the actual xenomorph "Alien" not the host. Therefore all those characteristics should be present aswell as the spiney tail and complete egg to adult lifecycle. Without these main alien characteristic it wouldn't make any sense and just wouldn't fit in the series.

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