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"This is man who's best primary talents lay in his ability to take the unbelievable and make it believable as well as exciting to see. I am FLABBERGASTED at any possible suggestion that this film will fail to deliver the goods !!!" I'm not - remember the excitement among 'Star Wars' fans before 'The Phantom Menace', and the first, visually-impressive but hackneyed, 'Star Trek' film. It's not like Scott has done much of note in recent years. It'd be nice to be proved wrong but I'm quite prepared to look back at the discussions in these pages as better than the actual film.

Your entitled to your opinion and it is a popular one for some reason I do not get, that said, i respect it and your right to it, BUT, I am willing to bet there will be no mention what so ever in this thing of "Jar Jar Binks" or even anything at all remotely close to that! I also for the life of me, do not understand how anyone could have seen that trailer and not be.... "ALL JACKED UP ON MOUNTAIN DEW". Alas, I am an optimist when it comes to films like this one. This is ONLY the third time in the past 50 years when I have seen anything at all like this in the world of cinema.

"no mention what so ever in this thing of "Jar Jar Binks"" NOW you've set me thinking...what if the SJ or the giant temple head speak with a totally ludicrous, annoying voice?

I'd have to accept it, but I would not like it one bit...But I hardly think Ridley is dumb enough to let that happen.

I don't buy the idea of the human ship being named Prometheus. Seems daft. I do like this theory though, what if the crashed jockey ship is the prometheus. This would also tie into your theory Spartacus of a runaway jockey. It would also explain something I cant get my head around. Why, if the jockey was bent on destruction, did he set off a warning signal before he died?

My answer to that is this. The ship was meant for Earth. This poor guy {Pilot of the Derelict} was the unlucky one who drew the smallest straw LOL...and thus entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the delivery of the Derelicts cargo to Earth...and I love this part by the way...but the ship gets intercepted by or on "The Company" and it's orders to do so...That SIGNAL was set off by the Jockey to let his fellow Engineers know that he did not make it, that things went terribly wrong on the way to earth, and so they could set it right in time. All this time, we've all just been assuming that the signal was intended for MAN OR AS A WARNING FOR MEN, but I say it was NOT, it was intended for the Engineer's. Oh Man am I ever good !!! LMFAO

Micro changes, the answer to your question, is that we'd do the same thing to save other humans, and there's more than enough evidence to suggest that [i]we're[/i] bent on destruction. *shrug*

oooooo I like that too. Very Well said Artyoh.

I have complete utter faith in Ridley Scott's work. These are one of those movies that you see just a short clip and know, without fail, that every dollar spent to see this film will be worth it. I know I will be venturing back to the theater just to see this again. I love a film that just leaves an impression on you. The kind of film that you think about long after you left those uncomfortable seats. Oh nevermind, I will be in VIP where drinks and leather couches are available to the paying patron.

In response to Spart, I totally agree. The derelict was on its way to our home planet. This is explored in the comics...

i think there is the metal/mechanic skeleton of some creatures ..that still need the Bio part to come alive ... :p

Here is how I see the Ampules. They contain the “bio-source code” to 'Terraforming', a technology at the origin of all Gods’ power, that could make humans equal to the gods. And this whole thing is going to be about how Angry the Engineers are that we steal some of them !!!

Thanks for the pic.......in the center it almost looks like a spine or the skin that a cestburster sheds in the first movie

Why would it need to spring out if its used for the first seed of live

It looks to me like a needle........like an injection to be used on somthing sentient.

AWESOME DIAGRAM MAN...I WANT ONE COMPLETE WITH WOUND UP SPRING LOADED "FH" TAIL PLEASE...HOW MUCH? YOUR MASS PRODUCING THESE PUPPIES...RIGHT...?...

it could even be modified {on the intergalactic black market of course} for different species or life forms.

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Alien eggs and ampules look very similar. The ampules contain the beginnings of life The alien eggs contain that which ends life.

Has anybody explored the possibility that within the capsule is the DNA of the engineers? Is that a stretch to consider that one of the team members get infected with the engineers DNA and the other with xenomorph's DNA?

I checked and have discovered it more than likely will not be news until the movie is released because Scott will not want any secrets given away, so not even any news about whether or not it's in the works yet, but I assume it will get done eventually. Seems like a "No Brainer" to me.

wow, since my answer you changed the question, so now I have no clue what to say on this.

I'm looking forward to reading the novel after watching the film. Nothing like a detailed story to give you views on character's thoughts and motivation.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1a7.jpg[/img] Here is a close-up.

Yes, also better known as an "Engineer" or a guy who is part of the race known as "Engineers".

Also, According to some of the very intelligent minds here on this web site we are lucky enough to have in good company with us, we now know as well that he is a much larger than Human form and in the Chair is actually wearing a BIomechanical suit.

It appears to have 4 fingers as well. Fits in with the theory that eventually our pinky's will opt out of existence, and would support the theory that the Jocky's are highly evolved humans/humanoids.

Jacked-up biomechanical giants with spooky super hi-tech could be more than scary enough, if they're sufficiently ruthless/malevolent. I thought Michael Mann did a good job with a similar archetype in "The Keep," for example.

Someone aboard the Prometheus ship gets infected by the engineer gene. I know that's a stretch. But this film is a study of the origin of the xenomorphs. You would think that the engineers were intelligent enough to leave their DNA to mingle with someone's so their plans would be carried out, no matter what happens. The human head is an invite to the unsuspecting but surely its a "bulletin", for lack of better terms, to remind the engineers whom they are sent to destroy.

I don't think it's a space jockey.. I bet one of the crew members turns into something that can run the ship..

Hmmm. I think, no. We were monitored. Think about the chambers of AVP. They displayed their intentions. I'm curious of the inscriptions of the human head and their meanings. They wanted to bring those capsules to earth to destroy the human race. We wound up jettisoning to our own deaths. They say curiosity killed the cat. The more I talk about this, the more I want to see this NOW! I despise speculating. I love facts.

You're watching reviews by 10-13 year olds?

this is sad, indeed but i don't think the problem is 10-13 year olds, i am 14 and think of myself mature for my age and i am always around by people my age who are.....mostly stupid. a 10-13 year old would not say something looks like or is ripping off something else, they just like things exploding on the screen, why do you think they still bye the same army game every year? its because they are stupid and don't know/care that its the same game they had last year. and they would not claim something to be ripping off of halo, if they were then they would be saying how halo rips off aliens and star-ship troopers (a lot) so the problem is not the younger audiences, its "EVERYONE" because lets face it, people are REALLY stupid but i think we should all ignore negativity like that, (until the movie comes out) and just keep doing what we do. i am also not saying that we should think Prometheus will be the best thing ever because we have no way of knowing, i think we should look at in neutrally until it is out for us to decide what we think.

@danrald No, I'm reading comments by MANY people on YouTube regarding the Prometheus trailer. Basically many people don't like it and that worries me.

danrald, he thinks that the negative comments left on the trailers are from 10-13 year olds.

not to sound like a bad person but whenever a movie that i am looking forward to is coming out, deep down i hope it does not do good or does not get popular. that's a bad thing to hope and i always feel selfish about thinking that but after what happened with avatar (i was talking about it three months before it came out, and then everyone saw it and loved it and it was not "my thing" anymore) i always hope that. but when that did happen like with Scott pilgrim, i was glad that nobody knew what it was so i could go and tell them about it but now movies like that will not be made that much anymore. but with Prometheus that feeling has passed and i hope this new movie brings a new audience to the original movies (or at least the first two lol)

I'm with danrald. Most of the comments are from young kids. The dead giveaway is the mentioning of Halo and Dead Space But it shows you how little of knowledge they have. I have played Halo. It's clearly a nod to the alien films. From the magazine count on the gun to the ship's design in the first stage. Also, Bungie (makers of Halo) clearly stated that Halo was a nod to Aliens along with other favorite sci-fi films. I wouldn't care what people say. This movie is going to do BIG numbers. Those from our generation and jumping around in our seats due to Ridley Scott's return to the franchise. We are the ones that matter because we know about a film created in the 70s that started this whole thing. Only a few of the young generation will know about this. This isn't Michael Bay on Transformers with a burning desire to get young kids to pester their parents to buy them anything Transformers. This is for us grown folks who grew up with the franchise.

i find that a little hurtful AnubisChe :( like i said i am 14 and love movies as an art and as much as most children my age are stupid you cant ignore them, just like the comic book crash and the soon to be video game crash, if you ignore the young then there will be nobody to keep the fire burning, that might sound a little preachy but its true. what happens when we all die? the alien films will just be forgotten trash? i hope not :(

I agree with OzX. Alien3 was an attempt at getting back to the feeling of isolation and helplessness. The prison backdrop was just that piece to pull that emotion. And now that you mention it, it was a Firefly with an alien on board. Good observation.