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I think it would be cool to be a part of the story development, but I would rather not know how the story goes and save it for the theatres. That way it's more suspenseful. But to be in there to see how it's made would be very cool!

Yeaa...!!! Quite right, I have tried to be sarcastic as well...but sarcasam is not just right way for get funny in this matter...Anyway, to put this thinking in real, must say that this "alien" debate engulfed my emotions for about 30 years....! 30 years, man!!! Someone will ask..."...hello, what are you talking about...are you inspired or possessed ???)...Again, sorry for this bad english...just wantto type without translator...(quick way to say what I want) without forgeting original thought and lose the pace....hahahahaha What bothers me is readings about the plot...ccc...!!! NO !!!!.....as oldtime fan of Alien story, I must say, NO !!! As informations go...PROMETHEUS is just another human vessel dealing with some kind of Space Jokey's spawn alien form which will be much larger than ordinary alien........OK that idea but NO not another spacecraft ?!? I belaeve that Mr. Scott have much more creative idea about this...yeaaaaa....I do bealive !!!!! And my personal message to him will go like this: " ...dont do another space, close-environment, claustophobic, spacecraft, low crew member movie...(refering to all post-alien, low budget, B horror movies with exact same story), Maybe I am emotional about this but I want to belaeve that some explanations we need to see....explanations surrounded with mistery which will lead us all to some conclusions.

hi there! just joined up.. SO made up that Ridley Scott is on board! It had to be him or Cameron to get the story back on track (All Copies of Ressurection should be rounded up and burned!) just hope fox let him make the movie HE wants to make.

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Prometheus, The monkey's are loose this morning and they don't want to go back in the barrel. I think "Mother" needs a regular name, Prometheus doesn't work anymore :P Thought we were already on a bug hunt? :P Anyways, here's an issue. Seems there is possibly a threading issue. Obviously there aren't 9 pages to this topic...so Hmm......Last>> takes me to a blank page. Ok just a heads up on it, no more part timing, lol. :) Regards, Rick

Hey Rick, Yes, I am aware of the paging issue. I have a solution, but the one solution I tried made threads with no replies issue a 404 error message. So, I'm still figuring this one out. ;) I appreciate the heads up, I should have it fixed soon!

Hello Prometheus,
Can you respond to this post and instruct how to make paragraph breaks and space/line separations in my posts? Everytime I depress the "ENTER" button to create a line space or new paragraph, I get this:
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My posts end up being big blocks of text, without paragraphs.You don't seem to have the same difficulty in your posts. Can you help? What can I do to fix this? Thanks Neurion

Hey Neurion,

I'm currently working around with our text editor, trying to make the < br / > tags not to appear while you type, but they are just the HTML tag form for a line break. So, to insert a linebreak, just click ENTER and it will insert the code required for that line break.

But I do hear you, and i've got a few things I need to imrpove and fix around the site. As I mentioned earlier we did not expect the site to get so popular so quickly. So we're working as hard as we can to polish it up.

Hope this helps Neurion, we should have a better text editor in place shortly. I'm working on it. Thanks for posting!

Hey Dule, I was also just being sarcastic and joking with you. So, I apologize if I seemed angry. I wasn’t. I guess I just have a sarcastic, smart-ass sense of humor. My English could probably use some polishing as well. Maybe I should add a “HA HA” or a “LOL”, or something like that that in the future. Any ways…back to Alien eggs. Like I’ve posted in the past, the eggs/silo/chamber appear to be in a cavern located below the old derelict ship. And the hole/opening that Kane is lowered into, appears to be acid burned on it’s edges. It does not look like a designed opening in the floor. It looks like an Alien or Aliens acid burned a hole through the floor, through the hull, and perhaps through the top of the hill or mountain that the derelict is perched upon. This opening in the mountain top revealed a cavern in which the Aliens evidently built a hive of some kind. Now that’s one possibility, Another is…maybe the egg chamber was built by the space Jockey(s) since the egg cavern looks like the interior of the derelict vessel, and they were perhaps not crash landed, but had simply landed there in order to drop off or pick up Alien egg cargo…and something went wrong. The fact is that the filmmakers are just making the story up as they go. So they can just develop it in any direction or way they choose. Having said that, I think there are few different scenarios that are possible or likely… 1. Regardless of what Ripley said in ALIENS, the Eggs and Aliens could be indigenous to the planetoid…unlikely though...because it appears to be a lifeless, dustbowl of a planet/moon…essentially a great “rock” in space. 2. The Space Jockey(s) brought the Alien organism to the planetoid to grow or farm them in the silo/hatchery, that they’ve prepared for this purpose. Whether the Aliens have developed through a natural evolution/adaptation or they were engineered by Space Jockeys or others, is still a mystery. __ As far as egg longevity is concerned, we know that bird, reptile and other types of eggs can remain viable for different amounts of time after being laid. And that they are organically disconnected from the layer after they are laid. However, they still have to be warmed and nurtured prior to hatching, or they often fail to develop and die off. Obviously, the eggs in question are “Alien eggs,” and are therefore not necessarily subject to natural earthly laws or limitations. We really don’t know how long the eggs in ALIEN have been sitting there. It could be years, decades, centuries, or perhaps longer…who knows? The Space Jockeys could have been some kind of interplanetary Bio-weapons cartel or dealers. Or perhaps they were subordinate to the Aliens somehow. Maybe they are in fact part of the Alien’s natural life cycle. Could be that Space Jockey’s are the usual and intended host, and that Kane was just in the wrong place at wrong time. In the end, The films images, based on H.R. Giger's work, were simply chosen because they looked really "Cool" and..."Alien", not because they made any made logical sense. Of course that's just my humble opinion. Peace, Neurion P.S. I think that "The Eighth Passenger" is a rather mysterious, slick and Badass title.

WHOW....easy man...dont angry on me, I just trying to share my thoughts with you all...my english is maybe poor but I realy give my best to express myself...
I didnt want to point to other movies when I speak about diferent sizes and forms of alien creatures (Alien 3 was last degradation of story for me, Alien 4 was just out of any story....creative imagination but not in place)...simply, I belaeve in posibilities prior first movie?!? and posibility to understand creature's original form...secund thing, about eggs...in 1st movie we can see vast areas in Jokey's vessel filled with eggs, hybernating...right??? And "Pilot" himself is petrified or something like that, indicating that he is dead for some time...but egg was realy active when Kane approach it....who nurture those eggs???...tubes and vains connected to what, ship itself, environment??? Don't know...many organisms have capability to hybernate in reality, and I dont refear to bacterial life....I do realy honor your thinking about this subject in general but something else bothers me...what about that "pilot", he is the key to all things...what about his chestburster, I dont belaeve in some sugestions that Jokey's alien layed all those eggs...because it is clear that area with all those eggs is constructed just for them, not random placed. Again, sorry for lack of english gramary and misunderstandment (?!?)...I'm in these thoughts for about 30 years now :)))

When Ridley Scott describes “PROMETHEUS” as "a new, grand mythology and universe", but with "Alien's DNA", I’m filled with a lot of cinematic excitement…and dread. The potential for science fiction greatness and ground breaking story telling is pretty damn “cool.” However, the reverse is also very possible…if not probable. Hey, I don’t want to rain on anybody’s parade, but we’ve been getting’ our Alien-lovin’ asses kicked for about 20 years…with weak sequels. And Sir Ridley hasn’t exactly directed a real “Barn Burner” since “Gladiator”…11 years ago. MOMENTARY SEGUE …You know, I really enjoyed the small sci fi movie “Pitch Black”. As flawed as it may be, it kind of reminded me of “old school” ALIEN narrative. It was a “cool” little horror action flick, with pretty interesting characters and monsters. But, David Twohy decided to expand the fairly modest and personal film into a “new, grand mythology and universe”, so to speak, in the form of THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK…it butchered and under-minded a lot of the merits that Pitch Black had brought to bear. Riddick went from being a badass killer criminal with a change of heart, to being a prophesized savior of the universe foretold by the ancient “Furyan” prophesies. Give me a break! After enjoying a little bit of success, Twohy just couldn’t “keep it in his pants.” He had to go all George Lucas on us…with his characters. Darth Vader has to be Luke’s Pappy and bring balance to the UNIVERSE!!! And Boba Fett becomes the hinge pin to the whole clone thing. I’m just afraid that same thing is going to happen here with ALIEN/Prometheus. Even in the ALIEN series thus far, the Ripley character suffers from over development. If I watch the first and last Alien film back to back, to me the Ripley characters do not resemble each other in the slightest (cloning not withstanding). I’m fed up with excellent…or at least fun original films, being soiled by over-produced and self indulgent sequels…i.e. PIRATES 2,3 & 4 or Jurassic Park 2…all out for the buck. Just like Weyland Yutani…aka “THE COMPANY”. ~Neurion

Hey Neurion,
What do you think of this ending to Alien?

Ridley Scott is reportedly quoted as saying that originally he wanted a much darker ending. He planned on having the alien bite off Ripley’s head in the escape shuttle, sit in her chair, and then start speaking with her voice in a message to Earth. Apparently, 20th Century Fox wasn’t too pleased with such a dark ending.

Holy poo Batman! You Alien-lovin' folks have been busy! I just arrived back from the far away planet called Kan-sas where a reliable internet connection is apparently too much to ask for. Grrr. Anyway...great reading all the stuff.

Couple things quick...Neurion is right. We are SO teetering on a knife edge when it comes to getting a brilliant film worthy of Herr Scott or another in the brutally unsatifying stuff we've been subjected to since Alien '79.

Rick...have also read that comment about Ripley's head/Alien sending message...I always took that as a bit of dry tongue-in-cheek humor from Scott...but if not in jest then I thank the invisible sky fairy for not letting that blunder happen.

Until later!

Hey Rick, Yeah…I’ve heard that piece of trivia before. I wonder if it’s true. If it is, I think FOX probably made the right choice. Not necessarily because of the darkness of such an ending, but also the potential for an unintentional comical appearance to the scene, and the disastrous possibility of a humorous reaction. Although I sometimes respect films and filmmakers that have the “stones” to go against conventional wisdom and risk big money by going with the dark or disturbing denouement, I love the way ALIEN ends. However, I would’ve loved to have had them shoot that ending. It would make a great outtake. Few cinema storytellers would be able to pull that off. It would’ve however, severely changed the nature and dynamics of the Alien, whether it was speaking through mimicry or some form of cognitive and sentient thought. Also, could have tied in with Parker’s comments to Brett, “Whatta ya…some kinda parrot?” I think that it would’ve been overkill. With so much fear, suffering, and death in the picture…I think that the relieving ending was earned by Ripley, Jones, and the audience. This is coming from Neurion, who’s a big fan of “No Country for Old Men,” “Night of the Living Dead”, “The Thing” and many other flicks that have downer or just creepy endings. I don’t know…there’s just something about that first film that’s…well…”classy”. Jerry Goldsmith’s beautiful scoring combined with the soaring classical music in the movie’s last moments are a big part of how and why ALIEN is elevated from a B-horror film…to a unique new genre. Never to be reproduced or matched to this day. ~Neurion

Heresy…what the Hell? I said I imagined it…I didn’t film it! Sheeeesh! Anyhoo, since I’m kind of an ALIEN purist, for me all roads lead back to the original Ridley Scott film. I have a weird ability that enables me to enjoy the hell out of ALIENS, appreciate a lot of ALIEN 3, and for the most part, despise ALIEN RESSURRECTION, without any of three films really impacting or spoiling the themes or accomplishments of the first film. For me the idea of Alien queens, warriors, drones, double jointed legs, fish tails, dog-aliens, Ox-Aliens, acid spitting Aliens, protuberance-less backs, pregnant-belly queen, Dopey, Baby Huey, Resurrection Alien or a freakin’ Pred-Alien hybrid don’t mean “JACK SMACK!” To me all of those versions looked weak, or out right crappy.-----As far as Alien eggs and survival, anything organic needs to ingest sustenance in order to grow, develop, or sustain life. Therefore, the alien eggs would have to be fed or sustained by some system. Whether its adult aliens or some other feeding apparatus or system. In ALIEN and ALIENS, the eggs are shown with a net work of arteries or tubes connecting them at their base, perhaps this is a kind of feeding network…analogous to an I.V. in a hospital patient’s arm. None of the Alien films ever show aliens (in any of their forms) eating or consuming human flesh (or any food). They appear to use the human cadavers for reproductive purposes only. The ALIEN in the first film seems to grow from an infant size to a 7’-8’ tall monstrosity within 24 hours. How does it do that? After Kane dies from the chest bursting, none of the crew are killed until after the Alien is full grown…or bigger anyway. Now as a kid, I always just figured that this was a writing or filmmaking over sight. So, I had to rationalize it in my own head. I imagined that the maturing Alien either raided some of the Nostromo food stores or perhaps was mysteriously able to draw its nutrition from the air in the Nostromo itself…somehow. I guess I probably over think stuff too much. I watched the original “The Fly” film with Vincent Price, when I was a boy. It annoyed me that the man ended up with a man-sized fly head and limb, and the fly ended up with a fly-sized human head and arm. I remember feeling cheated. The machine was a teleportation device that supposedly move objects from one place to another in space. Why then did it change the sizes of the objects on this particular occasion? -----So where do the Alien eggs get their chow? Ash the android says at one point, “Well its adapted remarkably well to our atmosphere, considering it’s nutritional requirements…” Whatever those requirements are! …I like the mystery of it all. I think it's better to keep the audience guessing. The more the films explain…the less "alien" the whole thing will become. ~Neurion

Greeting Alienites, I like Dule’s question, which came first…the Alien or the egg? That’s always been a legit question…even with chickens. Since I’m a believer in God, I just apply the creationism concept to the ALIEN fiction. Maybe God created the Aliens “on the sixth day”…”Let there be Aliens…” (I hope this doesn’t start an ALIEN fan JIHAD or religious debate) From this perspective, I’ve always just imagined the adult Alien was created first, the creature in turn generated an egg from whatever life form was available. As far as potential hosts for face hugger insemination are concerned, I just figured that the egg and accompanying hugger would just rest in waiting. The adult alien could nurture the egg until the adult alien died. At least this is the way it appears to work in Ridley Scott’s Director’s cut of the original Film. Perhaps in a host-less environment the adult Alien could offer itself as a host to the face hugger’s implantation to facilitate and incubate the newborn. Obviously, this would be a form of Alien “incest.” However, in my imagination, H.R. Giger’s strangely erotic paintings, the Alien’s defense mechanisms, and survival instincts make this a distinct possibility. I never hear or read fans talking about the possibility of an adult Alien getting face hugged, and an infant Alien ripping through IT’s rib cage. Supplemental cast and crew info suggests that the adult Alien in the ’79 release was had a relatively short life span and that it was blackening and dying as the film neared it’s climax. From that point of view, I could imagine the adult Alien sacrificing itself near the end of its life for the “greater good” and survival of it’s species. Especially, if it realized that it was “on it’s way out” anyway. “ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ARE RECINDED” Neurion

Right...good point and logical one...but watch out, someone may say it is a heresy...hahaha. Anyway, something else intrigues my mind. What kind of alien will appear from that kind of hosting, will that alien restore it's original form and cancel all other genetical influence from previous host (I'm firmly conviced that humanoid alien from movie is product of human host and its not original form of adult alien). I like to think that adult alien is type of worker/warrior class, so there is no need for him to nurture the egg because eggs could, obviously, hybernate by them self for a long time waiting for live host to apear. It is not clearly indicated that adult alien have capacity to lay eggs except latest AvP game where in the end of alien campaign, alien metamorf itself to a queen class...?!? But never mind that game, I dont like that concept, it is too simple. But who knows, after all "they are the perfect organism", adaptable in any way....hehe...

Heresy...what the hell? I imagined it, I didn't film it! Besides, most true, thoughtful artists and "Fictioneers" prefer not to explain every aspect of their work. Rather, they prefer their audience to ponder and think about the possibilities. Any who, I find it hard to believe that the Alien eggs could sustain life for the decades or perhaps centuries that the appear to have been waiting under the Derelict ship, without outside assistance. In both ALIEN and ALIENS, the eggs are seen with a network of tubes or arteries connecting them at their base. Since the eggs are organic, something would have to be feeding them in order for them to sustain life. Whether the adult aliens would perform that function, the face huggers would venture out and forage for nutrition, there would have to be form or way of getting sustenance. In fact heres a brain bender for ya...In the original ALIEN film, in probably less than 24 hours, the Alien creature grows from infant size to 7" -8" tall, before it kills any crew members after the death of Kane. How did it grow so large, so quickly without consuming any of crew post chestbursting, but prior to Brett's killing. It doesn't really make sense. So, as a kid trying to figure that out...I just imagined that the Alien raided some of the Nostromo food stores in order to consume food, nutrients, etc. necessary for maturity. If not that explanation, then it somehow assimilated nutrients or calories right out of the air on the Nostromo. Like our mothers used to say, "You can't grow up to be big and tall unless you right." So what do ya'll think, got any answers for me? ~ Neurion

Hey guys, interesting subject you have here. I was 7 years old when my parents take me to watch that cult movie named "Alien" (in my country translated "8th Passenger"...lol ) back in 1979. I was totally petrified and hypnotized but I wached it to the end without a blink, in past months after that I had one single dream over and over, a scene when alien popup in airduct on Dallas...whau!!! As I grow older and with all other Alien based movies my fear transform to curiosity what is that creature and how it came to be...well, first thing that came to me is, as you pointed is that first movie suggests some crucial things. First of all, it looks like that creature is some sort of "genestealer", it use genes from it's host to adapt itself what explane to me it's humanoid form, that thought lead me to believe that creature's humanoid form is not it's original form. Maybe their quick adaptation to environment and potential host species is "perfection" that Ash indicated. Secund, the derilict ship is obviously used as egg transportation vessel because nothing else significant was found inside except pilot and cargo, the purpose is not clear, maybe for warfare or extinction of some nasty species, maybe they were engineered by "Space Jokeys" or maybe they were natural species once in their natural environment with high capacity for adaptation that was degenerated over time and constant exploatation in various diferent worlds...will see. I hope that Redley Scott will put some light on this subject and ingeniously complete this circle of mistery...I sincerely believe that this will not be another war movie with swarming aliens and hard core GI-s... :)

alien was on cable tv last nite, I turned it off after the ship landed on the planet. my boyfriend was working late last nite and i vow not to watch the movie again alone.The last time i saw alien i had nightmares for 2weeks. I think it's a combination of many factors that makes alien tthe scariest sci-flick of all time. alone in space on a big minning ship in another distant planetary system where no one can here you scream plus fighting a horrrific alien with unkown weakness and origin plus a crazy renegade, back stabbing and deceptive andriod working agianst them makes this movie a classic. one o my all time favorites. I also have another favoriteand that's aliens. On that same note aliens is all time classic. A huge box office hit for the franchise in the 80's. It's a action sci-fi classic this movie was about the action, fighting, courage to face the unkown, revenge and survival of many humans on a distant planet. ripley played the hell out of that chararcter. yeah there was too many weak drone aliens but mama alien gave me what i wanted and everybody else who packed it in to the movie theater. that fight scene with ripley and the queen alien is a icon movie clip that is reconize all aroud the world.
Now as for the other sequels um draining. that all i'm going to say. they tried and was not successful in restoring it back to its glory.

What is older egg or alien???...hahaha...I think there are many diferent forms and sizes of eggs, facehuggers and xenomorphs depending on host species. Lets take famous Space Jokey, his head is oversized regarding human head so facehugger which perfectly fit on human head will be to small for Jokey's head who have some sort of elephant trunk or respiratory aparatus of some kind. And when you see the size of Jokey himself, he could easely defend himself from small facehugger...or maybe not...posibility are endless :)))

I would like to know is an alien queen involve? What size she will be ? She 's always twice the size as others and the baddest. I am so excited about this movie, this franchise always been my number 1 for sci-fi alien horror. Long live alien. It would be nice to see the first aliens and the original queen. there is endless possibilties for numerous scripts. i feel we only just started now that scott is back.

I doubt an Alien Queen will be involved. Remember, Ridley mentioned how he is staying away from the common "trend" for the Alien, set by James Cameron in "ALIENS". Ridley's focus is towards the essense of the creature itself and some of its secrets. Knowing Mr. Scott, we can only assume that much will be left to our imagination. The film will probably spark some serious debates and questions which will undoubtedly lead us into a highly anticipated sequel. But as far as the whole "Queen, Egg, Drone" scenerio, I feel like Ridley is going to be bringin us something completely new for Prometheus. Something none of us have seen before. Something to re-capture all that is ALIEN.

But you both are right in that the possibilities are endless! Oh and might I say welcome to the Prometheus Online Community!

Cant wait to see...

Exactly I wish to see in Prometheus, new designs from Giger for some original forms of xenomorphs which will not be spawns from human host then some other species (Space jokey) or maybe an original nativ form of creatures from their natural environment....but who knows...maybe Redley will persuade Giger to take activ role in designing of creature because as I hear, Giger is not in good realtions with Fox...will see...

Hey Psychosick, In contrast to your hopes, I never want to see the Alien Homeworld depicted on film...if their even is one. It would never live up to my imagination, and expectations. I read that Ridley Scott once said, "It's not what you see that scares you...It's what you thought you saw." Besides, if it does indeed come to pass that the Aliens were genetically engineered, then the idea for showing there homeworld seems kind of moot. As far as a food chain is considered...Maybe the Alien is at the top.

Glad to hear you're pumped for Prometheus "blue"! Welcome to the official fan site for Prometheus!

Hey Neurion, good to hear you're a kindred spirit there. Yes, indeed - this film - if it is doing so - should not shy away from Giger's extreme images. I mean, there has never, to my knowledge anyway, been an underground or mainstream film that has tackled the Necronomicon images full on. Look at 'Poltergeist 2' - that came close with the brilliant 'vomit creature' that crawled under the bed, but they made a mess of the 'Great Beast'. If the effects crew had taken some time out, then this would've been fantastic to look at. Same with Sil in 'Species' - a gorgeous, albeit jerky animatronic and cartoony CGI ruined what could've been a true Giger filmic spectacle. But now we may at long last see a mind-blowing depiction of how Biomechanoid phantasms should be depicted, hence the length (healthy I say) of time it's taking to make this film. I really think this is may be where the 'R' rating should come into play and not just for the sake of some splatter. I'm with you on the Ripley space-suit routine by the way Neurion - what with the protruding tongue and drool, that Alien MUST've been a male - or female what the hell, go for it sister, lol!!

I thought there was some interesting stuff designed for “Poltergeist II” as well. One of the problems was that Giger’s work clashed with imagery and atmosphere on the so called “Other Side.” The “Other Side” looked sort of like the Mutara Nebula from “The Wrath of Khan” or something. So Giger’s Great Beast and the human characters were just sort of floating around in this goofy Aurora Borealis looking place. It wasn’t scary, and had no continuity. That’s why ALIEN worked so well, there was a visual continuity to everything on the planetoid. The land, the sky, and everything in the derelict ship looked like it was right out of a Giger painting. The Alien forms themselves, looked very natural in that environment, and the humans looked fairly alien there. Once the crew brought the Alien aboard the Nostromo, “it” looked alien and out of place, and the humans looked comfortable in their surroundings again…except for one thing. From an extra-terrestrial perspective, it was the Alien’s privacy that was violated. Everything would’ve been fine except for those pesky little earthlings. Although, given it’s instincts, I’m sure Kane’s Facehugger was as relieved to sense his presence, as a hooker is pleased to spot a “John” with a hundred bucks stickin’ out of his pocket and a horny look on his face. I think when filmmakers are attempting to manifest Giger’s designs on film, they must create a proper visual setting, atmosphere, and mood that is conducive to conveying the strange qualities associated with the work. Thus far, Only Ridley Scott has done this successfully. Hopefully, he can do it again…without simply repeating himself. ~Neurion

Wow, there are some amazing thoughts and thesises being posted here! Great reads everyone, keep it up! It will be interesting to see how the facehugger and egg and overall Alien life cycle comes into play and how it is explained; if it is explained.

I think that will be the majority of this film, not so much an Alien stalking a bunch of helpless crew on a ship, but the exploration to discover its origin and in the process, they find themsleves in an unfortunate situation.

Now, I may be mistaken, but some may assume that the Alien "DNA" which is discovered, is that of the Alien itself. But what if it is that of the Space Jockey, and humans play a vital role in the possible creation of the Alien? It is a tad "out there" rto think so, but why not. It would be an interesting twist for sure.

What are your thoughts on the Alien's origin? Was it a military experiment for some Alien race? A tool made by the Space Jockeys? I'm curious to hear your takes on this.

Hey “Prometheus”, Get your liver eaten out lately? Just kiddin’, mine too…I guess I partied too much in the 90s...HAH! (I hope you got my mythological tomfoolery). Any ways…you know, I’m not sure if I’m happy with this whole genetic, DNA engineering, “building blocks of life”…Thing. I prefer the idea of the Alien…in all of it’s forms, as just a naturally evolving organism…like any other non-synthetic animals, bacteria, fungus or even mankind. I’ve always been fond of the idea that the first close encounter of the third kind with this organism was in the first ALIEN film with the crew of the Nostromo. Even though the Weyland-Yutani company did have a remote encounter of the second kind, prior to the Nostromo landing. I prefer the planetoid and involvement with the Alien being virgin territory for humans when Dallas and his “space cowboys” set down in the original flick. By retroactively writing Alien history, and injecting previous Alien experiences…the filmmakers are making the “Alien universe” smaller in a way that I don’t care for. Just like in ALIENS, when “Frost” cracks the joke about having sex with “Octurian poontang”…it diminishes the novelty and exclusive nature of human involvement with our favorite Alien nasties. It makes it seem like there’s human and extra-terrestrial interactions going on all over the galaxy. Of course that’s just my humble opinion. I like to imagine that the transmission/Warning was an aberration and a very rare or first time occurrence. ~Neurion

Hey “Prometheus”, Get your liver eaten out lately? Just kiddin’, mine too…I guess I partied too much in the 90s...HAH! (I hope you got my mythological tomfoolery). Any ways…you know, I’m not sure if I’m happy with this whole genetic, DNA engineering, “building blocks of life”…Thing. I prefer the idea of the Alien…in all of it’s forms, as just a naturally evolving organism…like any other non-synthetic animals, bacteria, fungus or even mankind. I’ve always been fond of the idea that the first close encounter of the third kind with this organism was in the first ALIEN film with the crew of the Nostromo. Even though the Weyland-Yutani company did have a remote encounter of the second kind, prior to the Nostromo landing. I prefer the planetoid and involvement with the Alien being virgin territory for humans when Dallas and his “space cowboys” set down in the original flick. By retroactively writing Alien history, and injecting previous Alien experiences…the filmmakers are making the “Alien universe” smaller in a way that I don’t care for. Just like in ALIENS, when “Frost” cracks the joke about having sex with “Octurian poontang”…it diminishes the novelty and exclusive nature of human involvement with our favorite Alien nasties. It makes it seem like there’s human and extra-terrestrial interactions going on all over the galaxy. Of course that’s just my humble opinion. I like to imagine that the transmission/Warning was an aberration and a very rare or first time occurrence. ~Neurion

Well put, haha. I like your take on it, I agree. But I would assume the events on the Nostromo were not the first encounter with the "ALIEN" itself. I wouldn't be surprised if Weyland Yutani had a previous encounter before that incident. But I do agree that the Alien universe is being squeezed a little too much. The mixing with the Predator franchise has done a fine job of this, and really destroys all that "ALIEN" set out to create. But, thankfully Prometheus will stay clear of that franchise and hopefully bring back the muystery and essence that is ALIEN.

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@ Psychosick: I too would like to see the homeworld for one BIG reason: They are animals...in order for the balance of nature to occur, the Aliens would have to have a natural enemy that HUNTS THEM!!!! Interesting, no?

Howdy Space Fans, You know...the original ALIEN film never made it clear, that the Space Jockey was "growing out of the chair." That was just what Capt. Dallas said it looked like. Also, regardless of what the DVD subtitles say, it almost sounds like Dallas says,"Fossilized...looks like it's grown ON TO the chair." So what the hell...who knows? Bottom line is, Ridley Scott was captivated by Giger's surreal style and worked it into the film wherever he thought it was appropriate. If you get a chance, just google the image of Giger's painting called NECRONOMICON V. In that piece, you'll see the inspiration for the "Big Alien" and the Space Jockey. The Jockey shape or figure will be the creature image on the upper left of the piece. It's pretty obvious. Even the hands are depicted in the same "handle holding" position. I don't beleive there was ever any real logical reason for the "biomechanical" fusion of elements. The point was that it looked...well...alien and very "cool." Now, everyone...including the filmmakers, are trying to REVERSE ENGINEER the whole alien or extra-terrestrial aspect of the planetoid, the derelict, the Space Jockey, and the Alien life forms in general. There is no way in HADES that the new film "PROMETHEUS" will ever be able to out do what our imaginations have conjured in their deepest recesses. If Sir Ridley is as smart as I think he might be, he'll steer clear of giving up too much of the "Magician's secrets,"...so to speak. He'll make a more "human" film, that illustrates what can happen when mankind tampers with, and delves into the potentially volitile and dangerous subjects of cellular/genetic engineering and technology. A kind of "opening Pandora's Box"...cautionary tale. I mean...wasen't it Prometheus who who formed man out of clay, gave us the spark of life, stole fire from Olympus and gave it to us in defiance of Zeus. I think this film will be about discovery, responsibility, and the abuse of power. I just hope that it's not too "preachy", as some of his films tend to be, i.e. "Thelma and louise", "G.I. Jane" and "Kingdom of Heaven". Lets hope Ridley hasen't forgotten his cinematic roots. After all, as corny as it sounds, O'Bannon's "ALIEN" was originally called "STAR BEAST." ~Neurion

Extremely pumped about this movie! Thanks for getting up a site so soon. Looks to be very interesting.

Hey Rick, I agree with you, the beasties in ALIENS were pretty scary. However, they did look and seem a little cock roach-ish to me. This is probably because of their sheer numbers, kind of like insects scattering when moving a kitchen appliance…Which also is sort of freaky. But I just don’t care for the way Cameron designed and illustrated his big Aliens. Some are ultra boney, while others are not. He changed their hands from six fingers and more human-looking (with the center two pair connected) to weird, three or four digit talons. My main point of contention is the scull, which would’ve been fine if they would have just finished the job by covering it with the translucent husk shape like in the original. I remember reading an article in the old special effects magazine called CINEFEX, where Cameron said they were planning to mimic the original design with the husk, but he preferred the way the under scull looked during the design process and just used that instead. I also read that the translucent skull casts were continually breaking during the design process. Any way you slice it, Cameron didn’t stick to the original, and in my opinion…superior visual design. That pissed me off! That freaky looking phallic head is the most unique feature on that HR Giger CREATURE. No wonder Cameron didn’t even bother to hire Giger for the show. He probably didn’t want to be artistically challenged by the Count Dracula looking Giger. I don’t mean to talk trash about one of my childhood heros, but I’ve heard that Cameron is a real megalomaniacal and pushy jerk on the set. GIVE US THE REAL ALIEN!!! ---Neurion