Talk Alien (Page 202)
How old are the engineers?
Why is it all the engineers look the same and more importantly, the same age. Any theories ?
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A Day with Dave 8
Today, I thought it would be fun to Think and Act like David 8 while I am in my lab... so far, I have destroyed (2) servers, found a delightful way of...
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Another take on Prometheus
So was the engineer in the beginning the antecedant root of mankind? I don't think so. Despite the clever editing tricks that fellows, I'm not convinced that...
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Was the first engineer on LV-223 not earth?
What if the engineer that drinks the black goo at the start of the movie is on plant LV-223 not earth. Maybe he is a rouge engineer and decides to drink the...
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Apocalypse Therory
Anyone notice that there were 4 stasis pods in the Engineers ship...4...like the 4 horseman of the apocalypse! Perhaps the cave paintings were a warning, not...
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The engineers.
Ok everyone read up, here is what i honestly Think and believe. In the opening scene its quite obvious that the "ritual" engineer sacrifices himself on...
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Prometheus/Alien/Giger's work
One of the aspects of Alien that always intrigued me was Giger's concept of the "biomechanical." The living machine. The idea of creation through evolution...
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Engineer was peaceful until David spoke
I searched for a thread on this topic and did not find one... After watching the movie a second time, I found it very interesting how the engineer in...
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More Holes then Dunkin Donuts
1) At one point in the film Vickers says that the ship traveled half a billion miles to get to the planet. Well that ain’t very far at all. In fact it...
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My compact review of Prometheus
"Prometheus" is a film born of an interesting idea but with an agenda so varied that it cannot possibly fulfill each and every one of its interests....
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NEW! Ridley Scott Prometheus Interview
Ive used the search function and didnt find these - [b]RIDLEY SCOTT INTERVIEW[/b]...
Mitochondrial Eve, David - Noah the Stargazer.
David is looking at Earth at exactly the spot where the so-called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve]Mitochodrial Eve[/url] would have...
How did David know the Engineer's mission again??
sorry if this has been explained... HOW did David come to the conclusion the Engineers were on the way to Earth before they got "interrupted" 2000 yrs...
Goo + Ridley
I think Sir Scott was once a normal human being, then he came in contact with the mutating Goo and evolved into a genius he is.
Bio Mistakes Can Happen
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-13/cdc-bioterror-lab/55557704/1
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Genetic Engineers
What I gleaned from watching Prometheus was that the Engineers were seeking the fountain of youth. Playing with their own DNA to make themselves...
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Original Alien link
ok, so this is what i think & predict .. few things dont quite fit but im sure it time it will become clear. Basically David is the key the 'Alien'...
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Obvious Mirror ignored
What I felt was an obvious and always ignored design aspect is that the Alien itself is a biomechanoid, this means it is not just an engineered lifeforms...
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Belly up to the Magnetic Bar
Noticed last night that Vickers/Weylands lifeboat after it is deployed to the surface has a "oops" scene. When Shaw enters the lifeboat there is a scene...
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HUGE alien ship error!
I noticed something rather peculiar about the crashing alien ship. As the ship falls from the sky it hits the ground first with its 'pointed' arm end,...
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How did Shaw get up there?
At the end, Shaw rappels out of the Juggernaut firstly lowering the body of David. If this is the exit, what was the entry? If they were one in the same,...
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Big Disappointment - why no mmention of exploring the other temple mounds
A beautiful looking mess. Plot absurdities and poor character development. Did you really care what happened to anyone? I won't rehash the obvious plot...
Article on fixing Promtheus Sequel
I don't know if this has been posted, if it has, forgive me... [img]http://cdn-images.hollywood.com/site/prometheusnoomirapacevideo.jpg[/img]...
Weird Inconsistencies/Character Issues?
So I generally enjoyed the film, but I felt it had a couple issues which broke the suspension of disbelief for me: [b]1. Shaw's Squid Baby/Proto-Facehugger...
Dark City versus Prometheus
To all who say Prometheus is good, or even brilliant, how would you rate it compard to DARK CITY? Dark City had ALL i expect from a perfect sci-fi plot....
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'Paradise Lost'
A title can create as much imagery as the artwork for a teaser poster, or the cover of a novel. With that said - 'Paradise' doesn't appear to be inspiring...
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GOO RESULTS ALL OVER UNIVERSE
So this is what the Engineers do. They spend all their time experimenting and if they find a combination goo that they like, they create planet full of life....
spin offs, merchandise
Not that i'm a sucker for a sci-fi franchise or anything, but what spin-off material might be becoming available... Novelization ? "art of.." book ?...
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A whiff of Roger Dean perhaps?
Thought the landscape and rock formations on this one looked a little like Roger Dean's art......
Design from DARK CITY?
What do YOU think? Or maybe - there simply is nothing new under the sun in sci-fi genre... We saw this all before.....
Prometheus - Paradise SHORT STOrY by FAN
Prometheus - Paradise - a short story by spacyfreak - Shaw and David arrive at the home planet of the creators where they can land without beeing...
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What does the pup detect?
Was it really a glitch in the pup or did it really detect movement? Could an Alien or other creature be hiding (blending into a wall) somewhere near by? I...
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Engineers are clones?
Hey Guys! I think that engineers could be clones. Created with a purpose, maybe war. And perhaps currently in rebelion against your creators. This...
need some ideas...READ!
You may find this stupid or pointless but i am about to write, for fun and perhaps more, a Prometheus sequel. If you dislike prometheus for any reason...
Shaw=Space jockey
I found this to be sort of obvious, I don't know if thats the general feeling. -In Alien, the Horseshoe ship is found, with a dead Space Jockey at the...
Another negative review from the UK
Down to 73% on rotten tomatoes and that is generous [url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_cinema/s/2115169_film_review_prometheus]UK...
They have no nipples
Thought I'd toss that one out there. Just noticed it. Discuss...
Film School Rejects review
I was asked to place this review in a new thread since it is so profound lol...
Lloyd Pye - Starchild Skull - Intervention Theory
CORRECTION: quote from the blogpost, url below: [i]Lloyd Pye's STARCHILD skull might be a new topic for you, here's Pye's talk on INTERVENTION THEORY...
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A couple of things I have picked up after three viewings
Firstly, it hit me last night after watching it the third time that the noise that the new 'deacon' makes when exiting the Engineer in the exact same noise...
