Your thoughts on the Prometheus Alien

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.

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

hey guys! first post !! i have read some where that Ridley says the alien shape has been "overused" and something new will be done for the new movie, the "d.n.a." as he says will be present in the design, personally i think this will be great especially as Giger will be onboard as consultant. on a seperate issue does anyone know what Dallas whispers to himself in the airducts? this has bugged me for years!!! Thanks!!

It is common knowledge, that the Nostromo, was NOT!, the first Weyland Yutani ship to get an Alien on board. There was another company vessel that had one before!. And contrary to what you might think, Promethius was NOT the name of that first vessel, but I suspect it was the project name, that Weyland Yutani gave to the Alien, as a project for the bio-weapon. Alien 1, was all 'really' about which speices was higher up the evolutionary ladder, Alien?, or Human?. Aliens, was an experiement, to clearly prove one abouve the other!, in a safe place, away from earth. More to evaulate the threat to earth, that to evaluate the potential as a weapon. I would have written this story 1000 times better than they ever could have!, there is not enough sub-plot to warrent an entire film, you need a sideways step to it. If anyone would have listened to me?, I would certainly expose the plot to use the alien as a weapon in full in a prequel, the whole Nostromo, and Hadleys Hope thing laid bare, and then destroy the alien race, in an early planet shift, plunging LV426 into volcanic meltdown, and amoung other twists, make the space jockeys gentle saviors, trying to kill the necronome (the Aliens). And protect everyone, but who the fuck asks me!, everyone likes my ideas, and falls in love with them, everyone tells me "you should send these ideas off!", everyone goes nuts for my writing, a whole room held by my every word. Ridley Scott should ask me man!. This idea of corporate subdifuge to obtain a clear picture of the Alien plot, hasn't got enough meat on its bones to warrent an entire prequal movie, we;ve seen all this stuff already man, 30 years ago, it needs an entire twin story, like I have in mind, something totally fresh, to give it enough substance. This Alien prequel isn't nearly enough on its own!, we've seen all of that stuff before!, 30 years ago before, it needs something entirely new to add to it, something that would change the way people saw the Alien films after it forever, like 'my' idea for the prequel movie. But the important ones never listen!. They steal my ideas!, agian and again, put them into mass production, best selleing lines they've ever had, blah, blah, blah, but never really listen man. life SUCKS!.

Hi Sophie, I'm pretty sure that in the airduct scene, Dallas is thinking aloud...and says to himself, "Get a hold of yourself." I think you're right about the DNA thing. My guess is that the creature design(s) in PROMETHEUS will have Giger's style and a retro-ALIENesque appearance. Welcome to the wonderous world of Oooooooowhoooooohooooo...PROMETHEUS-MOVIE.COM. Or as I'm hoping the film will be...ALIEN: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT! ~Neurion

thanks neurion just to clear it up sophie is the name of my daughter i'm a 42 year old father of two!!! mix up on the name front, anyhoo i'm so excited about this new movie and the viel of secrecy surrounding it is the best thing for the movie, just like he did with the first one, and thanks for the welcome!!

Wow…Necronome came out swingin’! Yeah…I think you’ve got some pretty good ideas. However, it was never confirmed that “The Company” wanted the ALIEN for the Bio-weapons Division. Ripley just said that that was all she could “think”…or figure. Seems to me that the company didn’t know exactly what the hell they were dealing with…except for what Ash was communicating to them (which I’m sure would’ve been substantial). Proof of the existence of extra-terrestrial life would’ve been pretty big, and a feather in the company’s “cap” in and unto itself. Anyhoo…to which pre-Nostromo, Weyland Yutani vessel are you referring? Are you talkin’ about the “SNARK” or “LEVIATHAN” ships from O’Bannon’s earlier drafts? Or perhaps Ridley Scott or Dan O’Bannon’s character profile notes? ALL OTHER PRIORITIES ARE RESINDED…Neurion

there was mention in an early draft of an earth vessel on the planetoid that is discovered by the Nostromo crew, i think snark and leviathan were suggested names for what was to become the Nostromo.

Hey Sophie's Dad, Sorry about the misnomer. Next time I'll just call you "0413"...or how 'bout "Space Junky" instead of Jockey...little play on words :-). As far as pre-Nostromo, company vessels...I think "Necronome" may be referring to something other than the ships we've mentioned. Trouble for me is...I'm such a tight ass when it comes to ALIEN, that I really don't include any of the sequel films as part of the ALIEN Canon...for me personally. As much as I love the film "ALIENS", when James Cameron brought in the queen concept and altered the Alien's appearance, habits, and life cycle...it branched into another type of story for me, a cousin or kindred to ALIEN perhaps, but not brother. Over the years, I've just sort of imagined or rationalized that the sequels were all just some kind of nightmares that Ripley has been having in hypersleep. I know that's sad...but except for ALIENS, the sequels have been very weak. For me, ALIEN is like THE EXORCIST...a great, dramatic film, that just happens to be scary as hell. THE EXORCIST also suffers from weak or terrible sequels. Both are generally classier franchises than most Science Fiction or Horror flicks...but let's face it, they're getting dangerouly close to Freddy, Jason and Pinhead territory. ~Neurion

0413 sounds good!! anyhoo the sequels for me anyway... Aliens; good action adventure story, cool tech but the aliens for me feel a bit short. Alien 3 ; a missed opportunity, as we have seen, Fincher is not a bad director, i feel Fox strangled that movie. Alien Resurrection; another missed opportunity as the director is actually good, once again i think Fox are to blame also the aliens again . no justice to the source material as in Giger not consulted enough on design, and the newborn was frankly ridiculous. I mean the cast in all movies are exceptional at their craft, the fx crews professionals but some thing came loose in the execution.

Well said...0413, I couldn't agree with you more. Alien 3 had some really interesting concepts and imagery. Alas...it was doomed from the beginning. For starters, I think they should've retired Ripley's jersey after ALIENS. Hadn't she done enough for mankind...and then to kill off sweet little Newt and gentlemanly Marine Hicks in the first few minutes. That PISSED ME OFF! That was cinematically inexcusable. But by then, the Ripley character and the whole "Alien universe" was getting tired and already showing signs of fatigue...and a "stepchild-like" neglect from FOX. It's also partly due to what I call "over development of a character." Nowadays, people often talk about and compare the Ripley character to some of the “feministy” or the unrealistically warrior type heroines in more current films. I usually don’t agree with the comparisons, because Ripley was not really pushy or unrealistic in her physical prowess. Even in ALIENS, where she really started getting the reputation of an ass kicker, she didn’t want to be there…and when she finally does swing into action, it’s to save others…especially Newt…who was reminiscent of her own daughter. I really liked her character in ALIEN and ALIENS…less in Alien 3…and Resurrection just about killed it. ~Neurion

The alien represents a bio-morphic cybernetic creature that comes straight from human hell and nightmares of snakes and scorpions. The result of technological evolution in biology, ideals and spiritually. This universe is immense, perverse, surreal and beyond mere logic. The creature is not a mere bug, or an infestation. It is a product of manufacturing life from life. Questioning the boundary of technological choas and order. Sanity and Madness! Maybe something like the Borg being assimilated by other alien species technology but the collective becoming a hierarchy in spirits/species in symbiosis with the technology.

Sure! why not have acid blood and extra jaws? in fact, they should have those elements with many different species and expand on it's horrid parasitic technology, deal with the subject of symbiosis without turning them into bugs. Ultimately, the creatures should embody the essence of Ashes final words regarding the alien..

Hey Ruhaniya, You have in my opinion, many interesting and thoughtful ideas and extrapolations regarding the ALIEN universe. I'm sorry to read that your suffering from Kidney Disease. As you mentioned the Hellish nature of the Alien organisms...I found your concepts to be fairly unique. I myself have had similar ideas about the subject. Anyhoo...as believer in an actual Hell...I respectively believe in the opposite of Hell. I will pray to He who dwells there, for your healing, and an end to your suffering from your affliction. By the way...I checked out your art at Deviant...Very cool. I do a lot of graphic art myself...my avatar is one of mine from 1985. What do you think? Peace, Neurion P.S. You Scare Me.

I like it Neurion! I didn't know you made that yourself, very nice! As for Ruhaniya, great ideas! Both you an Neurion... and hell, all the members here. You all have fantastic ideas and imaginations! It's quite a pleasure to read! Really gets you thinking. Anyways, back on topic... Your hypothesises regarding the Alien organism Ruhaniya are very interresting and "unique" as Neurion put it. I especially like your sentence: [quote]"The creature is not a bug, or an infestation. It is a product of manufacturing life from life. Questioning the boundary of technological choas and order. Sanity and Madness!"[/quote] I like how you state that the Alien is not a "bug" or "infestation". For it to be ALIEN, it cannot have any "known" qualities or be classifiable. "manufacturing life from life" is a great way to describe the Alien itself, very well put.

"ya- rrright!?" It would be great on a Hawaiian T-shirt just like Brett.

It may seem a bit radical, but i hope that the whole alien asthetic is changed, Ridley Scot said himself the alien "shape " is overused and old, i am hoping for a new shape some thing original and far out, and if Giger is indeed on board then this is the chance to revisit his creation and hopefully make something we will be talking about for years.

I came across the post below, on another site. Going by what weve been told about the story behind Prometheus so far, I think its possible that there may well be some truth, to what this person has to say. [u]Warning- this post might contain some spoilers[/u] [i]I was speaking with a guy who is working on the set of prometheus and he showed me some pictures and told me a bout the storyline. The space jockey that you see in alien who has had his chest busted open is the guy who engineers the aliens. He sends the aliens to planet that he wants to take over. The aliens kill the locals and he flys in and pillages the land of its resources. It seems as though he is responsible for the aliens creation, i’m guessing that he is some kind of super scientist. The engineer is played by some huge guy who is 8ft tall. He appears even bigger in the space jockey scene from Alien as he is wearing a space suit. He appears to have died in a seat that looks like it is some sort of weapon control, this is in fact the navigation system that the space ship uses to open worm holes and plot its course. Perhaps the aliens revolted and, knowing that he has been impregnated, he is desperately trying to return home to have the alien extricated? He showed me some pictures from the set. There is a huge silver bust of the engineers head, it is approximately 15m high. It appears that the engineer is sort of leader of a civilisation and there is a cult around his personality and his alien creations, this is probably due to the fact that he has mastered the technology that continues to provide the resource requirements of his home world.[u] I also saw a picture of the actor who plays the engineer in what appeared to be some sort of cryo-chamber.[/u][/i] Some of you might remember Ridley Scott describing how the space jockey is actually a bio mechanical suit, inside which, resides this smaller creature who is actually the real being.The last line, which I have underlined, is particularly interesting. I suspect that the picture this person saw, depicting the engineer inside a cryo chamber, may have actually been a shot of the engineers armor, suspended inside a cryo chamber. Whether the above is true or not, is up to you to decide, but I hope that they dont explore the concept of the space jockey, and his society, to the point where there is no mystery left. I don`t particularly care for the idea that he was just one, of this entire species who is this famous engineer. I always envisaged him, as part of a race of God like beings. Part of a species, who are on a different level of awareness. so alien, and so advanced, their intentions and habits could only be partly understood by humans. A film which explored the concept of a species like that, being destroyed by their own bio mechanical creations, might make for an interesting tale, particularly when you factor in, a lesser species, like humans, who are dead set on getting their hands on that same technology. One way or the other, I`m pretty sure that at its heart, that is the kind of film Prometheus will be! If Prometheus manages to reproduce the same emotions you feel, when you see the space jockey for the first time, in the original film, and maintain those feelings, for at least an hour or so, or for however long the creature appears on the screen, then the movie will be a success!

I read this a few weeks back as well. I believe it was not "official" news, as FOX did not clarify on if it was and they never asked for the article to be taken down. Which suggests to me that it was not an official exclusive piece of news, but thanks for posting it up! Should create some good debate. The post you re-posted here might be similar, if not linked to this article we posted [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/news/12]here[/url]. I can't remember if they were the same article, but if not, they both suggested "spoiler" content which later turned out not to be true. FOX and Ridley Scott are doing their best to keep this film as secret and mysterious as possible, as not to exploit it before anybody gets to see it.

That article was very thought provoking but there is no way they would let out that much detailed information. Some how there is confusion between the engineer and the space jockey. It's a campaign of disinformation which is good cause you don't want to get too excited. Bliss in permanent mystery. I like that part about the cult following....wouldn't it be funny if the space jockey suit opened up and a predator came out. Just Kidding 8@

It could be true or.... maybe just some of the ideas they are throwing about, i mean apparently there was a lot of brianstorming on this project. keep the mystery as Ruhania says, that is what keeps me interested.

It's not important at all? It's already out there by Ridley himself. Paraphrasing; 1. The space jockey is either looking through a telescope or operating some kind of navigational device. 2. The alien is either a biological weapon or a planet cleaner as a first step to teraforming planets. So, space jockies, this movie is less about the alien and much more about the WHY!!!!! We already talk about teraforming Mars to make it inhabitable for us. That derelict ship in Alien 1 speaks volumnes abut it's purpose. Navigate from planet to planet to deposit self perpetuating pods which will eventually eliminate any life form that might be a threat to a take over. A ship accident occurs, blah blah blah! Aliens might have a timed life span. No Aliens in the derelict ship, only pods. So when the "people" of the targeted planet are extinct, the silent invaders return finding the planet cleaned. The above threads come from Ridley in interviews.

If this is the evolution of the Xenomorph, It is most likely to me that that at least a couple of the primary characteristics will be immediate and since there is (should be) enough time between this film and ALIEN, there is time for it evolve into what we are familiar with. But, then again, we do not know how far back Scott is taking the film. I guess I should not be surprised that Scott is not following any of the comic story lines for this film. Another concept I was always thought should come to fruition is that the Predators are the ones who geneticly engineered the Xenomorph, just so they had the ultimate prey for their hunts. But it seems that the Space Jockies are the ones responsible or this could simply be the evolution of a species.

I hope they don't just go Queen scale with these aliens either. The pilot was pretty huge, and if that's what the MALE'S grow to, I'd like to see the new Queen. Better yet, I'd like to see what the pathetic humans with pop-guns are going to do to a 40 foot walking terror. I think my scale is about right. The regular xenomorphs are about human sized at approximately 6 feet (standing), some bigger, some slightly smaller. The queen is roughly 15 feet tall. That gives a good solid 2.5:1 ratio in sizes. If the pilot in Alien is an indication, the new basic male creatures should be roughly the same as a Queen. Which puts the Queen at a healthy 35 - 40 feet tall. Which is like fighting a house. I'd love to see that. I just don't want to see super slow attacks by something so massive (Like the end of AVP). Just because it's big, doesn't mean it's not lightning fast. Anybody who's seen a 20 foot alligator or shark hit something knows size does not mean slow.

I think we might want to talk about the only aliens we know that will be in the movie predominantly, the space jockey species. This movie is not about the xenomorphs, though they will probably be in it. It's about the species that created them and probably us. Fassbender said the action (probably xenomorphs - I think) takes place in the final third of the movie. The first two thirds slowly builds fear tension including politics amongst the crew. It's a good video interview by mtv.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/7/5/new-photos-from-the-set-of-prometheus.html Don't know how long they will stay up but here are two new pics of the Prometheus set. Ridley I'm sure is not happy. They will come down very soon.

I'm really glad I'm not the only one that has crazy dreams about the ALIEN, probably doesn't help that I snuck into the kitchen and hid under the table while my parents watched the original ALIEN, just so I could watch it, I was only 7!