The Big Giant Head

Is the big head an alien identity or a human one. I guessed if it where part of the human storyline it could be a prequel to 'Mother', perhaps a combination of AI ship control and an artificial brain like Ash and Bishop. If its alien and Gigers got something to do with it ... well then it probably has a penis for a tongue.

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Here's my take: The big 'human' head represents the species the SJs are cultivating in that chamber with all the eggs/urns. Maybe there are other chambers with other species SJs are cultivating. It has been rumoured that the SJs created the human race, so why not other races, including the xenomorphs. Maybe we'll see their chamber with a giant xenomorph head.

Sorry guys but which picture from the comic con did the big head come up???

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If you time dialate enough 4:20 can be forever : )

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It'll be interesting to see if the head is alive or not.

Possiply inspiration from ridley scott commercial for Apple in 1984. Connections to prometheus. Possibly ridley scott inspiration from 1984 Apple ad- inspiration for prometheus? Check this out, man with elephant trunk- like aircleaner?, woman running through corridor coming to a big human head (big brother). Creapy bladerunneresque sound.  Please bear with my poor english skills. [url=http://v8.lscache1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=30e970875720807d&itag=7&begin=0&ratebypass=yes&title=Apple+Macintosh+1984+Superbowl+Commercial&ip=0.0.0.0&ipbits=0&expire=1324105653&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,ratebypass,title&signature=1050B4B7A455ED335AF2344B29453061920187A5.7DB604E7FA4413FDF4F38447708065032AFCDE33&key=ck1] [/link to video]

LOL my head is exploding from all the theories... [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/afropulse.gif[/img]

Interesting parallell Takeshi, nice observation. Are you Hungarian by any chance? your last name gives it away. (i am).

Oh cool thanks, I read the plot sounds very original. Saving our personalities and memories to a file..

Whomever it was that mentioned that this room probably contains human related samples in the urns, with another room with an Alien head surrounded by urns containing Alien related samples is probably right IMO. These ampule rooms could be categorised storage rooms, each containing samples of a certain species with a monolithic icon of the species within the room.

I really don't think there are other relics. I think the face was carved by ancient humans and given to the aliens when they revisited Earth and they put it in their ampule room to honor us, their most advanced creation.

But we don't know, Giger has a preference (amongst others) to draw such big heads of various forms and of various creations... [img]http://cinephilefix.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/li-hr-giger.jpg[/img] [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-knJ3xYM0Vpo/Th0XQpM-j4I/AAAAAAAABIA/hDi1U1QOAXU/s1600/giger_necro%2B02.jpg[/img] ...whose to say that their isn't a room with a giant Alien head, surrounded by ampules, and many, many others, each with one of their creations stored within. The monolithic icon could be a symbolic version of a label - think of a folder in "My Documents", the urns are the files, the room is the folder and the icon is the name/title of the folder.

My understanding of the Big Giant Head to date is that it is a BioMechanical Control device used for one of the Engineer's ships.

Whose to say we haven't, that maybe what they find on earth, but that capture from the pre-trailer suggests to me that it is a marker for the contents of the urns in that room. We are all assuming that the Jockeys made us and the Alien, why stop there, why not create many other forms of life for many other planets and purposes.

exactly, I understand your idea BM but it is my belief that the giant head wasn't constructed by us, but by the Space Jockeys. Why do I think this - look at the detail on the side of the big head in the last pic you posted, it is similar in design to that seen on the outside of the derelict and the inside of the map/pilot room, thus it is my opinion that this head was constructed by the Space Jockeys, not only as a marker so that they know what samples are within the urns, but also as a greeting/confirmation to us when we discover the truth about our origins... which is what the film is supposed to be about.