The Mysterious Figure?

Thadus 12
MemberOvomorphDecember 22, 20114164 Views107 RepliesO.K. the biggest talking point appears to be- what is stood there as the space jockey chair rises up? Is it the engineer? a mutated human? A grey?
Anyone got an fresh ideas?
I for one am very worried after seeing this
December 22, 2011
Just think if Dallas and Lambert had of had a closer look at the jockey they would have found a human skeleton inside. Maybe Shaw. Hell that's the last thing I would have dream't of for the last 30 years. What a coup. Scott you bloody genius.
December 22, 2011
I created a looping GIF extracting the Space Jockey Chair sequence in High Resolution. It´s about 20MB so please be patient with that file to load completely:
[url=http://bit.ly/vhxtGw]http://bit.ly/vhxtGw[/url]
December 22, 2011
Thanks Scidley that is excellent. That guy has some strange muscular stuff going on.
December 22, 2011
I have been reading this thread and feel like I have something to say. It makes sense that biomechanisms are an invention of the SJ's, a way to make a living organism with the purpose of a machine. This would allow them to integrate with their technology for perfect communication. I do not think it makes sense for the SJ's to actually BE biomechanical, they use to to create a guidance system for piloting, to make beings/slaves to do their work, and to create a creature as a weapon. Since it makes sense I think it is a better route than just satisfying us with some crazy creature that is the SJ (then we would be disappointed that it didn't make any sense). If Ridley Scott wants to make it humanoid, it will flow with the story AND he will make it really cool, not like other movies that just throw those ideas around.
December 22, 2011
Great work Scidley - Just by doing that you have thrown new light onto the entire landscape.
December 22, 2011
I totally agree what Scott will do will have pure purpose and be convincing. The sj world must be credible. His left arm does look boi-mechanical though?
December 22, 2011
Mutation seams to be a key element of this movie. The SJ in the original Alien was also a mutation of humanoid (SJ) in Scidleys loop?
December 22, 2011
i think he is maybe a survivor ( like the other mutated "jumping" guy ) or maybe a bot ... i dont see him being a spacejockey ( it would suck btw ) ..to me is the same person on a wheelchair in another sequence
the neck to me is part of the suit ..not of the body
December 22, 2011
i cant belive people are comparing m night shamalyn to a ridley scott scott film for f**k sake whats the matter with you people,
you spend to much time blind speculating next thing you will be comparing fassbenders acting to adam sandler.
December 22, 2011
[b]@Scidley[/b] that's pretty brilliant, good job!
Just a thought..
[img]http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g471/muromachi/prometheus-giant.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.castcall.blue-compass.com.s3.amazonaws.com/portfolio/457/457537.jpg[/img]
Above is [b]Matthew Rook[/b] as we all know he was penned a while back as the [b]Elder Engineer[/b] on [i]Castingcallpro[/i].
Is it just me or are there siliaritiers between the shape of his head and the shape of the [i]"Giant's"[/i]?
December 22, 2011
OK.... Here's what I think about the figure in the Jockey Chamber. It is def a humanoid, and maybe twice the size of the human in the spacesuit in the same Chamber during the star map scene. The human in the middle of the round platform is moving it's arm about like directing the star map or something. If you compare the scale of this human in the center of the star map in control of it, and the humanoid when the chair rises, the humanoid is much bigger....looks like it can sit in the chair comfortably.
Mutated human or something else... What do you think?
December 22, 2011
i dont think neville page who specialises in creature design has spent months with this film sying he has worked harder on this project than anything else (quotes from the horses mouth) he has worked on to come up with a bald grey skin guy.
Get a grip and trust in ridley.
December 22, 2011
[b]@Biomechanic[/b] thank you sir. I agree, he seems to have a CG glow to his torso.
December 22, 2011
Compare the head and face of that figure to the guy in the wheelchair at 00:00:43 in the trailer.
December 22, 2011
the thing that romanced, excited, and scared me in equal measures about the original Alien was just how "alien" Gigers Space Jockey and Derilect craft really were. I totaly bought into the realism of how it looked. This for me reflected just how different a species was if we were to make contact with another lifeform. I am just nervous that Prometheus will destroy the real twisted mystery and bizzarenes and otherworldliness of the Space Jockey. I hope alteredstate is right, as I agree its gonna be a crying shame if the Space Jockeys are Giant versions of humans, and the reason the one in the derilict is so "alien" is beacause it is a fucking suit, or a "mutation".