Engineers' alien vocalizations?

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ZetaReticuli

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Wondering if in the instance that the Engineers can't grasp the Queen's English, that the makers have upped the scare factor by giving them truly 'alien' voices? I know this could be a laughable topic, but think about it - the makers will have taken time to pay attention to every detail including concepts like really edgy sound effects to marry with any (hopefully) terrifying visuals. I am thoroughly pleased that this film has been a 'slow-burner', promising a wonderful, mind-numbing result if the trailer is anything to go by.

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JeffomorphJanuary 10, 2012

Been thinking a bit about what form any communication between the Engineers and Humans will take. I think there will need to be some type of communication, but if it's vocalized, or synthesized is anyones guess. Will the Engineer speak in english? I've scanned your computer system and monitored your transmissions to learn your communication method... Will the Engineer speak using his biomechanics (ala Stephen Hawking)? Or possibly psychically?

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FrantzJanuary 10, 2012

well we know the SJs voice from Alien ..but i hope the only comuniacation used will be via flamethrowers .

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JeffomorphJanuary 10, 2012

Was that a recorded voice, or was that some type of automated communication being generated and transmitted by the ship? So many ways to interpret things.

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Lexsidious January 10, 2012

Keep in mind that Scott changed the voice when he released the Blue Ray. On the original special edition it sounded completely different. When the last version of Alien was released he was already talking about Prometheus. So he had an idea already of what they would sound like.

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ZetaReticuliJanuary 10, 2012

One of the wild ideas of mine is that the Engineers will have sibilant, whispery voices or some sort of blood-curdling buzzing vocal like a voice-synthesizer effect along the lines of what you suggest Jeffomorph.