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drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012[img]http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/news/prometheus-mask-design-hints-at-space-jockey-alike-alien.jpg[/img]
Another fan of the Prometheus disscussions spoke about this 'Mal'akak'. I though i would add a bit more to it from the website he was talking about. The recent photos leaked of the Jockey Masks are supposed to fit one of the actors. I thought this was important to mention since we have talked so much about the Jockey. What do you think of this news guys????
"How the alien will look like in Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" might be revealed in two leaked photos obtained by Cinemart. The pictures feature what is claimed to be the early work on a mask design for the extraterrestrial creature that will appear in the much awaited sci-fi thriller."
"The head design, which is said to be made specifically for an actor to wear, has a very similar look to the Space Jockey in Scott's 1979 phenomenal film "Alien". An insider revealed that the alien creature that will appear in the upcoming movie "has been executed with very little CGI planned."
- Taken from Aceshowbiz
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drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012@Mentos - Well actually another member 'Mal'akak' talked about it earlier in a post. But when i read the article there was that bit about the jockey mask to fit one of the actors i thought it was really big news so i just added that. But its a good read isnt it. We talked a lot about the Jockey on the discussion forum so wanted to see what people made of this!
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012This is very bizarre. In the very first ALIEN movie, I always thought the "tube" is part of breathing apparatus. Now this looks like a trunk of the Elephant Man.
Mentos
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012The mouth really reminds me of:
[img]http://www.solarnavigator.net/animal_kingdom/animal_images/elephant_lahugala_park_sri_lanka.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/news/prometheus-mask-design-hints-at-space-jockey-alike-alien.jpg[/img]
drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012@Mentos - Especially just under the snout part. The lower lip is just like an elephants. But above the lower lip if you look at the trunk and it goes up behind the head, it kinda looks like half a mask on a skull of a human. Sort of!
tar
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012Engr101, me too! When I've watched Alien ( all 100 and something times!) I just thought it was so the Jockey could breath. I really do feel now that the debate is over, this film is going to be about our origins and the Jockeys involvement in that. The film is going to deal with big questions about humanity, very much in the way Bladerunner did but still have the same feel and atmosphere as the sci fi horror Alien.
drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012But if you do look at the masks it does look like a sort of breathing apparatus. The trunk would lead up into the nose. And it sort of looks like half a mask covering a skull. Even space for ears.
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012Well, if you want to expand Giger's idea of bio-mechanical, our nose, and elephant's, are actually bio-mechanical breathing apparatus. Our body is kinda a mini bio-mechanical power plant. We ingest plant matter to nourish and provide energy to our cells, and we expel gaseous waste through a "pipe." We are not that different from David the Android. Except for our empathy, and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Like hanging out in this forum for too long
BellaisanAlien
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RickK
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012The Space Jockey's are basically giant humans. The mask you see, and the "alien" you see sitting in the chair in the first Alien is actually a biological environment suit.
drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012@BellaisanAlien - Thanks for adding the pictures to the discussion! Great pics.......
@RickK - I think your right. It seems to be definately going that way.....
RickK
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012You can see one of the giant "space jockeys" without thier suit on in the trailer for just a split second - in the scene where the famous chair is coming up out of the floor, pause your media player and look to the right.
visualizer
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012@RickK Ahemm...do we actually know for a fact, that the big guy to the right is a Space Jockey?
Biomechanic
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012Here you go RickK
[img]http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/7324079/1024/prometheus/baldman.png[/img]
drogie21
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012@RickK - Yeah i saw that bit in the trailer. There was a big discussion about that. People were wondering if this was the Space Jockey or Engineer or Creator! At this point so early out from the release of the film its hard to know who is who.
visualizer
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012He looks quite biomechanic in this enlarged still - he definately fits the surroundings, so theres is probably a good chance that he fits the chair too. He also looks like a kind of idealized human being with his sculptural appearance and streamlined features. But does that make him a supposed engineer, the higher being that "steals the fire" or a god/creator? I hated the nosferau-like apperance at first, but the more I look at him, the more disturbing he becomes. (Hope my sentences don´t read like Yoda - english is not my native language).
Frantz
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012Right now no one know what he/it is ...
can be
- a mutated human
- a space jockey
- a third race
- an android of some kind
- a Human mutating into something else
- the famous cocooned man
RickK
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012Another clue to keep in mind is Dallas' observation in the original movie that the space jockey appeared to be "growing out of the chair". Think this could mean the biomechanical environment suit is part of the chair and envelops the user or maybe the organic materials of the suit keep growing even after the user dies?
lakamel
MemberOvomorph01/11/2012First day the trailer came out I'd seen this, if you freeze (pause) the trailer at about .34 seconds in you will see this head coming on a conveyor into the room.
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