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MemberOvomorph01/14/2012So, the last 8 minutes of Prometheus will tie into Alien. Why title this movie Prometheus, the name of a lesser Greek god who aided humans by giving them fire behind the backs of the gods who didn't want us to have it? Prometheus was punished by the gods by being chained to a rock and having his liver pecked out by an eagle, over and over. When I look at Alien and the Prometheus trailer, the character that reminds me of Prometheus is...the jockey, who has a hole in his right chest area, the same area where the human liver is located. Of course the ship from earth is called Prometheus, but does that fit with the Greek legend of one of the lesser gods having the name Prometheus?
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Hammerhans
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012[/quote] When I look at Alien and the Prometheus trailer, the character that reminds me of Prometheus is...the jockey
Totally agree. I think that the jockey with that hole had some good intentions on mankind. But he received punishment by some higher power (Zeus?). A power that is surely not shown in the trailer. Sorry, english is not my native tongue.
EGR101
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012We all speculated how the Space Jockey is Prometheus bringing fire of knowledge to mankind, or one of the crew plays the role of the Enlightener. I am curious as to whether Ridley includes the ideas of Pandora & Herakles (who releases Prometheus from his chains) in the movie.
BellaisanAlien
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012Especially if the Jockey is Holloway and through his love of Shaw fights against his tranformation......
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012I found this part profoundly interesting, "...the same area where the human liver is located..."
Gehirn
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012I'm with Hammerhans but I think the higher power is in the trailer! Think of the big UFO as the Olympians leaving a gift of urns (Zeus-style) for Prometheus (the jockey) and you'll see where I'm going.
Xenophobe
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012Just a little thought. If SJ's are meant to be the bad guys in Prometheus, why in Alien did the Derelict ship give off what Ripley's "Mother" programme deemed sounding more like a stay away signal then an SOS??
walterhiller
MemberOvomorph01/14/2012the hole is from a chest buster. and it's not where the liver is.
fail.
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