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shambs
MemberOvomorph02/1/2012Hey guys, I will remind you to start the oft-mentioned scene from Alien the eighth passenger in Dallas, Kane and Lambert explore the inside of the Space Jockey ship. Passing through the chair asks Lambert has happened to the rest of the crew ...
Well, as already mentioned we can see a few capsules or pods in the chair scene in the trailer of Prometheus.
[img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/copyengineer.jpg[/img]
The most likely to be hypersleep capsules such as the Nostromo. This gives us an indication that there is a crew for the Derelict.
[img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/alien-john-hurt-hypersleep1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/Prometheus-Space-Jockey-Cockpit.jpg[/img]
More interesting is to visualize the room of the Chair of the Space Jockey as a room of hypersleep, and at the same time as the bridge of the ship. Maybe the Jockey pilot is awakened to desppegar and maneuvering to travez of the space. In the other sleeping chamber can have other Jockeys waiting to be awakened to perform functions such as: the capitan, soldier, scientist or doctor.
[img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/nostromo_bridge.jpg[/img]
Now I would like to know your opinions and theories about.
regards
Shambhala
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EGR101
MemberOvomorph02/1/2012@Shambhala
As far as I remember it, there is no sleeping chamber on the derelict ship in ALIEN.
lancef
MemberOvomorph02/1/2012I heard there will be only two Engineers and judging from the pic I see two
chambers.
shambs
MemberOvomorph02/1/2012@Engr101, yes...but they may be emergency landing pods and for some reason is ejected...
reffugee
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012I think there's 4 chambers, the one on the left is open, and 4th is behind the chair. Crazy similarity with Alien sleep chamber Shambhala. Im sure its not just a coincidence. They also look like sarcophagus, you can see them in the star room also.
This site has some good res images with more arrows
http://studiogekko.blogspot.com/
shambs
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012Sorry for my mistake, but yes @reffugee...are 4 chambers.
[img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/Prometheus-Space-Jockey-Cockpit.jpg[/img]
Xenophobe
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012If the SJ's are indeed as advanced as they seem, I doubt they'd need anymore than 1 or 2 crew to fly a ship such as the Derelict one. But I can see what ya mean, a ship that spacious looks like it's built for more than one or two.
The High Priest
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012I think it is implied in Alien that the rest of the crew were turned into the Alien eggs ala Dallas and Brett on board the Nostromo - In fact looking at it there are some beautiful parallels between the SJ's and crew of the nostromo's fates. Also between the Derelict and Nostromo. Turned into Eggs, crew members experience Alien Birth (chestburster) acid burning through the decks. I personally liked the theory that the Space Jockey race was noble and peacful, and unfortunately, through whatever reason encountred the xenomorph, the crew got wiped out, but before termination they managed to put the warning beacon into place. By the time the Nostromo find it, the xenomorph or xenomorphs had long since died - However the crew of the derelict who all met a horrifc fate - lye there - preserved for an eternity - as faceguggers waiting for their next prey....Kane.
shambs
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012Yes @The High Priest, certainly likely that the crew of the Derelict performed a metamorphosis to become eggs like Dallas.
Regards
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012IMO, there was only crew member, and it was a delivery/drop ship mission to Earth gone wrong. The cargo...Vials & Vials of Xenomorph Terra-Former Units.
The High Priest
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012@spartacus - I agree that may be the story now. However at the time of making Alien it was the former....
Chumbrother
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012in Alien, when kane is lowered down to were the eggs are, the only (living) eggs are protected by the blue boundary layer of light, there looks to be "Dead eggs" in the area before and after of that section, which would mean that the lower portion of the ship was a hatchery or something made the eggs on the ship, or a nest, but over time the life control system that keeps the the eggs moist and alive started to fade out thus leaving that narrow area that kanes discovers,also the sj room in alien, the platform has large tubes that dallas, lambert and kane must step over,that extend from the chair to the edge of the platform, on the promethus sj area, there are capsules, and a flatter floor?, hmmmmm, is it the same craft.....love this form.
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012true dat in the end I will be happy no matter what they reveal though, ya gotta love that the whole time line is alive again...so exciting...
geek.boy
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012reffugee...... that site is amazing.. thanks for the link.
did anyone else read the leaked info about a space craft called Magellan. that the name appears on a door on one of the set peices.
i think that the main ship is not called, prometheus...it must be megallan...
calling the ship prometheus and sending it to meet the gods is a bit like building a new boat to look at iceburgs and calling it the Titanic....
as Prometheus implies that we will face the wrath of the gods...
so i reckon that promethues is just the title of the film, and not the ship....
has anyone else said this...sorry if they have dont kill me...
i love this site... im beyond excited about the film..... i should be sketching in work but i find myself on here all day!!!
centaurian_slug
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012hyper sleep?... i thought it would be far more alienesque, far more in keeping with biotech/body-horror themes if the ship grew its pilot who's sole existence from birth to death was the voyage & mission.
it's conscious the whole time , nervous system integrated with the ship; feels pain when the ships trajectory is incorrect or asteroids strike the hull, hunger when running low on fuel etc.
then the real passenger is then born at the destination using the no longer needed pilot as an incubator :)
i'm really disappointed by the suit idea
EGR101
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012Maybe they had bad burgers laced with ammonia.
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jbsmit3@gmail.com
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012No matter what the true story may be i'm excited to see ALIEN brought back to life!
Everything after has "killed"the genre.
aintnozeno
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012@ HybridVigor:
They may or may not be sleep chambers. They could just be where the biomechanical suits are kept... or perhaps grown.
artyoh
MemberOvomorph02/2/2012[quote]hyper sleep?... i thought it would be far more alienesque, far more in keeping with biotech/body-horror themes if the ship grew its pilot who's sole existence from birth to death was the voyage & mission.
it's conscious the whole time , nervous system integrated with the ship; feels pain when the ships trajectory is incorrect or asteroids strike the hull, hunger when running low on fuel etc.
then the real passenger is then born at the destination using the no longer needed pilot as an incubator
i'm really disappointed by the suit idea[/quote]
That could work really well in a print story, but probably not so well on film. There aren't as many opportunities for dramatic interraction, if your main antagonist is permanently attached to the furniture.
On the other hand, if the SJs could biomechanically merge/unmerge with other forms of their technology [i]at will[/i]..........that could still be very creepy, and I'm guessing, that's how it will work.
Guest
MemberOvomorph02/3/2012I would love to see how SJ civilization look like..... how they come into be... how and why they made earth, humans.....IMO the planet the Prometheus crew stranded on is not SJ home planet..
shambs
MemberOvomorph02/3/2012Yes, certainly can be containers of biomechanoids Suits. The hypersleep chambers is just one of the possibilities...
regards
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