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Answers Right in Front of Us: A Writer's Perspective of Prometheus

Mr.J

MemberOvomorphFebruary 26, 20121477 Views25 Replies
Well, finally the Barnes and Nobles had just one copy of Alien: Vault and I was lucky to be there and grab it. After skimming through it, many and I mean many things jumped out at me. I believe what was in the book, we will possibly see in Prometheus. I believe Scott has given us some answers as to what we will see in Prometheus and it has been right there in front of us the whole time. I am even sure Scott will add some new things to the storyline as well. There are so many did bits of info in the book that lead me to believe we will see some of it in the Prometheus storyline. If you guys have the book, I'll quote the page numbers of where I have read the information. 1) I believe we will see the "Alien" in it's original form. We know from Alien, that the species took on the form of cane and the space jockey, according to Scott in the Vault, (page 111, under Alien: A Psychopathology) This will give a us a fresh look at something rather nightmarish and bigger. Also, a short lifecycle as stated on the same page. As a weapon, it would do it's damage and die and leave the ill fated planet open for what ever the "creators" were going to do after. Also, egg reproduction is a clue, we know that the Alien is a hermaphrodite, neither male nor female. So, place James Cameron's out of the story line, pretty much not apart of Prometheus. We know in Alien, Dallas and Brett were becoming Eggs as Ripley stumbled upon them. 2) The Temple or Pyramid: Scott stated on page 101, under "The Pyramid: Forgotten landscape", that he wanted to shoot the pyramid but it would make the film nearly 3 hours in length, hmmm...perhaps now, with the budget and the ample amount of time being close to 3 hours, we will see the full scope of the great pyramid in Prometheus. 3) Romance: It was stated Dallas and Ripley, as well as Lambert and Kane had romances. In the script to Alien but was cut there was a sex scene with Dallas and Ripley. Yet in Prometheus we know Shall and Holloway have a romance and sex, which leads to something horribly happening to Shaw. 4) Alien in "Alien" was a hybrid...as stated in point one. Of course, these are theories that Scott stated when it came to the Alien. I believe we know more than we think we do friends, it is right there in front of us the whole time but we know Scott will throw some new and fresh ideas into the mix. I have not been here in such a long time, I have been doing school work but am on here daily and I like to say the moderators, who are dear friends are doing a great job here on the forum...say thanks every once and while to the crew. I recommend the Alien: Vault to any Alien fans, it is a great wealth of knowledge and a great piece to own. I look forward to the discussions.... Cheers!
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I was reluctant at first but bought "The Vault" and I love it !!! I learned so many things I did NOT know already reading it. Some notes... I have begiun to believe that The Crew Of prometheus will look at the EARTH first, and discover some ANNUNAKI like clues here on Earth that send them into space on a completely unanticipated trajectory..and that this is where the fun will begin. They will steal something, probabaly those URNS, their creators aren't going to be pleased, and Mankind will be targeted for punishment. What we are seeing in the Traile at the end of it, is the beginning of the last 8 minutes of the film...it's the Derelict crashing on LV-426...100%...and the 8 minutes after that are going to tie this thing in to "Alien". What will be left to do in any other sequel or prequel will be filling in the connection details I believe.
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I don't know. I don't think Mr. Scott would want to go back and bring up plots/ideas that have been talked about before. It just wouldn't be... [i]original[/i].
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It most likely that Prometheus will be very based or influenced by the original ideas that ridley had intended for the film Alien. but on the other hand think that Scott said that Prometheus going backwards... in no way forward... probably the concept will be new and creative mixing with some ideas of the book of Alien. what I wonder is whether the temple pyramid is a paleontological/archaeological location on Earth where the vestiges of the engineers/space jockeys race or is a structure of the alien planet... By the way @Cain1977, nice thread. Regards
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Thanks Spartacus, I've been on the fence about Alien Vault, but you've just convinced me I need to make the purchase. I have heared it said recently that in making this film Scott was heavily influenced by 2001 A Space Odyssey and Pinnochio (of all things) but I found a "Leaked film synopsis" that was posted on anoter forum back in July of 2011 that fits these ideas perfectly. In 2001 A Space Odyssey, it depicts mankind discovering an ancient extraterrestrial artifact which ultimately leads us on a pretty trippy journey to a "meeting with our makers" In the "leaked synopsis" we also discovered extraterrestrial artifacts which lead the us to a confrontation with our makers, who at first are pleased with their creations in that they had at last advanced to the point that we were intelligent enough to discover the location and make the journey, at which point they send us on another (and possibly trippy) journey to another place and time - at which point one of the crew - most likely the android David (this is where the Pinnochio part comes in) steals the building blocks or bioformer or whatever (because he wants to be A Real Boy!!) So you proably know the rest - the Gods become wrathful and send their angels to smite us - angels being probably the progenators to the xenos or maybe some other life form.. Anyway, I don't know why I just typed all that - I really just wanted to thank Spart for convincing me to buy that book, really. I am reading 2001 now, and a lot of the ideas in there made me think of how well they would fit into what we know so far about Prometheus.

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