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Gavin
MemberTrilobiteFeb-28-2012 4:35 PMAs I am not only a staff member but one of the sites theory article writer I shall propose my theories regarding the latest video [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Rk9Gs5SkP8M]FOUND HERE[/url] showing Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) giving a presentation.
[b][u]1. Ties to AVP[/u][/b]
Yes I'm sorry but it does seem as though this video ties Prometheus to AVP. Firstly at the end of the video it states "Weyland Industries" as the link given for the promotional site (despite the company being called Weyland Corp in the actual Prometheus movie and as shown above the link), secondly Guy Pearce is using an English accent (sounding much like John Hurt IMO) and Lance Henriksen's Charles Weyland in AVP was also stated to be English/British. Also in the video he seems proud to admit that they are not far off developing cybernetic organisms indistinguishable from humans (synthetics), and the cover of TIME magazine shown in AVP showed Charles Weyland to be recognized as a pioneer in robotics.
Also the website address is clearly [url=https://www.weylandindustries.com/]www.[b]Weyland Industries[/b].com[/url], which was founded by Charles Weyland, but the site which seems to be looking back in time to 2023 states that Peter Weyland founded [b]Weyland Corp[/b] in or before 2023. The link to AVP is there whether you choose to ignore it or not.
So it looks like Ridley Scott is not retconning the AVP's out of the canon, if anything it looks as though he is enforcing them into canon.
[b][u]2. Ties To Aliens[/u][/b]
Aside from the Terraforming aspect the website mentioned above includes the slogan "Building Better Worlds". Which any Alien fan will know first featured in Aliens.
[u][b]3. M-Theory[/b][/u]
I noticed this was mentioned, and if my memory serves me correctly this is tied into multiple/parallel dimensions and string theory. If that is true could this be a science fiction theory used to explain FTL (Faster Than Lightspeed) space travel, in a similar vein to hyperspace conduit (Star Wars) or subspace (Star Trek) that allows vessels to leave our three dimensions, travel FTL, then pop back in.
[u][b]4. Synthetics[/b][/u]
Because of Peter Weyland's proudness regarding his forthcoming Synthetics I can only assume they will feature heavily in Prometheus, and that if, as some of us have presumed, Guy Pearce is a member of the crew of the Prometheus, he could be a synthetic made in the likeness of Peter Weyland.
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In that tweet he simply says they have picked and chosen which ideas they like and it seems they like the Charles Weyland idea, remember the website link is weylandindustries.com and the company portrayed in AVP is called Weyland Industries, there is no escaping that.
And age wise (with the video supposedly being recorded March 2023) he could be old enough to be Charles Weyland's son, and seems cut very much from the same cloth, but it looks as though he has much bigger sights for the company doesn't it lol.
@ Craigamore - That is true, but Ridley has also said the following...
1. This is not an Alien prequel
2. This is an Alien prequel
3. There are no Xenomorphs
4. There may be a Facehugger
5. The only link to Alien is Weyland Corp
6. Only the last 8 minutes will tie into Alien ("Alien DNA")
If we think back over the last twelve months we have been sent from pillar to post by Ridley and his elves. for example all this talk of terraforming first appeared in the Alien franchise in Aliens as did the by-line "Building Better Worlds", isn't that [b]one of the subsequent Aliens[/b].
Think about it man, he's playing us like a yo-yo.
@ Cypher - No, what you saw in Aliens was Weyland-Yutani Corporation - Building Better Worlds.
Oh Oh Oh Oh and Craigo n Snorkler
I told you the company knew everything about the "convoluted" mess with my Aliens 2.5. That speech from Peter just confirmed it.......I know you hate it, I love it. Does this at least sway you towards my "Corporate Behind the Scenes" theory? I think the speech made it totally obvious that from the top down the corporation had a lot of cloak and dagger stuff going on from A through A:Rez.
Another Theory that does tie into AvP and I think this is key to W-Y. I'd be willing to wager $5 that Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani marry and merge the corporations into a super-conglom. Or somehow their parallel paths merge while both on the chase for the goal. See my current theory has the companies chasing separate aliens. Yutani's after the Predators Tech (ie the gun in AvP:R), and Weyland after the Engineers Tech. Both races considered to be Gods in their own rights. For me the puzzle pieces jsut fell together.
Off to work,
Rick
Sorry guys I'm getting one of those "told you so" moments with the corporation. LOL
Cypher you is defo seeing things. There is no "Force" in the Alien universe. Fox vs. Lucas.....Hmmmm......would be a weird fight. Go to bed no more Prometheus crack
LOL I just got my first cup o joe. Snorks you needed to edit that first post about being the sites "theory writer". You are one of our many theory writers. I thought I drove that home with Aliens 2.5 and my corp behind the scenes tie in. Sorry I'm doing the happy dance I got it right with the corp involvement tieing the franchise together.
Snorks, I will dub you Sir Snorks the "Fake Script Writer". We all do love them though, you're a great story writer.
But now that Guy Pierce did the TED thing, I really really think Scott is going to tie Blade into the whole franchise. My question would be why the hell not? Fox tied Predators to Alien with AvP, so why can't Scott tie both of his two sci-fi's together? Man this movie is soooo going to be a new cult classic.
Regards,
Rick
Done rick.
I like your take on the different corps chasing different aliens, but I don't see how this fits into your Alien 2.5. You're gonna need to explain that one mate
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