Dome of Star Map Room

The camera is merely moving while being fixated on a single point. It's just an illusion much like the derelict "sitting" vertically in the sand. It only looks like it's sitting because the camera is rotating while the ship rolls (albeit slowly).

i know this may be off topic but ive noticed something for the first time thanks to that gif in high quality, theres 4 cryotube chambers in that room, i always thought there were just the two on the far right. theres one on the opposite far side of the room which the chair is mostly blocking but you can still make out the design. and the fourth chamber is on the left and it appears to open. if you look back & forth with the left chamber & the right chamber the design is identical & that left chamber is definitely open which im assuming our tall friend came from. the top covering portion is missing compared to the two on the far right. just thought i would point that out if this hasnt been discussed before.

[quote]i know this may be off topic but ive noticed something for the first time thanks to that gif in high quality, theres 4 cryotube chambers in that room, i always thought there were just the two on the far right. theres one on the opposite far side of the room which the chair is mostly blocking but you can still make out the design. and the fourth chamber is on the left and it appears to open. if you look back & forth with the left chamber & the right chamber the design is identical & that left chamber is definitely open which im assuming our tall friend came from. the top covering portion is missing compared to the two on the far right. just thought i would point that out if this hasnt been discussed before.[/quote] You'd be right in that assumption ;-) many times, it has been discussed. Post like Yoda, I now do. :-P

Very observant and interesting find Scidley. It is (IMHO) disappointing however that Ridley apparently chose not to maintain the same SJ scale as in Alien. What of continuity?

I'm pretty sure the scale will remain consistent. Watch the trailer towards the end as the 2 astronauts are running from the crashed/rolling derelict, the very first scene of them running. They're incredibly small in the frame (hard to see) and the derelict is MASSIVE behind them. At this scale, the derelict is consistent with the orignal from 1979.

Thank you db. Good to know.

If you right click to view the Gif image and zoom on the dude turning on the right it also looks like some of his body starts to glow especially his right arm and parts of his back... Could be reflections but this guy has skin? I am sure he is glowing a bit

[i]I hope nobody has pointed this out before[/i] On the gif it looks like one of the "cryopods" has had part of it blown out/exploded from the inside, or at least has some odd sharp edged random protrusions: [img]http://i.imgur.com/RjECm.gif[/img] Thoughts?

[quote]On the gif it looks like one of the "cryopods" has had part of it blown out/exploded from the inside, or at least has some odd sharp edged random protrusions[/quote] Yeah! I can also see that and i think the other pods or at least the other one on the right side has it as well.