The "Blue" Herring

thats idiotic...giant blue stone face....but the blue man is just to mess with us?

I guess he meant it in the sense that MANY trailers have critical elements that never get seen in the actually movie, or extra features. There are many forums dedicated these errors. But I agree, I don't think there is much in the way of misdirection being leaked by Fox/Scottfree.

at this point, it's all conjecture - that "stereotypical blue alien" might be a huge part of the story. He NOT really non-Giger - he has biomechanical features. But then, you just don't want another ALIEN do you? We can't have it all - if you want RS to show more in the trailers, the less of a surprise it will be when we finally see the thing. I'm starting to agree with those that say there should be NO trailers for this movie. Well, not really, but trying to guess the plot has become a cottage industry for this movie. It's outta control, I say!

Love the picture Jim :-D

... calling your fellow commentators an idiot is not very polite, you idiot.

@Cypher - thanks! I had a python that size once, so it kind of resonates..ouch

settle down guys.....settle down

*cracks the whip*

i said that was an idiotic idea...i didnt call you an idiot...and it was...

... just saying... there's no idiotic speculation here... we're just enjoying the momentum of excitement for this film...

What's "idiotic" Mr. Buick is that you think you know enough about this movie from a few frames spliced together, flying by on the screen to have such a reaction to me having a bit of fun. I do actually think he has a major role in the plot, I just thought it would be funny if they messed with us. There are many ways that they could have a huge stone humanoid head without showing an actual humanoid in the movie. To show one in the first teaser seemed almost too easy. It has taking us over 30 years to get the space jockey's story after all. It was surprising to see a giant human head AND and actual humanoid in the first teaser. Like Jim100a100 mentioned, people on this site are floating all kinds of crazy ideas and assumptions with no context whatsoever. We've got people discussing three forms of mutated crew members (why 3? could be 1 or 2 at different stages...could be something completely different) having orgies to create the traditional "Alien" xeno...all based on 3 or 4 frames that add up to maybe 1 or 2 seconds of screen time for goodness sakes =) I'm not cutting them down for having the discussion (that is what this forum is for), but I don't think my little "what if" post is any crazier than some of the stuff you or other members have thrown out there FOR FUN. Jim100 - your profile pic is hilarious (assuming the guy survived). I wasn't aware of the biomechanical features; I'll have to do the ol' freeze frame again. I definitely don't want another recycled Alien, and thankfully we aren't getting that, but I think it is safe to say nobody quite expected a huge statue of a head, let alone a big blue dude =) I don't mind going in that direction if they do it well. In my original post, my language was meant to represent what many people may have initially thought. Personally, the big blue guy seems a little "normal" or traditional for RS and Giger. I have faith in Mr. Scott though...normal or traditional isn't in his vocabulary! You also nailed it on the head concerning more trailers and clips. I said the same thing on Marketsaw.com (3D blogsite) the other day...I'm at the point where I don't want to see more, but I don't think I can help myself =)

Mr. Buick, do you really think you know enough about this movie from a few frames spliced together, flying by on the screen to have such a reaction to me having a bit of fun? I do actually think he has a major role in the plot, I just thought it would be funny if they messed with us. There are many ways that they could have a huge stone humanoid head without showing an actual humanoid in the movie. To show one in the first teaser seemed almost too easy. It has taking us over 30 years to get the space jockey's story after all. It was surprising to see a giant human head AND and actual humanoid in the first teaser. Like Jim100a100 mentioned, people on this site are floating all kinds of fun, crazy ideas and assumptions with no context whatsoever. We've got people discussing three forms of mutated crew members (why 3? could be 1 or 2 at different stages...could be something completely different) having orgies to create the traditional "Alien" xeno...all based on 3 or 4 frames that add up to maybe 1 or 2 seconds of screen time for goodness sakes =) I'm not cutting them down for having the discussion (that is what this forum is for), but I don't think my little "what if" post is any crazier than some of the stuff you or other members have thrown out there FOR FUN. Jim100 - your profile pic is hilarious (assuming the guy survived). I wasn't aware of the biomechanical features; I'll have to do the ol' freeze frame again. I definitely don't want another recycled Alien, and thankfully we aren't getting that, but I think it is safe to say nobody quite expected a huge statue of a head, let alone a big blue dude =) I don't mind going in that direction if they do it well. In my original post, my language was meant to represent what many people may have initially thought. Personally, the big blue guy seems a little "normal" or traditional for RS and Giger. I have faith in Mr. Scott though...normal or traditional isn't in his vocabulary! You also nailed it on the head concerning more trailers and clips. I said the same thing on a different site the other day...I'm at the point where I don't want to see more, but I don't think I can help myself =)

I remember reading somewhere that Ridley said the Space Jockey is actually a space suit. The shot from the trailer with the head in the lab is probably a SJ space helmet. If so, that would allow Ridley to have a humanoid looking Space Jockey (hokey). So the tall blue guy is a Space Jockey without his space suit on.

You're correct latinhypercube, Ridley has said it's suit and he always wanted to find out...who or what was in that suit?

It's on the Alien DVD boxset commentary :-D I am quite the student of that disc and it's features now :-P

It's also in this [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/1094]Ridley Scott Filmophobia Article[/url]

I seem to recall the poster of Alien...something about an egg...was that an important part of the movie...I forget ..enlighten me... Building Better Worlds with a forthcoming search engine on this site....Cheers BH!

I reckon that'd tickle :-P

@craigamore. Thank you for the link...I hadn't read that interview and now that I have, I think my brain has reset to normal. When I saw the trailer for the first time, my gut feeling was that something had to be different about this film, not the same old thing. After reading what Ridley had to say about everything...well, again, my brain has reset. Don't expect the typical alien stuff people!

anytime man...anytime