The Space Jockey

With the film's details on the down-low, I don't like to speculate too much as to how Scott is going to situate the race of the Space Jockey within the context of this new story that has been described as, "containing Alien's DNA, so to speak." I'm guessing this alien race somehow had to do with the development of the Xenomorphs, seeing as how it's warning beacon was being sent out to Nostromo in Alien. If I'm correct, the distress beacon was actually a warning heeding nearby ships to NOT land. Of course, the Nostromo decrypts this message far too late. I'm really excited. From the trailer, there's obviously going to be some epic reveals, especially concerning the human race's establishment as a species. I've always loved the Space Jockey: the idea that we were not the first to discover the terrors of the Xenomorphs has always peaked my curiosity. Also, the fact that the Space Jockey is being called "Engineer" makes me think that this race, or sect of race, may specifically be bio-engineers of either the human race or the Xenomorphs. Select shots from the trailer reveal egg chambers that look like science labs: more refined, cylindrically shaped test-tube-like structures serve as the Xenomorph eggs, someone is shown fiddling with what looks like Xenomorph saliva or natal fluid, someone is heard screaming CUT IT OFFFF!, a woman is shown struggling in front of a mirror with what appears to be interior physical pain. All of this is pointing to something important involving the Xenomorphs. What it is, I don't know. But I can't wait to find out. Thank you Mr. Scott for taking this step and expanding upon the Alien universe in an inventive and innovative manner...that is something hard to find in this era of rehashes, remakes, prequels, and sequels.

If you could create life, why would you care? The assumption of good and evil is something that man kind has created. It some ancient texts there is no hell and no devil only a "god".

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I think everybody is WAY off base here...it is quite clear from everything we have been permitted to glean from the facts AS PRESENTED by Mr. Scott and Co. that what follows is undeniably the "bones" of the Prometheus movie: The Space Jockey is the one God, Jehovah. After crapping out the human race, he punishes HIMSELF by having Cartman eat his liver everyday for eternity...but he leaves himself an avenue of escape by planting star charts on earth so one day David the Android butler can find the Primal Goo and use it to stop Cartman (and possibly Butters) and save the universe. There. Now nobody has to see the film. And you can all remember how good Alien was...and how good the script was...old alien gets nailed by the hostiles and sends off a warning, etc...

Ok so I haven't read through the other posts yet but wanted to contribute my thoughts before they were skewed by others perception. I have been a huge fan of the aliens saga (particularly the colonial marines and that ironically was a driving force for me to join the USMC,... Also coincidently the roles cast for those characters came out of the novel starship troopers which was much better than the movies portrayal.) Anyway,... Needless to say i was intrigued with the mythology aspect brought up in the beginning of this topic. Mythology is based on real world perception and typically he re-telling of epic deeds or catastrophic events to retain oral records. Based on the trailer and subsequent truth about the nature of the chest busters it is my thought that the space jockeys or engineers were onviouse remnants of an advanced space fairing race. The aliens themselves would appear to be a sort of biological weapon that is used by these space jockeys to control their dominance of other sentient life. It would appear from the trailers that once an advanced civilization is detected by the space jockeys they unleash the alien swarm to decimate the population. The survivors of these past attacks must have used the cave pictographs to establish a record of what had happened to them. It could be theorized that once the population was suffcieny decimated the race of space jockeys would then use the conqoured world for material resources. Except it would appear as if they eventually accidentally lost control of their super bio weapon and it caused their downfall,...

after reading many posts on this site i can see many people who are going to be very disappointed when this film comes out.because expectations are so high that people forget that its just a film,and as a film it has to follow a certain path a tried tested formula.i for one hope that it will be a great movie,up there with alien which as you know was also a film that followed a basic formula and bare bones plot...but for the love of god please please please keep james cameron away from any sequel as in my opinion he started the rot of the franchise, ruined the look of the alien and turned it into some kind of easily killed bug

hm. After reading that i agree, but have a feeling the Space Jok will be helples and i'll feel sorry fr him T_T lol

new theory for the plot I thought I'd put out there after reading a few. The space jockeys technology clearly looks like its based on bio technology. The ships look organic and the chair grows into its occupant amongst a few uses of bio technology (not to mention several other bits of evidence in the trailers). There ships also look alot like an alien hive on the inside. Maybe under space jockey control, xenomorphs can be directed to build their hives into space jocky ships and structures. So Aliens are kind of like the SJ slave work force. Secondly maybe the space jockeys are originally evolved from a virus or bacteria (kind of x-files similar plot I know), the black ooze found in the pods in chamber with the big head. This ooze/virus infects other races and mutates them into space jockeys. A race that uses other races like that to reproduce would have no trouble with using other organic life as a kind of resource to build up their spaceships. Plus we know they are old (LV-426 space jocky was fossilised). Bacteria is one of the first forms of life. Imagine how much it could have evolved if we're talking on the cosmic scale with billions of years. So anyways I see it as something kind of like intergalatic farming for them. They leave clues on primitive worlds to wait for the population size to get advanced enough and big enough to reach a dormant SJ ship. The human crew's curiosity leads them to being infected by the SJ virus/DNA and becoming a space jockey themselves. The space jockey goes back to earth to "farm" us like a good alien farmer culling his herd. Some humans are infected to reproduce space jockeys. others are infected by aliens who make more ships under SJ control to spread to other worlds and repeat the process. Other thought that popped into my head. The space jockey suit also looks organic in nature. if the SJ use other species to reproduce and grow their technology maybe one guy gets infected and slowly turned into an organic SJ space suit, while another gets infected and turned into a just a space jockey (the blue head guy in the trailer), hence some differences seen in the clips of mutated crew members. Thoughts and opinions on this would be muchly appreciated fellow film geeks.

Hi all, Having seen 4 pics showing David7/8 at the consoles and the Blue Man i imagine that David has come across the Map Room, activated the green orb and when he leaves it activates a sarcoffigus and awaken said blue man who then operates the console bringing up the jockey seat which has suit already built in that then envelopes him. This bears in mind that most pilots of aircraft have oxygen masks fitted above them for emergencies and that it being a space vehicle that environmental protection is paramount. Also the cryo containers have on three of them a hole similar to acid burn just at chest height but not the third which blue man exits, are they contaminated with a xeno type form, indeed there is all likely hood that Blue/Jockey's are the creators of genetic bio lifeforms that not only creates life but solid matter hence bio formations on ship

Well, man could be Prometheus. We already have Wayland saying he is god. He sends the ship to god. The crew steals something and is punished. Still, the cave paintings don't make a lot of sense unless it is a trap.

what made the derelict/space jockey, from the original ALIEN movie so great, was that it was so alien, so unknown and unlike anything one would expect in space...i'm afraid by trying to explain/define/clarify it in prometheus, the mystery explained ruins everything that was great in the original ALIEN film....... i liken it to a short story my S. Lem, where an astronaut encounters an alien spacecraft that flies by. The mystery and alieness of it, the fact that it has probably been flying through space for millions of years is the mystery that makes it so fascinating....... When an artist takes away the spectators use of their own imagination and interpretation, then you're left with an average result....alot of special effects and a ready made to watch on DVD.......