Prometheus, Realistically
Gavin
MemberTrilobiteMarch 20, 20121512 Views26 RepliesI keep seeing a lot of posts from both newcomers on longtermers of our second home (prometheus-movie.com) using terms such as proto-egg, proto-xeno, progenitor. It seems that a lot of you are bent on whatever "thing" is in this movie HAS TO BE an early form of the Alien.
Yeah I get that we are all fans of the Alien, in various degrees.
But the only Alien-esque thing I see is the mural in the recent trailer. Which for that to exist suggests to me that the Alien already exists well before the movie takes place. Same goes for this thing born from Shaw, I have heard BM call it a proto-egg (despite the scene with the big tentacle/tail hitting the door).
IMO Prometheus is a film about the Space Jockey's and does not feature the Alien. I have said that from day 1 and have yet to see anything to tell me otherwise!
Also I see a lot of talk that the recent trailers have retconned AVP and anything after Alien out of existence. I see no evidence of this, in fact I see evidence to the contrary:
1. Weyland Industries - AVP
2. Peter Weylands father was a self taught engineer - AVP
3. Building Better Worlds - Aliens
4. Powerloader - Aliens
5. Correctional Colony - Alien 3
March 20, 2012
Yes frantz, that is my point... the SJ ship IS the Derelict I agree (why would they have two crashed SJ ships in same system, seriously). And yes the eggs are the weapons en-route to earth which the Prometheus stops.
What I meant is the creature itself. Everyone seems to assume the Xeno creature is being created in this movie, and as such will make an appearance, but that doesn't make sense:
1. All them eggs
2. The Mural
The creatures we see in Prometheus are something new, something different, and I suspect that whatever they are, they're linked to the SJ's.
March 20, 2012
@ UP - I mentioned the mural. If they are depicted in a mural how can they be created if they already exist.
@ JC - I agree with the tail/tentacle hitting the door, but the thing being extracted from Shaw is nothing like a chestburster at all. Also in the film Alien 3 it clearly shows the Queen is gestating inside Ripleys chest.
As for the Queen laying all the eggs in the Derelict, that is the stupidiest idea ever. The eggs are cargo - the Derelict is a bomber/transport to deploy the eggs.
March 20, 2012
@ ANZ - I watched the AMC and wondercon interviews, I don't recall hearing that, but I do recall them referring to something hunched over akin to the Alien, hence the new creature.
IMO opinion the mural is an icon, much like a stained glass depiction in a church
