Are we being too Literal
TheNextLV426
MemberOvomorphApril 06, 20124469 Views138 RepliesI enjoy all the plot ideas here but think we are being too literal with some of the things we see in the trailers. For example, a king has his reign and then he dies doesn’t mean we’ll encounter a king. It could be a referral to a species being dominant one day and history the next. The phrase is like saying every dog has his day, or 15 minutes of fame.
Because the movie is called Prometheus doesn’t mean that it’s based on ancient Greek mythology any more than Red Dwarf features small red people.
Also, RS has gone to great lengths to distance himself from Aliens 3 and 4 because of their silly plot lines, even so far as to have them ruled non cannon. I would be surprised if after declaring a movie about alien cloning (ie resurrection) as fan fiction if he goes down the route of time travel, ancient atlanteans, Weyland being an SJ, androids evolving in to xenos etc.
I’m not dissing the theories that are posted as they make great reading but I think they are wide of the mark. I think the movie will be set within believable realistic parameters that all audiences, particular the older generation like me who grew up with the film will believe and not on a way out there sci-fi premise.
Having said that, with my luck the I will be completely wrong and the film will be about an ancient time travelling xenomorph from Atlantis called Prometheus who becomes lost in time following a time travel experiment, temporarily taking the places of other people to put right what once went wrong and hoping that each leap will be the leap home.
April 06, 2012
IMO the Mural is there to show a link between the SJ's and the Xenomorph, and to cater to the Xenomorph fans. If the Xenomorph was in the film why bother with a mural that shows the creature in all its glory when Ridley believes in showing the antagonist in Layers, like he did back in 1979.
Yes there is a similarity between a suited Jockey and an adult Xeno, because the Xeno was created in their new image, just as we were created in their old, unsuited image. but the Xeno will not be born in this film, the backlash from the fans would cause the film to fail, and fox won't want that.
April 06, 2012
@ WTSPN - Er, no... HELL NO.
Back in prehistory the SJ's created the universe and all within it. To watch over their creation they created man in their image (tall blue guy) and bestowed us with knowledge and intelligence.
Then another of their children attacked them, surpassed them and took over as the new gods, sealing the old gods (SJ's) in a prison.
We come along to find the old gods are majorly peeved of with all of their former children, intending to wipe them out with their new children created in their new suited image, the Xenomorph.
April 06, 2012
I for one am against this whole idea of proto this and proto that, this all started thanks to a leaked FAKE script, same with the bio-former idea.
I personally do not see Ridley returning to this universe just to do what has already been done, instead of doing what he has always said he wanted to do, which was explore the SJ's.
