Are we being too Literal
TheNextLV426
MemberOvomorphApril 06, 20124477 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
@ Wirrn - I have a friend whom has Crohns disease, he's had it all his life, as did O'Bannon. While it isn't curable it is treatable with medication.
@ WTSPN - Once all suitable host have been used up the Xenomorphs will die leaving behind their eggs. SJ's come down, collect the eggs, eliminate the skeletons and hives of the Xenomorphs (think blue liquid in AVPR or War of the Worlds (Book not films) black fog). The Derelict in Prometheus/Alien is filled with said cargo of eggs.
April 06, 2012
If the short life span thing is true, it has never been stated in the films. The Xenomorph's would eventually die out, after how long we simply don't know.
April 06, 2012
Agreed CanadaPhil, I always thought that 4 day's was too short. I imagine the Xenomorphs probably have a decent lifespan to give them time to do their thing.
April 06, 2012
Exactly Sparky...
Dan O'Bannon and H R Giger are the Sci-Fi Horror equivalent of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, or James Cameron and Stan Winston.
April 06, 2012
The "temple" is based upon Harkonnen Castle (spotted by your truly back in November/December) and Gigers description of the workings of Harkonnen Castle (originally intended for Dune) is not too dis-similar to how the Xenomorph's construct their hives, which co-incidently, probably look like what Giger designed for the Pyramid in Alien (essentially a large egg).
