1ST TRUE DISAPPOINTMENT

Come on .... is a gentlemen reference to a friend ...they always praise each other ... and ....we love Aliens . Anyway that will not change a bit what Prometheus is .

I entirely agree shardy, but look at it this way...If that's the extent of the tie-in...we're both cryin' over spilt milk.......look on the bright side....There's so much more to 'Prometheus', obviously, and if that's all there is to fuss about, we have nothing to worry about....

Honestly I can't see where the problem is with a bit of flavour from the other movies. The power loader, the pulse rifles, the atmospheric processors and the correctional facilities add just a bit of human background, but there is no emphasis on them. A Queen, a digitigrade alien or a bloody Newborn, on the other hand, would be disappointing, but we are not going to see them. (I hope)

I hear you Shardy, But it is what it is... Like it or not, if Ridley Scott ever tried to get into a pissing war with Fox and James Cameron, he would literally have his ass handed to him while he was thrown backwards through the board room door. Cameron is now a self-made multi-BILLIONAIRE, and he has literally made BILLIONS for Fox... Fluckkk...AVATAR alone has surpassed more than 2 BILLION GROSS... and AVATAR 2 is EXPECTED to rake in even more BILLIONS! Scott has absolutely no choice but to keep his mouth shut and tow the line. Again, Im not saying I like that... But it is what it is.

Spilt milk is what broke Aerosmith up during the late seventies. Its some powerful s**t.

First Rdiley praised Avatar ...then Cameron did say the best about Ridley and the anticipation for Prometheus .... now they pay an homage to aliens and as Noxword say its just "background " . It not a war ..its the exact opposite . Its love :pppp

Prometheus should tie into the Alien Universe. "Building Better Worlds" was from Aliens as well (directors cut). It's all good!

LOL Frantz Definitely is pure love, like this: [img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/tumblr_ktu4iivc5i1qasu84o1_500.jpg[/img]

Hahahahaha You could almost put together a timeline that would do nothing but chronicle the evolution of Lucas' neck waddle. But on a more serious note... Those two literally bent Harrison Ford over a pinball machine in that Crystal Skunk movie !! A pinball machine I tellz yah !! : P

@Shambhala true true, but in our case its 2 geunuses, in THAT case, its a god and an idiot......... by idiot i mean george lucas.... i [i]despise[/i] him!!! >:(

i COMPLETELY agree you CanadaPhil on how FOX is literally up Cameron's arse in regards to what he's done for the studio profit-wise ugh....

Shardy Aliens bashing again (sigh) - Im starting to think it's an age thing. Allot of the older fans I think, had polarized their scifi taste by the time Aliens was released. Aliens is cannon, and without it we would not be here having this conversation and, Prometheus would not exist. There is nothing "moronic" about pulse rifles or power loaders. I actually hope they DO NOT feature in this movie, but if you cant see the amazing industrial and conceptual design that was applied to these props, then you have no imagination.

It's just digital images on a marketing website. What makes anyone think they'll see a power-loader, or any other "Aliens" accoutrements in the movie?

I just can't get myself so worked up about one minor detail of a movie. Aliens is canon, so what? It's been canon for going on three decades. Why is [i]not[/i] changing that fact so shocking/upsetting to anyone?

@Enderwiggin: i'm going to put this in terms that you (possibly) can understand, although (not likely), given your defensive posturing for all things " Aliens " i saw "Aliens" first run in the theater back in 1986, i was super-excited to see what cool new events would unfold after seeing it the first time, i thought it was a decent take on the events that ALIEN left on, however, while waiting in line for the second showing (i saw it back-to-back on opening day) the realization of what a cheap carbon copy of ALIEN it turned out to be began to set in, in an all too palpable way "Aliens" has not aged well at all, Spike TV aired it a little while back, and i decided to re-watch it for nostalgia sake, to see if my stance on such a predicable film could be challenged sadly, after about half way thru the film, i found myself wanting to change the channel, and that is what i did if you want to discuss what you feel is a another "canon", then PLEASE, go do that, start your own thread praising that shit if you are so bored with my bashing, then way even bother acknowledging this thread...? speaking of all things moronic - - i'd say you just validated my point

Okay... who hasn't been paying attention? This doesn't take place THAT far in the future. Which means that some "phaser" or other type of weapon definitely wouldn't make sense. That, and if anybody thinks FOX is in charge here ... they aren't living in the real world. And finally, anything LESS than an "R" rating would hurt sales in this case. This was NEVER meant to be a kiddie flick . From the very start Ridley had every intention to make this a very graphic and mature story. Anything less than an "R" rating would diminish that exponentially. Regards from sanity, David 7

powerloaders are very cool . cheers

[img]http://www.prometheus-movie.com/uploads/weyland_stormrifle.png[/img] OK, just one relatively minor clarification... Its actually NOT the "Pulse" rifle from Aliens but something a little different, the "STORM". However, I do think this thing is going to figure into the plot somehow. I have mentioned this a couple times in various threads going back sometime now. Its like the literally pack the timeline full of the development of this thing with a couple notations that really stand out for me.... Among the intial patent development, they go on to development new special Ammo that can function in [b]ANY atmosphere[/b] including [b]Complete VACUUM[/b] conditions. I think this alone is VERY TELLING and almost telegraphing something that will happen in Prometheus. They also develop new tracking and sighting instruments that can acquire and TRACK targets over great ranges and make completely automated adustments on the fly! THE CURE FOR CANCER is like mentioned ONCE in the timeline! Yet this new weapon and all its tweeks and auxilliary attachements gets the nod 6 or 7 times in the Weyland Timline. There HAS to be a reason for this that is directly RELATED to Prometheus IMO.

@CandaPhil: to me, that looks looks like a pulse rifle with a few things added to it, to make it look less compact, but overall, that is definitely a nod to all things Cameron the sidearms that are featured in PROMETHEUS look very sleek, they also emit some kind of blue / gas-like smoke when the gun is discharged you can see / hear it more clearly in the latest featurette

@ Shardy I am ABSOLUTELY not getting into an Alien vs Aliens debate, I grew weary of that a long time ago - surprised you haven't. I also am not going to start trowing insults. It just seems to me that all the things you criticize in Aliens are the things that set it apart from the first film. Meaning you chastise it for being similar and being original at the same time. Makes no sense. The original point I was trying to make is regarding your reference to the "moronic" power loader. That sir, is an icon of science fiction and will be remembered with the same affection as Maschinenmensch and Robbie the Robot. And you would do well to remember it.