Did they show us too much? (Shaw's

Heeeeeeeeeeeeey RickK, long time no see man. Didn't actually notice that they fuzzed it out to be honest, but the squids out of the gut as far as we're concerned. We still have yet to see what that thing grows up to be, and it's sure to be horrible. It already is as a little 'un, and they at Fox HAD to know we'd jump on detail like that. So, in answer to your question, I don't think they have let too much out personally. Depends on your point of view I guess. But so far I'm quite satisfied with what I've seen, and the hype gets hyp-ier :-D

Hey man! I'm just wondering why they changed their minds and decided they didn't want us to see it anymore? Seems like a strange move on their part. Just like "mutated guy's" has long gangly alien-like arms in one trailer and then he's got regular human arms in the next. Some wierd stuff going on, theyr'e seriously messing with our heads and loving every minute of it I'm sure.

I agree with the TC. It would be interesting to see the two images side-by-side (this one and the non-fuzzed out version).

They did it with the long-armed guy too? Wow. Usually I'm pretty observant but I think this is straining even my Batman-like detective skills................ I did notice the changed look of the ship between the teaser and the full trailer though. The second one I think looks far betterer. Maybe they left those details in for the likes of us?

Hey abordoli - I edited my initial post and included the non fuzzed version for comparison.

@RickK, Thank-you. Now, I'm totally convinced these trailers are being edited keep certain things from being too apparent. Also, their might have been censorship considerations given that youngsters might have been up. I know I would have been up.

That still wouldn't explain the mutant arms being changed...very odd...perhaps they realize fans dissect and pick up on these clues more than they would have liked RickK ....do you have a comparison of the mutant scene also...I think it would be very telling if they were trying to hide the extent of human mutation, size at least

Yea, here you go... 1st pic is an animated gif from a previous trailer... [img]http://www.larsfocke.de/temp/prometheus_mutant_animation.gif[/img] And here's an image I capped from the new trailer, the guy's arms are very normal... [img]http://www.autumnskyburning.com/files/normalarms.jpg[/img]

What are we looking at? The thrower or the thrown?

The thrower. And it definitely looks like a spacesuit in the second pic...... curious.................

The thrower, compare his right arm in the animation, and in the pic (you can see it a lot better in the new trailer but I don't have the resources here to make an animation) I hope the people making these trailers are enjoying themselves, they are really keeping us guessing - who knows what we'll wind up seeing on the screen! I guess in this day and age where information is so readily available, misinformation is their only defense.

The funny thing is, the thrower in the .gif looks more like the blacked out helmet thing that stares the crew member down than Fifield. The second picture looks like fifield. I think there are going to be two monsters/infected/aliens in that scene. Fifield and whatever that all black helmet thing is we see in the new trailer.

If I recall, there has been another "edited" image brought up here of the landscape where one has just sky in the far background and another has had a planet placed at the horizon in post-production. Could it be that we are seeing "pre" and "post" production clips in the trailer mixed in with a bit of censorship since trailers themselves are often rated for certain audiences? I'm not saying we're not being fooled with, but there is a possibility that this is not intentional.

@ Seagraves: I agree there's probably going to be more than one mutated crewmember invovled in this scene but it's obvious that those two images are the exact same part of the scene and involving the same two people, In one, the thrower has been doctored up post production and in the newer one he one has not. @abordoli: Hard to say, wierd thing is, the first time the "throwing guy" (for lack of a better term) made an appearance in the trailers he had normal arms, then in a later trailer he had the longer arms and more mutated appearance, and now he's got normal arms again. I don't think they did it unintentionaly, I'm sure everything you see in that trailer was heavily scrutinized before it was released.

in answer to your question I am just offering another view here...or a guess if you will...I am not sure how this thing came out of her body, but if i were guessing I would say an incision right near or around the chest...perhaps this shot in particular was made deliberately for different trailer needs...hard Core and regular if you will each being designed to test in different markets. But the angle of it seems a little different to me, In Other Words it is not the exacts same shot, close but a little different in the angling...this one might have shown too much of the reveal on how that thing is birthed...who knows, originally I thought they were completely different angle but they are NOT they are real close to each other and I could even be wrong and they are exactly the same but again, my guess would be, different needs for different market testings.

It wouldn't be the first time that a movie has used footage more than once hoping that the audience wouldn't notice. Good point, Sparty!

It's starting to do my head in :-S but it's fun to guess anyways :-D

Well Ridley did not seem impressed by some of us fanboys. when he made a comment that we over analise too much. I think maybe they never expected so much of us to be freeze framing and blowing up still images of the trailers. Maybe in hindsight Fox decided to hide the details of that scene by blurring it out, only other reason would be for it to not be shown due to the time of day but after 9PM would go with a 15+ viewing and i cant see that image being to graphic for 9 PM Watershed?

Oh with regards to the Hanger scene who knows. I dont think the mutated/edited clip shows enough to be effected by the Watershed? Maybe again that scene shows far too much, as it could show what the crew mutate into. But then a latter scene we see Fifield pull someone out of maybe a window, there also apears to be a axe or crowbar he is using, so i would say by that, that they decided to go for the mutated fifield look as opposed to the guy with long limps and big head who knows. The bluring of Shaws scene does tell me that maybe yes this scene is the money shot scene Ridley is on about and maybe in hindsight they wish they never showed it clearly in other trailers. But why hide these things as part of the plot, i understand Shaws part but the movie does show in detail 1) Dead Jockeys 2) What the worm looks like (Cobra) and who gets it. 3) The running Hologram Jockeys So i feel this trailer showed more than the others, so i cant understand why they never included the big head/arm scene unless they decided for the movie to go with the orginal un edited/cgi overlay scene.

@BigDave - I Think you nailed it. It was only shown during the peak flashing climax at the end of the trailer. They failed to anticipate us nerding out over it.