Cobra Hugger revelation ????

By the way this creature looks like a very early version of the facehugger to me...

Not to me it don't... 1. Its white 2. no legs 3. the underside is completely different 4. the tail is segmented 5. the FH never stood on its tail 6. it attacks someones arm ...etc...etc...

@Snorkelbottom After learning about the running time and seeing all the trailers, I've reached the conclusion that this movie is likely to skew much more closely to the original "Alien" than "2001." Having read various things Scott said during pre-production and filming, I had originally thought it would straddle the two more evenly; some horror elements within a thoughtful, provocative story. If it's a state of the art roller-coaster ride, I suppose that's good enough, but I had thought he was going for something a bit more ambitious.

Snorkelbottom: As I said... A VERY early version... its flaps could eventually evolve into legs as well as it could change its colors and body functions.

Ridley is a smart cookie artyoh, I think both he and Fox have shown us exactly what they want us to see. Add all the snippets together and you will clearly see we have seen little of Prometheus, I truly believe (and pray) that it will be brimming with stunning cinemaphotography, solid performances and a thought provoking plot full of surprises and horrific shocks.

Do you think we're seeing a new species than the xeno or the progenitor that was being talked about a while back Snorkelbottom? I think some parts do resemble the xeno chest burster a little, more so the facial features, the mouth in particular for me.

I think it really is designed to function cobra-like. - it spits acid ( melting helmet) - it ejects , better shoots out worm which gets into body.

I'm going with Rick on this for now ... because my take on his suggestion makes sort of sense of NOT having limbs, probably means it hasn't evolved to that stage yet because it hasn't 'encountered' a being with limbs ... i.e. 'humans' or similar ... So once it encounters a human it then has a life cycle that would incorperate the human DNA side of humanoid traits? ... not all just a select few by mutation ... therefore the next stage hugger has finger like tentacles ... and what? a tounge like 'thingy'? ... is that feasable? ... Oh I don't know lol ... I'm just talking to myself really ... and you lot are in the same room :) ...

If it has anything to do with the facehugger, it could actually be a more advanced iteration. If it can latch on to an another organism basically anywhere and/or slither inside any orifice in the blink of an eye, that seems to me, a more efficient and adaptable morphology, than something limted to external attachment and digits of a specific size.

Maybe this snake is a biomechanical drone that forms a part of the Engineer's body. I'm not going to guess what part. He sends it out to reconnoiter and test new arrivals.

this "cobrahugger" reminds me the Taça Jules Rimet...[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fIx9E7WIDnY/TxgrivBFGpI/AAAAAAAAHbg/_8q5ddu-S4M/s320/a%2BaaaTa%25C3%25A7a%2BJules%2BRimet%2Bgrande.jpg[/img]

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i can see a bit of phallic shape before the creature blooms for attack. to me, the aperture in the center looks more sphincter-like than anything in that initial shot, it looks like a VERY lethal orchid, i think the design of it (from what i can see so far) is really cool and what it seems to do to whomever it attacks - - eeeeeeks....!

I believe will be seeing all types of creatures in the film. These Space Jockys have been collecting samples of every dark and nasty creature in the universe. The Xeno's are just one creature found and brought to life like a clone, testube, or however they meddle with DNA. Yo u might not think the Snake looks scary but after hearing a sound bite of what it does to a few crew members, I think will all have a terryfying experence. Please listen and tell me how in the hell they are gonna nake this a PG13 rating. LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aIWERkzeHkk

I agree Artyoh! It seems like a more streamlined face hugger...also it's form follows function...what ever it's function is it isn't to latch onto a face and impregnate the victim with an alien embryo... Time will tell what it's true purpose is, but looks likely it's infecting people with something. Or maybe it's just plain nasty. Btw, it reminds me of a cute bunny when it's flaps are closed lol.

Big things start small remember Anyway it has the ability to furl and unfurl......why? Furled to enter an orifice like the throat........then it unfurls inside you so you cant pull it out with bringing half your stomach with it.......it seems to have its own orifice too.......does it eat? Or does it plant something?

no way i would have tried to touch that thing, but i would have done this [img]http://www.sandarsdimension.com/galleries/cowboybebop/gifs/FayeGun.gif[/img]

I would like to say that although the cobra alien is reminiscent of the facehugger that we know, it is the early stages of it. Remember that the SJs are trying to create the "Perfect Organism" as described by Ash (Alien). This lifeform had not been perfected yet.