Hammerpede NOT organic!

ped or pede commonly refers to foot or feet. If it was a vehicle, probably would be craft or mobile. Using "pede" at the end of a weapon's name doesn't really make sense. to paraphrase Bishop, I think it's something we haven't seen

Seems to be everyone on here comes up with the nicknames anyway....i dont think they are official.....like the xenocobra or whatever

Interesting thought. I still support the "creature" theory though as we've seen glimpses of other creatures in the trailers; large tentacle slamming a door, the cobra-thing etc. And I think it would be more relevant in this instance to write a score related to a scary creature rather than a weapon or a vehicle (like in all horror films for that matter), but I could be wrong. But what do you mean by nicknames and official names regarding the aliens?

@Mark it's not a nickname

cannot be certain of course, but I am pretty damn sure that thing we have seen is the hammerpede...I know we have not seen any evidence of legs yet but let's face it, it's a damn worm with a hammer shaped head!

I prefer the nickname "Flapworm"!

I agree with Fury161. It's similar to how people named the hammerhead shark because of its morphology. I think the 'cobralien' and the 'hammerpede' are the same thing, much as I don't like referring to them as such.

I prefer SpaceCobra

I think the thing in the black gloop that attacked Milburn was a carrier for the Hammerpede, cause what went into Milburn was different when it came out of him then into Ford. A similer organic delivery system to the hugger/burster combi.

you don't name something with "pede" or "ped" or "pod" with no legs. Doesn't happen. Unless the cobra is hiding a set of legs somewhere, it ain't the "hammerpede"

Is that an official name or a fan-name though? It might not be that it was named after a centipede... maybe a millipede, they look more sleek than centipedes generally. I agree with you Jim, naming something in that manner wouldn't make sense in the context, but perhaps could be a form that it transitions into... like the original transition from chestburster to adult? The chestburster didn't have legs (discounting pre-production and disused concepts).

I'm pretty sure, but as I said not certain. We have been told there will be numerous creatures, and one thing I have seen hardly any speculation on is the similarly white coloured limb of something slamming against the small window that Shaw is peering through.

It has wings in the movie? or that's his thyroid?

@Fury161 I shudder to think what thing might actually be that hits the glass pane of the door, it looks a LOT bigger than the 'cobralien'

the name is directly from the tracklisting on the OST

Aww, my favorite nickname for this snakething is armpitwrangler or wristwrangler... *chuckle* Maybe wristchocker, armcracker... But hammerpede. Hammerpete, shuffle the letters and voila. *g* Or its just a name without any meaning. I mean... "...call a nasty, cruel and brutal Aliencreature Hammerpede, thats it Scott, we will call it Hammerpede." *applause from all, Ridley bows* Maybe pede... > Feet... Hammerpede... Hammerfeet... ;) A creature with strong legs...? I think its... organic. And in an other meaning... Hammerpede(feet blabla) the vehicle. A heavy all terain vehicle... Edit: Ups...

I love your name Alieness...reminds me of Elliot Ness

Hm, is my english so bad? *sigh* I hate it... no forums in german about Prometheus.

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@DippyBird that's very possible - the cobra mutates into something with legs. In fact, someone put up a pic showing how similar the "batwings" at the head of that thing are to a facehugger with no legs.

@Jim100a100 That was my first thought when I saw the trailer breakdon on io9 - I instantly got a 'protohugger' vibe from it... but it remains to be seen what kind of horror this (these?) creatures are actually capable of. The hole melting faceplate of the helmet screamed facehugger to me as well, but perhaps this (these?) creatures do not require a live host in order to reproduce (evolve?)... hence the fact the faceplate melts all over that poor bugger's face... it's giving me chills just thinking about it!

@Synthrimonger94 - "All the other aliens never recieve official names just nick names"! You're wrong about that. Check out the old Alien soundtrack... There is a track called "The Facehugger".

Well, spacecobra breaks milburns(?) arm. But we see him(?) raise up two hands. The "slit" from spacecobras... mouth(?) looks a bit like a facehuggers "mouth". The problem about this theory: Spacecobra has no fingers to hold and grab. Such a mechanism is useless on this cobralien thing. My theory about the melting helmet: They try to cut it off maybe... we see something similar in Alien the movie.

@Shaw's_sweet_baby Yup. I have it, "The Facehugger" is one of the best tracks on it :) @Alieness I agree, it doens't make any logical sense to compare it to the facehugger other than it's vague resemblance - given that it has nothing (that we can see) with which to grip. Perhaps it hides some rather nasty teeth within it's mouth/opening? I agree wholeheartedly about them trying to cut it off... and I think that they will perhaps fail as well...

We for sure know that one of the aliens in the film is going to be called "The Hammerpede". Now, if the Cobra isn't the Hammerpede then what is? Could anyone in here possibly imagine a creature with only one foot that looks like a hammer?.. C'mon guys!

I think Hammerpede refers to the rolling derelict/Juggernaut that we see "chasing" after Shaw and Vickers at the end of most trailers. Obviously, the Space Jockey ship is not really chasing anyone, it just happens to be rolling in the general direction of Shaw and Vickers. Hammerpede is the name of a track from the official Prometheus soundtrack. Search Amazon.com and look at the track list to find it. This list contains potential spoilers, so beware!

Well that was a point I tried to make earlier, I don't think it's been named the Hammerpede for the fact it has legs like a centipede. I think it's more of a portmanteau between millipede and hammerhead because that's what it looks like, more sleek like a millipede (than a centipede) and with a hammerhead shape. However... it doesn't mean that it literally has to have legs to qualify as being named with after a millipede, in biology and zoology there are organisms named after what they look like - but again this is all conjecture.

@Shaws_sweet_baby (love that moniker, btw) I'll guarantee there's going to be stuff in this movie you or I could never imagine. Plus, the name doesn't necessarily mean it resembles a hammer. It probably hammers through things..skulls for instance ;)

The Juggernaut has two "legs" with hammer-shaped "feet" on the end of each of them. When the Juggernaut crashes and begins rolling across the landscape, it appears to be "walking". It think Ridley was very clever including this sequence in the film: how do we introduce a huge antagonist that's pursuing our heroes? He got lucky with Giger's original derelict design.

@Jim100a100 Like a jackhammer? That's what the inner jaws have always reminded me of!