The Official Prometheus (Alien Prequel) Thread

NathanE said:
Exactly my point! But Ridley Scott would be right then in saying "it's a question nobody has asked" because even I have only recently started asking the question of "how did WY corporation know there was interesting stuff on that planet"? And thus that's where the sequel gets born from!
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Ah, I see. I didn't quite follow you in your first post.

Yes, it seems WY is going to be in Prometheus. So it could answer that question.
 
ic1male said:
I like that idea. It certainly fits "The search for our beginning could lead to our end"
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It's also the basis of the "leaked" story treatment that Fox have publically poo-pooed.

It wouldn't surprise me if the creatures from the Alien films are actually just denizens of LV426, where the Space Jockey's ship just happened to crash (as we'll see in Prometheus), and the xenomorphs set up shop there. Weyland Yutani already knew about the jockey ship, not so much the creatures now inhabiting it. It would take a little wranging of the mythology to make that stick, though.

For what it's worth, the "leaked" treatment dealt with the crew of the Prometheus coming into contact with an ancient interstellar race (who we know as the space jockeys), who welcome them as their finest children... the first race that they created to reach the stars.

The jockeys reveal to them their super-advanced technology for terraforming planets in order to support/create life, but one of the crew blows it when he tries to nick some of their stuff. In the process, the bio-engineered creatures that form part of the terraforming program are affected and give birth to the nasty Aliens that we all know and love.

As the nasty ones set about wiping out the jockeys, the crew of the Prometheus escape -- pursued by the original's Derelict and it's new deadly payload now headed for Earth.

Of course, it never makes it and crashes on LV426, setting up the background for Alien.
 
That kind of seems a bit weird though - what would the facehuggers purpose be in terraforming planets, even if they were benign at that point?
 
ic1male said:
That kind of seems a bit weird though - what would the facehuggers purpose be in terraforming planets, even if they were benign at that point?
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No idea, which is part of why I'm inclined to believe that the supposed leak is indeed fake.

Maybe they used to sprout flowers instead of egg-laying rape-tubes? :D
 
Just heard a new theory that the supposed "Space Jockey" visible in the trailer of the "pilot room" (there's a screen cap in this a bit earlier)... isn't a SJ. But is the "cocooned man" that appeared on the IMDB cast/character list, and which FOX got quickly removed.

That's why he looks humanoid but with a distinctly leathery face. Because he has been mutated by being cocooned somewhere. Perhaps human DNA mixed with Space Jockey DNA. Not the same type of cocoon as the Xenomorphs do to their prey. A different type of cocoon.

Personally I hope that we do not see a real living Space Jockey in this movie. I hope we only see fossils and artefacts. Less is more.
 
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Castor said:
Im calling it now, the derelict was on it's way to earth when it landed/crashes on LV426.
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Could be right.

Let's not forget this movie started off being called "Paradise". It was about some scientist explorers landing on a planet probably not too dissimilar to Pandora from Avatar. They find some ancient alien artefacts. Perhaps they have a "close encounter" with said alien(s) i.e. Space Jockey's, or perhaps get transported via a wormhole to a whole other planet such as their home world.

They have some sort of "disagreement" or at least relations breakdown between the human scientists and the alien race. The alien race decides it is necessary to wipe out the human race by sending a warship loaded with weaponised facehugger payload to Earth. Human scientists then spend the rest of the movie sabotaging this warship which ultimately ends with it crashing on LV426.

At least one human scientist MUST survive and make it back to Earth otherwise Wayland-Yutani would not have any knowledge of anything. Other than the fact that they sent a team to "Paradise" and they never returned. Without this prior knowledge the movie Alien would not have even existed because Wayland-Yutani would not have known to program the Nostromo computer (and include an android in the crew with an ulterior motive) to stop near LV426 and wake the crew for their "black ops" mission that they thought was a pure-sheer-chance incident involving an newly discovered Alien distress beacon signal.

In about 6 months, all this could turn out to be baloney :D Or it could be close to correct.
 
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NathanE said:
Just heard a new theory that the supposed "Space Jockey" visible in the trailer of the "pilot room" (there's a screen cap in this a bit earlier)... isn't a SJ. But is the "cocooned man" that appeared on the IMDB cast/character list, and which FOX got quickly removed.

That's why he looks humanoid but with a distinctly leathery face. Because he has been mutated by being cocooned somewhere. Perhaps human DNA mixed with Space Jockey DNA. Not the same type of cocoon as the Xenomorphs do to their prey. A different type of cocoon.

Personally I hope that we do not see a real living Space Jockey in this movie. I hope we only see fossils and artefacts. Less is more.
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I think you're on to something there -- and I don't think there's going to be a WHOLE lot of "Alien" in this film except for the Derelict crash at the end.

I just looked through a pretty good frame-by-frame breakdown of the trailer, and chronologicially it appears that the character "Holloway" gets his face covered in stuff from one of the ampules in the room with the big head. This burns him, but over time also mutates him. It's some kind of bio-engineering.

There's a shot where you see two space-suited individuals fighting and one, obviously enhanced by CGI and wire-work, leaps at the other. In the freeze-frame, you can see that his face is heavily mutated. I reckon it's Holloway, and his exposure to the stuff within the ampules kick starts a chain of mutation that ultimately leads to the Xenomorph known in the Alien films. Let's not forget that the creature design in "Alien" included a human skull at the front of the head, the top of which was visible through the clear window that runs along the top of its elongated dome (mind you, that could also be explained by the fact they take some physical characteristics from their host).

I think the general story is going to be one of initial discovery, and eventually politics and internal warfare as the corporation and crew battle over whatever the stuff in these ampules is. Meanwhile, their theft is discovered and the Derelict is shipped off after them, only to appear in the finale. Meanwhile, Holloway is turning into something more than human.
 
It could be that the "mutant" begins piloting the warship. With the intention of flying it to Earth so he can open the bomb bay doors.

Hell maybe this warship is actually on the Paradise planet. Then there would be no need at all for any fantastical encounters with Space Jockey's or wormholes to their planet.

Maybe it really is as simple as, scientists find artefacts on Paradise. They play with said artefacts, conduct experiments. One experiment goes wrong resulting in a man becoming infected. Said man, gradually mutates over several hours or days. Said man, "loses his mind" and acquires evil intentions.
 
Yup, that could be what causes the "disagreement" between the scientists and the Space Jockeys.

No doubt it is a human android that does the thievery as well :rolleyes: :D
 
Isnt the whole concept(originally) of Aliens, of stealing fire from the gods. The corporations getting bitten back from things they do not understand.
 
Castor said:
Apparently Theron has stated she's the 'baddy' and may have let slip about a chestbursting scene? :eek:
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Theron's character, Vickers, is an employee of Weyland Corp, so it's a safe bet she'll end up being the villain.

It there's a chestbursting scene, it'll be during the finale. Likely what causes the Derelict to lose course and crash.
 
Im a bit miffed there is any kind of human 'baddy'. I was hoping it would be the ship crew vs whatever they find alien wise. I really hope it dosent turn into Sunshine where an awesome story/movie is basically all about a crazed crew member killing everyone. Yawn.

Theres a bit in the trailer that worries me, a 'humanoid' jumps off the roof of a vehicle to a person standing below and theres flames in the background. I say humanoid cos you can clearly see from its face its a deformed human.

Please please please dont be a movie about a small crew dispatched to attend a mystery signal but they find a human or one of the crew goes nutty and basically kills everyone and generally makes a mess and the 'alien' aspect is a side story.

I also wonder if the story is going to be about a rescue crew sent out to find the lost previous crew (Sunshine!) and the first crew have all deformed/ been possesed/gone mad or been taken over by some alien being. Anyone seen Event Horizon hmmmmmm?

Im worried :(
 
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