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"Prometheus" March 18, 2012 11:13 am RobVG

A prequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien series due out June 8.

Looks fantastic in this extended trailer-
Here

Beside a slightly changed egg pod I notice a few ties to “Aliens”.

There is a wireframe CG display of the ship with the beacon that sent Nostromos’s crew to the planet’s surface. In the ship they found a large alien laying in a “chair” with it’s ribs broken outward. This alien is shown alive  in a similar chair in Prometheus.

They also show Charlize Theron in the same underwear Sigourney Weaver wore in the escape ship in the final scenes of Alien. Funny what surfaces from the formative years of your teens.

Anyone else see ties to “Alien”?

 

  • "Alien" is an important film for the science and SF buff. There are some important philosophical points made there, ... by ER 2012-03-18 14:12:26
    • ^In that case, Humanity just seems more and more boring to us and to other species.^ I don't see any good ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 14:18:50
      • That was one of the objections to Active SETI sending signals by RobVG 2012-03-18 15:27:15
        • That was the Outer Limits episode "The Mice." by TB 2012-03-18 17:58:42
          • ya scooped me :) (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-18 18:21:56
          • The usual conceit for old SF movies is that ET wants our resources, or our women, or they are just ... by ER 2012-03-18 16:52:22
            • One thing's for sure by RobVG 2012-03-18 18:12:56
              • I'm not sure they'll be humanoid, Rob. There's no reason they can't be, of course, but active, tool-using creatures ... by ER 2012-03-18 19:12:17
                • I didn't say they can't have multiple... by RobVG 2012-03-18 20:50:44
                  • I believe industry modeled robots on humans because the tools used and designs of things built were already the result ... by ER 2012-03-19 07:20:00
                    • Ah, but you're assuming that all life started around 3-4 billion years ago, like it did on Earth, when in ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 14:16:31
                      • We can only assume the length of time for the rise of a civilization is roughly comparable, it may be ... by ER 2012-03-25 17:52:55
                        • Well said. (n/t) by podrock 2012-03-25 19:43:44

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