Prometheus

[dlb]

I'm glad I could withstand all those bootlegs until now and I'm psyched as hell!

My only complaint would be the figure besides the Jockey. I doubt that this is him eventhough he is definately not 100% human.
At about 0:30 min they are scanning something that looks more like it could be the Jockey's skull or something.

[Alex of scotland]

I AM JIZZING FAN BOY SPOOGE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW!

Also it looks like what we see of the Space Jockeys ship in the first film is only half of what is left from some explosion in this film.

[richardp]

That. Was. Awesome.

[owinn]

I'm glad I could withstand all those bootlegs until now and I'm psyched as hell!

My only complaint would be the figure besides the Jockey. I doubt that this is him eventhough he is definately not 100% human.
At about 0:30 min they are scanning something that looks more like it could be the Jockey's skull or something.

Just remember that Scott has stated time and time again that what you see as the Jockey in Alien is in fact a suit, the figure next to the Jockey chair is the right size to operate it - that's no coincidence. The same stage is used for the Starmap part of the trailer where you see a human standing in the centre and that human is tiny in comparison.

[dlb]

yeah you're right, but I have a hard time believing that they didn't come up with a fancier creature-design for the Space Jockey AND do already reveal him in the first trailer. I mean, he probably IS the most anticipated character of this movie after all.

anyway the trailer still looks amazing and is pretty much everything I could dream of for the first trailer. I love how it's quite similar to the well known trailer for 'Alien'.

[Lutz]

I would speculate from that screen grab the space jokey is a mutated human from the crew and that there either isn't an alien species in this movie at all or it's a surprise one that won't be the space jokey. The screen grab doesn't match up to the alien head seen in the previously released stills - which is on the med table in the trailer.

I keep thinking of Stephen King's Tommy Knockers.

[Fixer808]

2012 is going to be a fucking awesome year. This looks amazing!

[Alexandros]

Now that we have a clear trailer, it seems that the supposedly leaked storyline that's been going around for some time is not that far-fetched after all. That's the impression I'm getting anyway.

Possible spoilers in the link: http://www.tgdaily.com/entertainment...y-hits-the-net

[exilajei]

Oh my gaaaad. I'm pumped!

[aggroculture]

Looks good. I hope the presence of the xenomorphs is not too understated. Let's not bite the hand (or alien, rather) that feeds.

[dlb]

Is there any info on what role Weyland Yutani is going to play in this? The logo on the helmets looks very familiar but isn't actually the same. Could it be just the "Yutani" logo or the other way 'round?

[Vertigo]

I seem to remember hearing that Weyland-Yutani will be in one half of its pre-merged state in Prometheus (I think Yutani). Which retcons the stupid-arse Aliens vs Predator film, but who cares...

[owinn]

Is there any info on what role Weyland Yutani is going to play in this? The logo on the helmets looks very familiar but isn't actually the same. Could it be just the "Yutani" logo or the other way 'round?

It's the Weyland Corp. Ridley Scott is seen wearing a cap with this and the logo on it in the teasers for the teaser

[jmtd]

I seem to reCall it was one half of the company in the original alien; or at least; it wasn't wayland yutani.

[Deadpool]

Seeing the trailer for this for the first time in theaters was amazing - Prometheus immediately shot to the top of my most anticipated list, especially since I somehow forgot or missed that Guy Pearce is in it. Great cast overall, though. This is gonna be so fucking good. All in all, 2012 will be a damn fine year for movies.

[DVYDRNS]

I never go to the movies... I will be at this opening day. this looks amazing.

[Findus]

It's the Weyland Corp. Ridley Scott is seen wearing a cap with this and the logo on it in the teasers for the teaser

If the company is mentioned, or its name shown, I wonder which way it will be spelled. Last night, while in a book store, I flipped through the newish Alien Vault book. The cover's inside skin, and front and back pages have WEYLAN-YUTANI printed all over. No d at the end of Weylan. The name of the corporation in Alien is WEYLAN-YUTANI. The name is seen on one of the Notstomo's computer monitors, and is printed on the cans of beer consumed by the crew. It was James Cameron, or someone involved in Aliens, who added the d at the end. I'm thinking it would be spelled with a d, since the name is more prominent in Aliens than it is in Alien, but perhaps Ridley Scott will want to keep it consistent with how it was spelled in his film.

http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewto...619&view=print

[jmtd]

If the company is mentioned, or its name shown, I wonder which way it will be spelled. Last night, while in a book store, I flipped through the newish Alien Vault book. The cover's inside skin, and front and back pages have WEYLAN-YUTANI printed all over. No d at the end of Weylan.

Ah yes, that's what I was trying to recall. Thanks,

Mystery cleared up: It will be "Wayland Corp" (no Yutani: pre-merger?)

http://www.prometheus-movie.com/news/92

[konstantin]

looking at the trailer i can't help but think BIG SPECTACLE. i realize things have changed drastically since the Alien and in 2012 not many will be rushing to the theaters for a moody terrifying slow burner, but i hope that they'll preserve the spirit of the franchise. i know they aren't exactly going for a prequel, so they're free to do whatever they want. just wishful thinking on my side.

[Lutz]

looking at the trailer i can't help but think BIG SPECTACLE. i realize things have changed drastically since the Alien and in 2012 not many will be rushing to the theaters for a moody terrifying slow burner, but i hope that they'll preserve the spirit of the franchise. i know they aren't exactly going for a prequel, so they're free to do whatever they want. just wishful thinking on my side.

Not putting in any of your opinion re ALIEN makes the rest of your comment extremely baffling.

What about ALIEN isn't BIG SPECTACLE? Is this even to be inferred or are they two separate comments?

What is the spirit of the franchise?

[Vertigo]

Alien's modest budget, claustrophobic sets, small-name cast (at the time), unproven director (at the time) and near absence of non-physical effects aren't big spectacle. I agree with Konstantin that Prometheus' trailer looks rather opposite to most/all of those traits, but some of the publicity shots look more... Alieny.
Big or small scale, though, Giger's biomechanicals are looking as amazing as ever.

[Lutz]

Alien's modest budget, claustrophobic sets, small-name cast (at the time), unproven director (at the time) and near absence of non-physical effects aren't big spectacle.

John Hurt was an Oscar nominee by this stage and Ian Holm was already a famous actor in the later part of his career (in modern standard that would mirror casting Charlize Theron). To put things further in perspective - Alien was the next realist effects sci-fi spectacle to come off the ramp after Star Wars and it was released only a couple of years after Logan's Run won an Oscar for best special effects!

Your use of the word claustrophobic by definition to imply that the movie is somehow small doesn't make sense. The sets bring claustrophobia to the movie but they are also extremely complicated and overwrought.

I think somehow people get into their minds that a "serious" movie must avoid spectacle, it doesn't, what it does is bring the spectacle to a level where the audience finds it acceptable. In this case it has used the idea that the struggle of the working class makes "serious" entertainment. The reason why people mistake how over the top Alien is is because it has done an incredibly good job with this intent.

Actually to remind people about how exactly overblown Alien is how about we contextualise this with the brilliant Alien theme disco mix that was released at the same time;



Amazing.

[owinn]

Apart from the reporter describing the Nostrimo crew as a science team there's a revealing production still here...http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/...alien-prequel/

Anyone else getting a distinct Metroid vibe here? I totally am - not only the Chozo statues but Charlize Theron could pass as Zero Suit Samus in a heartbeat!

[Fixer808]

MMmmmmm, Noomi...

[ambergris]

Easily my most anticipated movie in years...

I don't see much difference between the 'spectacle factor' of Alien and Prometheus, either. Tom Skerritt is like Michael Fassbender. Yaphet Kotto had been a James Bond villain before. Veronica Cartwright was as big then as Noomi Rapace is now

[Carpathian Psychonaut]

People keep saying 'prequel' but didn't I read somewhere it was more like a different story that's set in the same fictional universe?

Not directly linked, as such, but sharing some of the common assets.

[fillow]

Pardom my stupid question, but are there any xenomorphs in this film? I guess not, hence the whole non-prequel thing, but I don't follow it too close

[dlb]

I guess calling it a prequel makes it easier to talk about the movie and directly imply that it is very much linked to the Alien movies. It shares the space jockey, the derelict spacecraft, the same planet, one half of the same company and you might even get a glimpse of some form of Giger's Alien (it's still not ruled out as far as I could read).
Pretty much like "The Thing (2011)" worked for Carpenter's movie, in "Prometheus" you'll see what happened on that planet years before the crew of the Nostromo landed there. So it is somehwat of a prequel, but I doubt that the movie will directly tie things together with the first Alien movie. So no young Ellen Ripley looking up in the sky and wondering what's there to find.

[jmtd]

the same planet

Really? Confirmed?

[Zipfinator]

Really? Confirmed?

Well, the giant ship that the Space Jockey is on is explored and appears to be exploding in the trailer so it's pretty much confirmed unless they transported the ruins of that ship to the planet in Alien which would be quite strange.