Ridley Scott's Prometheus

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Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Fifield scan enlarged.

You can see from this that they're not the same. The knee-pads look different, the armlets, everything. In fact, the creature doesn't appear to be wearing any suits we see onboard the Prometheus. The lack of considerable fire damage is telling too.

Looks like the same thing to me, bro.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
EDIT: Also, is it just me, or do the majority of the Engineers near the waterfall look ancient, and the young muscular one is the sacrifice? What kind of society is this anyways?

Yeah. They must be a part of some Hunger Games lottery.. lol. But that wouldn't be much of a selfless sacrifice if they were chosen. I guess it's not very selfless if some old f#cker does it, cuz he's probably on his way out anway. Means more if he's young.

Unconfirmed Prometheus 2 Development Details

The people behind the website called NexusNews claim to have insider information on the development of the Prometheus sequel. This information is unconfirmed and thus it should be taken with a BIG grain of salt especially at this stage of the game. Here’s their report on the matter:

[quote]According to our insider information: Prometheus 2 is under works, and it planned for a 2014/2015 release. The filming will start shortly this year. Currently they are at the Planning stage, where they lay out the entire plan on how to film the movie in the proper order and how to achieve some of the special effects described in both the scripts (currently in progress) and the concept arts. Later this year there would be production videos showing the progress that they made thus far, and how they didn’t waste any time.

Their ideas are very solid, and answer several questions that were asked in the first movie. Although several questions will answered throughout Prometheus 2, the story would be based on two main plot lines that were left off from the last movie. The first and most important is where will Dr. Shaw and David go, and what will they find there. It has been speculated that Elder Engineers that were cut from the last movie will play a huge role in the sequel. They were probably cut from the main movie for the same reason. Because it was thought that perhaps they need to be reworked, and represented in a whole different way.

But if there’s anything worth taking from their report is their inclusion of a scan from the July 2012 issue of American Cinematographer. The scan (below) shows 9 Engineers by the waterfall from a deleted scene. People part of the production have been posting their personal photos online– only a few days ago we had our first look at the “Elder Engineer” and more behind the scenes photos. And so we know the photo below is legit as it also shows the same character.

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TheNexusNews.com

The Elder Engineer looks like Deano (the KMC Poster).

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Looks like the same thing to me, bro.

Fifield

Mutant in scan

You may be right. Closer inspection appears that it is similar (although why the knee plates are different from any other picture of the suits I can find is odd, and the armlets appear to have grown with the dimensions of the creature). If it is Fifield and not simply another random mook who got infected like one of the security personnel, I still want to know why there's relatively little fire damage. Fifield was crushed under the vehicle and then torched.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
If it is Fifield and not simply another random mook who got infected like one of the security personnel, I still want to know why there's relatively little fire damage. Fifield was crushed under the vehicle and then torched.

The suits could have been designed to withstand fire. *shrug*

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
The suits could have been designed to withstand fire. *shrug*

If that were the case, it'd be unusually odd for Vickers to use a flamethrower on Holloway, especially given she didn't immolate him for very long.

I'm not saying absolutely it's someone else, but the thought ought to be entertained, given the evidence.

Makes sense that they would sacrifice a Engineer in top physical condition. Using an elder would increase the likelihood of introducing age-damaged DNA or mutations from a full life of exposure to whatever, no?

Also could be an unfinished shot. Stuff gets cut before it's finished all the time.

Good point Ascendancy.

Indeed. Another thing I was thinking - AvP 1 and 2 seems to imply that Xenomorphs predate this movie. And they encountered them elsewhere, but nowhere are they seen hunting Engineers (no skulls, etc.). So the implication is that Xenomorphs arose elsewhere before the events of Prometheus and were gathered and hunted by Predators.

Except I can't recall how old the ice pyramid was in AvP1.

Dude, I don't really consider that AvP non-sense even remotely relevant to the (Ridley's) Alien universe. lol. That shit's an offshoot.. and a very bad one at that. Although, oddly enough I would be curious to see the first AvP again at some point, just for shits 'n giggles.

Anyway, I saw Prometheus again last night. It gets better and better. It is very finely crafted and I've picked up on more each time I've seen it. I wanted to ask if anyone knows (or can find) what exactly Weyland says to David when they are lying on the ground at the end after the Engineer has beaten Weyland to the ground. I couldn't make it out. anybody have any idea?

Oh, and another think I don't really understand is why Vickers was so insistent on knowing what Weyland told David. "Try harder." What did Weyland mean by that and why the f#ck was Vickers so pissed off about it?

(But I will say that it IS a bit strange that Fifield gets lost when he's the one who brought the "pups" to do the mapping of the place. That part is a little odd. I guess you could say that (since he's kind of a hot-head dick) he might have just been feeling a bit pissed off and cocky and tried to get back to the ship from memory and failed... or maybe his feed to the instrument wasn't working for the navigation... who knows. But they probably should have explained that a little better. Oh well, I'll let it slide since it might have required a bit of a detour from what was more interesting, but I don't think it would have taken more than 20 seconds or so to show him fumbling with the navigation and having it malfunction or something.)

And I still propose that this guy has the best analysis of the film so far. It makes the most sense of anything I've read:

http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html#cutid1

I might go see it again tomorrow, but I think the Try harder was referring to finding out exactly where the Engineers are and what's going on as he needs them if he's going to have any hope of living.

I like this list. Prometheus is at the top of Fox's grosses for 2012 so far (by quite a large margin). It's not necessarily Fox's biggest profit mind you, but I still think Fox would be crazy not to persue sequels ASAP, especially since Ridley and friends have them in mind already and want to do them.

1. Prometheus $118,258,102
2. Chronicle - $64,575,175
3. This Means War - $54,760,791
4. Red Tails - $49,876,377
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $44,959,546
6. The Three Stooges - $43,809,328
7. Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (in 3D) - $43,456,382
8. We Bought a Zoo - $38,785,097
9. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - $29,043,805
10. The Sitter - $4,830,391
11. In Time - $507,964

Ridley on the DVD/Blu-ray (check out the video at the bottom of the page)
Unconfirmed Rumor: Prometheus Sequel in Development

Noomi Rapace is extremely charming. Interesting interview, btw...

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Fassbender is clearly channeling Jürgen Prochnow from Das Boot. And that was a very very good interview. Enjoyed seeing them both outside of the confines of their roles. Noomi is new to me, but Fassbender I've seen before. Love them both as actors.

Yeah, I pretty much wanted to marry Noomi as soon as I saw that interview.

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Pretty good interview I had not read yet... (they mention other projects, too)...

http://www.newsarama.com/film/Prometheus-writers-talk-alien-sequel-and-comics.html

Video interview with Damon Lindelof. Well, it's actually more of a conversation between he and the writer of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Pretty interesting. Now, for the people who keep blaming him for messing up the film, he spells out that he was just doing what Ridley Scott wanted. That's what he was hired to do.

Live From Nerd HQ

You've posted three times in a row.

and now you've ruined it for his fourth, good job.

I take my pleasures where I can find them.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
You've posted three times in a row.

Excellent observation, Sherlock. I see nothing wrong with posting 20 times in a row as long as one is still contributing. Do you have anything to contribute? No? Then why did you post at all? STFU. 😐

While I'm at it, I'll mention this: It is almost at $300 Million worldwide. I've been watching the box office gross like a hawk.