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(Onion AV Club) Followup Fox president all but confirms Prometheus is an alien prequel, says he's "heartbroken" about the leaked footage. But not as heartbroken as the people who watched it expecting some excitement   (avclub.com) divider line 28
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2011-12-01 03:12:42 PM
Did he also believe in the tooth fairy until puberty?
 
2011-12-01 03:37:08 PM
Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.
 
2011-12-01 03:48:02 PM
Walt_Jizzney: Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.

I actually hope it doesn't cover that. It's bad enough that we're getting something prequel-like. The less we know about the history of the Aliens, the more freaky they are.
 
2011-12-01 03:52:43 PM
IrateShadow: Walt_Jizzney: Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.

I actually hope it doesn't cover that. It's bad enough that we're getting something prequel-like. The less we know about the history of the Aliens, the more freaky they are.


Thank you. Finally someone gets it. Do not give us origin stories. It is what made Halloween so great the first time. Michael Myers was just nuts and you didn't have all the information. Jeepers Creepers sucked but I loved it cause you had no idea what that thing was, why it existed or how it got powers.

We fear what goes "bump in the night." If you tell us it's "Fred from down the street," not so scary now...
 
2011-12-01 03:53:20 PM
Walt_Jizzney: Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.

I actually hope it doesn't cover that. It's bad enough that we're getting something prequel-like. The less we know about the history of the Aliens, the more freaky they are.


The story takes place 30 years before Alien.

And yes, the Space Jockey will be a part of the film. But from what is going around, this is more and more becoming it's own story, with eventual tie-ins to the Aliens. Basically them being created for a space war.

Here's to hoping it will be a good flick.
 
2011-12-01 04:01:39 PM
 
2011-12-01 04:08:52 PM
CavalierEternal: I take it that this will take place before Prometheus met Bob?

P&B was definitely one of my favorite short segments from KaBlam! God, Nickelodeon was so great back then
 
2011-12-01 04:11:17 PM
And do you know who else is afraid of Aliens?
iowaindependent.com

/I hope Prometheus is good.
//*Crosses delicate little fingers*
 
2011-12-01 04:14:29 PM
I was able to watch the trailer before it was yanked and even though it was the worst quality possible, the epicness still came through. This movie is going to be farking awesome.
 
2011-12-01 04:37:57 PM
He's not saying its Alien but...
 
2011-12-01 05:31:11 PM
FinFangFark: The story takes place 30 years before Alien.

Of that's the case, my question is why do their space suits look MORE advanced than the ones from "Alien"?

bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com
 
2011-12-01 05:31:50 PM
IF that's the case. Ugh, need coffee.
 
2011-12-01 05:37:58 PM
fusillade762: FinFangFark: The story takes place 30 years before Alien.

Of that's the case, my question is why do their space suits look MORE advanced than the ones from "Alien"?

[bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com image 550x719]


Because Alien reboot, that's why.

/you hear it here first
 
2011-12-01 05:52:12 PM
fusillade762: FinFangFark: The story takes place 30 years before Alien.

Of that's the case, my question is why do their space suits look MORE advanced than the ones from "Alien"?

[bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com image 550x719]


Because fark you, that's why.

Maybe the Nostromo was a cheap-ass old ship with outdated equipment.
 
2011-12-01 06:47:24 PM
fusillade762: Of that's the case, my question is why do their space suits look MORE advanced than the ones from "Alien"?

That pic drives me crazy. Did somebody's 6 year old Photoshop that?
 
2011-12-01 07:23:47 PM
I, for one, was really interested in the space jockey's story. And the way Scott talked about it made me think he'd do it the right way if he had his way.

Unfortunately, the only way to do it right would be to have no humans in it, which means no actors (except maybe in suits and makeup, so, same thing), so the studios would never go for it.

(I also wonder how a space jockey would ever get impregnated since the facehuggers were the size of human faces...)
 
2011-12-01 07:39:40 PM
Precision Boobery: (I also wonder how a space jockey would ever get impregnated since the facehuggers were the size of human faces...)

Maybe he ate one?
 
2011-12-01 08:15:49 PM
No one's read the detailed synopsis that breaks down the entire movie that's been floating around the tubes?

/Not confirmed to be authentic
//Good read though, if it's true
 
2011-12-01 08:43:41 PM
Gone to Plaid: No one's read the detailed synopsis that breaks down the entire movie that's been floating around the tubes?

/Not confirmed to be authentic
//Good read though, if it's true


Link? The last script leak I heard about was quite a while ago. Some absurdly horrifying thing about aliens forcing the humans to breed but not realizing that all the survivors were male, or some such.
 
2011-12-01 09:45:27 PM
fusillade762: Gone to Plaid: No one's read the detailed synopsis that breaks down the entire movie that's been floating around the tubes?

/Not confirmed to be authentic
//Good read though, if it's true

Link? The last script leak I heard about was quite a while ago. Some absurdly horrifying thing about aliens forcing the humans to breed but not realizing that all the survivors were male, or some such.


i166.photobucket.com

I see what you did there.
 
2011-12-01 10:36:59 PM
Was hoping for a Prometheus and Bob reference. Leaving satisfied.
 
2011-12-01 11:02:36 PM
Annoyance: fusillade762: Gone to Plaid: No one's read the detailed synopsis that breaks down the entire movie that's been floating around the tubes?

/Not confirmed to be authentic
//Good read though, if it's true

Link? The last script leak I heard about was quite a while ago. Some absurdly horrifying thing about aliens forcing the humans to breed but not realizing that all the survivors were male, or some such.

[i166.photobucket.com image 248x45]

I see what you did there.


You did? I was actually being serious. What did I actually refer to? Some popular gay porn movie?
 
2011-12-02 01:04:29 AM
Walt_Jizzney: Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.

I never liked learning how Darth Vader and Boba Fett came to be, I don't think I'll much like learning how the space jockey came to be.

Leave the derelict alone.... it works as a mysterious, creepy haunted house in outer space.

The more you explain something, the less ominous it becomes.
 
2011-12-02 02:51:56 AM
Okay, I'll bite. Does this mean that this

images.wikia.com

was preceded by this?

starshipmodeler.biz
 
2011-12-02 12:43:25 PM
fusillade762: Gone to Plaid: No one's read the detailed synopsis that breaks down the entire movie that's been floating around the tubes?

/Not confirmed to be authentic
//Good read though, if it's true

Link? The last script leak I heard about was quite a while ago. Some absurdly horrifying thing about aliens forcing the humans to breed but not realizing that all the survivors were male, or some such.


may have already been debunked (new window)
 
2011-12-02 12:59:34 PM
CavalierEternal: I take it that this will take place before Prometheus met Bob?

Came for this, leaving happy (via monkey-induced accidental rocket launch).
 
2011-12-03 03:34:45 AM
I'm going to make my own homebrew version in the back yard with my friends and some cardboard sets and call it Amateurmetheus.
 
2011-12-03 09:37:45 AM
IrateShadow 2011-12-01 03:48:02 PM
Walt_Jizzney: Unless it has a "Space Jockey" I don't care. And no, fanfic/novelizations/video games don't count.

I actually hope it doesn't cover that. It's bad enough that we're getting something prequel-like. The less we know about the history of the Aliens, the more freaky they are.

^ This. We don't need (or want) to be spoon fed every detail. It takes away from the story.
 
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