Prometheus

[Richard B Riddick]

In the original Aliens, the crew of the Nostromo is tiny. Less than 10 people, IIRC.

Spoiler!

In the beginning when they show everyone in stasis pods hibernating & later when everyone is gathered during Weyland's holographic eulogy / presentation and the two archaeologists with the holographic cube offer their exposition -- that's the entire crew.

I think practically all of them meet their doom battling that zombiefied scientist.

It looks like Elizabeth Shaw's mutant, tentacle, baby claimed some victims also considering there's blood on the walls of the room its trapped inside.

At the end of the first Aliens movie only Ripley and the pet cat are left alive. I guess its a nod or reference to the first movie.

[Wonder Woman]

At the end of the first Aliens movie only Ripley and the pet cat are left alive. I guess its a nod or reference to the first movie.

lol David's the pet cat.

A few people also died fighting the Engineer.

I felt that the some of the character's weren't given enough time to react to some of the situations. For example, getting the mutant alien baby out of the female scientist. After all that happens, she doesn't even mention it to anyone for the rest of the movie. Not even a, "I JUST GAVE BIRTH TO A FUCKING TENTACLE MONSTER!!" or anything. They just move on.

Other than that, I did like the movie, and I probably would see the next one that came out.

[Iron Man]

In the original Aliens, the crew of the Nostromo is tiny. Less than 10 people, IIRC.

Spoiler!

In the beginning when they show everyone in stasis pods hibernating & later when everyone is gathered during Weyland's holographic eulogy / presentation and the two archaeologists with the holographic cube offer their exposition -- that's the entire crew.

I think practically all of them meet their doom battling that zombiefied scientist.

It looks like Elizabeth Shaw's mutant, tentacle, baby claimed some victims also considering there's blood on the walls of the room its trapped inside.

At the end of the first Aliens movie only Ripley and the pet cat are left alive. I guess its a nod or reference to the first movie.

i kind of took it that way, but it really did need addressing. or maybe not i suppose, since it took me a while to pick up on

[Dragon Mage]

Prometheus was such a huge disappointment. It was supposed to explain the origin of the Xenomorphs, but instead, we just got a jumble of indirect roots that ended with a giant WTF? scenario. *sigh* so disappointing.

You can really tellt hat Ridley Scott is a old, hard-science fiction guy. He doesn't tell us shit and dangles obscurities in front of our noses like a damn carrot. *grrrrr*

[Roland_Deschain]

Yeah I just wanted to post to say I loved this flick. It was very sensational in my opinion. I watched it back to back after I saw expendables 2 and I was very impressed with the 3D an happy that I watched it second.I noticed only a few things I can remember, keep in mind I did not scroll through the rest of the posts to see if i had been mentioned.It cannot be a prequal to aliens because it dates almost a century later than the original alien beginning. Although I will admit that it had many great connections such as the ships technologies and of course a cyborg who is overly obsessed with the lifeforms they discover. In fact the only DIRECT connection I noticed was the company funder Weyland (old wheel chair dude) was also half of the company name you see printed on things in the aliens movies. You see the name weyland often in two three and perhaps resurection... but never number one... which Ironically was the only one he ever directed (cameron was number two, and I forgot the others). Unless they make a sequal roping time travel in I dont think i could prequal the originals but might perhaps have something deep to do with the war between the predators and aliens. Perhaps the humans were targeted for detruction because of their deathly interest in the aliens species. At the end of the day I think we can only make theories... I even saw online one theory that the creature at the beginning was creating life on earth or something or other.All in all I thought it was a great movie.

[Iron Man]

it was set 60 years before alien...

[Roland_Deschain]

it was set 60 years before alien...

Oh is it? Well I guess I misread it when I watched it recently. congrats ^^. Either way I do not believe this movie to be a prequal. On thing that trips me out is that maybe the difference in time is not really so important. I mean reguarding the Distance these planets are from Earth we have to take into account the possibility that some of these things could even happen somewhat closer to each other than we think. I mean after all they are different locations in the universe.

Online I located a fun theory in itself. Keep in mind it is not mine but it looks fun.
Is it possible that the timelines of ALIEN and Prometheus may overlap? Here's what I mean: Interstellar mining may have preceded scientific exploration, and the Nostromo could have been an early mining expedition that was away for a very long time. The company may have been aware of a possible scientific exploration in the future based on information they found just and anticipated they may need to use one of their mining ships as a contingency plan, so they added science officers to the mining crews for that reason. The Nostromo launches, travelling for years to a system far beyond the Zeta Reticuli system. Meanwhile, back on Earth, technology advances and more clues are found which finally allow for the mission in Prometheus. The events of Prometheus (and possibly the sequel or sequels) occur...Years later the Nostromo passes close enough to investigate. The events in ALIEN happen. To me this answers a few questions. First, the Nostromo has less advanced technology because it's an older ship, by a decade or so, than the Prometheus. Even Ash seems like a less advanced robot. Second, considering how long the Nostromo's round trip would have to have been, it doesn't quite make sense that they pass by Zeta Reticuli just 30 years after Prometheus if they left afterwards.


ANYWAY. I found online promethus 2 tied for 2014 apparently

[Iron Man]

whether or not you like the idea of it being a prequel, it is. ridley scott has gone on record since pre-production began that it would be a prequel. that, and the fact that prometheus has identical technological trends at the weyland corporation, and even a xenomorph!

[Roland_Deschain]

whether or not you like the idea of it being a prequel, it is. ridley scott has gone on record since pre-production began that it would be a prequel. that, and the fact that prometheus has identical technological trends at the weyland corporation, and even a xenomorph!

The word "Prequal" has a loose definition when its used in a scenario such as this.... so the TIMELINE prequals the others sure, but that does not mean it is an ALIEN prequal. In fact like others have countlessly said it has very little if no connection with ALIENS other than the universe and company affiliations that are set in prometheus. Following are some links where he directly stated it is not really an aliens prequal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18298709

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/...uel/55405146/1


http://www.tampabay.com/features/mov...ething/1233754


At most he man declares its more of a prequal to himself. Perhaps its a prequal to the same universe or alien genre... but not a prequal to the direct ALIEN film. So while it is a prequal, it is also not a prequal.

In the end I love a movie that makes you think and ponder the possibilities to yourself, and I am happy that it has little or no connection with the originals. Because I agree with the director that the aliens movies have been played out and they are no longer scary. He does say he intended it to be a prequal, but then lost sight of that because of the many sequals to te original. So in the end we are given something different that I believe stands on its own two feet and will perhaps grow into something we later will be able to acknowlege as a unique and only slightly influenced by the former movies. However to each his own and there is a lot of room for speculation.

[Iron Man]

i can see what he's getting at. it's very much related - the xenomorph says it all. prometheus sets alien up as a spin off, since it's very much a stand alone film.