Prometheus - Part 5

[Gold Samurai]

A new monster... as tantalising an idea as that sounds, they have to be very careful.

*Flashbacks to this and shudders:

That thing wasn't even scary. It was what it was. A man in a rubber alien suit.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

To be fair the original alien was a man in a rubber alien suit. And thanks to some skilfull handling and a great director, it was incredible.

The New Born was a piece of badly lit, animatronic crap that seemed more brain damaged than malicious.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

The thought of Shaw giving birth to that thing ridiculously freaks me out.

I never thought that she would be giving birth to that damn thing.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I both love and hate the idea of this being a body horror type of film. Thats the one genre of horror that freaks me the **** out.

 

[cherokeesam]

I don't think Shaw "gives birth" to the squid/slug (squug...???). At least not in the biblical sense....she's still got her panties on and everything seems to be still in place, IYKWIM.

There *is* an umbilical there attached to her bellybutton, but I'm inclined to believe that's a lifeline for *Shaw,* not the squug. I think it's more of a host/parasite relationship there....I think Morningstar was right on the money about her vomiting the thing up instead of giving "birth" to it, or chestbursting it. But if the lifeline/umbilical gets severed, Shaw dies.

Notice that the "lid" on this operating table thingy is opening. My take is that the crew knew she had an alien inside her, and they had to operate to remove it....via robotics, since no human doctor is crazy enough to get near it/her. And this scene shows Shaw freaking out, probably telling them to "cut it off, cut it off" (was that her voice we heard in the latest trailer...?) But she's royally screwed if it's a symbiotic relationship so that nobody can sever the umbilical.



Also, regarding the scene with David and the Jockey "nonchalantly" walking around in the background: I believe that this is some sort of "star map" room in the, er, ruins (if you can call them that), and it's a holographic image of all the star systems the Jockeys have visited (including Earth, as clearly seen in my avatar), and that Jockey in the background is a holographic recording. Or some sort of pre-programmed sentry/guardian, who ignores David unless/until he is perceived to be a physical threat.

Anyways, just my take on those two scenes.

 

[roach]

ok I'm out...you guys are talking about too many spoilers

 

[Schlosser85]

I think it comes out of Shaw's stomach, considering the stitches on her stomach in the other scene.

 

[Roose Bolton]

With all this talk of Shaw giving birth,It seems that the Psychosexual rape themes of the first Alien are making a return.

 

[cherokeesam]

I think it comes out of Shaw's stomach, considering the stitches on her stomach in the other scene.

Possibly, but there's nothing in the scene shown above that indicates any harm to her belly. Or her female parts. Or her chest. Then again, this being for the "all audiences" preview trailer and all, we might be seeing the (severely) edited version.

So far, I'mma stick with the "she pukes it up" theory, though....and I think that would explain what all that dark brownish gunk is that's splattered all over her and the operating table. Puke/bile.

 

[DACrowe]

I'm starting to avoid articles on this. I'm afraid, like Shaw, of learning more than I should....before the movie.

BTW for all those worried about it being "Body Horror," do y'all remember what happens to John Hurt in the first Alien? I expect given how standard that is, Ridley's going to up that kind of disgusting horror to try and match the visceral reaction for modern audiences.

At least, I can hope so.

 

[Vickers]

New Tv Spot

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[craigdbfan]

New Tv Spot

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Thank you for posting that. They played it on CN a night ago.

 

[Secret Fawful]

New Tv Spot

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Before I was skeptical that Theron was an android. Now I'm dead certain.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Before I was skeptical that Theron was an android. Now I'm dead certain.

She was definitely looking robotic in that TV spot

On a side note I just watched Alien tonight. I forgot how amazing the set design was in that movie. It really heightened my anticipation for Prometheus.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea, the production design and everything for the Alien movies is some of the best ever. Watching the making of documentaries really gives a great insight and appreciation into what they all did. And how they had to make stuff up from scrap, had to improvise with stuff because they didn't have a lot of money. It just shows that sometimes not having all the resources makes people more creative.

I hope Prometheus has a really in depth making featurette with it's extra features.

 

[antsman41]

What are those smaller ships in that tv spot?

 

[DarthMuppet]

Possibly, but there's nothing in the scene shown above that indicates any harm to her belly. Or her female parts. Or her chest. Then again, this being for the "all audiences" preview trailer and all, we might be seeing the (severely) edited version.

So far, I'mma stick with the "she pukes it up" theory, though....and I think that would explain what all that dark brownish gunk is that's splattered all over her and the operating table. Puke/bile.

She doesn't puke it up...

Spoiler

She uses the automated surgical bay to remove it. In the international trailer, during the scene where Shaw is stumbling down the hallway you can clearly see there is a freshly stapled surgical wound across her belly. They digitally toned the scene down significantly for the domestic trailer.

 

[regwec]

I both love and hate the idea of this being a body horror type of film. Thats the one genre of horror that freaks me the **** out.

I agree, it tends to make me feel a touch nauseous. I think that it is a very primal sort of revulsion. I suppose it is inevitable that films which deal with the underlying psychological concept of 'alien-ness' should deal with the most acute fear of the alien; that it is a threat to our own humanity, being and bodies.

With all this talk of Shaw giving birth,It seems that the Psychosexual rape themes of the first Alien are making a return.

Yes, and it does occur to me that the most threatening thing about the Alien is that it forces its reproductive cycle on you while killing you.

Possibly, but there's nothing in the scene shown above that indicates any harm to her belly. Or her female parts. Or her chest. Then again, this being for the "all audiences" preview trailer and all, we might be seeing the (severely) edited version.

So far, I'mma stick with the "she pukes it up" theory, though....and I think that would explain what all that dark brownish gunk is that's splattered all over her and the operating table. Puke/bile.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that vomiting falls afoul of the strictures on content just as much as bloodletting.

 

[The Morningstar]

There really is nothing more horrifying than being raped and impregnated by an alien.

 

[Kane52630]

Ridley Scott talks Prometheus’ 3D

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/ridley-scott-talks-prometheus-3d

Total Film sat down with Sir Ridley Scott recently to talk about his long-awaited return to the Alien universe, Prometheus.

And while we’re incredibly keen to see just how much Prometheus ties into the Alien mythology, there’s another aspect to the film that’s making us more excited than a face-hugger who’s just bought a first-class ticket to Easter Island – it marks Scott’s first tangle with 3D.

So we decided to ask Sir Ridley how he found the 3D process, and what we can expect from Prometheus’ 3D sequences…

Q: How was it working in 3D?

I'm kind of naturally visual anyway, that's where I come from. And you're working off superb 3D screens, which are on the floor, and are really big. It was just wonderful.

I was shooting on 3D, then seeing it on the floor. It was easy, I must say.

Q: Do you push it in a way we haven't seen before?

Well, I mean, yeah. You only want to push it so far, before it becomes arrows popping out of the screen and stabbing you in the eye. You use it for visual effect.

Q: Is it more immersive, giving depth?

Yes, yes. And you can do that afterwards, by the way. I'm actually decided right now how deep to make it on certain sequences.

So you can literally, as it were, twiddle a knob, and the depth will increase. It's kind of bizarre, but there it is. Technologically it's absolutely staggering.

I was working with MPC in London, looking after almost 1,300 big FX shots, and every night they would pipe through shots to a big screen in my office in Lexington Street; I would sit there watching a sequence that had just been graded or refined in perfect 3D. Really amazing.

 

[The Morningstar]

I'm not a big fan of 3D but Scott using it will surely have great results.

 

[antsman41]

I'm hoping is in to only enhance the planet/space scenes. Giving us depth into this beautiful world...

 

[CrypticOne]

I've been reading that humans created the xenomorphs. Is that just some people's theories or is that fact?

 

[DoomsdayApex]

With the way Theron described her character and how her character is being marketed, I wouldn't be shocked if she did end up being an android.

 

[The Morningstar]

Not sure where you heard that. Humans, namely the Weyland/Yutani Corporation have been trying to study the xenomorphs and use them as bio-weapons. That's the whole conspiracy behind the series. I've never heard the theory of humans creating the xeno's before. It's always been the Space Jockey's to my knowledge.