Prometheus - Space Jockey suits?

Just what exactly do we have here! Are they suits? Statues? If they're suits then what goes in them and how do 'they' get into them?

I wonder if this is the end of the corridor that leads into the room we've all seen in the trailer with the Space Jockey chair in it?

Judging by the distance Noomi is away from them I'd say that the suits are about 7' tall. Now this leads to even more questions, because as you'll recall, the Space Jockey in ALIEN was gigantic, more like 25' in height. So, what are these things in the corridor??

Look at their feet, they look more like boots than 'feet'. Which makes them more likely to be suits. Are the suits made in the image of their maker?

Prometheus, some more thoughts.

Looking at the trailer in Hi Def again and I noticed something that I missed!

These two red balls! Looking at the Apple trailer in 1020p and pausing it and sliding the slider back and forth I noticed that this astronaut is watching one of the two balls as it tracks from left to right. The balls are emitting a red laser, you can see this on the astronauts chest and helmet and near the top arrow and bottom right corner.

I'm guessing they are scanning/mapping the internal dimensions of the cavern they are in? As far as technology goes, this would have to be the most advanced I've seen yet. Reason? Well, what is powering them? How are they able to float in mid air like that?

Next is the Space Jockey ship.

Looking at the footage again I've noticed that not only is there fire coming out of the ovoid openings at the front (where the crew from the Nostromo gained access in ALIEN) but also along the left 'arm' in various places. So the ship is a lot more damaged than I first thought, with fires at its centre and entire left side.

The cap.

On better examination the second word couldn't be Magellan or Megellan. I'm pretty sure the first word is WHEYLAND but the second word is MEGH... or MEGA....... What could it be?

Space Jockey room.

Highlighted in pink on the right we see the 'lid' of the sleep pod. On the left we see that the 'lid' of the sleep pod is not there! It could be flipped up and out of shot, I'm not sure. Also notice the black 'spikes' along the edge of the open sleep pod. They could be part of a locking mechanism?

What is that?

And is the drop ship parked in the same spot in the above shot as this one below?

The distance of the 'object' in the first image looks quite close, whereas the second image with the road, the distance from the dropship looks further. I realise it could just be because of camera focal length, or something like that. But I like speculating!

The Ridley Scott Prometheus quotes.

I’ve gone through the teaser trailers and written down Ridley Scott’s quotes. I think they tell a lot, yet give us nothing! J Here are my thoughts.

The Ridley Scott quotes.

“So here we are. I’m back again.”

And thank goodness too! It’s been far too long! He seems happy to be back doing Science Fiction.

“It’s epic. Not by just definition of the scale of sets. It’s about the very grand ideas and notions. The surprising things that will appear to be small and yet will be enormous.”

Wow. All of it is in that quote! But just what could it be? What is it that could be considered insignificant and yet is everything? I’d say that it’s not the Space Jockey or its ship. So, something else? The chest burster perhaps? The eggs?

“The surprise is in the story.”

I’d say whatever the surprise is, we haven’t seen it in the trailer yet. Ridley likes surprises. He likes to get people to think. And we’re certainly doing that!

“It’s all about everything.”

I’m guessing this is to do with the genesis of human life?

“I’m thrilled to be doing another science fiction…..”

Generally if one is happy doing what they do, they do it well!

“The cast find an establishment which is not what they expect it to be. What we find in it, dangerous elements that in a heartbeat are capable of eviscerating all of them.”

Now, not being an English scholar, I had to look-up “eviscerating” because it is a word I’d never heard before and I must say I was a bit surprised by what I found!

Medical Dictionary

evis·cer·ate definition

Pronunciation: /i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt/
Function: vb
-at·ed ; , -at·ing ; vt 1 : to remove the viscera of
2 : to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
vi : to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision

Just what the hell happens to them in that “establishment”!

Also, if the “establishment" is not what they expected it to be, just what were they thinking it was going to be? Was what they find on earth a trap to lure them back to our maker to be toyed with??

Thoughts?

More Prometheus!

Prometheus is certainly creating a lot of commentary and theories over the Internet! Based on what I've been reading and what people have sent to me I have discovered more things to look at, discuss and wonder about.

The control room.

There is a lot of things to see in this room. Let's go through them:

A. These look a lot like galaxies. Are they systems that the Space Jockey's are "fixing" or developing?

B. Entry. Would this be tall enough to allow Space Jockey entry?

C. A chair. Though too small for a Space Jockey. It would fit that humanoid we've been speculating over.

D. "Goo", well that's the best name I've got for it at the moment! Looks like it 'comes to life' when operational. What could it be?

The red circle surrounds what I'm speculating could be the Space Jockey's Homeworld.

Here's that chair again. Notice that it's 'human' size. The red arrows point to what looks like a control panel. I have seen an image, sent in to me by Frank from Norway, where what we see here as white egg size shapes, glow a luminous yellow-green!

Obviously the red circle is the platform from which the Space Jockey chair rises out of.

A. Looks to be a ramp.

B. The chair.

C. The control panel.

D. The sleeping pods.

So if the chair is human size those sleeping pods are at least double the length of a human!

Here we see the back of the chair (red circle).

A. Control panel.

B. "Goo".

Now, here we have something that I hadn't noticed initially and was pointed out to me by Frank from Norway! On the left it looks like the sleeping pod is either open or empty. Also, on the right we see the chair. So, that puts this humanoid individual standing just in front of the control panel. As we've seen from the images above, the chair is human size, so, so is this guy. He may well be tall, even 7 foot tall, but not a giant by any means.

Question is, has he come out of the sleeping pod on the left? Questions, questions?!

Ampules.

Notice the writing on them. Same type of writing on the big head. Also, what is it on top of the ampules??

Dead Space Jockey?

My, my, what here we here! Two of the crew members are studying the head/helmet/ skull. You can just make out an eye socket (blue arrow is pointing to it). Over on the right is the body/suit. Now this image just leads to many questions and no answers!

Why is the head separate from the body?

If it is a body, who/what has killed it?

Why is it dead?

One thing is certain! It is BIG! I recall reading somewhere that the Space Jockey in ALIEN would have been 30 feet high? Well this one doesn't seem as big. A female perhaps? Or a juvenile?


Dropship.

Whether it's the Prometheus we've seen in the trailer or it's the Megellen. One thing that I've wondered about is if this 'pod' we see outlined in blue, is something that has descended down from the main body of the ship and is still attached to the ship, or if is like the cargo pod on the Space 1999 Eagle transporters, and can be dropped off and left. Could the Dropship have more than one of these pods?

Imagine if the dropship drops off a couple of these things then goes back to the mother ship, leaving the explorers on their own down on the planet while the mother ship supports from orbit?

Now, I've included this image for more than the obvious reason that Charlize looks amazing in this shot! But, also because this shot seems to show the command element of the crew watching from the command ship. Which is either landed on the planet, or in orbit. Is there more than one expedition going on at once?

At some stage Charlize is running away from the crashing Space Jockey ship with Noomi. So she leaves the command ship at some point. Is that when we see her running down the corridor and into the escape pod??

Hanger Bay.

What is on fire here? The crew are desperately trying to burn something, but what?

Something small, running around at ground level?

Burning with purpose!

Noomi.

Watching one of the teaser trailers I noticed that there is a door rising up in this scene (A). Followed by a blast of 'steam' (B). A sealed room perhaps??

I generally look like this at the Dentist! Noomi is not happy here! Has she been impregnated??

The hole!

What the hell is with that hole! That is very creepy looking! What is down there? Why is there water running into it?

Also notice the stalagmites, similar to what we see in the shot with the vehicles heading back to the dropship. And more writing on the entrance door.

That head!

Some people still seem to think this is a helmet. Maybe they're right. However, just to illustrate my point. If it belongs to the humanoid we see standing next to the Space Jockey chair the eye sockets would be way too wide for a humanoid head. I'm still going with skull.

Anyway, that's all for now.

PROMETHEUS!

Hi guys, well to say that I'm obsessed with the movie ALIEN would be an understatement. I remember first reading about it in a Sunday paper way back in 1978! I remember the article saying that in the movie was a planet made of bones and a terrifying alien creature the likes of which have never been seen before. I was intrigued!

The first time I saw it, 1979, was the first time I'd gone to see a movie by myself. I was 15 years old. That was how desperate I was to go and see it! I remember standing in the foyer of the Regent Cinema in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; looking at the images of the movie that had been put up on the wall. That image of the Space Jockey sitting in that chair had me mesmerised. What was it?

Then in the cinema I sat, watching anxiously, as Kane climbed up that ledge. He winces with exertion as he makes that last heave up. Then! That moment! A moment I will never forget! The surge of music, the camera pulls back.....................and there it was.................The Space Jockey!

I couldn't believe it. I was stunned. Never before had I seen anything like it. Or its ship. This was so unique, so original and I hadn't even seen the alien yet!

That movie sparked my interest in so many different things. Science. Story writing. Design. Movies. Illustration. My imagination went wild and from that, evolved all the different things that I'm involved in to this day.

ALIENS was the first date I went on with my wife to be! She wore THAT red dress! I wasn't quite as impressed with ALIENS as I was with my date though! ALIENS was good, but not as good as ALIEN. It didn't have that certain something? ALIEN 3 came next, and I went to see that with my wife too! At first I hated it! Killing off Newt and Hicks was such a stupid idea I thought at the time. But years later I saw the uncut Directors version and I changed my mind. It was quite brave a movie to make and considering the problems that I later found out about that surrounded it, we were lucky that it was made at all. Then came ALIEN RESURRECTION. Holy fucking mother of god! What were they thinking! I was so disappointed! I couldn't believe what they had done! They had ruined everything! It was over. Through their greed and lack of love for the art of movie making they had killed off something that was so precious to me. I would never know who the Space Jockey was, where he came from, why he existed and why he had all those eggs on board that awesome ship! It was over.

I began writing my own versions of ALIEN stories. But none matched up to what people were crying out for. People seemed to only want more movies like ALIENS. Soldiers in space killing "xenomorphs"! I hated the idea. My stories were of a more peaceful nature. I always saw the Space Jockey as a peaceful being. Its warning signal to stay away from the planet a good gesture to save others from its fate. I likened it to a whale or dolphin, yet more sophisticated and, of course, alien.

Then early this year I began to hear that Ridley Scott was interested in going back to where it all began. To go back to the Space Jockey! I couldn't believe what i was hearing. Could it be? Could it happen? Well, now we've all seen the trailer! Prometheus is 6 months away!

So; why am I posting about it here? Well, why not? It's my Blog. Everything on this Blog came out of what happened to me in that Cinema way back in 1979. I've watched the trailer so many times. I've noticed so many things! But as I've read through various sites and Blogs I've noticed people haven't noticed the things I have. And maybe people aren't aware of some of the things Ridley Scott has said about this new movie. So, here I will share what has caught my eye and explain why this movie is in fact not what so many people seem to think it is. It is not a prequel to ALIEN, you'll see why.............

First we see a Dropship over an alien world. A big storm is brewing on the surface. Then the Dropship descending past some huge mountains.



People seem to think this is the same planet that we last saw in ALIENS. No, it can't be. For many reasons. Firstly Ridley Scott has said that Prometheus is set 30 years before ALIEN. The planet we see here has an atmosphere, clouds and water. LV426 was a moon, it was small. It was barren and lifeless. It had no atmosphere, that is why in ALIENS we see the Terraforming. To give LV426 an atmosphere. In Prometheus we have a new alien planet, and it may not be the only one!

I do not believe this is the Space Jockey's homeworld. I think that is something the Studio is keeping a secret until opening night!

The giant human head. Why is it there? Notice the markings carved into it? They look a lot like the sort of clay tablet writings of early mankind. Could there be a connection? Notice also the varying sizes of the ampules around it. What is in them?

Anybody recall the famous illustration by Ron Cobb in this shot?

Some think this is a helmet. I say no, reason, Noomi Rapace plays an archaeologist named Elizabeth Shaw. Why would an archaeologist want to look at a helmet on a medical table? This skeletal head is found next to a Space Jockey body in the ampule room where the giant human head is.



As Prometheus is set 30 years before ALIEN there is no Weyland Yutani Company. The Company in Prometheus is Weyland Corps, as can be seen here, both as logos and in name.

This is Science Fiction at its best! What a shot! However what is going on here? There is a missing vehicle! The two tracked quad bikes are there, but only one of the Personnel Carriers! And why is there a road!? Also, notice what appears to be stalagmite formations. Interesting!

What have we here? A UFO? Is it human, or Space Jockey?

Why is  Meredith Vickers, played by Charlize Theron running to what looks like an escape pod?

In this quick shot we see Meredith again. This time perhaps in a Space Jockey ship? Wherever she is she has managed to activate a star chart. Notice the Space Jockey sleeping pods in this room also.

Wow, what an image! Many people seem to think that the Space Jockey ship has blown up. But if you look carefully.................

the explosion is happening behind it (centre of red circle). Smoke is billowing out of the entrance portals in the Space Jockey ship (big red arrow), but it is intact. Note the debris of what I think is the remains of a human ship (small red arrows).

OK, now we come to the image that has everybody so excited, and rightfully so! However most people seem to think that the humanoid on the right is a Space Jockey. I don't believe that to be the case. Reason? Look at the size of his head (small red circle), now compare that to what the size of a Space Jockey's head would be (big red circle). Even with a helmet on he wouldn't fit in that chair.

However! What I think nearly everybody has missed are the sleeping pods! (marked with a red outline). Looking at the closest one, on the right, we see markings very similar to that on the big human head. Also a clear 'window' on the top, pretty much directly under the bum of the humanoid figure.

This is NOT the same room we saw in ALIEN. It is a little different in design. And has what looks like 4 Space Jockey sleeping pods! The red arrow points to a hallway. Is the humanoid waking up the Space Jockey's because contact with the humans has been made? Or does he perceive a threat that needs to be dealt with and needed to wake up his masters??

Here we see Captain Janek. On the logo of his cap I can make out “WEYLAND MAGELLAN”. Is the Magellan the Drop Ship we see in the trailer, or is it the Prometheus? At the beginning of the trailer we hear Charlize Theron crying out "Prometheus, Prometheus.....". Is it a distress call?

Wrong! As somebody has just pointed out to me (3-1-12). The second word on the cap badge begins "MEG......". So it can't be Magellan. So, what could it be?

Or, could it be spelt "MEGELLAN"??

Is this crew member picking up the Space Jockey skull?

Here we see the Space Jockey ship crash landed on the planet. The arrows point to smoke still pouring out of it and the red circles show what I think is wreckage of the human ship that blew up next to the Space Jockey ship in the upper atmosphere.

Supporting evidence of a destroyed human ship (red circles). Noomi and Charlize have obviously escaped the human ship, but now risk getting flattened by the falling Space Jockey ship! What the heck has taken place here!!

More reckage of the human ship falling all around Charlize, and the Space Jockey ship crashing down too!

So, I hope my little analysis has shed some light on Prometheus for you and that I have made my case in defence of what Ridley Scott himself said. This is not a prequel to ALIEN. The planet is not LV426 and that Space Jockey ship, although of the same design, is not the same ship we saw in ALIEN. And NOBODY has seen a Space Jockey yet! Their images will, I have no doubt, be kept very secret right up until opening night! Just like the original alien in ALIEN was.

I can't wait, it is going to be something very special!

Cheers

Richard.

A new "What if?" site is born.

For those of you into Alternative History or "What If?" type military profiles and plastic models, you may be interested to know that there is a new site that has just been created for exactly that purpose. It's called "Beyond the sprues". So if you're into that sort of thing, and lets face it, it is becoming more and more popular every year, here's the URL so go check it out!

http://beyondthesprues.com

World Of Tanks!

Hi guys,

well it's been a while since my last post so I thought I'd just update you on what I've been doing. Just got my Tax done, big thanks to my wife Criss for helping me with that! (actually she did it all for me :)).

Apart from that, the usual working like a dog and all the 'fun' of raising a family of five! :/

I've also been discussing with wifey where Gekko is going for 2011/2012 and there should be some results of that discussion on here soon.

Apart from all that I've recently discovered World Of Tanks!

http://www.worldoftanks.com/

It is the most amazing on-line tank battle game I've ever played! If you're into that sort of thing and haven't checked it out go ahead and do so, it is awesome fun! My whole family play it!

In the game I'm known as "gekko1"

My wife Criss is known as "Smiley_69"

My 17 year old daughter is "Raaraa"

My 8 year old son is "zac_8yrs_old"

and my 5 year old son is "noah_5yrs_old"

If you're a regular player and see any of us playing please don't hesitate to say 'Hi'!

See you on the battlefield! lol :)