Prometheus

Ridley Scott isn’t a director that is known for doing Sci-Fi films but when he does it sets the standards for years to come. In 1979 he came out with a Horror Sci-Fi flick called “Alien” and three years later he came out with “Blade Runner.” And to this day those two movies have been the (now dated) standard for any sci-fi film. And I am extremely excited to say that he is going to be doing it again.

“Prometheus” is set to be released in June of 2012 and it is about A team of explorers that discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Now from the many interviews I have read they all hint at the fact that this is a not-so-direct prequel to Scott’s Alien. Rotham, a CEO at Fox Studios, says “If you looked at the whole movie, 95 percent of it is entirely unto itself. Ridley said it right: If you're a fan and you look closely, you'll spot strands of DNA." And Scott further backs that up by saying the last ten or so minutes we’ll start to see creatures that we recognize from the previous films. And also he states that the film is based in the same universe as the alien movies and that if you’re a fan boy that you’ll recognize the company the explorers work for.

And this makes sense from a studios stand point too. Last year they did a not-so-direct sequel to the Predator movies and it did extremely well. So why not try to make another Alien flick.


Recently there was a leak low quality trailer that when it was first leaked many thought it was to good to be true, until FOX quickly shut down all the videos of it on YouTube which confirmed that it was in fact a leaked trailer. Unforntially I wasn’t quick enough to watch it but from everything that I have read about it, it seems amazing. And one of the things that every one is saying is that they show clips of the Space Jockey in the trailer.

For those who don’t know what the space jockey is go watch the first film. Or just read here. The space jockey was in the first alien movie, it was the pilot of the ship that was crash landed on the planet that Ripley and crew was sent to go investigate because it was sending out what they thought was an SOS but was really a stay the hell away.

And Scott said back in the day that the Space Jockey race was a humanoid like species that used the Xenomorphs (the bad alien creature from the franchise) as a type of weapon. They would drop the eggs on an enemy planet and let the creatures destroy all living things.

And since the whole movie is about the humans making a discovery that hints to life on earth I speculate that they find the remains of a space jockey on another planet and since its so human like they figure that we might be related somehow and go to try and find the space jockeys origins. And if you watch the original movie you will that the Space Jockey was carrying a bunch of the alien eggs when it crash landed and then they alien used it as a host to breed the Xenomorphs.

I think that this possible story idea (humans find space jockey>humans explore to find origins>humans find origins>humans discover what destroyed space jockey race) is actually a great idea because it doesn’t deal with the “Alien” directly till the final stages and it fits right into the movie synopsis.
Here are some pictures that have been released through Entertainment Weekly













And here is the famed Space Jockey from the original movie






And if it wasn’t enough that Scott is producing/directing the project the movie is written by Damon Linelof who is now known for his writing credits in the hit TV show Lost and for movies Cowboys & Aliens and the currently untitled Sequel to JJ Abrams Star Trek.

And in front of the camera in this space journey will be Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace and Idris Elba.

all and all the movie is going to be beyond amazing and i can not wait.

I’m sure that the trailer for this space epic will be officially released in the upcoming month during the holiday season. And it is currently set to be released on June 8th of 2012.