Though technically no longer a direct Alien prequel, Scott says Prometheus shares “strands of Alien’s DNA”. Is that some sort of clue? This new HD trailer definitely has a similar creepy space horror vibe. And that has to be the space jockey room I see, right?
Definately looking forward to this one. Spot any clues in the trailer?
A team of explorers 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.
Camb3h
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:34 PMThat looks amazing! GJ Ridley.
Murorder
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:53 PMIt is the Prequel to Alien.
Brett
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 3:13 PM“According to Scott, though the film shares “strands of Alien’s DNA, so to speak”, Prometheus will explore its own mythology and universe and is not directly linked to Alien.”
crazyiikimochi
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 2:51 PMWOW! can’t wait for this.
Stuart
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 3:02 PMIt just HAS to be an Alien Prequel, in the sense that from what we have seen it is set in exactly the same universe. The Space Jockey ship is the same wrecked one that we see in Alien and Aliens. If it turns out to have major continuity problems with Alien(s) then the excuse that it’s “not an Alien prequel” will be pathetic. Why bother with recreating so much so perfectly? But I have faith, I think it will be pretty consistent (even if it doesn’t explain how we get to Alien)
NateC
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 8:47 AMSave on prop costs? :p
The Joker
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:07 AMThey wont save a cent. We all expect bigger and better special effects than was possible back when the Alien movies were done. Just watch the original and you’ll cringe at how dated it’s looking compared to our expectations these days.
spanipulate
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 12:06 PMI disagree. CGI is still not advanced enough to look real yet. Look at Avatar – it didn’t look real, it just looked like an animation (which it was of course, but it was meant to look life like). I think that Alien and Blade Runner are still the most visually convincing sci-fi films to date, and they’re both 30 years old. Give me models and rubber suits over polygons any day.
Chazz
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 4:50 PMAvatar is a terrible example because the CGI was too over-the-top and ridiculous.
This is CGI done right and shows that it can look very real;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08JwMcROE8
Thruppence
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 3:56 PMNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo………………………
Frogztar
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 5:50 PMAnyone else think the ship looks like a Firefly class?
Danny
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:33 AMFirefly looks like Nostromo class.
Ben D
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 5:51 PMhas the potential to become a cult hit.
Josh s
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 11:59 PMLooks incredible
Roger Ramshit
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:44 AMAlien 3 and 4 sucked. Hopefully this DNA linked 5th edition returns back to the original greatness.
Dani
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:57 AMIf it looks like a duck….
warcroft
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 5:59 PMSo, there Aliens in this or not?
Aliens as in the other Alien movies. Not just some other alien.
nic
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 9:03 PMfunny, me and my friends made a short film called prometheus maybe 10 years ago, when we were in primary school. it was sci-fi, too.
Sam Timmins
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:28 PM“The Space Jockey ship is the same wrecked one that we see in Alien and Aliens.”
Who says the Jockeys didn’t crash more ships?
Humans have NEVER crashed more than one plane huh?
olearymo
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 9:53 AMThere are definitely too many instances of ‘definately’ around giz today.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/misspelling/definitely.png
Jay
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 11:13 PMI smell HR Giger