What was the purpose of the "exploding head" scene?
Every scene, every shot, every part of the dialogue (down to the smallest utterance), body language, the smallest facial expression... they can each be an important element of the story-tellers'...
View ArticleEngineer Fanfic
For anyone who is interested in fanfic, ff.net has Prometheus as a category now!This story is so far proving to be quite good! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8377098/1/Reflection
View ArticleExcellent essay about Prometheus and Frankenstein
Apologies if this has already been posted, but I really enjoyed reading this paper:The Postmodern Prometheus: Gender, Creation, and Humanity in Prometheus and FrankensteinNaja McFaddenAbstractThis...
View ArticleWhat's the official Weyland Family tree?
It's well established in Prometheus that Peter Weyland founded Weyland Industries. The only offspring we know of Is Vickers and she died, so presumably the family tree ends there...But in the original...
View ArticleElizabeth Shaw eating sushi
Elizabeth was alone on her bed in a robe eating sushi with chopsticks (while making log entries) when Holloway walked in. Does anyone know what type specifically? Has it been confirmed?Maybe an octopus...
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Digital graphics (door entry system) Any ideas??
Hi there folks,I've got one of the original entry system panels from the movie and it has a digital screen built into it. It's a standard VGA screen that was hooked up to a laptop from what I can work...
View ArticleDid anyone else notice the Sacrifice Engineers dick falling off?
As he disintegrated into the waterfall. Or was it just me?It's just the pain killers, I assure you. Though I did see his dick fall off.
View ArticlePromethus: GOOD Engineers vs EVIL Engineers and the sequel
In the origional screenplay which was leaked, it said the eningeers would terraform lifeless planets and create life in their own image. LV_223 was in the process of being terraformed, but the eingeers...
View ArticleCavepaintings and Prometheus planet timeline
I don't understand what the deal is with the cave paintings that point towards the system the movie took place in. The planet was filled with ships, but the only ship the movie gives us any detail on...
View ArticleWhy did David do that with the drink?
Why did he infect Holloway?Was it just to impregnate Shaw?How would they have known?
View ArticleCinematography Mag gave away the deacon
So I obtained a bunch of cinematography magazines for free at my new job and the Prometheus issue showed a picture of the Deacon next to the dead engineer. I'm kinda surprised that the magazine was...
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Moldavite Green Stone and other related oddities
There's a interesting YT video that has some connections to Prometheus with secret occult societies and religions. Notably the Moldavite stone referred as the holy grail stone, philosophers stone or...
View ArticleDid prometheus set a new standard for movie marketing?
I don't remember a case of film hype before late 2011. The virals, the online site made up for the film, the cryptic transmissions and most of all the teaser for the teaser for the main teaser followed...
View ArticleThe Alien Xenomorph has one inherent flaw.
The one major weakness of the Alien is that it needs a host to procreate. It must then destroy it's host to live. What happens when the alien runs out of hosts? It would not make sense for an Alien to...
View ArticleGiger concept art for Dune in Prometheus
Made an interesting discovery while searching for reference pictures on the Net...H. R. Giger's concept for the Harkonnen Dome wasn't the only thing related to an attempt to film Dune that looks like...
View Article"they aren't what we thought they were"
Matt.10:18(find&read)..it appears most,if not all,fanatics of PROMETHEUS / R.SCOTT film deem the 2thousand yr. (or so) time differential in the movie plot as the incarnation/crucifixion of the...
View ArticleFifield not really interested in the GIGANTIC dead body arena
Is our extreme interest in this sci-flick be because we see ourselves portrayed in one or more of the characters?
View ArticleReally curious
Why people liked this movie. I had a lot of expectation when I went into the movie theatre (maybe too much hence the problem!). I've been a fan of sci-fi for many years, loved the original Alien and...
View Articlecomparative study - the answers
i put a lot of time into this thread , a lot of research and is not just some wild theory i have pulled out of thin air .quite a few members of this forum have touched upon the ideas and in a funny way...
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