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I've just re-watched Alien in HD, the remaster is VERY respectable.

Something I never notice before and is bugging me...

Why the HECK does the Ian Holmes character need to go into stasis with the rest of the crew??

Unless to preserve his "identity"....

Hmmmmmm?????

To preserve his (its) identity would be the most logical answer. I dont need another explanation.

Also, I'm probably among the minority but I think Weaver doesn't look bad at all in Alien. She got manlier in the sequels.

In certain ways, there are similarities, but in truth it isn't. At the beginning, it was meant to be a prequel but Ridley wanted it to veer away from the Alien series and make changes to certain things. That is why the design or the facehuggers were much more bigger (octopus like, if you ask me with tentacles compared to the original, which was fingers), the acid blood didn't played too much of it and some changes in the Alien design when it burst out from the chest of the Engineer.

Need to remind others - in Alien, the dead "Engineer" (or Space Jockey) was seated in the navigation room with its chest bust outwards but in Prometheus, it was in the other lifeboat instead.

Let's look at it this way - happen in the same universe but if it goes in a different direction. Much like the upcoming "Spider-Man" series - happen in a different way in "The Amazing Spider-Man" and not in "Spider-Man" series but in the same universe too. Is "Prometheus" a reboot of the Alien series? Who knows... could be but Ridley is not telling, maybe he felt like doing "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" for that matter and steering it away from "Planet of the Apes" series but also happen in the same universe. Multiple connection, but in a different way but does not mean it serves as a "prequel"

But in the end - it boils down to what this movie based on, which was at the end credits that shown "based on the elements...". Even when I saw "Based on the alien elements of H.R. Giger" I was surprised by it, in other words... it was never served as a prequel but just based upon certain elements of the original Alien series, and nothing to do with it...

It's NOT a PREQUEL!

Geez... nobody really stayed on towards the end CREDITS!!!

Already mention that this movie is "based on the elements of Dan O' Bannon and Ronald Shushett"!!!

Even Ridley himself said its not entirely based on the Prequel and veering away from the original Alien series!

I think it's clear that its not a tradition prequel in the sense that it doesn't directly connect to the Alien franchise i.e. different planets, space jockeys, ships etc. But i can't be bothered digging up every interviews and production notes, so my question is ..

Is it really a canon taking place in an entirely alternate universe or is it still taking place in the same constant universe as the Alien franchise ?

The film itself could still easily fit into the Alien universe and timeline, but at the same it could also be a canon. So which is it ?

Question: Why did David deliberately mixed Holloway's drink with that black      liquid? Was it Weyland's orders to test the effects of the liquid on human life form?

Question: Why the whole idea of create mankind and then destroying them?

I meant to say non-canon .. but just to be sure, canon means official yea ? as in authentic and consistent to the original universe ?

I remember watching MI:IV 2D at TGV IMAX though, and the picture clarity wasn't up to par. Prometheus 3D was crystal though. Perhaps they don't properly align the two projectors for 2D movies.

I remember watching [Alien] with dad when I was 8 or 9 or 10 and that 1st chestbuster scene was so indescribable then, that my jaw dropped and I was literally frozen for seconds. I was still in that state even after the little Xenomorph ran away! Dad chuckled and I’m guessing it’s because of my reaction and he asked if I’m alright.

I miss those moments.

Got a few unanswered question...
1) Is there a dotted connection between prometheus and Alien movie?
The only dot I can see is that the alien creature is through a combination of a stuff that David drop in the drink, and the guy make xxx with the gal, and the gal remove the octopus, and octopus make xxx with the engineer, and alien is born   

2) Why does the engineer want to destroy earth?

3) What is the cylinder stuff? The one David took to the ship

4) For the 2 guy that was trap in the pyramid. They were kill by a worm type creature. Is it the worm mix with the special type of liquid and evolved as a gigantic worm creature?

5) What kill the engineers in the pyramid?

Anybody got any idea???

I've got a question!

my only burning question

now there's a problem, the original Alien trucker crew were meant to be 'meats' but the characters were so well made and convincing that we actually cared about what happens to them, they were 'truckers' and were NOT meant to be intelligent, and we all knew they are going to die.  In this movie, these 'doctors' even if they are mercs, they are freaking DOCTORS for fxcks sake....if our future's doctors are like them (stupid fxckers) then it's worst than having a meteor crashing down to earth killing everybody.  plus in this movie we don't really care what happens to ALL of the characters, even with the main ones.  This can all be blamed for whoever wrote the script and story (even a 10 year old can do better).  The directing however is very very good, as well as the camera work.  This is one of those movies that combined the very best and very worst of movie making.  It's one of the most beautifully made movie this year yet it's the worst on everything.

LOL, i totally get your joke.....

the problem with the 'running away from giant horse shoe spaceship' is when u analyze that moment on a first person point of view, you will know why she don't run in a zig zag kinda way to avoid getting crushed.  Because that spaceship is so huge, u can't really see where it's going when u r running away from it, adrenaline pumping furiously, flames and debris are falling everywhere, u will understand why she got crushed, it's not because she is stupid, it just means that she is HUMAN (if she's a droid then she won't be killed)

Good read from all you guys. Really enjoyed your thoughts on this movie despite its almost running out of shows in the cinemas. I do agree on the anticipation of death part. Where in the old films, you hold on to your seats knowing the next victim is going to die. These days, its just "just die and get on with it lah". Yes, I never knew Ripley was going to be the hero in Alien. The outcome of that was totally what blew my mind. I just fall for movies where you have the unexpected character became the hero.