Across the US, Cinemark theaters will be screening Alien. I know of two locations showing it on May 8. Check your local Cinemark for show times.

(I don't know which version they will be showing.)

Until the Weyland Corporate Timeline stated that Peter Weyland had reversed global warming, it was suggested in an EU novel that Antarctica was warm. Said novel made no mention of ATC.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/01/good-news-for-prometheus-2

It's not much but after constantly being told that Fassbender said he would never do a sequel to Prometheus evidently he's still under contract for another movie.

Now I have to rewrite David out of my draft. I was going to have him/it translate for the Engineers. Shit.

I saw Alien in theaters as a kid, FTW.

I know how to rock.

It's disgustingly good for somebody just coming out of University. Compare this with the average for a Bachelor's degree ($49k) or PhD ($69k). Their very first 'proper' job and they're already in that top 10% pay bracket.

It's not enough.

For what?

Me.

It's not enough.

Very true, but not for your average petroleum geologist who currently starts off at around the $90k mark.

That's not much money, either.

Not to defend this movie or anything, but...in a future where terraforming other planets is a major industry, isn't it possible that the demand for geologists might increase? *shrugs*

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! You've defended this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

Demand's pretty high for geologists in the oil industry right now, and to be honest beyond a love of rocks and a desire to put their subject experience to a practical use it's pretty difficult to see how geologists would take a job with Big Oil without them being in it for the money.

There's also a high demand for nurses' aids and the pay is very low.

[Bill Chadwick, Geologist, John Milner Associates]

One minor gripe.

You will NEVER find a geologist who is not in it for the money.

From a conversation with a real geologist:

Bill Chadwick, Geologist, John Milner Associates

The first thing the geologist says is, “I’m in it for the money.”

[A pause that I interpret as puzzled silence.] Uh, typically not.

You know, maybe Fifield wasn't such a bad guy afterall. He might have sensed that Millburn was a dick and didn't want anything to do with him. He seemed more civil toward everyone else, until the moments leading up to his demise.

It had to happen...

Hark, it's the first Prometheus cosplay spotted in the wild! Straight from the mean streets of Comic-Con comes this amazing Prometheus cosplay of an Engineer, his abs, and a flock of sexy Weyland Nurses. Is this cosplay or This Ain't Prometheus XXX? We don't care! We love you and your shoes, Mr. Engineer! Take us to your homeworld, Albino CrossFit 7!






http://io9.com/5925558/prometheus-cosplay-behold-the-engineers-milky-white-abs-in-the-flesh

So then, not only is Millburn stupid, he's also a dick for frightening a poor innocent animal!

Welcome, guys and gals!

[Thedus]

But if the film is asking you to be critical of the characters?

Do films normally ask for criticism? No.

The Company, if they'd managed to get an Alien in a cage (which I seriously doubt) would have ended up with a jar on their head as well. Both the Company and Milburn are going into the unknown and failing to understand the dangers thereof, seeing themselves as masters of nature.

The Company would still survive and walk away with something, even if it isn't a living alien.

Ignoring the fact that it's a horror movie (which, obviously, Milburn doesn't know he's in) my money would be on the larger of the two organisms, the one that's sheathed in the protective armour of his space suit, with gloves the other organism's mouth probably couldn't penetrate given the nature of its orifice. The one that could easily crush the smaller organism's 'head' in its fist if it were so inclined.

So because it's a horror movie, we should throw credibility out the door? Sure, if this were a dumb-teenagers-in-trouble movie, I can accept that and even join in on the chorus of "Don't open that door!", but Prometheus isn't that kind of movie.

Oh shit, the smaller one's freakishly strong and has acid for blood! Just like the Aliens the Company wanted to catch!

So, are you saying that this is the only small critter that can harm a human? You might want to talk to our own Thedus about handling terrestrial snakes....