Prometheus

[TordelBack]

Or their equivalent of a spacesuit locker.

[Spikes]

This film getting more and more curious!
As could be statues of Space Jockeys in background?

I didnt notice at first, but there seems to be another two statues directly behind her as well.

[Goaty]

More and more curious, still!

[I, Cosh]

Space jockey is such a stupid name. It could only be topped if someone ever got round to making a film of Ender's Game and bringing us the war against the Buggers.

[vzzbux]

Is it me or do the space suits give off a 50's vibe.

Edit: not a bad thing by any means.



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[JOE SOAP]

Space jockey is such a stupid name.

Good thing it's not actually called that then.

[Goaty]

Space jockey is such a stupid name.

Good thing it's not actually called that then.

I wonder who coined the name? I goggled, and Space Jockey was a term coined by the production team on Alien.

[Bat King]

Space Jockey just means Pilot.  It isn't the race.

[I, Cosh]

Space jockey is such a stupid name.

Good thing it's not actually called that then.

Seems to be pretty common currency.

[JOE SOAP]

Seems to be pretty common currency.

It's a production name not an in-film name. The same way the shark in Jaws was called Bruce.

[Bat King]

As I say it just means 'Pilot' - that is what Giger called it 'Pilot'.  Who renamed it I don't know.

Space Jockey, as far as I know was coined by Heinlein in 1947. Many, many people have used it since.  Why people insist on using it for an entire race is beyond me.

[JOE SOAP]

It's still not referred to as Space Jockey in the film. It's a nick-name.



The set with the deceased alien creature, which the production team nicknamed the "space jockey"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)#Set_design_and_filming

[I, Cosh]

Fair enough. I assumed because it was used so much that it was something from the background material. Like the way Gammorean guards are never referred to by that name in Return of the Jedi but I still know that's what they're called. It's still a daft phrase but I suppose that makes it significantly less stupid.

[Bat King]

It's still not referred to as Space Jockey in the film. It's a nick-name.

Quite so, Mr Soap.  So in no way is it anything like official... Except the fact it seemed to be a pilot.

[JOE SOAP]

I prefer knob-jockey. Fits with the Giger sensibility more.