Quote from: ryanjayhawk on May 17, 2012, 12:24:33 AM
So a program that can analyze someone without them even knowing would be very fitting of the name "quiet eye."
Take a look at the article above. The "quiet" part is not about making observation without people knowing about it. It is about how the eye quietly gives off information about what a person is thinking/feeling/deciding, etc. It is a concept by which we are able to ascertain that type of information through a person's eye movements.
So the
quiet has nothing to do with either spying nor the manner by which the program operates. As far as the name thing goes we were both off.
However - whether any spying is going on is still in question as the fact that Vickers is involved complicates everything.
Whether she is a spy for Yutani is hard to tell. She could be a spy, using a Yutani program directly on Weyland's computer.
It could be Weyland using Yutani tech.
All this video tells us, besides the obvious that Yutani has developed a computer program that can analyze everything a person's psychology/emotions based off of microexpressions/eye movements,
is that Vickers is strongly linked to it.
Does it mean she developed it? Does it mean she is linked to Yutani?
There are so many possibilities - some potentially exciting and others rather mundane.
Quote from: Godroyah on May 17, 2012, 04:14:59 AM
I think I understand now...
"A King has his reign... and then he dies. Its inevitable."
Vickers was referring to Weyland himself as well as his company.
She's a corporate spy for Yutani, that's her agenda... I'd bet money on it. Srry if I'm putting a major spoiler out there, but I'd be surprised if that wasn't it.
How else could Yutani possibly be involved? They're already spying on Weyland in advance of the Project Prometheus. Weyland Industries is obviously the kingpin (pun intended) corporation on Earth... Vicker's quote is definitely in reference to Weyland... and Yutani got her in on the action. I'd be willing to bet money it.
It could be that she is a spy. Many people are suspicious of the same thing, myself included.
Another theory suggests that she is Weyland's neglected daughter, who has been trumped in the eyes of her father by David, a combination of Weyland's work and memories.
Thus, the quote you mentioned can be explained by the idea that she wants her father's grip on the company to slip with this mission so that she can take over as his heiress.
She wants to do this in either of two ways. Some believe that Weyland is still alive and on board the Prometheus - in search of Alien life to obtain their technology so that he can extend his life. She wants to control the situation to ensure that no such technology is found and that he father does in fact die of old age.
Another theory ( which I don't agree with) is that she wants the mission to fail so that it appears as if Weyland and his ideas are unsound and unprofitable despite her best efforts to run the mission. This will pave the way for her to take over the company.