Spoken to a professional film designer friend of mine about this. He noted some interesting things.
1: That segmented glass dome on the underside has a lot of similarity with the observation pod Ash is shown in, when he's monitoring the Nostromo crew's journey to the derelict. Could mean we shall have a scene like that. The antenna are also very reminiscent of the Nostromo, too.
2: Those four engines are remarkably like the Sulaco's rear section! Looks like they've miniaturised four modified Sulaco engines and strapped them together on limb sections. External mounting has its advantages, apparently, due to the vacuum of space meaning waste heat won't need to be dealt with, allowing them to be kept running at a relatively cool temperature. Was unsure, however, why
this particular limb configuration was used.
3: Was noted that the image of the cockpit's interior from earlier publicity shot, seems to indicate a lot of '
Space 1999' design influence for the consoles.
So, looks like this ship has at least two direct inspirations from the first two films.
Quote from: SM on Apr 12, 2012, 06:43:55 AM
Maybe Riddles didn't want the Prometheus to look like a big cock and balls.
Mind you would've gotten him that R rating when the Prometheus crashes into the Derelicts tri-gina.
In all seriousness, if anyone wants to imagine how Giger might design 'normal' vehicles, search around for his Batmobile design. None of the skeletal stuff of his '
Dune'/'
Species' train, but still intriguingly biomechanical.
http://www.batmobilehistory.com/art/hrgiger.phphttp://thecaveboard.yuku.com/topic/2057/HR-Giger-s-Batmobile-design#.T4aPDtXNkxE
