Sci-Fi Boner.

When I saw the preview to Ridley Scott's upcoming flick "Prometheus," I couldn't help but get chills when I saw iconic imagery that was used in his 1979 film classic Alien.  The "derilict spacecraft" that the Nostromo crew first come upon, the alien "space jockey" skull and face hugging type creatures are all evident in the trailer.

Though Scott has strongly resisted characterizing this film as a prequel, I think he is setting out to right some things in the deep space, scifi thriller genre. The Alien franchise, with all of its potential, has gone awry in the last 15 years so it looks like Prometheus is a nice reboot or rebirth of something in the same vein.  Who better to redo than the man who started it all?  That's not really a question.

I'm hoping that this film ends up being what Scott calls a stand alone movie with it's own epic mythology... with obvious links to Alien. :)