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The H.P. Lovecraft Connection

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avgvstvs

MemberOvomorphJun-09-2012 10:55 PM
I can't find a pic of it online, but while they're investigating the initial chamber with all the ampules--did anyone else notice the dais raised up with a large green stone upon it? I think Scott... if you know anything about the Cthulu mythos... is definitely hinting at something possibly quite disturbing... and quite profound... and amazingly cool if you like tentacled critters in your horror... [No... not thinking he's going to create Cthulu...] I think its possibly a good bet that that initial room with the human face and the ampules is some kind of room dedicated to a God of death... perhaps LIKE Cthulu... perhaps this is why that decapitated space jockey/engineer was running right for it...
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Svanya

AdminPraetorianJun-09-2012 11:11 PM
*(Leaving the thread open even though this has been discussed before). Very nice thread ty for posting. This was discussed here and it's amazing and probably what you are talking about. -->[url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/1224]Parallels between Prometheus and At the mountains of madness...[/url]

jenskarlsson

MemberOvomorphJun-09-2012 11:13 PM
i did notice the stone and wondered what it was all about since it is never really mentioned, only seen briefly. i am somewhat familiar with Lovecraft but im not sure what the reference to the stone is, i am actually in the middle of reading a collection of his short stories so maybe ill find it as i get through them. i do know that Giger was very influenced by Lovecraft and im pretty sure thats why he styles his name with his first and middle initial, in homage (i could be wrong but i seem to remember reading that somewhere ages ago). im not sure if Mr. Giger had much involvement in this film (i heard he did the murals and i see some of his old designs from dune and alien are sort of used here) but perhaps Mr. Scott is also influenced by some of that material. i have always felt there was a mild connection, ever since i saw the original "engineer/space jockey" in the first film it sort of reminded me of Lovecraft. even more now that we have prometheus with its ancient alien "gods"

Svanya

AdminPraetorianJun-09-2012 11:20 PM
Well, Giger did illustrate a book called Necronomicon. Link-->[url=http://youtu.be/CA_7XI5Haqg]Giger's Necronomicon slide-show [/url] (Horrible music though, turn the sound down, srsly)

artyoh

MemberOvomorphJun-09-2012 11:32 PM
The squid-baby has Lovecraft all over it. Loved the "ya gotta be kidding me!" [i]second[/i] set of tentacles around it's toothy maw.

avgvstvs

MemberOvomorphAug-12-2012 5:56 PM
@jenskarlsson Did you get any info on the stone???? I recall a few Lovecraft stories where a "green stone" was mentioned. http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thedoomthatcametosarnath.htm

Cry Havoc

MemberOvomorphAug-12-2012 10:53 PM
I'm pretty sure they found a dais with a green stone on it in Lovecraft's [i]At the Mountains of Madness[/i]. Which both, The Thing, and Prometheus seemed to be based on - to the point where Guillermo del Toro canceled filming [i]At the Mountains of Madness[/i] because Prometheus was too similar. I've brought this Lovecraft connection up in another thread, as well. Plus Giger based a ton of his designs on H.P. Lovecraft's work and also professionally changed his name to H.R. Giger, to emulate H.P. Lovecraft. Take a gander at these two pages: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elements_of_the_Cthulhu_Mythos]Cthulu Mythos[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos_deities]Cthulu Deities[/url] Some of these entries sound awful familiar. I can't wait to see what they throw at us in PARADISE.
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