Kauai, November 11, 2011.
A radically clever clip for Prometheus, the upcoming summer blockbuster prequel to Alien. Shown here is a TED conference from the year 2023 featuring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, the CEO of Weyland Corporation. It’s his company that sent Ripley’s team out in the first Alien.
In space no one can hear you scream.
In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Happy birthday, Twitter. Six years ago, you changed everything.
Remember when it was just us? And how everybody thought we were weird? Like we were getting excited about nothing?
And remember the days before “tweet” was even the word for it? Or “retweet”, for that matter?
And do you remember the day you established hashtags?
And y’member when you thought it would be smart to use the @ symbol to flag a user? Remember that?
Did you like that part?
I knew people would finally get it. Guess we showed them, huh?
Enjoy your day. And remember, life starts at 40.
A conversation with James Frey from American Literary Press: [click to continue…]
