Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade.
Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of gene-therapy sterilization, Sir Peter prides himself on his motto, “If we can, we must.” After a three year media blackout, Weyland has finally emerged to reveal where he’s heading next. Wherever that may be, we will most certainly want to follow.
Conceived and designed by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof and directed by Luke Scott.
Sir Peter Weyland was born in Mumbai, India at the turn of the Millennium. The progeny of two brilliant parents; His mother, an Oxford Educated Professor of Comparative Mythology, his father, a self-taught software Engineer, it was clear from an early age that Sir Peter’s capabilities would only be eclipsed by his ambition to realize them. By the age of fourteen, he had already registered a dozen patents in a wide range of fields from biotech to robotics, but it would be his dynamic break-throughs in generating synthetic atmosphere above the polar ice cap that gained him worldwide recognition and spawned an empire.
In less than a decade, Weyland Corporation became a worldwide leader in emerging technologies and launched the first privatized industrial mission to leave the planet Earth. “There are other worlds than this one,” Sir Peter boldly declared, “And if there is no air to breathe, we will simply have to make it.”
Q&A with screenwriter Damon Lindelof »
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brett niebling commented on Feb 28 2012
kind of a douche
Jeremy Mitchell commented on Feb 28 2012
Epic speech. Love this.
Al Morin commented on Feb 28 2012
Talk is cheap. Scowling and saying it’s 2023 and saying that you’ll change the world is so much talk. Why bother?
Josh Kameyer commented on Feb 28 2012
So it is now supposed to actually be 2073.
David Voderberg commented on Feb 29 2012
and in ALIEN Ripley is wearing a TRI-Centenial patch, meaning Prometheus takes place three years BEFORE ALIEN.
Brent Garber commented on Mar 2 2012
No, Alien takes place in 2122, Aliens and Aliens 3 takes place is 2179.
If she has a tri-centenial patch in 2122 that means whatever it was commemorating happened before, at least 1822.
Josh Kameyer commented on Feb 28 2012
Here it is again without the code, since it didn’t post properly:
-CONSIDER INVESTING IN HIS VISION
-Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Peter Weyland’s historic #2023TED speech.
David Voderberg commented on Feb 29 2012
These are actually out at weylandindustries.com as it #weylandinvestors hash tag
Josh Kameyer commented on Feb 28 2012
There are 2 hidden pieces of info in the source code of this web page that I found. CONSIDER INVESTING IN HIS VISION
and
Ray Evans commented on Feb 28 2012
“We are the Gods now”……chills lol
Lee Brookes commented on Feb 28 2012
Awesome setup for the film very good use of viral networks and social media
steven unverzagt commented on Feb 28 2012
great speech… to bad its not real :(
commented on Feb 28 2012
Amazing.
Dealbreaker Jones commented on Feb 28 2012
I am quite interested in where this movie is going;
quite interested indeed…
Santiago Sanjuán Belda commented on Feb 28 2012
I am looking forward to attending TED2023 to see such an epic speech!
Thomas Conway commented on Feb 28 2012
Think of all we could learn from it. It’s the chance of a lifetime! You must let me have it! It’s a magnificent specimen!
Qin Jingyan commented on Feb 28 2012
Powerful speech! But can change the difference between God and Human?
James Ryan commented on Feb 28 2012
Brilliant.
Daniel Earwicker commented on Feb 28 2012
I have a terrible feeling that this is going to lead to some kind of biomorph creature that bursts out of people’s chests or something of that nature.
ian gere commented on Feb 28 2012
I’ve got a strange feeling in my chest… Oh, I haven’t felt it for so long I’d almost forgotten mild excitement!
Irina Flowers commented on Mar 2 2012
Haha – I felt the same.
Thomas Bonneville commented on Feb 28 2012
Great way to start the machine!
karey gochoel commented on Mar 2 2012
I agree gr8 way to start the machine. He jests, “we are the God’s now”; I think he was joking?
Mike Lyden commented on Feb 28 2012
Absolutely fantastic.
commented on Feb 28 2012
Awesome
Michael Draycott commented on Feb 28 2012
Epic speech!
commented on May 9 2012
I love this TED Talk! (even though it’s for a movie)
http://edtalksted.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/the-extremely-d/
Roberto Di Donato commented on Jun 7 2012
Wow, he sure has aged since back in 2012. The good old days when they still used the internet… http://www.previewfilms.com.au/movie-prometheus-2012-1353.htm