Peter Weyland Introduces Himself

Today, video of a TED Talk from the future – from 2023, to be exact – hit the WWW.

The 3-minute video features Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, going on about the technologies of the world, and how he would “like to change the world,” if we indulge him.

Check it out:

Of course, no such video traveled through time to the here and now, and Peter Weyland is no one but Pearce’s character in the upcoming Prometheus (Ridley Scott’s sort of prequel to Alien starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, and Charlize Theron, among others ( which makes this a piece of viral marketing of the most effective kind.

Time to brush up on my Alien lore....