IMAX Trailer: (I love the sound and editing style of this one.)
Original Trailer:
WARNING: Possible spoilers ahead.....
Due out in Summer 2012, PROMETHEUS takes place in the ALIEN universe, 30 years before Ellen Ripley was born. However, it's not really about the facehuggers, chestbursters, workers or queens. Supposedly, this is first human contact with the Space Jockeys (aka Harvesters, architects of the universe). And, I guess it doesn't go so well. Things get scary and rough for the humans and 1 or 2 androids (one is played by Michael Fassbender, who was Magneto in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS)
Scott hasn't made a sci-fi film since BLADE RUNNER, but I sure can't wait to see what he does. As good as James Cameron's ALIENS is (see the extended cut! It's epic.), it was the dread, horrific tone of the first ALIEN that stuck with me for a lifetime. There's something so bleak and far away about it.
Last edited by Scoopicman; 03-31-2012 at 05:14 PM.
By the way, Scott just said he's done with 2-D. Seriously.
"I’ll never work without 3D again, even for small dialogue scenes. 3D has been a wonderful exercise but I was brought up as a camera operator so its really about lensing and all that kind of stuff. So with the help I’ve had from a wonderful cameraman and his technical team its been, for me, a pretty straight forward ride. That said I’ll never work without 3D again, even for small dialogue scenes. I love the whole process. 3D opens up the universe of even a small dialogue scene so I’ve been very impressed with that."
By the way, Scott just said he's done with 2-D. Seriously.
"I’ll never work without 3D again, even for small dialogue scenes. 3D has been a wonderful exercise but I was brought up as a camera operator so its really about lensing and all that kind of stuff. So with the help I’ve had from a wonderful cameraman and his technical team its been, for me, a pretty straight forward ride. That said I’ll never work without 3D again, even for small dialogue scenes. I love the whole process. 3D opens up the universe of even a small dialogue scene so I’ve been very impressed with that."
Looks like the name was a nickname the original production team came up with for lack of an actual name. According to the interwebs, the only name H.R. Giger had for it was "the Pilot". One of the best things about the series is it has focused on "oh, crap, how do we deal with this" rather than "where did this come from", but with enough apparent depth and hints at background that you can't help but think about it. Looking forward to the new film.
I've found this quote attributed to Scott on at least a couple of different sites:
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While Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn't be more pleased to have found the singular tale I'd been searching for, and finally return to this genre that's so close to my heart.
It sounds like this is not an Alien movie, but they don't want to lose the box office bank that the association with the Alien franchise might lend them.
It sounds like this is not an Alien movie, but they don't want to lose the box office bank that the association with the Alien franchise might lend them.
Ridley Scott said:
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"It's fundamentally about going out to find out 'Who the hell was that Space Jockey?' The guy who was sitting in the chair in the alien vehicle"
"I don't want to repeat it. The alien in a sense, as a shape, is worn out."
"Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry. The first one will always be the most frightening, because the beast we put together with Giger and all its parts — the face-hugger, the chest-burster, the egg — they were all totally original, and that's hard to follow. ... I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh."
The original script by John Spaihts was an "alien" movie. But, Ridley doesn't like doing sequels, so he insisted on doing something original, but in the same universe. According re-writer, Damon Lindleof, there is more suspense, if you don't know where the film is going. I like this approach, as it is very non-Hollywood and could be.....original. However, the tone will be very similar - "What I want to do is to scare the living shit out of you," Scott said, at Comicon.
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"The film will be really tough, really nasty. It’s the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"
that the film's title is the name of a space ship sent from earth by an all-powerful corporation of the kind familiar to fans of the Alien franchise. The mythical reference - in Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to man -- is deliberate.
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I'm really glad that Scott isn't interested in making a prequel. That's how I'm interpreting what he's said. After the disappointment of the Star Wars prequels, that sounds like a breath of fresh air. Okay, so it's in the same universe. Cool! But I for one will be really pleased if it's far from being slavish about leading into the Alien movies.
Unlike Alison Nastasi, I do not have a problem with the aliens having been biological weapons. It makes good sense.
"NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way," Scott said.
Uh, I could probably do without that. I'm hoping that they won't make much of that, or do it so well that my qualms will be proven unjustified.
"NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way," Scott said.
Uh, I could probably do without that. I'm hoping that they won't make much of that, or do it so well that my qualms will be proven unjustified.
Ha ha! Maybe, they got the Pope's blessing for this plot. Yeah, they better watch it or they might land in STAR TREK 5 territory! What's next, the Predators built the pyramids? Wait..... Oh, shit.
If you like surprises, then don't click this POSSIBLE SPOILER link. Fox spokespeople deny it is, but I wouldn't be surprised, as a lot of what I've read seems like that. Kind of like this article about dropping the PARADISE title:
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