They're Remaking 'Alien' -- the 'Prometheus' thread

haha i was so mad about this movie but it seems to have been righty consigned to oblivion so i can safely just forget about it

...or can you?

http://io9.com/is-the-prometheus-sequel-stalled-out-just-because-nobod-461244398

lol

Sources close to the sequel have told Bloody Disgusting that the studio and (Ridley) Scott are literally “freaking out” over how to continue the story of Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace), and are taking pitches from basically anyone who can crack the story*.

OK, while i feel ILX would have a lot to offer them on this, this story seems kind of like a bunch of nonsense. Would it really be that big of a problem? Or, like, worse than the problems plaguing the movie they just made?

Was hoping the URL indicated an article titled "Is The Prometheus Sequel Stalled Out Just Because Nobody Wants To See A Sequel To Prometheus?"

how do you do a movie with an ending where they're like "we're going to the alien planet now, look out for the sequel!" and not have any idea how to do the sequel, i just can't

omg guys this can be like a New Yorker cartoon caption competition

just make it about going to the alien planet and fighting more of those dudes, how hard is it

Would be cool if ridley scott is just faking writer's block to avoid making this movie.

There are so many ways to continue this story, to varying degrees of bullshit.

I want a prequel to the prequel that is just david putzing around on earth with vickers coming in every once in a while to throw him around the room

― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:58 PM (Yesterday)

Like, just have whatshername's ship crash back on that planet, with the alien and Fassbender's head, then have someone come to rescue her and here we go again.

Give it to james cameron

needs HD 3D helmets being took off and put on again

want to get right inside the experience of what it's like to be a helmet

Oh...?

I just don't get how, after this movie, which sucked and makes no sense, they'd be stumped with a follow-up. Here are some other ideas that would be just as good:

Charlize survived and develops a rapport with the alien

-girl survivor turns into a space giraffe, aliens put her in a zoo

-Alien morphs into a human and runs for president

-God intervenes, is impregnated by alien, gives birth to alien god

-Survivor ship lands on Mars, finds the planet is already populated by an army of Davids, who have been terrforming Mars and carving out rivers. And alien falls into the river, turning it into an alien river. Then we find out this was centuries ago, and Mars is an infected alien planet, but contemporary earth was interested in going to Mars, but oh no! don't go to Mars, it is an alien planet ruled by an alien god! Turn back! No! Agggghhhh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY

INT. fox studios boardroom

omg guys this can be like a New Yorker cartoon caption competition

― Gukbe, Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:51 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Prometheus 2: Christ, What an Asshole.

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/news/669

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-Z2P3lBpg

'antimetheus'

;_; estela beat u to that one sry

really ? :( I even ctrl-f'd the thread for it

She's v subtle, that one

anyone seen this since

i've not been that depressed

I actually think this movie has the potential to end depression.

http://i.imgur.com/P8bkgVB.jpg

dog with cigar voiced by that other guy, not the president from independence day, you know the guy, would have improved this 100%

i'm halfway through reading this thread but the question that keeps on sticking in my mind is why does the big kahuna gray dude run all the way across the field to the nice jettisoned human ship after his horseshoe ship crashes

thats yr question?

seems to me if my ship just got rammed by another ship and i crashed down to land, first thing i'd be going for is the other side's insurance info

let's go straight to the source:

The Engineer lies motionless. Is he DEAD?
NO. He moves now. Slow at first -- an ACCIDENT VICTIM...
but finally manages to SIT UP. HE PULLS OFF HIS DAMAGED
HELMET, puts his hand to his TEMPLE --
BLOOD. The God is actually HURT.
And this makes him ANGRY

He rises to his FULL HEIGHT NOW, FEET STRIDING PAST DAVID’S
HEAD as The Engineer approaches a CONSOLE -- A combination of
WAVES AND SNAPS ACTIVATES --
AN EXTERIOR VIDEO ARRAY
A 360 DEGREE VIEW of the area OUTSIDE OF THE JUGGERNAUT. We
see the SETTING SUN. The flaming WRECKAGE of the MAGELLAN.
But most IMPORTANTLY?
We see a PERSON. Walking away from the ship. Tiny in the
vastness of the desert -- But now the Engineer ZOOMS IN. And
there’s no mistaking who it is --
SHAW

And as we look into the Engineer’s DARK, DARK EYES as he SEES
HER... Perhaps the only survivor of the ship that has KNOCKED
HIM FROM THE HEAVENS, WE SMASH TO

EXT. PLANET, CRASH SITE, VICKERS’ MODULE - DUSK

LIIIINNNNDEEEELOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFF

also: atmosphere inside ship was normalized to earth's atmosphere, humans could breathe, etc. - but all the space jockeys wore their elephant suits, except fro the gray dude, who didn't need it.

i have no recollection of this movie i realise, shaw is not george bernard i suppose

perhaps this will refresh your memory

INT. TENT - NIGHT
BLACK.
A BURST OF STATIC -- Then... SOMEONE leaning over camera --
Turning it on.
It’s SHAW. She is dirty, but sexily so.

now i'm getting robert

One of the pre-Lindelof drafts of the script by John Speihts leaked right around the time the movie came out on dvd. It was actually pretty good. A bit too prequel-y, but it had a lot of cool scenes and ideas. Plus it actually made sense.

Lindelof really deserves every ounce of shit he's gotten

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/jon-spaihts-confirms-his-leaked-prometheus-script-titled-alien-engineers-is-legit-6-things-that-changed-from-the-original-script-20121112

i'm halfway through reading this thread but the question that keeps on sticking in my mind is why does the big kahuna gray dude run all the way across the field to the nice jettisoned human ship after his horseshoe ship crashes

― 乒乓, Monday, October 7, 2013 7:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thats yr question?

― unblog your plug (darraghmac), Monday, October 7, 2013 8:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Good premise for a sequel imo, humanity outfits a space expedition to tackle the ultimate mysteries of life itself the motives of the characters in Prometheus

what about "vengeful creator species returns to Earth to hunt down and crush everybody responsible for Prometheus?"

running the 'experiments' on the head was really stupid too

the equivalent being, like

*find perfectly preserved mammoth head in frozen siberian tundra*

*stick a hot electric needle into it just to see what happens*

id imagine that this is p much how a person of lindelhof's world view feels about scientists tho

The head thing was also one of the dumbest allusions to the original Alien. It'd been cool if they'd tried to recreate the kinda-obvious cut between the mannequin head and Ian Holm covered in milky goo.

http://i.imgur.com/G0FQTqN.jpg

INT. SPACECRAFT - SLEEP WING

A SLEEP POD quietly opens.
Out steps a MAN. But not just any man. It's -
DAMON LINDELOF.

LINDELOFF takes a few tentative stretches, then he TAKES OFF HIS OWN HEAD.
HE IS A ROBOT! AND HE IS YELLING! HE IS YELLING AT US TO ...

Lindeloff: Turn back!

His DISEMBODIED HEAD then VOMITS. Out comes a SCREENPLAY, followed by PILES OF MONEY, like a Satanic ATM.

Would wear

http://i.imgur.com/Ut7pvAw.jpg

Is there talk of a follow up being in production or anything? Or was it considered too much of a disaster? Seemed to be deliberately setting itself up for a sequel.
Have to go and see another to see if its as good/bad as this.

Seemed to be deliberately setting itself up for a sequel.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5VqKDR34LSI/UL__EWqHk2I/AAAAAAAAFqM/Clk4a-xjvsw/s1600/alien_poster.jpg