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

h8 3-d

stoked for the disappointing retconned madness

pred ship pred ship pred ship

and vikings

Ridley Scott migh't ve been on the way of becoming one of the greatest filmmakers of all time 25 years ago, but the kinda blew his chances, didn't he? What was his last great movie? Thelma & Louise?

Actually, Ridley Scott was kind of a predecessor to David Fincher: a couple of good movies and an undeniable technical talent made people think they were cinematic geniuses or something, but then they went and prove everyone wrong.

not really. i mean, the finch has only made seven films in 18 years, but the last but one was a masterpiece, his best yet. i liked "CCBB" too but i know most people don't.

scott was always more prolific, and also, while i like a lot of his films, i don't think there are many consistent themes running through his work. there definitely are in post-"seven" fincher.

Hmm, I hadn't thought about it like that. What do you think are the consistent themes in Fincher's movies, I haven't noticed.

If I were to choose betweem the two, I'd still choose Scott. Even though he's made a lot of crap compared to Fincher, no Fincher movie I've seen has been as perfect as Alien or Blade Runner. As interesting and ambitious as they are, there's always some flaw, something missing from them. I get the feeling that Fincher is technically gifted director who lives or dies by the scripts he's given - he doesn't write scripts, does he? (That's one reason why I compared him to Scott, who doesn't write his movies either.) I haven't seen Zodiac though, maybe I should watch it some day.

What do you think are the consistent themes in Fincher's movies, I haven't noticed.

can't really get into it -- i think i have elsewhere. it's a kind of buddhist thing tho, shit to do with control and chaos. "zodiac" makes it p clear though & u really shd watch it.

fincher (like most a-list directors) oversees the writing of his scripts -- doubt he does dialogue or whatever, but no, he doesn't just do what he's given.

it will be interesting to see how that works with his next one, however, which is written by aaron sorkin so unlikely to be s.thing he'd rewrite, i'd guess.

I can't wait to see what shade of washed-out green Fincher films his next movie in.

the alien-love inside me can't help but cheer that with ridley on this it will be pretty good. but on the other hand, all alien movies since 3 have been wank, so dunno what to think.

It isn't overstating things to say that Ridley Scott is among the greatest filmmakers of all time

shill needs shootin'

Scott's last great movie was "Thelma and Louise"???

I need to go check a list of movies before, and movies since, but I mean......

"Black Hawk Down" is pretty great, but yeah, had he done "Duelists" through "Blade Runner" and then retired, we wouldn't have missed much save "Thelma & Louise." I've always been impressed by Scott's prolific nature, though, esp. if you take into account his work as a producer. He and Spielberg just crank them out, though Spielberg returns to specific themes again and again whereas Ridley Scott is more scattershot. "Matchstick Men?" "A Good Year?" Hell, "American Gangster?" Not what one would consider "typical" Ridley Scott fare, though admittedly these days "typical" means guys in the woods shooting flaming arrows.

lotta ppl here ride for "kingdom of heaven"

im siked for "robin hood" too

HANNIBAL is v.underrated imho, a great black comedy

I forgot about Matchstick Men, that was pretty good movie. Not classic or anything (it pretty much followed the same pattern as most con man movies have done ever since House of Games, but totally enjoyable.

the finch has only made seven films in 18 years, but the last but one was a masterpiece, his best yet.

I have to assume that you, along with the rest of the population of Planet Earth, have chosen to forget that Benjamin Butthole ever happened.

no, i liked it.

but zodiac was his last but one.

mr. haircare tell me about this benjamin butthole picture you speak of

Yeah, wtf Fincher? "Zodiac" was a masterpiece, but I couldn't make it past 30 minutes of "Button." And now you've got a Facebook movie on its way? And a remake of the overseas adaptation of "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo?" Fincher, you can do better.

the facebook movie is gonna own hard

you have to be "in the right place" for CCBB

MTV: What made you change your mind?

Scott: Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry.

So what made him change his mind?

Alien father will be a CGI Billy Zane

So what made him change his mind?

I think he's implying something along the lines of "if they can't do anything more interesting with this series then maybe I, as its originator, can"

this movie is gonna be a viking

Alien prequels, that's where I'm a Space Jocket

Jockey

shit

pred ship pred ship pred ship

and vikings

― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i want to make a song out of this

http://www.avclub.com/articles/damon-lindelof-rewriting-alien-prequel-maybe,43608/

A little bit disappointing if true as I've read the first 30 pages of John Spaihts' script and if it actually got made it would cause fanboys worldwide to spontaneously combust with rage.

Hahah do tell.

Let's just say it's been nicknamed "Gaylien"

*spontaneously combusts with rage*

Roffle. That script must be filmed immediately.

It's pretty easily found with a quick google search.

this whole idea is confounding

Having found this script -- well, that's an intercut sex/death scene to rival the start of Excalibur, I suppose.

hoax

Has it been unequivocally debunked? I'm gonna pretend it's real anyway

"hard cock" in a screenplay? Spaceship Octavia? C'mon this is good ole fashioned fanfic

it's a hoax. but worth reading for lols.

INT. MEN'S QUARTERS - LOCKER AREA

Fins hands are tangled in Karik's hair.

KARIK
God! Damn it!

Fin picks himself up.

FIN
Christ!

Fin grabs his spade.
Karik assumes a low martial-arts stance and steps toward
the cat-alien.

The cat-alien and Karik pace around each other.

The cat-alien jabs at Karik with its sharp tail.

Karik parries the blow.

In a blur, the cat-alien jabs again.

And Karik parries.

The cat-alien makes a third jab with its tail and
immediately leaps at Karik, its jaws open.
Karik blocks the tail then catches the cat-alien's oblong
head with a roundhouse kick that knocks the cat-alien back
again.

Fin stands there, awestruck by what he sees, his grip on
the spade relaxing. He snaps out of it and looks furiously
for the net.

The cat-alien and Karik fight, Karik using lightening-fast
martial arts to defend himself.

Fin leans his spade against the wall, picks up the net, and
turns, shaking it open before him. Before he can throw it,
he groans in pain and looks down.

An ant-alien is biting his calf, just above his boot. Two
more are on the toe of the boot. His other foot knocks the
ant-aliens off.

clearly authentic

low martial arts stance

buffalo stance more effective against cat aliens imo

Just leave Alien well enough alone.

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/chris-crocker-cries.jpg

apparently the alien prequel has morphed into an original sci-fi movie directed by ridley scott

http://www.slashfilm.com/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-longer-alien-prequel-prometheus-starring-noomi-rapace/

that's actually kinda heartening, imo.

That's actually pretty great to hear.

interesting, is there anything known about this new flick?

Weird
Of interest, however, is that Prometheus may not be a total departure from the Alien series, as Sky Movies is reporting that the classic alien creatures actually play a major role in the film’s plot. A source close to them even went so far as to say that the film “definitely takes place in the same world as Alien.” How the two mix into each other remains to be seen.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/27/michael-fassbender-lands-high-profile-role-in-prometheus-but-is-it-actually-a-new-alien-movie-afterall/