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

Yes - but also about Predators, Things, The Lepus, and The Hair Bear Bunch

Some stuff, still pretty vague:

“I realized that there was something in the original ‘Alien’ that no one has asked a question about,” Scott said, explaining what sparked his interest in returning to the franchise. “And I thought, well that could be the centerpiece.”

But he didn’t say exactly what that question was (though he has in the past). Scott on Thursday said that “Prometheus” preserves the “original DNA” of “Alien” … “but we’ve gone in a completely different direction.” Based on a kind of sizzle reel the studio showed, “Prometheus” looks wholly of the “Alien” world, with its gooey, biomechanoid extraterrestrials, flame-thrower-wielding humans and a sinewy Rapace channeling series stalwart Sigourney Weaver.

Theron shared a bit of detail about her character in the film, Meredith Vickers. “She’s a suit, essentially,” Theron said. “She’s the machine that runs the machine that takes this mission into space. At first she comes across very cold and frigid. She’s not a scientist. She’s not a believer. She runs a tight ship. But you can tell that she’s gonna be a problem.”

Some more details:

We see Ridley on a new set, then images of a spaceship control room full of lit panels. A giant room that looks like the Giger-designed spaceship in the first ALIEN where they find the eggs, though it's filled with things that look more like Egyptian coptic jars – though they may still be eggs. It does seem like something bio-mechanical is inside.

We see Michael Fassbender examining them. Green-glass sleep pods. Bubble-helmets – the aesthetic is an odd mix of the original ALIEN H. R. Giger designs and pulp comic-book Buck Rogers-type stuff. Charlize Theron is doing push-ups naked. There's a large, ringed planet.

Scott is back on, says the cast of characters “find an establishment that is not what they expected it to be.” Somebody collapses, looks like internal injuries. People in space suits freak out. More of the Giant egg cargo hold. Scott says “It is all about everything...it has the DNA of the original ALIEN...what I wanna do is scare the living shit out of you.” It's being shot in digital 3-D.

Charlize Theron is doing push-ups naked

ok maybe i will watch this.

It's being shot in digital 3-D.

Fuck this noise.

scott says he's never shooting in 2d again

Yeah, I believe that. When are we going to start getting 3-D rom-coms from these absolutists?

I've now seen three or four films "shot in digital 3-D" in 2-D, and not once have I felt I missed anything. In fact, nor would have I ever known they were even shot in 3-D from the 2-D versions.

digital 3-D naked charlize theron pushups

we didn't start the fire

I approve Ridley Scott trying to scare me instead of put me to sleep as he has seemed so intent on doing of late.

Matchstick Men...in 3-D

hadn't this thread title been edited to point out that this is the 'Prometheus' thread earlier?

It had, but then it hiccuped or something. Let me try again.

http://collider.com/prometheus-interview-charlize-theron-damon-lindelof-comic-con/104250

Charlize, earlier you joked about doing nudity in the film.

THERON: I wasn’t joking, gosh! I’m an Academy Award winner. I’m serious.

LINDELOF: Why would we ever joke about something like that?

the comments section y'all the comments section!

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/21/prometheus-comiccon-alien-ridley-scot/

lol

“We begin at the beginning,” Lindelof said during a session with reporters before the film’s big Hall H panel presentation. “Ridley has been cryptically obtuse about everything, but there are some big ideas in Prometheus. It covers a vast expanse of time, past, present, and future.”

So it's now a remake of 2001?

yeah it's a crossover. original it was called HALiens

seriously though it sounds like Mission to Mars with Giger monsters more than anything

i hope it's better than Hannibal.

Hannibal was one of the least bad of his recent films

Still can't re-watch it due to a couple scenes making me want to vomit and have nightmares, though.

The Predators didnt create the aliens. The space jockey’s created the Aliens as a weapon or they were mearly collectors of them to use as a weapon. It’s conflicting in the literature. They would drop them onto a planet to wipe out indigenous life and would then come back to kill off all of the aliens using sonic weapons. That space jockey ship in Alien was one of their offensive drop ships. The Predators simply use the Aliens as a means to have something to hunt. They would drop a few eggs down, wait, then go hunt. An alien queen kill is I believe the greatest trophy in their culture.

http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/Predator/MMPredatorShipMISB1a.jpg

lol

Is that Boba Fett's ship?

looks like a fancy codpiece or a bicycle seat

boba fett's ship was basically a repainted streetlight
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/3082036822_d3f2d05222.jpg

http://io9.com/5826616/new-prometheus-images-provide-a-terrifying-reminder-of-the-original-alien/gallery/1

more here:

http://www.scriptflags.com/2011/08/prometheus-teaser-trailer-captured.html#more

nah, not an alien prequel in any way, no sir.

why do they hide these trailers when they've been shown in public? seems mad.

Since ilx has been down and shit, why not:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_luIM6xaIck

I should know better, but this undeniably *looks* awesome, FUIUD.

best viewed in HD:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/prometheus/

Pretty sure that removing the unheimlich mystery from the space jockey and the derelict can only be a bad thing but yeah I can't help but feel a little bit stoked either.

http://io9.com/5889058/ridley-scotts-amazing-prometheus-short-film-reveals-the-weyland-corps-shining-future

So excited for this.

Yeah, agreed -- I admit the trailer sold me.

Meantime, bring on the viral marketing:

https://www.weylandindustries.com/

guess AvsP isn't canon then

weyland-smithers corporation

kinda lolsy that it's pre-yutani.

lol I made the same goofy AvP canon comment to my friend

oh snap

"weyland-smithers corporation"

lol

if you'll indulge me, i'd like to nerd out just a little bit

WY logo from the first Alien:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BIazSOYb8mc/TloruFryDZI/AAAAAAAACKA/f4hLpTUvlPg/s1600/0008WeylandYutaniDecalsforALIENFX19.jpg

WY logo from the second and third Alienses:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/a/af/Weyland-yutani.JPG

logo from Prometheus

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/weylogofinal.jpg

...

maybe it's one of those magic eye things

oh, link's not showing up

http://gamingshogun.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/weyland-industries-700x359.png

but yeah there's a magic eye thing going. it's a sailboat.

a biomechanical nightmare sailboat with vaginapenises

not really feeling this fake ted talk /picky