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

OR DID THEY

They didn't, but their gods did. Little known fact.

I thought it was frequently a beautiful-looking movie, but I still didn't like it

I think the thing with this movie is that there are moments where there is a better film waiting to chestburst out of it (sorry) but it never really happens so there's a frustration/fascination level with it.

Alex Jones weighing in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njHc5nnPZYE

My earlier post got eaten but yeah, Chariots of the Gods was all over the 70s, wasn't it? To the point of Glen Larson reffing it in the original BSG

I still think the line "Damn it, just give me a space abortion!" should have been in the film

"I'm sorry, you have to wait 72 space hours and get a space sonogram."

;_;

A. J. is the worst but I have to say, an issue of LIFE from the '60s is a pretty dope prop

how excited are the prometheus lovers on this thread for this?? http://thedissolve.com/news/3822-ridley-scott-to-executive-produce-a-2001-a-space-o/

Ridley Scott to nod in the general direction of Syfy mini-series

Scott's also an EP on a miniseries based on a Bill O'Reilly book that starts next week

do people usually get excited about someone executive producing something? especially someone who has executive produced like 10 things a year for the last 10 years?

-a lover of promethus

Those later Clarke books aren't exactly great.

Ridley Scott on Prometheus 2:

“it’s fresh” and “getting away from gods and dragons and shit. If I see one more dragon I’m going to shoot myself. Stop the dragons.” Rather than a dragon, Scott describes his original Alien as “the definitive dragon and he’s a motherf . . ker. The alien’s real which is why it’s probably one of the scariest monsters in film history,” Scott says. “So with Prometheus 2 what I’m trying to do is reintroduce a fresher form of alien in the third act.” The Prometheus “baby” alien was, he concedes, “awfully close to the alien” that tormented Sigourney Weaver. His next one promises to be very different.

http://www.scified.com/site/prometheusmovies/ridley-scott-says-prometheus-2-gets-away-from-gods-and-dragons

...dragons?

I thought Ridley Scott was just having a senior moment until I looked at the top grossing films of the year:

1. Transformers: Age of Dragons
2. Draconians of the Galaxy
3. Maleficent the Dragon
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past (and Dragons)
5. Captain Dragon: The Winter Dragon
6. The Amazing Spider-Dragon 2
7. Dawn of the Dragon of the Dragons
8. How to Train Your Dragon 2
9. Godzilla (A Dragon)
10. Rio 2: DRAGONS

well, it's true that promethus did drag on

of the films he's directed in recent years, The Counselor was mostly dragons

Man, Ridley-speak is hard to parse sometimes

I reckon he means generic movie beasts. Maybe the next alien is fluffy.

Is he telling us the OST will be by Imagine Dragons?

"will noomi ridley of this somnolent Scott" was p fuckin ace imo

Someone should remake "Prometheus."

I will admit to reading comics that take continue the story of the planet in Prometheus. Also, they cross over with Predator (why, because everything is better with predators) and you get to see a predator kill one of those giant blue dudes

I've never understood the need to mix Aliens and Predators. It's like doing a crossover between characters from Star Wars and Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.

but not as cool

I am not familiar with Metalstorm, but this idea might have some legs

I think most of the impulse derived from the fact both Alien and Predator are 20th Century Fox productions and both licensed to Dark Horse comics. Same with Terminator. Might as well cross them over at some point, and it was interesting enough to someone to give a couple crappy movies the green light

On the other hand, I watched Predators again the other day and it still holds up

I mean, story-wise, Predators are always looking for the most difficult prey to hunt, and the alien creatures are pretty fucking deadly

I always felt that way too, but actually it starts to seem nonsensical; human weaponry (sometimes quite primitive) has overcome the Predators, as well as the Aliens - the latter in fact seem totally outclassed in a one on one fight so long as the Predators have their swivel laser shoulder guns. Obv something more like ''the one hunter against the horde'' is in play but basically the Aliens are scary because they're brilliantly-designed and our heroes are usually underequipped or saddled by other obstacles (environment, treachery). In the light of day, they're just particularly slimy boogeymen.

Also superman could totally beat the hulk btw

Superman hears a hissing sound, looks up, sees kryptonite impregnated xenomorphs, swallows hard

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130622200421/marvel_dc/images/1/1b/Superman_Aliens_(Collected).jpg

The other connection I guess is that Aliens and Predator are both Vietnam allegories, except one is about quagmire and betrayal of the grunts by the military-industrial complex, and the other is about an unleashed American virility that could have won if the enemy weren't ostensibly a bunch of sneaky, invisible cheaters. Both I guess have something of a stab-in-the-back myth but it's still basically trying to jam abstractions together and hope the result will still connect viscerally. It does, if you're 13 and still fascinated by all the other trappings and abilities of each monster.

xp Hahaha should've known

lol reading the Superman/Aliens summary on Wikipedia, it's great how laborious they have to be to make it basically a generic Aliens story where it kinda doesn't matter that they're fighting Superman at all. I'm actually halfway sure I've read this at some point but none of the details ring any particular bells.

Arriving back in Earth's solar system, Superman's powers are restored just in time to stop the chestburster from emerging, allowing him to "crush" it and regurgitate out of his system before catching the falling satellite,

I hope that's a splash page

remember when Warren Ellis used an Aliens crossover as an opportunity to kill off most of the cast of an Image series

https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/873663.jpg

http://www.ferretpress.com/weblog/uploaded_images/sup_bat_vs_alien_predator-782088.jpg

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/96177/1749276-501562_jla_vs_predator_super.jpg

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090428192238/terminator/images/b/bf/RobocopVTerminatorComic1.jpg

http://turrican30.free.fr/Boites%20Sega/Megadrive/robocop%20versus%20terminator.jpg

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/1/11307/251218-20001-119453-1-predator-versus-judg.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/ArchiePunisher.jpg

http://www.ferretpress.com/weblog/uploaded_images/Godzilla_vs_Barkley-769990.jpg

The 90s were a strange fuckin' time.

then we get into the 2000s

http://www.ferretpress.com/weblog/uploaded_images/sup_bat_vs_vamp_wolf-739279.jpg

More fun here: http://www.ferretpress.com/weblog/labels/weekend%20versus.html

want an archie vs punisher logo shirt

RIVERDALE HIGH
COCK HOP

The look on the Punisher's face makes it seem like it might be his first high school dance.

automatic weapon + high school setting means a sequel is unlikely i guess

The Punisher's Prom Journal

timely

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--toqo9hQX--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/pecgycqliufxkj9xjpl5.jpg

America's favorite teen meets the galaxy's fiercest hunter! Archie and friends hit Costa Rica for Spring Break, where party games and beach games are soon replaced by the Most Dangerous Game! What mysterious attraction does the gang hold for the trophy-collecting Predator, and will the kids even realize they're in danger before it claims them all?

https://judgetutorsemple.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/predator-vs-judge-dredd-vs-alien-rebellion-cover.jpg

I bought this for a friend last Christmas. I was going to quickly read it myself before I wrapped it, but I couldn't be bothered. Supposed to be good, though.

really good writer/artist list and Dredd vs Predator is a good pitch

alien vs predator vs robocop vs batman vs terminator vs archie vs judge dredd vs superman vs vs jla vs stormwatch vs charles barkley

we had a great thread on that once

So I finally just got around to watching this. And

I liked it a lot. As an Alien fan I was satisfied with the story behind the Engineers, and how it linked (from what we know so far) to the Alien species.

My only complaint comes with some of the characters - felt like there was an imbalance in their 'use' in the movie. And also, who chose this team for the mission ?! Some of them seemed completely incompetent in their roles, or they just didn't give a shit about anything.

But generally yeah really enjoyed it, look forward to the next one.