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

O_o

there are so many rumors and conflicting info on this movie all over the internet right now it's kind of ridiculous

blahhh sounds like transformers 2

anyone got any clever ideas of food/drink for an alien viewing party?

the invitation should be something along the lines of "gut-busting good"

I dunno, squid is the closest thing to a facehugger i can think of

facehugger looks more like a crab. there's a method - i've never done it, but witnessed - where you boil a shelled fish to such intensity that it's shell dissolves right off it. it was actually my godfather who did it, when i was a kid, and involved some restaurant equipment. but anyways: crab/lobster solely in the flesh would def look pretty cool upon a mannequin lying around.

with Damon Lindelof's script

I had forgotten this part and now I have no interest in the movie at all.

Yeah I was going to say

"Part of the film will be shot in Morocco. I’ve heard that some sort of archaeological dig where they discover alien DNA takes place there and that DNA gives them the coordinates for an alien world.

L O S T

please tell me the main alien is played by James Carville

(the rumours might be rubbish but) hate the way they try to drag earth into this shit - some of the best scifi involves getting away from the assumption that the universe revolves around our poky little planet. Original story of stumbling across alien horror light years from earth was brilliant, AvP sekret antarctic alien hunting ground pyramid was grade A bullshit.

yea i'm sure the Martians are ticked about the way we depict them generally

Prometheus plot influenced by Chariots of the Gods!

Scott acknowledged that Prometheus, while not a direct prequel to Alien, occupies the same general universe, saying the picture was inspired by a desire to explore the mystery of the "space jockey" the giant fossilized creature with the burst-open chest seen in the first Alien movie but never explained. "The (space) journey, metaphorically, is about a challenge to the gods," Scott said. But Scott's ambitions with Prometheus go far beyond simply restarting a hit franchise. The British director said the film's storyline, and script by David Lindelof, was partially inspired by the writings of legendary Swiss sci-fi writer Eric van Daniken.
Van Daniken, author of 1968 bestseller Chariot of the Gods, is best known as the first proponent of the so-called ancient astronaut theory, which holds that aliens kick-started civilization on earth. "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. "That's what we're looking at (in the film), at some of Eric van Daniken's ideas of how did we humans come about."
The Washington Reporter.

So was Alien vs Predator iirc...

Is there any sci-fi franchise involving aliens that isn't Von Daniken-influenced at this point? "Ancient astronauts" is a durable idea that's been around since Lovecraft, at the very least.

The real news with this is the confirmation that the movie takes place within the "alien" universe. When they announced the movie as "Prometheus" back in January the press release was worded to make it sound as if wasn't connected any longer to the series. But now it's apparent that it is a spinoff, if not exactly a direct prequel.

(the rumours might be rubbish but) hate the way they try to drag earth into this shit - some of the best scifi involves getting away from the assumption that the universe revolves around our poky little planet. Original story of stumbling across alien horror light years from earth was brilliant, AvP sekret antarctic alien hunting ground pyramid was grade A bullshit.

― nanoflymo (ledge), Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:09 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark

kinda agree w/this

Nah, they admitted it was in the Alien universe ages ago Latebloomer

"saying the picture was inspired by a desire to explore the mystery of the "space jockey" the giant fossilized creature with the burst-open chest seen in the first Alien movie but never explained"

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"we realised the space jockey was the one last thing that hadn't been raped to death by the rest of the franchise, so we thought let's grab a piece of that action"

Nah, they admitted it was in the Alien universe ages ago Latebloomer

― Number None, Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:24 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

they didn't! i've been following this, dude.

fassbender basically confirmed it in an interview a few months ago, and there have been constant rumors but all the statements from the actual filmmakers have been pretty vague until recently.

"we realised the space jockey was the one last thing that hadn't been raped to death by the rest of the franchise, so we thought let's grab a piece of that action"

haha otm

Yeah i guess i just read the Fassbender thing and assumed it was out in the open

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The cynicism is warranted (it's Hollywood), but I do admit that I'm excited that they're taking this in a different direction, and not just doing an "Alien 5". Of course, it could easily just end up being Mission to Mars with Giger-beasts, so my optimism is cautious at best.

"we realised the space jockey was the one last thing that hadn't been raped to death by the rest of the franchise, so we thought let's grab a piece of that action"

The space jockey was actually given a backstory in the original Dark Horse Aliens comic book, which was one of the first spin-offs of the movies (it was released after Aliens but before Alien 3, and thus features Hicks and the grown-up Newt as the main characters).

they made the space jockey look really dorky in that comic. they even gave him a cape! seriously!

yeah i had that comic too, always preferred the AVP story instead though (which was great)

NASA and the Vatican agree

reliable

embarrassingly, I'm horribly excited about all this. I know it's going to let me down so hard.

i think it's ok to be cautiously excited. it's ridley scott returning to sci-fi! but then again...it's ridley scott returning to sci-fi.

Having just rewatched Blade Runner for the first time in a while (and this time via my new BluRay/plasma TV setup) I hear you there.

i watched alien for the first time yesterday. i'd seen pretty much all of it, but never just sat down through it. the space jockey is probably the best part of the film, apart from ripley's tiny panties, and i really don't want its backstory to be explained :/

slanty knickers ftw!

Alien on blu-ray is transformed; so much more detail and colour. It might be the one blu-ray that has really wowed me. Blade Runner looks great too.

Prometheus plot spoilers, if true (and it doesn't sound that bad):
http://io9.com/5816884/if-this-is-actually-the-real-plot-for-ridley-scotts-prometheus-just-shoot-us-now

Reminds me of how the spaceship in Danny Boyle's Sunshine was called Icarus II (cos the first Icarus had already flown too close to the sun). It's like they want these missions to fail!

i think it's ok to be cautiously excited. it's ridley scott returning to sci-fi! but then again...it's ridley scott returning to sci-fi.

― this guy is straight solondz (latebloomer), Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

el riddo hasn't made a decent movie in about three decades iirc, but t'll be good to have the pred ships controversy nailed once and for all

Matchstick Men was pretty decent, IMO.

story outline is promising, but there's no way to tell how it'll play out. have some (small) faith in ridley scott due to alien and blade runner, no matter how much he's done to tarnish that legacy since. at the very least this sounds like it will be a prestige picture with the budget to accomplish its ambitions, and for an original, galaxy-spanning sci-fi story, that's something to cheer about.

"it'll be good to have the pred ships controversy nailed once and for all"

I would think that this is the main, perhaps the only, reason that this film is being made

What does that sentence about pred ships mean?

you don't want to know, James

it's even worse than sleep vikings

well at least with the pred ship there really was only 'right' answer and the people on the other side were intentionally trolling the IGN board

Morrison: the Most hilarious fanboy message board debate of all time

the thin line between intentional trolling and shameless challoping

blimey--thanks!

"^ For your sake and the sake of the people you are exposed to every day, I hope that post was a joke, because if it wasn't, the astonishing ignorance of that post says something really scary about you.

And if it was a joke, it wasn't funny, not even accidentally. "

leaked set photos!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KqwUzzwhewE/ThNBGjt4g2I/AAAAAAAACD0/ImoLI-Lda6c/s1600/prometheus_set_1.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Bd3Ji_VSfE/ThNBFycNzJI/AAAAAAAACDw/jBCtDZeXzAM/s1600/prometheus_set_2.jpg

if you squint hard enough you can see the pred ship

man i bet they wish they hadn't torn all those sets down now

I wish I didn't see a Stargate in that first picture, but I kinda do

stargate & guillotine vagina combo standard