Prometheus Review Thread (Spoilers)

[Idioteque...]

Hopefully this time it's Russell Crowe vs Aliens. That'd be epic.

[Fighter]

If it aint broke....

[Meeklo]

Hopefully they won't do a "hero of the prequel turns out to be an ancestor of Ellen Ripley" type of plot. There are trillions of beings in the universe, use someone who's not a Ripley.

[Diesel]

Ridley Scott Describes the Timeline of His Alien Prequel

We don’t know much about what Ridley Scott is planning to do with his prequel to Alien, the landmark sci-fi horror film he directed in 1979. There has been a lot of speculation that the film would involve the race of creatures from which hails the original film’s ’space jockey’, that giant skeletal being which fell prey to the xenomorph long before Ripley and her crew arrived on a derelict spaceship. Now Sir Ridley has divulged some ideas about the timeline of the film, which leads to more informed speculation about what we’ll see.

Empire spoke to Scott when he was out and about in London to attend the local festival premiere of his daughter’s movie Cracks. (Poster and trailer for which we just featured.) Scott threw out some really general statements about the film — they know where it’s going, the screenplay is now being written by Jon Spaihts, and then this more specific tidbit:

How long does it take for a corpse to become as clean-stripped as the jockey? Depends, I guess, on whether you’re looking at it in a mythic or scientific manner. If it’s mythic, then probably hundreds of years, which rules out seeing what happened to bring that ship down. If scientific, then thirty years is plenty of time, because LV-426 had an atmosphere in which the body could decay. But then you can get geeky — did it also have the bacteria and other creatures that would be required for decay? Looked pretty barren, so maybe not.

The quote we’ve all been holding onto to anchor ideas about this prequel is Scott’s own, from 2002, where he mentioned interest in “where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created.” He’s also mentioned interest in the space jockey’s race. But that may not be where the film is going now. If the timeline is just thirty years prior to Alien, we could be looking at a story featuring Weylan-Yutani’s earliest info about and/or encounter with the xenomorph. We may still see how they were created — could this be biotech gone awry, and not natural evolution? We know that Weylan-Yutani is ‘the company’, but it isn’t at that point the only company. (It also isn’t spelled with a ‘d’, which was added to spell Weyland-Yutani in Aliens.)

Now we’re just into spitballing and wild assumptions. Seems unlikely that Scott would do too much with the corporate fiction of the later films (in which the company’s founder is revealed to be android designer Charles Bishop Weyland) but we could still see a point where Weylan and Yutani are separate companies that have a hand in actively developing the xenomorph, whether from raw material or through cultivation. Because the other thing Scott said to Empire is “it’s a brand new box of tricks,” whatever that means.

[Duffy12]

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Quick Post: ALIEN Prequel WILL Be In S3D!


Jim here. Just a quick post to bring you up to speed on the Ridley Scott ALIEN prequel we have been dying to hear more about.

According to ShadowLocked, STAR WARS and ALIEN art director Roger Christian confirmed that the ALIEN prequel will indeed be in stereoscopic 3D.

Says Christian: "Ridley's doing the next Alien in 3D."

When asked whether he thought the new prequel could set the Alien franchise straight again, Christian responded:

"I do. Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there's ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I'm hoping he'll revive another three. The world certainly wants it, and the fans want it - everybody. "

"I always made only one promise to myself. I said if ever I went back to designing, the only film I would ever want to design is Alien, if Ridley re-did it. I could never understand why they didn't pull him back in". Pressed as to whether he'll be on board the Alien franchise again, Christian laughed: "I don't know! We'll see. I would do it if it came up, depending on what I was doing at the time."

"Paul Anderson was here (in Toronto) shooting the next Resident Evil movie in 3D, so I went down on the set with him. Watching shots of zombies in 3D is amazing - I got really excited! For horror films, it's brilliant."

Excellent news indeed. Stay tuned for more!!

[Meeklo]

What does stereoscopic 3D mean?

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Meeklo

What does stereoscopic 3D mean?

They are the special cameras that Cameron used to actually film the movie in 3D. Not like these other movies (Clash of the Titans, Alice in Wonderland, the old Star Wars movies ect. ect.) that are filmed on regular cameras then converted over in post production which obviously is inferior.

[Duffy12]

Here is a youtube vid also.



James Cameron Stereoscopic 3D camera



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[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

They are the special cameras that Cameron used to actually film the movie in 3D. Not like these other movies (Clash of the Titans, Alice in Wonderland, the old Star Wars movies ect. ect.) that are filmed on regular cameras then converted over in post production which obviously is inferior.

Who's the bald guy?

And is this supposed to be Scott's next project? And if it is that worries me. Scott is a fantastic director but he always has a hit one year and a miss the next and then a hit. Body of Lies was a miss, so Robin Hood is supposed to be his hit.

It's not always like that, Scott sometimes does 2 hits in a row but we'll see. I rather see this be his next project, I'm excited for it.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

Who's the bald guy?

Jeffrey Katzenberg (CEO Dreamworks Animation)

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

And is this supposed to be Scott's next project? And if it is that worries me. Scott is a fantastic director but he always has a hit one year and a miss the next and then a hit. Body of Lies was a miss, so Robin Hood is supposed to be his hit.

Blade Runner was right after Alien and BOTH are considered absolute masterpieces in their genre and frequently reside at the top of most 'Greatest Sci-fi films' lists today.


This is what I found over at IMDB:

# The Kind One (2012) (in production)
# Untitled Alien Prequel (2011) (announced)
# Robin Hood (2010) (post-production)


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[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Jeffrey Katzenberg (CEO Dreamworks Animation)





Blade Runner was right after Alien and BOTH are considered absolute masterpieces in their genre and frequently reside at the top of most 'Greatest Sci-fi films' lists today.


This is what I found over at IMDB:

# The Kind One (2012) (in production)
# Untitled Alien Prequel (2011) (announced)
# Robin Hood (2010) (post-production)


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IMDB is hardly right most of the time. They take rumors and make them projects. Less reliable than wiki and I said it's rare he follows it up.

1977 The Duelists (Haven't seen)
1979 Alien (Hit)
1982 Blade Runner (Haven't seen) (Considered a hit)
1985 Legend (Haven't seen) (Miss by reviews but there's a DC)
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me (Haven't seen)
1989 Black Rain (Miss)
1991 Thelma & Louise (Hit)
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Haven't seen) (Miss according to reviews)
1996 White Squall (Haven't seen)
1997 G.I. Jane (Miss)
2000 Gladiator (Hit)
2001 Hannibal (Miss)
Black Hawk Down (Haven't seen)
2003 Matchstick Men (Average)
2005 Kingdom of Heaven (Hit)
2006 A Good Year (Miss)
2007 American Gangster (Hit)
2008 Body of Lies (Miss)


It's been more apparent in the 2000's.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

IMDB is hardly right most of the time. They take rumors and make them projects. Less reliable than wiki and I said it's rare he follows it up.

1977 The Duelists (Haven't seen)
1979 Alien (Hit)
1982 Blade Runner (Haven't seen) (Considered a hit)
1985 Legend (Haven't seen) (Miss by reviews but there's a DC)
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me (Haven't seen)
1989 Black Rain (Miss)
1991 Thelma & Louise (Hit)
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Haven't seen) (Miss according to reviews)
1996 White Squall (Haven't seen)
1997 G.I. Jane (Miss)
2000 Gladiator (Hit)
2001 Hannibal (Miss)
Black Hawk Down (Haven't seen)
2003 Matchstick Men (Average)
2005 Kingdom of Heaven (Hit)
2006 A Good Year (Miss)
2007 American Gangster (Hit)
2008 Body of Lies (Miss)


It's been more apparent in the 2000's.

I like every one of his movies (that I've seen). He's one of my favorite filmmakers

[AndyTheZombie]

I LOVE Ridley Scott he is one of my favorites directors ever!! and the Alien Quad-Trilogy is one of my favorite franchises ever. this 3D thing in the movie industry is really getting out of hand. it seems like the directors and the studios cover up bad scripts with the 3-D technology. there is no originality anymore.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by AndyTheZombie

I LOVE Ridley Scott he is one of my favorites directors ever!! and the Alien Quad-Trilogy is one of my favorite franchises ever. this 3D thing in the movie industry is really getting out of hand. it seems like the directors and the studios cover up bad scripts with the 3-D technology. there is no originality anymore.

+1. Your on point here. Ridley Scott is also one of my favorites, and definitely I am looking forward to the Alien Prequel. The only good thing about this is that 3D is still an option, you can choose if you want to see the movie in 3D or 2D. However, should this be available in the future (Every movie is out in 3D) thats what I fear. As for the prequel I would rather not have/watch it in 3D. This simply will ruin what the Quadrilogy meant in the first place.

[KayaM]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

Thank God Scott came by to re-direct Alien. If it were other directors other than him and Cameron, I would faint. Thank you, Ridley!

Even David Fincher?

[Q?]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/23/...ails-revealed/

MTV spoke to the filmmaker about his new film Robin Hood and was able to uncover some details about this upcoming project. Scott says that the story has been decided, they are in their fourth draft, and that designers are already “working graphically on designs for the various requirements of the film.” In the next few weeks he’ll have to turn a ballpark budget figure to the studio, but Scott is adamant that the film is actually going to happen. What is the story about? Scott explains:

In a 2002 interview, Scott wanted to return “to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created.” It sounds like this idea has been incorporated into the prequel/reboot. Jon Spaihts is writing the screenplay, a job he earned after pitching the studio and production company Scott Free. Spaihts has no produced credits, but has written Shadow 19 and Passengers, both of which are also sci-fi space thrillers. Star Wars and Alien art-director Roger Christian previously confirmed that the movie will be shot in 3D.

Scott says that Weaver likely won’t have a part in the movie, but reveals the main character is a woman. Also, we should expect the film in theaters “in late 2011, or maybe the best date in 2012.” What gets me excited about the project is Scott’s complete honesty about how the franchise has sucked dry (about Alien vs. Predator he said “I know it’s commerce, but what a pity”) and his lack of interest for ever making a sequel. Scott claims he’s “always avoided sequels” and is only directing this film becuase he feels “there was something fresh” Good enough for me…

Head on over to MTV for the full interview.

Totally like this idea!

[Q?]

Also, thinking about how the computers and such in Alien looked terrible outdated, I wonder how they'll tackle the look and design of the technology in this prequel?

Will they choose continuity or will the technology look more convincing and up to date than Alien?

[Q?]

WTF... Where are all the fans?

[Gaius Marius]

I'm curious to see how this goes, but I sort of like the mystery surrounding the space jockey. Not sure if I truly want it de-mystified or not....

Anyway, more Alien, especially from Ridley Scott, should be good!

[vegeta88]

Sounds interesting. The design of the alien has obviously been an icon so I wonder if it will just have variations or if it will be very different.

I'm really looking forward to this.