P R O M E T H E U S was on UK TV again last night and I had to watch once more. For me its one of the most exciting films ever made and - one of the most important.
Like Tron Legacy, the new Godzilla and the upcoming Star Wars flick, there are sequels and there are the true sequels [OK, Godzilla is a remake BUT it is THE remake]. Prometheus is such a sequel.
Whatever comes after these films will be dangerously cold seconds and Directors attempt resequels at their peril. So I was amazed to find out from Bill that Ridley Scott is making Prometheus 2 [ P2 is not to be confused with Neill Blomkamp's ALIEN 5].
Now because I love Ridley's xenomorphestra I was interested to see what P2 might look like so I shaked and baked a little online.
The new film will be called ALIEN: PARADISE LOST, continuing the classic literary theme but also linking it back to the original trilogy. Alas, I can't help thinking its a little clumsy.
I personally think U N B O U N D would have been a better title, carrying on from Promethius. Or maybe just P A R A D I S E harking back to the one-word titles of A L I E N and Prometheus itself. But what do I know? If I knew anything I'd be making a sequel to a groundbreaking blockbuster prequel myself! ha ha.
Anyhoo, should you wish to open the dark vase of God Knows What and peer into the reactive mists of Ridley's new acidic vision then go to the website here, where you will hear a rousing score befitting such a cosmic epic.
However, for my money, Ridley could do no better than reusing the grand score and visuals from Gerry Anderson's concept footage for E T E R N I T Y, which now I look at it, would have made a great name for Prometheus 2! Click here on You Tube and turn off the adverts and annotations for the full uncluttered experience.
I wonder of we could get Ridley to make PROJECT S. W. O. R. D: The Movie? ha ha.
Any thoughts on P2 or ALIEN or anything xenomorphic readers?
It was originally suggested that the working title was just 'Paradise', referring to the Engineers home world, but things have clearly moved on. Prometheus is a wonderful film, but quite how it fits with the standard Alien storyline, is hard to grasp. The basic tropes are there, but the connections are tenuous in places. That said, I love it, but it still leaves me confused. How for example does the emergent Deacon alien fit inside the chest of the Engineer at the end and why does is it develop into an entirely different species from the host and the parent creature?
ReplyDeleteThe other thing which defies belief is why the biologist, trapped in the tunnels with Fifield, the tattooed geologist, who are both jumping at shadows, suddenly think its a good idea to pet a brand new snakelike lifeform, which is clearly poised cobra-like to strike?
ReplyDeleteI believe Mr. Scott has announced that it will take not only P2 but P3 & P4 as well until the whole evolution of the Xenomorph will be covered. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of B.O. gross.
ReplyDeleteA propos S.W.O.R.D., I think it is a hidden gem still to be discovered, either with or without the original C21 lore.
I know what you mean Bill about those various anomolies but I suppose each 'birth' was consistently different to the host right up to the chestburster. As for the 'snake taming; scene I share your irritation with the two scientists. In fact if I have one criticism of the film it was their dialogue and especially that of the Geologist who seems so out of step with the whole project its grating. I also think they were badly casted parts. Blimey, so it will take 4 films to reveal all will it Arto? That's a lot of gloop and goo. Four films sounds overstretching the dough to me. I just hope it doesn't lose the plot by then, in what, ten years?
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