"Prometheus" directed by Ridley Scott

[invisiblescientist]

Probably "Prometheus" directed by Ridley Scott will be a major breakthrough. It is not exactly a prequel to the original Alien, but it is somewhat related.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WUpsErUBA

This trailer is about how the corporation that launched the exploration of aliens is playing god:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7gspHxZiI&feature=relmfu

Here is another trailer about the android in Prometheus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWmbqH_z7jM


At Wikipedia there is a detailed discussion of Prometheus:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28film%29

Elaborating more, the director commented in an interview that "the film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"[56] He later added, "The cast find an establishment which is not what they expected it to be, it’s a civilization but what we find in it is very uncivilized behaviour."[51]
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In July 2011, Scott stated that he was filming Prometheus with both teen-friendly PG-13 and adult-only R ratings in mind, allowing the more adult content to be cut if necessary without harming the overall presentation. Scott claimed he had a responsibility to 20th Century Fox to be able to present a PG-13 cut of the film if the studio demanded, allowing it to be viewed by a wider potential audience.[92] When asked about the rating, Scott explained "the question is, do you go for the PG-13, or do you go for what it should be, which is R? Financially it makes quite a difference...essentially it's kinda R...it's not just about blood, it's about ideas that are very stressful."[93] Scott maintained that, regardless of rating, he would present the most "aggressive" film he could.[

[Aedh]

Interesting! I personally like the idea of the aliens as bio-engineered weapons gone out of control. They certainly did not evolve naturally on any planet where we have encountered them so far, and I think they bear signs of not having evolved naturally at all.

[invisiblescientist]

It remains to be seen how and why exactly the Aliens were engineered.

Were the Aliens created by the "Space Jockey" race (the creature found dead on the planet by the crew of Nostromo)?

Or alternatively, do the Space Jockeys want to annihilate humanity if humans attain a certain level of civilization?

The Fox CEO Tom Rothman says that the film will compromise nothing, and that even if the film is given an R rating, they will not cut a single frame to make it PG-13, even if though this would mean making a lot less money. Here is the interview with Rothman:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW7QTB2meTE

This movie deserves to be 4 hours long.

[clericjay]

Apr 26, 2012 8:46:58 GMT -5 Aedh said:

Interesting! I personally like the idea of the aliens as bio-engineered weapons gone out of control. They certainly did not evolve naturally on any planet where we have encountered them so far, and I think they bear signs of not having evolved naturally at all.

I'm so much looking forward to that movie! ;D

They seem to develop this in an interesting new way, though I'm really a fan of the first 3 Alien-movies, still it's good to face something refreshing new. I guess the film won't disappoint.

The idea of the Aliens being a bio-weapon is very familiar but believable and logical, especially as the Weyland/Yutani corp. obviously intends to use them that way too.

[invisiblescientist]

I have seen Prometheus, and it's impressive. It's not as revolutionary and original as the original Alien, but Ridley Scott's artistic imagery (which actually improved with experience) compensates for the weaker plot of Prometheus.

Ridley Scott even manually drew the sketches of the exploration truck that is driven on the surface of the planet in Prometheus, and his visual talent is evident in every scene.

Of course, it is almost guaranteed that a sequel will be made in the future.

[Aedh]

I agree with your assessment of the film, comrade Cleric.