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Some Details Regarding 'PROMETHEUS' Creeps Our Way
Ever nce the news first broke out about the upcoming Ridley Scott flick Prometheus, there's be a shroud of mystery revolving around it. Very little has been revealed regarding the posble prequel to the Alien franchise. Well thanks to the films writer, Damon Lindelof, who recently appeared on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, we now have a little more inght regarding the film.
"It started as an Alien prequel," Lindelof explained on the show. "That is what everybody wanted it to be. Obviously, Ridley Scott has not made a science fiction movie in 25 years, nce Blade Runner, so the idea that he’s returning to this genre is huge. But there is a real issue, which is — what is the state of the Alien franchise at this point in our lives? There has been Alien vs. Predator and all these things, and it's been completely and totally diluted. I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies. And the sequels to those prequels should not be the movie which already exists because, with all due respect to anyone who makes a prequel, but why would you ruin the greatest twist in the history of cinema, "Luke, I am your father", by showing me three movies which bacally spoil that surprise. You can do movies which take place before Star Wars, but I don’t need to see the story of the Skywalker clan. Show me something else which I can't guess the posble outcome of. There is no suspense in inevitability. So a true prequel should essentially precede the events of the original film, but be about something entirely different, feature different characters, have an entirely different theme, although it takes place in that same world. That was my fundamental feeling about what this movie wanted to be."
For more on the interview please click HERE
Prometheus has a tentative release date of June 8th, 2012. Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, and Michael Fassbender all star in the Ridley Scott film.
"It started as an Alien prequel," Lindelof explained on the show. "That is what everybody wanted it to be. Obviously, Ridley Scott has not made a science fiction movie in 25 years, nce Blade Runner, so the idea that he’s returning to this genre is huge. But there is a real issue, which is — what is the state of the Alien franchise at this point in our lives? There has been Alien vs. Predator and all these things, and it's been completely and totally diluted. I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies. And the sequels to those prequels should not be the movie which already exists because, with all due respect to anyone who makes a prequel, but why would you ruin the greatest twist in the history of cinema, "Luke, I am your father", by showing me three movies which bacally spoil that surprise. You can do movies which take place before Star Wars, but I don’t need to see the story of the Skywalker clan. Show me something else which I can't guess the posble outcome of. There is no suspense in inevitability. So a true prequel should essentially precede the events of the original film, but be about something entirely different, feature different characters, have an entirely different theme, although it takes place in that same world. That was my fundamental feeling about what this movie wanted to be."
For more on the interview please click HERE
Prometheus has a tentative release date of June 8th, 2012. Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, and Michael Fassbender all star in the Ridley Scott film.
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