Prometheus 2: Apparently it's happening

[JD]

I don't get it. Every time Scott promotes the Prometheus series he talks about how it's not really part of the Alien series, and now he uses the Alien title in the second one. I'm confused.
I do think Paradise Lost is a great name for a sequel to Prometheus. I just wish they had used Prometheus rather than alien.

As for the first one, I enjoyed it a lot. I never put to much thought into who/what the Space Jockey was, so I had no real problem with the Engineers stuff.

 

[EnSin]

As long as it's not Prometheus 2: Engineer vs Predator.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I don't get it. Every time Scott promotes the Prometheus series he talks about how it's not really part of the Alien series, and now he uses the Alien title in the second one. I'm confused.
I do think Paradise Lost is a great name for a sequel to Prometheus. I just wish they had used Prometheus rather than alien.

It's not that confusing. The first script for the first Prometheus was basically a remake of Alien except at the end an Engineer wakes up and ZOMG a chest burster kills him and the ship crashes and now we know why Mother wakes up Sigourney Weaver. And it was boring and it sucked so Scott had Lindelof rewrite so it was not a direct lead in to Alien and did not involve the xenomorphs.

And I also would rather it be called Prometheus: Paradise Lost. Especially since Alien 5 is in development.

 

[JD]

I wasn't aware of the first script. So all of the stuff about Prometheus not being an Alien prequel was basically just trying to get away from the stories about the first script?

 

[ManOnTheWave]

More or less. Scott saying it's not a prequel was his way of saying don't expect eggs, facehuggers, chestbursters and xenomorphs.

 

[JD]

Even though we did end up with things a lot like those.....

 

[Tulin]

Exactly - and that's just one of the reasons why the first film disappointed so many. It didn't know what it was - half hearted Alien prequel, watered down von Danniken for the 2010's, pretty SF film with people making lots of dumb decisions.

Seriously, it's not that hard.

 

[RoJoHen]

What a bizarre situation this series is in. And now sticking "Alien" in the title? Prometheus is going to feel like the odd man out.

 

[JWPlatt]

What other series continues in its title the name of an obliterated ship that no longer exists?

 

[137th Gebirg]

Space Battleship Yamato. She's been wrecked half-a-dozen times throughout the course of all the series and movies.

 

[Set Harth]

As long as it's not Prometheus 2: Engineer vs Predator.

Engineers vs. Aliens vs. Predators.

First they get to Paradise and find out it's in the middle of a massive xenomorph infestation as engineers & aliens duke it out. Then the Predators show up.

 

[Reverend]

Somehow I doubt it'll be an action heavy movie. At least I hope not. Aside from Cameron's film, this kind of subject matter works best with more of a slow burn, Lovcraftian dread/psychological horror type of set up.

The idea of a straight-up fight between Engineers and their creations just leaves me cold. I mean the idea of an Alien vs. Predator movie sounded like the best thing ever to 14 year old me (which just shows how long that idea was kicked around before they finally made it) but the reality was just bland noise.

For all it's flaws, Prometheus still had the bones of a really good sci-fi horror, it just lack the muscle to really hold it all together. One can only hope the next one will be more focused and coherent.

 

[martok2112]

Paradise and Paradise Lost had been rumored as potential titles ever since a sequel was announced in 2012. I'm guessing the Alien title was appended by Fox for marketing / branding purposes.

Fox seems to have a habit of that.

20th Century Fox insisted that the title Exorcist III be used for the movie adaptation William Peter Blatty's novel of "Legion". There were characters in the novel that were from "The Exorcist" (Lt. Kinderman, Father Dyer, Father Karras--possessed by the Gemini Killer), but the novel itself was simply called "Legion". Again, marketability.

 

[Yanks]

I think we could've gotten the end result of the ship crash on LV-246, but still have been a minor thing yet still have have the set up Scott wanted to be the main event. Crashng into the Engineers ship cold have easily happened n Space, and the vessel lands on LV-246, setting up ALien.

It still can happen.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm wondering what the cast will be like for this sequel, especially since there were only two characters left alive at the end of "Prometheus," and one of them was a decapitated android.

 

[Tulin]

I'm holding out for clones of Lambert, Vasquez, Hudson and Yaphett Kotto.

Come on Ridley - it's all hanging together SO WELL, as is - YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!

 

[cylkoth]

I'm wondering what the cast will be like for this sequel, especially since there were only two characters left alive at the end of "Prometheus," and one of them was a decapitated android.

Obviously, the Prometheus 2-will be the support craft that was several months behind the Promy One, and the Doctor and her robot head will run into them as she heads off to the Engineer's homeworld, and convince them to join them on this new and exciting mission!
The support crew will be just as dumb as the first, robot head will try to kill them off, nobody shares critical information with each other, and half of them die in route to the planet, while the other half will reach the new world...only to die as the ship crashes, except for Doc, the new male lead and of course, robot head, who attaches himself to conveniently found Space Jockey powered armour then walks off to a seemingly abandoned ancient city filled with face hugger eggs...and jelly beans.

To be continued in the next sequel. Prometheus 3 Revenge of Fassbender

 

[DWF]

I'm alittle confused to how a movie about the people who created the xenomorphs and who aparent use ships like the one found in Alien, isn't a prequel to Alien.

 

[Tulin]

We all are, DWF.

We ALL are.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Scott talks title, Ripley, Alien 5 and bringing back the xeno.