Ridley Scott confirms "Prometheus" sequel is a go

Long rumored this project has been sputtering through development for the past year with writers leaving, writers coming and the presumed director tied up with a plethora of other high-profile projects. Now however, Ridley Scott has finally put something like an official stamp on it with his statement (made during a press conference for his new film "The Counselor") that the sequel to the prequel "is being written right now". Whether or not you believe that's good news I suppose depends on what you thought of the original film. Personally I thought "Prometheus"' was stunning from a visual standpoint and that its problems stemmed from really poor writing that had Damon Lindelof's kind of "wouldn't it be cool if..." TV mentality all over it. Also, the musical score was one of the weakest I've ever heard for a major motion picture with the theme sounding like it was lifted from a 40 year old episode of "Cannon".

With Lindelof and composer Marc Streitenfeld not attached to the se-prequel (or is it pre-sequel?) hopes are high that Scott will get it right the second time around and give the rabid Alien fan-base a film they can sink their multi-tiered teeth into. Whether or not the near 80 year old Scott will wind up directing it may well depend on which completed script hits his desk first: this or the one being developed for his "Blade Runner" sequel.

"Prometheus 2" - the (development) saga continues

"Prometheus" while a narrative mixed bag was a visual feast and actually wound up taking in some $400 million at the global box office. Add to that some fat revenue checks from TV rights and the money the pic hauled in from DVD/BluRay sales and you've got a film that actually generated a decent profit, even by contemporary Hollywood standards. Talk of a sequel began just weeks after the film hit theaters but lately there's been almost no news regarding the state of the sequel. Until now.

The good people at slashfilm have posted a back and forth one of their writers recently had with Damon Lindelof that perhaps sheds some light on, not only the state of the sequel, but how he came to be disassociated from it.

The slashfilm article sources another article from bloodydisgusting that states Fox execs are "freaking out" over the fact that no one seems to know where to take the narrative and they're apparently blaming the situation on Lindelof; the thinking being that it was his rewrite of Jon Spaihts' original script that left so many unanswered questions and that by leaving the franchise he's left everyone in the lurch as to how to tie up what they consider to be his loose ends.

Lindelof comes to his own defense in the slashfilm article stating his reasons for withdrawing from the project.

After the movie came out and discussions began about a possible sequel, I was already neck deep in writing and producing TOMORROWLAND with Brad Bird. I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking. And contrary to popular belief, I do not want anything I work on to suck. I really don’t. I care about these stories deeply — not just as a writer, but as a fan. It might not always feel that way to the audience, but I swear to God it is true. It also so happens that Ridley was about to embark on directing his next movie, THE COUNSELOR, and had another one, CHILD 44 lined up right behind it. The conclusion was obvious — In the best interest of the franchise, it was best to take myself out of the running before I had to suffer the embarrassment of potentially not even being offered it.

So where does all this leave the sequel? Not really sure but the general feeling I'm left with after reading both articles is that the road to "P2" could turn out to be a long and winding one. I hope not. If it is the execs at Fox have no one to blame but themselves. It was, after all, the studio's idea to create a new trilogy. Since you can bet they'll take the credit if everything works out hunky-dory they should also be willing to accept the blame if things go belly up.

Nobody wants to see a sequel more than me (with the possible exception of David).

Noomi Rapace talks Prometheus sequel

A lot of people - myself included - left the theater after viewing "Prometheus" intrigued but nursing some bruised expectations. On the one hand the film looked amazing, on the other there were more inexplicable characters than Carter has Little Liver Pills. On the one hand the film was dense with religious imagery and implications and was at the very least thought provoking, on the other hand watching Noomi's character run the extraterrestrial obstacle course minutes after having her mid-section sliced wide open and stapled shut meant some of those thoughts were "wtf?".

Still, I believe that it was a film just a few character/situation rewrites away from being the film of the year and I'm more than willing to give Ridley another crack at it. Stories of a pending sequel have been bouncing around for months and now Noomi Rapace chimes in with her take on the state of "Prometheus 2". (Question: if the original film was named after a space ship that was destroyed at the end of the movie, do you drop "Prometheus" from the sequel's title altogether? And if so, what would you call it? Just wondering.)

Here's some of what Ms Rapace had to say in a conversation with theplaylist.

Regarding the script: “They’re working on the script. I met Ridley in London a couple of weeks ago. I would love to work with him again and I know that he would like to do another one. It’s just like we need to find the right story. I hope we will.”

Regarding her experience working on the film: “I love working with Ridley. It was pure joy. It was really hard work sometimes. My body was a complete mess – I had bruises and cuts and emotionally I was a bit slammed. But being in his world and his universe was such an amazing experience... if we do a second one, there are a lot of things to explore in there and to continue. I would love to do it.”

Does this really cover everything that's wrong with "Prometheus"?

I have something of an unhealthy obsession with "Prometheus". It's sorta like the one that got away; only totally different, except for the similarities. I think. Just to prove that I'm not as bad as others, though, I give you "Everything that's wrong with Prometheus in 4 minutes or less". Now this is the product of someone who's got a real problem.

Damon Lindelof not returning for "Prometheus" sequel

In an interview with Collider the "Lost" writer confirmed the rumor that's been floating around that he won't be involved with the sequel to Ridley Scott's uneven sci-fi sorta-hit.

“I don’t see myself being involved...” Lindelof says he told Scott; ‘I really don’t think I could start working on this movie until I do this other stuff. And I don’t know when the other stuff is going to be done.’  And he was like, “Well, okay, it’s not like I asked you anyways.”

So the sequel is at least moving in the right direction. For me another big drag was the score so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll hear something similar in the days ahead from composer Marc Streitenfeld.

2012 - The year in review 1 - Prometheus

This piece contains plot spoilers. You have been warned.

Of all the disappointing movies in 2012 none were more so for me than Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" which arrived brimming with promise and stumbled across the finish line leaving me feeling like I'd just had a great dinner and then got food poisoning from the desert. Back in May I saw it several times in the theater and was of a mind that it was a very good movie that could have been a great one.

With the end of the year (and the world?) staring us in the face now seemed like a good time to begin my year end reviews by revisiting the one movie I had truly high hopes for. I'm going to expand on some of the things I mentioned in my initial review and try and touch on other things I either didn't have space to discuss originally or which only became apparent to me on repeat viewings. To aid me in my quest I watched the DVD a couple of times this past week. 

Let's start at the beginning shall we? It's 2089 right? Are you telling me they don't have some sort of communication device Shaw can use to notify Holloway that she found something in the cave? Here we are 77 years behind them and I think most grammar school kids today would know to simply send him an SMS. Not these future folks though. They stand on the mountainside and scream.

Moving on we come to the matter of one Fifield. The most poorly conceived, poorly written character in major motion pictures this year. All those responsible for this character seeing the light of the big screen should get a special Oscar for "WTF of the year". Every second this nasty clown is on the screen the film is substantially diminished. Fifield is the kind of character that might work for a week or two on "Survivor" or "Lost" but has absolutely no place in a serious sci-fi motion picture. You can get away with things on TV you simply cannot get away with in the theater. If "Lost: featuring Fifield" comes on the tube a viewer can just turn the station and watch a Simpsons rerun. In the theater though that same viewer has only 2 choices: either put up with it or leave, and no one wants to walk out of a movie after just plopping down hard earned cash for their seat.

Next we come to Vickers. Right up front I should say I like Charlize Theron. She's a damn fine actor. Here however she's wasted; told to stand in the shadows and sneer or stand in the foreground and sneer. Her character has not a single redeeming quality. Even the revelation that she's Weyland's long ignored daughter (a fact which is apparently at the heart of her loathsomeness) lands flat because it comes out at the same time she's making a public pitch for the old man to die so that she can get her hands on his money. The scene made modest allusion to the confrontation in Scott's "Gladiator" where Commodus vents at his Emperor father for his years of neglect yet it carries none of that scene's power. Imagine if Commodus had said his famous "I'd slaughter the world, if you would just love me!" and then let slip "Oh, and will you hurry up and die so I can have your sandals?"

There are myriad other problems with the film and they almost all come down to writing. More specifically characterization(s). Among these problems are: trained scientists who repeatedly do the most bone-headed things imaginable. Crew members who decide on the spot to sacrifice their lives with little more than a light-hearted chuckle. Janek and Vickers who go from adversaries to lovers to adversaries without even a "how could you?" There's the engineers who, for absolutely no apparent reason are filled with naught but seething hostility for their progeny. Charlie Holloway who goes from excited kid to depressed boozer in a matter of minutes without even a quick shot of him frowning in between. And Janek, who spontaneously changes from disinterested skipper of the Minnow to an analyst for Jane's Defense Weekly.

Here's a few other things that don't add up for me:
Exactly how did the homocidal engineer know that Shaw had left his ship and gone to the lifeboat?
How is it that the xenomorph at the very end is born full-size?
How did the union of Shaw and Holloway produce a land-based carnivorous octopus? The goo by itself is not life but a kind of steroid. Holloway ingested the goo which should have changed him into something more aggressive, (like it did with the worms) then when he mated with Shaw they should have produced some kind of mean-spirited hyper offspring. But a room-sized, Octobaby-facesucker? Where did the DNA for that come from?
Let's not even talk about Shaw's winning the Olympic decathlon minutes after having her mid-section sliced open and stapled back together.

I honestly cannot think of another film where the disconnect between the pictures and the words are so pronounced. Prometheus is both a stunning visual achievement and a narrative mess. The picture people knew how to utilize every square inch of the movie screen to breathtaking advantage. The sound people (writers and composer Marc Streitenfeld) thought they were writing for TV where mistakes can be glossed over or buried in an avalanche of episodes and insipid scores are de rigueur. The score, in fact, is so cheesy, small and inappropriate that, even if the writers hadn't suffered from their extended brain cramps, Prometheus might have failed to get off the launch pad because of it.

Prometheus had no business being as confusing and inexplicable as it was but it was a modest financial success and plans for a sequel are well under way. As such it is my most heartfelt wish that Ridley Scott purge his sequel crew of anyone that had anything to do with the script for this film - as well as the composer - and start fresh. Restraining orders should be taken out on Damon Lindelof and Marc Streitenfeld ordering them to have no contact of any kind with anyone involved in the production of the sequel and all the reality show castoffs who died in Prometheus must stay dead. The last thing a sequel needs is a Vickers clone.

There were enough things afoot at the end of Prometheus to provide for a rich and satisfying sequel that could make us forget about film 1's shortcomings. For that to happen though Ridley Scott will have to leave many of his crew from Prometheus on LV-223 as he follows Shaw and David into the unknown and focus on storytelling - not just ass-kicking visuals - next time around.

Entire early version of "Prometheus" script available online

If you're like me you thought Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" was a film that got lost somewhere in the writing process. Brimming with potential and visually stunning with a great cast the film seemed to suffer from too many cooks in the kitchen. It's been well documented that Jon Spaihts' original story was subjected to revision and embellishment at the hands of Damon Lindelof and many, including me, feel the film suffered mightily for it.

Now a pre-Lindelof version of the script has surfaced online and anyone willing to take a trip over to here is welcome to read it. (If you're willing to sign up to scribd you can even download it.) While I'm not sure this script would have been everything I wanted as it is, I do think it has a much more cohesive feel to it start to finish than "Prometheus" wound up having. Read it yourself and decide.

"Prometheus" and the wonderful world of compositing

"Prometheus" was nothing if not visually breathtaking a fact that made up for some of the film's narrative shortcomings and head-scratching characterizations. MPC, the company behind much of that look has produced this short effects reel which focuses primarily on the jigsaw-like creation of LV223 and it's inhabitants. While it's not in depth enough to learn much from (if you're so inclined) it is nonetheless fascinating to see how the pieces come together.

That Promethean A0-3959x.91 - 15_ got me in its spell!

When all was said and done the real villain in Ridley Scott's imperfect "Prometheus" wasn't an alien engineer, nor was it a proto-zenomorph, nor was it even the big bad corporate wolf Peter Weyland. It was that black goo gone wild. Released when human intervention changed the atmosphere in the engineer's storage facility, this stuff was potent enough to turn a worm into a ghost cobra from hell and turn Fifield into an even bigger a-hole than he already was. No small feat that. An infected Charlie Holloway knocked up Elizabeth Shaw and, well, we all know how that worked out.

So just what was/is this biological warfare agent the engineers were apparently planning to set free on earth? Below is one of the extras from the Prometheus DVD release, and as you can see, it's a "classified" document outlining the virtues and hazards of the goo. I'm guessing that these are the results of David's analysis of the samples he brought back to the ship. The same samples he used to infect Holloway.

The Weyland-Tyrell Corporation?

"Alien" and "Blade Runner" are two of the most influential movies of the past 50 years. They each sent shock waves through their respective genre's that are still being felt today. "Blade Runner" pretty much created the modern dystopian template; a world so divorced from being a 'society' that replicants are the only ones capable of emotional connection, while "Alien" opened up space to working stiffs and shifted our idea of what an alien life form might be from the basically human dweebs of "Star Trek" to giant, bipedal, blood-thirsty beetles with hi IQs.

As compelling as both of Ridley Scott's early masterpieces are no one, to my knowledge, has suggested a link between these worlds: until now. According to a heads-up article over at firstshowing there's a "supplementary pod" on the "Prometheus" Blu-Ray entitled "Merging Ridleyverses" where concept artist Ben Proctor is talking about conversations that went on during production of Prometheus including one where Scott reportedly says "Maybe the bodyguards, you know, that come out with Weyland, maybe one of them says Batty on his uniform." and another where Scott proffers this idea: "You know, I'm thinking what if it's the Weyland-Tyrell Corporation? Is that cool?" I suppose that depends on who you ask.

While neither of these ideas ever showed up in Prometheus the fact that Scott is including their mention on the Blu-Ray indicates that they're not just him idly kicking a conceptual can down the road. He must certainly have known what kind of cyberspace shit-storm he'd be setting off just by mentioning the idea publicly. And there's more. The article also includes the graphic below which a fan apparently captured from the UK Prometheus Steelbook Blu-Ray and is purported to be an email of sorts from Peter Weyland in which he discusses some very familiar characters.

So is Ridley Scott setting us up for a Weyland cameo in his upcoming "Blade Runner" sequel? Or could it be that the daughter Ripley lost to old age while she was floating through the core systems in the Nostromo escape pod was Deckard's love child? (I know, Scott himself has said Deckard was a replicant, which would imply he is unable to procreate. I'm just trying to make a point.)

That point is that, personally, I think it's a mashup too far. Some things are best left untouched, to be appreciated as stand-alone creations. There's no compelling reason to glum one masterpiece onto the legacy of another, no jaw-dropping narrative symmetry that's come to light that requires exploration. In fact there's no artistic reason to do it, only marketing reasons. A far reaching Ridleyverse could potentially be exploited by Scott Free Productions and 20th Century Fox for years to come by creating a more heady alternative to the Avengers universe. But is box office alone sufficient justification? It all seems so tacky. So AVP to me. Think a little harder Ridley. Come up with some new, original ideas and don't try and build bridges between masterpieces solely in the interest of free trade. Some things should be above crass, commercial considerations.

"Prometheus" deleted scene: Milburn the happy idiot

One of the most head-scratching scenes in Prometheus was when biologist Milburn cozies up to the alien ghost-cobra and tries to pet it. What scientist in their right mind would reach out and touch a completely unknown life form that is clearing exhibiting aggressive behavior? Well, Milburn did and he got what you get in such situations: an esophageal how-do-you-do of pornographic proportions.

So just what got into Milburn that would cause such nonsensical behavior? This deleted scene from the Prometheus DVD sheds a little more light on the character showing that his bad judgement wasn't a spur of the moment thing but more just who he is. Of course the scene early on in the theatrical release where he attempts to cozy up to mohawk-boy and gets roundly rebuffed (yet clings to his side anyway) shows just as clearly that Milburn has a thing for hostile life forms and should have been a warning to the rest of the crew not to bring him along on any field trips.

Video deleted at source.

NOTE: The good folks at MSN have removed the video for this deleted scene. I'm loath to remove this post though because the scene really is worth watching. So I'm going to keep an eye out for it and if it appears again in cyberspace I'll stick it back up here where it belongs. Chris

The Engineer opens up in this deleted Prometheus scene

In this short deleted scene we see the Engineer is not the lumbering, mean-spirited mute we were led to believe. While I'm no expert in alien languages I've listened to the clip several times and I deduced that what he's saying is "Eeeee, you da moron dat eat-um my carrot cake!" I could totally understand why he'd be pissed though there's also a small chance I could be wrong about what he says, so you'd better listen for yourself below.

Fox confirms "Prometheus 2" in on while Lindelof is out

For me "Prometheus" was like going on a date with that hot chick you've been lusting after only to find out she doesn't believe in sex before marriage. Doh!

I laid most of the blame for this at the feet of Damon Lindelof who, in my opinion, gave "Prometheus" the "Lost" treatment. That is, he took an idea with a ton of potential and a great cast and, after a promising start, decided to play make believe in the backyard ("Wouldn't it be super cool if Joey had like a mohawk and some tats like my big brother, and, and, and what if Nancy like cuts herself wide open, pulls an alien outa her gut then, like, does wind sprints and rock climbing?! That'd be so cool!"). The whole production was wrapped in the cheeziest tv serial muzak theme to hit the big screen since, well, I can't personally remember another that felt so out of place. Every time the Prometheus theme drifted over the proceedings I felt like I was back on the couch and "Lost" had just returned from commercial.

To be sure, Ridley Scott deserves his share of the blame because after all the buck stops with him and he should have seen that the script was bogged down by nonsensical characters and inexplicable action (the engineer - who after all is supposed to be a member of the species that we're descended from - manages to go all the way from the downed alien ship to the crashed escape pod without the need for oxygen) and that the music sucked. Still, like that incredibly hot chick, Prometheus was redeemed by its visuals and had just enough going for it to keep me thinking long after I left the theater.

Well now THR is reporting that Fox has confirmed that they're moving ahead with a Prometheus sequel and that Damon (backyard writer of the year) Lindelof will likely have no role in the proceedings. Can I get an amen? Of course with Lindelof gone the sequel may reveal that the real culprit behind Prometheus's problems was one Sir Ridley Scott who will, after all, be nearly 80 by the time P2 hits the screen. But it's a risk I'm willing to take because if the franchise is going to go down I'd rather it went down in the hands of it's originator rather than some wet behind the ears writer/producer du jour.

Both Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are under contract to return for the sequel which will likely hit theaters in 2015.

Noomi Rapace in "Prometheus"

"Prometheus" behind the scenes videos

Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequel has generated scads of conversation and debate with some claiming it's the best thing since sliced bread and others decrying it as a wholesale failure. Personally I felt it was a very good film that suffered from excessive narrative meddling. Still, any film that gets people talking is a good film. One thing few disagree about is the look of the film. It's simply gorgeous.

Courtesy of The Daily these two vids delve into the creation of the special effects for the film. The first deals with the disintegration of the "engineer" in the opening sequence and the second with the handling of the good ship Prometheus itself: what it took to create the landing, liftoff and collision sequences.

"Prometheus" - 2012 - movie review

Ridley Scott's long-awaited "Prometheus" aims high from the outset with the premise that the ultimate alien invasion occured millions of years ago when the earth was still a largely barren landscape and that said invasion consisted of extraterrestrials "seeding" the earth with their DNA. The result? Us.

Fast forward several eons to 2089 and archeologists Elizabeth Shaw (the marvelous Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (newcomer Logan Marshall-Green) discover a recurring motif in cave art worldwide. Somebody or something communicated with ancient civilizations and apparently left invitations for us to read when we were technologically advanced enough. Invitations pointing the way "home". Shaw and Holloway convince Weyland corporation to spend a trillion dollars to fund an expidition to accept this invitation and everbody's off to see the wizard.

The setup while effective seems overly simplistic/too matter of fact in its delivery, going from cave paintings to the depths of space to finding the alien habitat and effortlessly touching down without missing a beat. Personally I wanted to see some of the world of 2089 and learn more about how these 2 scientists convinced Weyland corp to finance their field trip. (Viral videos don't count as part of the movie.)

However, all is not lost during the setup as Scott uses all the empty narrative space to introduce David (Michael Fassbender), the expedition's resident android and arguably the film's central character. David is fascinated with "Lawrence of Arabia" and quotes from it at strategic points throughout Prometheus. If you're at all familiar with David Lean's masterpiece you'll probably get these references. If you don't you'll be missing a big piece of the David puzzle. David seems to use Peter O'Toole's extraordinary performance as a way to create a subtext for his own actions. Like Lawrence he's got a secret agenda, one he knows will result in harm to his hosts. This creates conflict within him which he neutralizes using Lawrence's trick; "The trick... is not minding that it hurts." Some other quotes from Lawrence of Arabia include "Big things have small beginnings", "Mortal after all" and "There's nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing." As these references spill out of him you can see David internally imposing the Lawrence narrative on the unfolding events to provide himself context and again if you are familiar with "Lawrence" you'll know that this is not necessarily a good thing because hard lessons are waiting on the road to Damascus.

While David and Shaw are characters that shine there are others that don't work at all. Charleze Theron's mission overlord "Merideth Vickers" is a wood cutout of a character and its not all the writer's fault. Theron seems to think that "cold" equals "authoritative" when actually it means just the opposite. The way she's played here Vickers wouldn't last more than a few hours before being subjected to interstellar fragging. They are, after all, light years from home with no police force around, and the crew would have plenty of time to concoct a story about what happened to her. The other character that doesn't even begin to work is Fifield, a mohawked, crybaby coward with a nasty disposition who would never in a million years be allowed on a prolonged expedition of any kind in the real world.

Happily Prometheus gets most of its issues out of the way in the first act and once the alien worm-critters make their debut things shift into another gear. The scientists, in their rush to investigate what they're faced with upon landing, are unaware they've got a renegade android on their hands and David does his passive/agressive best to undermine the proceedings. In short order his actions begin to endanger the mission and its members and things go from bad to much worse when he sneeks some alien protoplasm on board and then sets about to "engineer" a way to get it home. And speaking of engineers, those humungous creatures who created us (and it seems the aliens as well) and are supposed to be the ones with the answers seem to have all perished some 2,000 years before Shaw and her colleagues land to interview them. Or have they?

Prometheus is loaded with big questions. None bigger than that old standby "Where did we come from?" In the best scientific tradition it doesn't really answer any of them. Instead it handles the immediate issues and leaves the bigger questions for the proverbial 'later day' (read 'sequel') where the answers will again no doubt be left dangling just out of reach.

It's stumbles are never enough to land it on its face yet are significant enough to make me wonder if Ridley wasn't paying attention here and there or if I just missed something. Personally I'm chaulking most of Prometheus' problems up to the presence of David Lindelof. His TV-shaped fingerprints are all over the films weaknesses (inexplicable characters, crappy TV-show musical theme and serial fetish) and it's my sincere hope that he's not allowed anywhere near the sequel, once it gets underway.

The atmosphere Scott creates is never dark enough for Prometheus to be considered a true horror film ala "Alien". What it is is a hybrid of sorts. Part house of horrors, part character study, part history lesson and part franchise reboot. It's visually breathtaking first frame to last, never less than engaging and often exciting with some truly "horrific" scenes. It's well paced, ambitious, imaginative and thought provoking and is Scott's best film in years. For the reasons mentioned above, however, it comes up just short of being a great film and I was left feeling a bit like Lawrence, staring off into space, wondering what might have been.

More clips from "Prometheus"

Ridley Scott and co have released four new clips from "Prometheus" and the good folks at Collider have put them all together in the one video below. If you really want to enter the theater completely in the dark about this film you should consider taking a pass on this video. If you're like me however and can't get enough then click and enjoy.




Collider also has a 5 minute behind-the-scenes video up for viewing.

Prometheus has already started playing in some non-US markets and opens in the states June 8th.

Ridley Scott talks "Prometheus" and just about everything else

Britain's "Independent" has a wonderful article/interview with Ridley Scott in which the director talks about a little of everything. The article includes some nice tidbits of information about Scott's working method, his history, his disdain for inefficiency and his relationship to his friends and fellow directors. Highly recommended.

Read it here.

New "Prometheus" featurette

In this piece Ridley Scott and production designer Arthur Max discuss the design concepts behind the "Prometheus" itself while lots of juicy new footage plays in the background.




Prometheus begins rolling out overseas at the end of this week and opens in the US June 8th. Almost there...

New "Prometheus" TV spots add fuel to the fire

Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" begins rolling out in non-US markets at the end of next week and the marketing blitz is in full swing. These 2 new TV spots don't add a lot to the conversation just ramp up the anticipation. There is one new element in the first spot that warrants noting though. See the still at the end of this post.







Here's a still from the first spot. From where I'm sitting the figure on the right looks like the "space jockey" laid out on his back and fighting for his life against some sort of very mean-spirited extraterrestrial.

Can't wait.

"Prometheus" poster

If the fate of the good ship "Prometheus" hadn't become apparent to you from watching the various trailers and clips released so far this new poster for Ridley Scott's upcoming return to sci-fi should make it abundantly clear, and also raise a bunch of questions in the process. I love questions.

Prometheus begins its rollout in parts of Europe on May 30th and reaches US screens on June 8th.