When Ridley Scott's Prometheus 2 hits theaters, it will bring with it a brand new type of xenomorph.
Long before Interstellar thrilled and confused audiences, Ridley Scott's sorta Alien prequel Prometheus was our nation's go to option for divisive contemporary sci-fi filmmaking. Well, like it or not, work on the sequel to the flick chugs unrelentingly forward, sort of like a real life version of Snowpiercer...minus the baby eating.
Bloody Disgustingpoints out a new interview in The Australian wherein Scott further discusses his (potentially legacy crippling) plans for Prometheus 2, and what, if any alien life it will feature:
Scott describes his original Alien as “the definitive dragon and he’s a motherf . . ker. The alien’s real which is why it’s probably one of the scariest monsters in film history,” Scott says. “So with Prometheus 2 what I’m trying to do is reintroduce a fresher form of alien in the third act.” The Prometheus “baby” alien was, he concedes, “awfully close to the alien” that tormented Sigourney Weaver. His next one promises to be very different.
Yes, because if there's one thing that people don't want in an Alien flick, it's, well, an Alien. Sigh. We don't know what exactly to make of all of this for a few reasons:
First of all, we still are waiting for Prometheus to deliver on the promise of its unbelievably great trailer. Secondly, we aren't entirely sure what direction this movie will go in. Will Noomi Rapace go to the Engineers' home planet to get answers with Michael Fassbender's disembodied head? If so, will anyone be home, or will they all be at a support group for people let down by the demystification of Space Jockey lore? Finally, would filmgoers even care if traditional Aliens appeared in the sequel if the story was coherent and tight? We'll leave this all for you to figure out as we go searching for a Space Aspirin.
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