Tuesday 26 June 2012

The Prometheus Riddle

OK, I'm just going to come right out and say it.... Ridley Scott, we're not worthy!!  That was quite cathartic, thanks for indulging me. But let's face it, Scott is god's gift to popcorn sales... or in my case, Snakes and Slurpees. For likeminded sugar junkies, a free tip that'll change your life... when you're laying down your layers of frozen coke/blueberry/red stuff... if you're not doing the Slurpee Shakedown, you're wasting your time and money. Pour a layer... slam it down... layer... slam... any other technique amounts to pouring yourself half an oversize cup of greenhouse gases. Thank me later.

But I digress from the Riddler thread. With a back-catalogue boasting the likes of Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down, there's no disputing Scott's legend status amongst directorial royalty. And Prometheus earns itself a topshelf spot amongst his impressive archive. More cerebral and perhaps a little more soul-less than the original Alien flick, this outing asks more questions than it answers, leaving some gaping holes between its finale and the opening sequences of Alien. Like a 10 year old red, I found my first sip of Prometheus compelling but leaving me thirsty for more, but a second swig was far more satisfying.


Whilst the concepts of the origins of man are fleetingly interesting, as a closet Alien nerd what intrigued me more was the bridges between the two films. I walked out of the first viewing whining about the apparent flaws in Scott's own recollection of the opening sequences of his own sequel, but on a closer look it turns out the great man has just left a wider gap to insert a Prometheus sequel into. Yes, it turns out the two films are in fact set on different planets. Alien's mummified space jockey is no relation to Prometheus's albino steroid-junky with a bad attitude and a hole in his sternum. Rumour has it a sequel is on the cards possibly entitled 'Paradise', no doubt a reference to the pumped-up albino's home planet, where presumably Prometheus's heroin visits to recover from her dodgy Cesarian section.


The talk is that a Scott Blade Runner sequel is also in the pipeline. Awesome news, Ridley, but a Gladiator prequel is what we really want...

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