Jon Spaihts Discusses Alien Prequel Script
Empire Magazine got a hold of Jon Spaihts and talked to him about what went on in the process of making his Alien Prequel script and the script itself for what eventually became Prometheus.
From the article, we learn that Spaihts had five different drafts of his script and that Ridley and he were toying with many variations of the xenomorph; some ideas found only in the the early drafts and others that made it to the final film such as the Fifield monster which had a creature design that strongly resembled the human that got infected– Fifield himself.
And one of the cooler tidbits we learn from one of Spaihts’ drafts is the way Holloway gets infected and dies. Deep down, I would probably have preferred that version if it were somehow shot as an alternate. Nevertheless, read the full Empire article linked below to learn Holloway’s fate and much more!
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1563
Thanks to PrometheusForum user Corporal_Hicks for the news.
I have hand to Spaiths, his story sounded much better! Damon and Fox really screwed the pooch with the changes, even though I still like the film, I like Spaith’s ideas a lot better…
are you serious? it sounded awful. rehashing of tired franchise tropes. so glad lindelof was brought in to fix this xenomess.
Agreed, we’ve seen enough chestbursting to last a lifetime. The old tropes are boring and predictable. Bring on the new stuff! After Prometheus the possibilities are endless, they can introduce all kinds of new creatures and concepts with every new movie.
Boring or rehashed as Spaihts version may sound, Lindelof didn’t really achieve much better in the re-write.
Really…tired of franchise tropes…give me a f u c kin break you loser. This franchise would have been better off with Spaihts’ script with some revisions. You see Damon Lindelof is not an Alien fan. He took this job because he thought it would improve his popularity and get him more work. Now, that it has completely backfired on him, he has blamed Ridley Scott for this mess and won’t return to write the sequel. I laugh at all of you lame retard Prometheus fanboys that you won’t ever get your director’s/extended cut. It just shows you what an old stubborn bastard Ridley Scott is and the fact he can’t tell a decent story. This film was a huge disappointment to the Alien fan community.
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lol….shows you the kind of intellect of these Prometheus fanboys on this site. Bravo!
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These poor people STILL can’t figure out the reply button.
mary poppins is a classic
As a member of the Alien fan community (and fellow virgin) I would like to express my disgust with the movie Prometheus and how it has ruined the entire alien franchise and failed to live up to my pre conceived notions of what this film would be, I also want to talk about how seeing the film has had enormous repercussions on my life. I actually left the comfort of my home and my pc to watch this film, It is the one thing that I have been holding on to life for these past few years, but after seeing this movie the time has come to make a stand, I inplaw my fellow alien franchise fanboys to stand up against this film and send a message to fox by finally taking the plunge and signing up for internet dating, they can find anybody someone apparently (even sad bastards like us), with this we can finally move on with our lives and embrace the social norm’s that people like us have never known or been apart of, when we go to the cinemas with are new partners to see what would admittedly be some crap chick flick at least we will know that we have the guarantee of a blow job at the end of the evening, plus with another woman around we can finally give our mothers that break they have been preying for, we will have someone else finally to make our beds, clean our homes, iron our clothes make us dinner, so come on lets band together and finally say let’s do it i’m ready, things are going to get better, our lives will be far more normall, it can happen to us IT’S WHAT I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE!
Mary poppins is great by the way, sad bastards
So, they hire Damon DelaDouche, who never w
I accidentally your post.
So, they hire Damon DelaDouche, who never worked on a film, just television, let alone has no Scifi experience. Way to go Fox and Scott….Way to go!
He also had a small contribution in the new Star Trek and Cowboys & Aliens.
Woopie Fu c k in Doo…..someone said illegal Alien and he signed up. Absolute bastard and no talent hack.
just highlights the good looking mess that is Prometheus…
the final product reflects a re written script probably while they were still shooting the film……..
i’d still hit it…..
um ok whatever
i’d hit it to
All your ideas are important to your own imaginations. I loved working on the film. And Mr. Scott told us that there would be a possibility of critical backlash. I hope we can bring your lost faith in this franchise in the future!
M.F.