On many video sites, I have seen some netizens indiscriminate, bbb when they come up, and some are very angry, and they come here to complain, advising some idiots to force Prometheus rubbish, and want to watch alien sequels. Please charge it yourself first, ok?
Especially those who say that director Ridley Scott is rubbish and sells dog meat, but there is no alien in the filming of Prometheus, do not want to watch, garbage or something, you are really ridiculous. The director Lei who shot Prometheus is the original director of the first Alien film. In addition to Alien, he has also created a classic sci-fi movie such as Blade Runner. He can be called the leader of the sci-fi director industry. , even if you prefer Alien 234, even if Ridley does not have the copyright of the Alien series, but only his "Prometheus" can be regarded as the original official history of Alien. As for Alien 234 and those derivative works, although there are high and low evaluations, they are all made by other directors. For example, the card god in 2 is a big scene dazzling madman, and the divergent brother in 3 has been talking about his life for a lifetime. The personal imprints of the directors are far from the creative style of Director Lei, a hard sci-fi madman who mainly asks questions. In a sense, it is even similar to a fake. You are still here. Excited is also drunk.
Because the previous story line and related settings of Alien 234 have basically subverted director Ridley Scott's worldview and ambition for the alien world, turning it into the repeated killing of humans by bloodthirsty monsters. It can be said that there is no new idea in content. I don't know what Ridley thought about it, but some interviews in the Prometheus era show that he is not very satisfied with those alien sequels, as a hard dish. The director, a sci-fi master who needs to have A-level production for a B-level film, is definitely not the alien world he wants to explore and present. Human's story, as the original author, the biological father of the alien, watching his child be led astray, Lei Dao's mood can be imagined.
Now the copyright owner, fox, has asked him to come out and take pictures of the aliens. This is a great opportunity. Of course, he hopes to take the opportunity to let his children have a new life according to his own ideas, and to tell the story that he wanted to tell before. Not one or two movies can tell the truth, what is even more difficult for him is that other directors' transformation of the plot worldview in Alien 234 is the biggest shackle to his creation (discovering that the alien planet is loved by Kashen, who loves big scenes. It was bombed, the heroine was killed by David Fincher, who has a habit of hating the protagonist, so let's not talk about the disagreement between these directors and push the timeline forward for hundreds of years, even the plot itself. It has been infinitely reduced by several directors to the bloodthirsty Wuli of the alien monster itself), and he is not the copyright owner, and it is impossible to openly deny the labor results of those colleagues, so he adopted a compromise method, which is to use the pro Metheus has created a new chapter, similar to a parallel world. First come the so-called Alien prequel "Prometheus" series, which is the first Prometheus 3 parts to be filmed, to recreate the alien world view and rebuild it. Alien worldview, constructing the alien world in the original author's own mind, a real sci-fi epic, not a cheap and lacking ideological horror film, which is equivalent to abandoning the worldview setting of Alien 234 in disguise, which is equivalent to overturning the series. The boldness and creativity of the film world today is estimated that no one can do it except Ridley Scott, the original author.
Therefore, it is nominally an alien prequel, but the title of the first film of "Prometheus" does not contain any alien-related words. These details should also imply the director's determination to abandon the past and start anew.
However, unfortunately, Prometheus 1 did not sell as well as fox expected, and the reviews were polarized. People who like it like it very much. This is the hard sci-fi epic they have been waiting for for a long time. It's very simple, I'm watching Alien, and even I'm watching Alien vs. Predator... You propaganda that it's an Alien prequel as Mao's entire chapter without the Alien's face, the ramble is not scary, and it also leads to a bunch of new settings to torture IQ...
As for whether the movie Prometheus is good or not, whether it is a classic or not, I think it is too early to evaluate it. It is a bit unfair to evaluate this movie alone with an incomplete world view. I can only say I like it a lot, but I can't force others to agree with my point of view, after all, there are objective reasons for the polarization of comments. I think when Alien was first released, the reviews were average, but almost 40 years later, its classicism is beyond doubt, and time will prove everything.
Going back to the movie itself, because "Prometheus" did not sell well at the box office, and the word of mouth was polarized, Fox would definitely be drumming up if it continued to invest so much. Correspondingly, Ridley's right to speak as a director naturally declined. I know that Fox gave Ridley considerable support when Pumi 1 was filmed. The entire production team was recruited by Ridley himself. No matter the script or the setting of Giger style, he had the final say in the whole movie. , there is no such thing as finding the director after the script is written, the director controls everything, even the title Prometheus is a new name changed by Ridley, and Fox is also open to let him spend money to shoot what he wants, but he can Making money has the right to speak, and the market is everything. After the filming of Pumi 1, the promised Pumi 2 project was stagnant for a while. Ridley went directly to film The Martian. The official title of the film became Alien Contract, which means that The good days are over. After filming the second film, as long as you pay attention to the relevant film news, you will find that the publicity point of Pumi 2 has been changing. From the hard sci-fi story of David and Shaw's pursuit of engineers to explore the origin of mankind, to the beginning of Alien, the Prometheus 2 we thought at first is getting farther and farther, and finally, the release is coming soon, and even the title of the film has changed. It became Alien: Covenant.
I speculate that the producer, fox, is worried that the box office appeal of "Prometheus" will not be enough, and it will not be able to take the risk if Ridley continues to play his own way. The Martian box office word of mouth gave him a golden body and body protection, and the director of Pumi 2 might have changed the director.) After the management intervened, the director changed the title of the film, so that the original story line of Prometheus 2 was set. All have changed, and naturally the focus of external publicity has also begun to change. From a hard science fiction exploring the origin of life, it has become a series of old-fashioned horror films with alien monsters as the protagonists, and even the title of the film has become "Alien" Begin, no longer called "Prometheus".
When the trailer of Alien Contract was released, I thought it would be a blow to most fans who like the style of Prometheus. In fact, the title of the film is not bad. David went to the engineer's home planet to do a hard science fiction, but he didn't expect the protagonist to become an alien again, and even the title of the movie became an alien. After all, director Ridley Scott is 80 years old. If you want to watch the Alien sequel 56789, anyone can make it. If you want to watch the Alien scuffle, you can find Kashen and Michael Bay. A B-level film director came to shoot, but Ridley, the original director, is the only one. If he hangs up first and loses his creative soul, we may never see the sequel of Prometheus again.
In fact, some clues can be seen from the naming method of this alien. Since the whole story line has changed, then change the name and change the name. Instead, it is very happy, and it also gives a little life to the filming of the orthodox Pumi 2. Of course, it can be seen from the title that this name is the result of a compromise between the two parties, because it is neither named Prometheus 2 nor directly named after the alien + number. The team does not want this work to interfere with the main line, and also hopes to stick to their determination to create an orthodox sequel.
But the good news is that there are now rumors that the sequel of this Alien Contract will be a prequel, and the plot is to fill the gap between Prometheus and the Alien Contract. An extended version of the three-minute extra short film of Killing?
I think this should be a workaround after the producer and the director compromise with each other. The employer must expect to find a balance between the market and creation, at least to be famous and have box office appeal, while the creator can only adapt to the market and use In exchange for the right to speak at the box office, they have the opportunity to realize their true ideas.
In other words, this Alien Contract is not necessarily the Prometheus 2 that Lei Dao wanted to shoot at first, it is most likely a compromise made under market pressure, but this still cannot deny the viewing value of this film. After all, no matter how much you compromise, the alien contract is also a product of the original author's thoughts. The general direction of the plot and worldview that Prometheus has created will not change. In this one, the plot of the book is aggravated.
In view of the rumors of the sequel, we can think of this film as Prometheus 3, and the real second film has not yet started shooting. As fans, we can only hope that this film will be sold well for the sequel, and at the same time pray to the director Don't hang up first.
【postscript:
A bunch of complaints have been posted on it, most of which are emotions and nonsense. Readers forgive me, I am a little more rational today, and let’s talk about my own feelings.
In fact, I used to like Alien 2 the most. Kashen used to use big action scenes to really detonate the little heart of the hot-blooded teenager. Instead, I felt that 1 was very boring, the scene was depressing and boring, and I couldn't watch it.
However, as I got older, I became more and more fond of boring films like Alien 1 and Prometheus, and I began to think that directors like Ridley Scott were really dicks. Although they brought me far less good impression and entertainment than films like Alien 2, but with the accumulation of my age and experience, every time I think about it, I have a different feeling.
Probably, thinking is what science fiction should look like.
It's just that, compared to the straightforward passion and coolness, the connotation of this thing may really need to be precipitated with age before it can be more comprehensible.
Speaking of this, I remembered the stupid things I did when I was a child. My 10-year-old child and my uncle who was in his 30s argued whether Li Hongzhang was a bad person. Based on the historical facts in the history textbook, I argued that this was a traitor and traitor. I had a lot of arguments with him, and no one could convince anyone. The victorious stance held on to certain views for several years.
Now that I think about it, I naturally find it ridiculous. I wonder if this uncle still remembers it now, and how he feels. However, the young and grown-up are more than us. 】
Finally, I personally feel that the one who was exterminated by David in the contract should not be an engineer. It may just be another humanoid race created by an engineer. After all, their urban civilization in the film is very low, and their stature is obviously close to that of human beings without engineers. Such a big man, and worshiping the arrival of the engineer spaceship like a god, all this seems to be a very low-level race. . . Maybe the engineer just intends to destroy the earthlings and then destroy them, so their coordinates exist in that spaceship, they are just another abandoned experiment, for a similar plot, please refer to the Japanese manga "Strong Colony Armor".
In the end, I look forward to the Alien Awakening to fill the hole and solve the puzzle. Although the contract has hit the global box office, it is said that Fox mercifully asked the old man Lei to start shooting and awakening in 2018. It can't be better. I hope this time Lei Dao can not compromise on the market and The audience made a science fiction masterpiece that really belongs to him according to their own ideas???
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