Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus is entirely different to Alien'
Published Apr 14 2012, 18:51 BST | By Emma Dibdin
Scott stated that his 1979 sci-fi classic is very different to the upcoming Prometheus, although he has previously stated that the two films do occupy the same general universe.
Speaking to Total Film, Scott said: "Are there parallels to be drawn? No. The dynamics are entirely different."
Meanwhile, the film's star Noomi Rapace suggested that there are similarities between her character and Alien's heroine Ripley (Sigourney Weaver).
Rapace commented: "I'd say, yes, there are similarities, though I think my character is a bit more feminine, maybe.
"My character and Dr Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) are the ones who discover something on Earth that gives us the last possible piece to go out on this journey.
"So, I'm carrying more on a personal level than [Ripley] did."
Scott said yesterday that he is determined for the film to be a box office success, and may pursue a PG-13 rating in the US in order to achieve this, in contrast to Alien's R rating.
Prometheus will open in the UK on June 1, and the US on June 8.
Watch a trailer for Prometheus below:
Emer Kavanagh ... what people don't seem to understand is that if Alien came out nowadays, it'd have been rated PG13. The way films are rated nowadays have changed. An R film from this age differs much from an R film from 30 years ago. Get this right people.
April 19th 2012 at 5:02am
It's a real shame that pontentially great films have to be de-clawed and made child friendly just so they become a success these days. I cannot imagine how the masterpieces of sci fi from 70s/80s/90s would have turned out if they had pandered to PG-13.
April 17th 2012 at 4:39pm
The space jockey in Alien always seemed to be the victim of the alien, if you take it from the cut original ending of alien where Dallas is being slowly transformed into an alien egg. You then see that the crew from the alien ship met the same fate, but this film seems to make the space jockey alien species yet another foe of mankind, which is rather dull.
April 16th 2012 at 3:39pm
Gore and violence can add a lot of substance in a film. In the Alien films for example, the first one when the alien rips out of the man. It was pretty scary, and there are other films where the gore effects can scare the hell out of you. I saw The Thing (1980s remake) the first time a few years ago and the goriest scene in it is also pretty scary and I know plenty who think the same. Seeing as it was made in the early 80s when gore was being used a lot. Other films such as Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street, and other such older more famous francises scared people using gore, where as now horror is taking more of a turn towards disgusting people, such as The Hill Have Eyes (with it's distastful rape scenes) and The Human Centipede 1+2.
Overall though it is your opinion whether certain films are good or bad or scary or not, but big films such as the Alien films have inspired other films/directors and certain aspects or ideas have been used, adapted and so on as horror and all tv does. Example, a few years ago there was a Vampire boom in tv shows/films, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Twilight. Children now are subjected to a lot more gore and such which desensitises them, where 30, 40 years ago it was just starting. There hadn't been films/tv shows like Exorcist or Hellraiser before which is why they are so well known and have such reputations. Before them it was more phsycological thrillers such as the older Dracula films.
April 16th 2012 at 2:44pm
Emma Louise Ritson Wow you really are useless at reading information given to you aren't you? You just took notice of the part that you were interested in. That will get you far. If you bothered to read it properly you would have got what i was telling you but alas, you did not. There are only remakes because studios want to cash in on a past successful franchise. That is relevant in not just horror films but other genres too (Turtles and Short Circuit being two examples). I think you are actually a bit of a snob with your attitude to film and it's a shame that you believe that such films have to credits whatsoever. Maybe in a few years when you have grown up a bit more you will realise that despite "your" attitudes and thoughts on the film(s), they did have an impact. You are just using your personal opinion. You have to look further than that.
And AGAIN you still don't take notice of what I said... I never said about gore and violence affecting the substance of a film, I was talking about making cuts to get a lower rating which damages the integrity of the film. The original Alien was an 18 back in the day and it was not full of blood and gore because it was what you didn't see that affected you. There is only so much you can portray in a 12A which is where the problem lies. You can't make it too scary (psychologically or violently) as it will freak the kids out. I have faith in Ridley though which I have said several times before but as long as it doesn't spoil the movie going experience. Even Hunger games had about 6 seconds cut to make a lower rating.
But yes let's agree to disagree
April 16th 2012 at 9:58am