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Paradise - Ridley Scott's first of two Alien prequels

post #1 of 23
12/9/10 at 8:16am
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A flood of new details on Ridley Scott's two-part Alien prequel have emerged courtesy of a report by Vulture. For starters, perhaps the biggest news is that the prequel will be known as Paradise (no more of this Untitled Alien Prequel business). It's certainly bold, and sure not to please everyone, but is it going to help mark this out as a totally new direction for the franchise? The plot will centre on....

Click on the link for spoilers, but don't reveal them here!
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post #2 of 23
12/9/10 at 9:50am
It is very very very very hard for me not to click on that link. Stupid spoilers. Will probably be hard to avoid though.
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post #3 of 23
12/9/10 at 9:51am
2013 is a long ways away...good lord he's making it in 3D...no!!!!
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post #4 of 23
12/9/10 at 10:32am
I can't help but be excited that Ridley is involved in the prequels.
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post #5 of 23
12/9/10 at 10:43am
Yes, excited for these.
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post #6 of 23
12/9/10 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by mproper View Post

It is very very very very hard for me not to click on that link. Stupid spoilers. Will probably be hard to avoid though.

I clicked on the link and the short article has a 1 sentence plot description that I wouldn't consider a spoiler. It also talks about possible cast members. There are links on the right for other articles that may contain spoilers, but I didn't click to look.

larry
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post #7 of 23
12/9/10 at 2:03pm
I don't think it's possible to spoil anything yet. The link goes to a description that had minor details from the story leaked months ago, and yet the newest spoils describe something very different. Between this, the PG13 rumors and the 3D BS, it's all over the place.

To date anything attached to '3D' has been about the 3D and script takes a back seat if one was there to begin with.
Lets hope this has a chance to be different.
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post #8 of 23
12/10/10 at 9:36am
I would like to see the Tattoo girl in a different role for a change. Love the Millennium and the Alien series.
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post #9 of 23
12/10/10 at 11:53am
I totally gave up on Ridley Scott some years ago. I am completely not excited about this in any way.
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post #10 of 23
12/10/10 at 5:24pm
http://blastr.com/2010/12/everything-youve-heard-ab.php
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post #11 of 23
12/10/10 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisWiggles View Post

I totally gave up on Ridley Scott some years ago. I am completely not excited about this in any way.

Given the recent history of film, it's hard to argue against your attitude.
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post #12 of 23
12/11/10 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisWiggles View Post

I totally gave up on Ridley Scott some years ago. I am completely not excited about this in any way.

I rather enjoyed Gladiator.
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post #13 of 23
12/11/10 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by ratpacker View Post

I rather enjoyed Gladiator.

A lot of us did at first. If there had been no other sword and sandal flicks afterward, we'd still feel the same way. If Ridley had not piled onto the Hollywood repeat cycle 2 times.... you get the point.

Is there a chance he'll kick in his obvious chops to create a great SciFi once more? Most of us know he could do it, but doubt he'll be allowed the chance. There's not much proof of it happening in the last decade.

If something close to the Alien Harvest Script happens in it's R form, I'll eat my words.

A PG13 will tell us all we need to know.
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post #14 of 23
12/13/10 at 5:59am
The Ridley Scott most of us became enthralled with years ago was the meticulous to the point of obsessive film maker, e.g. Alien, BladeRunner etc. That Ridley Scott seems to be gone. He has a formula now and made a switch at some point - as he practically brags now he likes to shoot fast, fast, fast and get er done. It tends to show, at least compared to his old films.

I think he's still capable of doing some cool stuff in sci-fi, though. But the "new" Ridley Scott tempers my hopes from getting too high.
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post #15 of 23
12/13/10 at 6:18am
I have not yet watched "Robin Hood," but other than "G.I. Jane," I can name no Ridley Scott-directed movie that I have no interest in watching...
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post #16 of 23
12/13/10 at 6:34am
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Originally Posted by IAM4UK View Post

I have not yet watched "Robin Hood," but other than "G.I. Jane," I can name no Ridley Scott-directed movie that I have no interest in watching...

Personally, I can think of quite a few RS movies that I have no interest in watching (or in watching again):

1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
White Squall
G.I. Jane
A Good Year
American Gangster
Body of Lies
Robin Hood
(And I just can't get interested in Kingdom of Heaven either).
I haven't seen Matchstick Men so I'm not sure whether to add it to the list.

I'm a huge, massive fan of Alien and Bladerunner...and figured I'd want to see anything this guy ever made. But Ridley just became too sporadic afterward so the interest level meter has been much lower for many years. His return to Alien does have me intrigued, though.
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post #17 of 23
12/13/10 at 8:16am
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(And I just can't get interested in Kingdom of Heaven either).

That movie is one of the best cures for insomnia out there. Or at least, the beginning of it is. Can't say about the rest of it.

With regards to the thread topic, we'll just have to wait and see, but I'm not overly excited. I'm guessing we'll get something that is an average movie, but with the built in interest of being a Scott title about Aliens.
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post #18 of 23
12/13/10 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

Personally, I can think of quite a few RS movies that I have no interest in watching (or in watching again):

1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
White Squall
G.I. Jane
A Good Year
American Gangster
Body of Lies
Robin Hood
(And I just can't get interested in Kingdom of Heaven either).
I haven't seen Matchstick Men so I'm not sure whether to add it to the list.

I'm a huge, massive fan of Alien and Bladerunner...and figured I'd want to see anything this guy ever made. But Ridley just became too sporadic afterward so the interest level meter has been much lower for many years. His return to Alien does have me intrigued, though.

Don't forget Matchstick Men

But Scott does have a very good track record with Sci-Fi films. Going back to his roots will IMO prove to be successful.
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post #19 of 23
12/13/10 at 12:04pm
I suppose this is enough of a Ridley Scott thread to keep that part of the discussion going: Matchstick Men is a very good movie.
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post #20 of 23
12/13/10 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by IAM4UK View Post

I suppose this is enough of a Ridley Scott thread to keep that part of the discussion going: Matchstick Men is a very good movie.

His Robin Hood didn't suck either. A different take but good.
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post #21 of 23
12/13/10 at 5:51pm
I just watched "Robin Hood." Very good movie, except the final battle scene. Robin was a great hero espousing the principles on which America would later be founded (how ironic).
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post #22 of 23
12/13/10 at 5:55pm
Hasn't the "Paradise" title been debunked, maybe the thread title should be changed?
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post #23 of 23
12/18/10 at 1:17pm
I hope he jerks our collective chain by suggesting the Alien could possibly be a replicant because of a red glint in its eyes.
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