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MemberXenomorphJune 22, 2012
(I Used This As A Reply To An Earlier post But Got No Reply And So Decide To Start My Own Thread. By The Way Link To Http://Whatculture.Com/Film/Prometheus-6-Answers-To-The-Key-Questions.Phppossible Answers For A Few More Questions)
I Am A Huge Alien And Prometheus Fan. So Maybe In Defence Of Ridley Scott And Prometheus I Would Like To Run A Few Theories/Statements/Ideas/”Just Wondered If” By You Gentleman And Then Drawing My Conclusions From This. Feel Free To Comment.
Theories/Statements/Ideas/”Just Wondered If”:
1.) Ridley Scott Wanted Prometheus To Be An R Rated Film.
2.) Ridley Scott Wanted To Do An Alien 5/ Alien Prequel / Movie Explaining Sj And Purpose Of Eggs On Ship Since There Was A Huge Demand From Years Of Blog Speculation.
3.) Times Are Hard And In The Current Economic Environment Worldwide Any Company Would Like To See A Return On Investment.
4.) At The Following Link(Posted Previously In A Thread Of Mine) : Http://Io9.Com/5917448/All-Of-Your-Lingering-Prometheus-Questions-Answered
Damon Lindelof Makes The Following Statement:
“All I'll Say In Response To Your Question Is, Nothing Is An Accident In Prometheus. Every Single Decision That Is Made By Ridley Scott Is Made For A Very Specific Reason And Purpose.”
5.) As You Will See In This Discussion Lindelof And Ridley Discussed The Story In Great Detail And It Seems To Me That Ridley Had The Final Say In What The Plot Was Going To Be Which Seems To Suggest To Me That Ridley Had A Very Detailed An Accurate Idea In What He Wanted To Do In A Sequel For Prometheus And Therefore In Prometheus Itself. So The Character Development, Plot Line, Dialogue, Illogical Decisions By The Crew Etc. Was All Deliberate Things Put Into The Story By Ridley. Someone Like Ridley Scott Wouldn’t Let Things Like That Up To Chance.
So From The Above I Would Like To Draw The Following Conclusions/Make The Following Points/Try To Find A Sense For Why The Movie Is Way It Is.
Here Goes:
Ridley Had To Able To Ensure Fox That An R Rated Movie Would Be Able To Pay For Itself And In The Long Run Continue To Bring In Revenue Long After It’s Theatrical Release While Stimulating Interest In A Sequel. So I Feel Ridley Was Between A Rock And A Hard Place But Felt Even Though The Movie Wouldn’t Outright Please The Die Hard Alien Fan It Least Would Continue The Franchise Of The Alien Universe And Continue To Give Us Hope To Get Those Questions Answered.
In Trying To Keep Everybody Happy He Had To Come To A Compromise That First Pleased Fox Then The Fans While Finishing The Years Of Speculation About The Unsolved Mysteries. Yes This Film Had To Guarantee R Rated Commercial Success In Economically Very Hard Times For All.
So Maybe A Few Years Down The Line Well See That Maybe Ridley Was Doing Something That We Should Thank Him For (Keeping The Franchise Alive).
But Only If He Does The Sequel And Finishes What He Started In Prometheus.
If The Sequel Doesn’t Solve Some Of The Mysteries Of Alien (Not Prometheus) Then I Fear That The Sequel Will Be The Last Alien Universe Movie Most People Will Pay To Watch.
I Hope I Am Wrong.
Do You Agree With My Statement And Conclusions ?
if You Don't Why Do You Think Ridley Made The Movie The Way He Did ?
Then Was Lindelof Lying In The Abovementioned Website ?
I Am Simply Trying To Give Ridley The Benefit Of The Doubt. He Has Done Good So Many Times. Why Would He Deliberately Do Things That Would Be Questioned By Fans And Critics After So Many Years Of Movie Making ?
This Is Why I Have To Assume There Is Method In His "Madness".
