Jon Spaihts' Original PROMETHEUS Screenplay (ALIEN: ENGINEERS) Now Available To Read Online

Jon Spaihts' Original PROMETHEUS Screenplay (ALIEN: ENGINEERS) Now Available To Read Online

Jon Spaihts wrote an almost direct prequel to Ridley Scott's Alien before Lost's Damon Lindelof came in and took the film in a direction which didn't include such well-known franchise favourites as xenomorphs or face-huggers. Well, you can now read that original draft right here!

By JoshWilding - Nov 12, 2012 01:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Prometheus definitely seems to be one of those films that people either love or hate, but even those who praise the (sort-of) Alien prequel - you can read my own 5* review by clicking HERE - can't deny that there were a few slightly frustrating plot holes. Many of these were answered by the deleted scenes contained within the DVD and Blu-ray releases, while the others will surely be answered in the highly anticipated sequel. However, if you're interested in finding out what might have been if Ridley Scott had decided to move ahead with Jon Spaihts' screenplay, then you will most definitely want to have a read of this! Oh, and for those of you who doubt its authenticity, Spaihts himself has verified its authenticity as you can see from the Tweet at the bottom of this article. Simply click on the image below to read Alien: Engineers. What do you guys think?





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soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/12/2012, 1:52 PM
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 11/12/2012, 1:53 PM
Someone needs to tell Damon Lindelof that there is a difference between ambiguity and just not answering anything.
95
95 - 11/12/2012, 2:04 PM
I started reading this 20 minutes ago. Really good. Only a few pages in, though. Haven't even seen this film yet, lol.
SanFranLand
SanFranLand - 11/12/2012, 2:29 PM
@soberchimera61--Hahahahahahahaha!!!!! I can't stop laughing over all that attitude!
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/12/2012, 5:12 PM
@Dionysios This is the same director who took Nottingham, a very interesting reinterpretation of the Robin Hood story, and retooled it into a generic mediocre snoozefest.
pintoman
pintoman - 11/12/2012, 5:13 PM
Is this an ad?

Yes, there were many ploy holes. No, they were not answered. The sequel is NOT highly anticipated.
jjk2814
jjk2814 - 11/12/2012, 6:36 PM
Just read it myself,
I gotta say, while Prometheus is far from perfect, this would have been a much worse movie. To me, it would have just been ANOTHER Alien movie. With little to nothing unique about it. Plot-wise at least. Sure, this script would have featured some new creatures to look at, a few interesting takes on the classic alien.

But it just reads like a combination of Alien and Aliens.

I also think a lot of the dialogue in this script is lazy at times, and typical sci-fi campiness in others.

Watts:(Regarding the Alien she had removed from he chest and shoots)
"I brought it in..."Lifts her rifle"And I took it out."

I mean, thats just bad...

Again, Prometheus was far from perfect, but this movie would have been completely forgettable.
jjk2814
jjk2814 - 11/12/2012, 7:18 PM
I definitely get where youre coming from Dionysis. In fact, if I had read this the night I saw Prometheus, I'd probably be way more prone to agree with you.

Here's what I mean by an Alien/ALiens clone. Simply the fact that it devolves into a "lets get some guns and shoot stuff."

In regards to the dialogue, you're right, it naturally could have evolved, but I really thought the build-up to the mission was all very clunky, to me, at least.

For the surgery scene, I think what we had was more-than-enough. If you're a person who likes gore, than this script as a whole would have been better for you. And I understand that, I prefer my horror to be more implied than shown.

But my biggest problem, is what I said above, it became just another action movie.

In the end though, I think I just grew to accept the premise of it NOT being a direct prequel to Alien. I'm glad it wasn't. But if thats what you really wanted, all power to ya.
jjk2814
jjk2814 - 11/12/2012, 7:20 PM
I mean, I honestly, prefer more mystery surrounding the Xenomorph. Theyre one of those things that are best kept in the dark, figuratively and literally.
jjk2814
jjk2814 - 11/12/2012, 7:22 PM
Also, if THIS movie had come out. I would have enjoyed it. No doubt. But I wouldn't have felt compelled to buy it, watch it over and over again.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 11/12/2012, 8:49 PM
I prefer the movie we got. I too felt that the traditional alien had been done to death, and I much prefer the idea that the xenomorph was just one of several monstrosities that resulted from the experiments of the Engineers. Could I have done without the stupid biologist? Sure. But all things considered, Lindelof's take is better because it expands the story rather than diminishes it.
DeadpoolVSPunisher
DeadpoolVSPunisher - 11/13/2012, 11:18 AM
And it's removed. Dammit, Fox!
preacher
preacher - 11/13/2012, 1:12 PM
Of course...it's removed. [frick]. Can someone please e-mail this to me???? I'm dying to read it!

[email protected]

Thanks everyone!
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