Ridley Scott Reveals The Surprising ALIEN Themed Title Of PROMETHEUS 2

Yes please, Alien 5 it's just Blomhack fan-fiction, Alien 3 -Assembly Cut- it's a masterpiece and should remain as canon.

Well that's really surprising.

Curious-er and Curious-er
I love Ridley Scott's work, just keep Lindelof away

Hmmmmmmm lure some alien fans by adding alien to the title...

PROMETHEUS 2... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!




AND DON"T COME BACK!

Huh, curious.

The title of Paradise Lost is fitting though due to the supposed subject matter of the sequel.

This could mean the Deacon gets a larger part than intended originally as it develops into the more xenomorph look.

I don't think Ridley Scott has ever made a terrible movie because of his direction. If a movie was bad it wa dish ally because of the script he had. Last year he had Exodus which was ruthlessly bashed for its casting decisions and The Counselor's script was written by a novelist, not a script writer. Prometheus, while I think is an amazing film about science fiction and discovery, obviously didn't connect with everyone and that can mostly be blamed on Lindelof.

I think it was William Butler Yeats who wrote: "Don't just use the famous name of a poem as a subtitle to your shitty film, you snobby wanker."

I assume this will be the theme song

@greedosarducci

The original Joanie Mitchell version is better.

If it really is a direct sequel, Epimethius is the obvious title. "Forethought" and "Afterthought". But clearly he's just trying to promise more of what he doesn't really want to deliver. I don't blame him for not wanting to just do more Alien movies, but there is a tremendous glut of "untold preludes" and "the story before the story" garbage right now. It's worse than the reboots to me. I don't mind a movie trying to recapture the spirit of an older one, but the constant teasing and never delivering of these prequels is grade A shit.


@bayouboyz
"I was hoping the title would be Prometheuses."

I believe the plural of Prometheus is Promethii or Promethepodes. :)

@Jollem - The problem for me wasn't that the story was confusing or that the continuity didn't add up, or even the bungles "lifecycle" of the black goo.

It was all character based. The original Alien wasn't just a brilliant accomplishment of design, it was revolutionary for portraying a crew of space farers as totally human and relatable. They argue about pay, sex, corporate interests and generally come off as blue collar.This makes something bold and foreign, like space travel, seem ordinary and normal for the worlds they operate in.
Most importantly their motivations make sense.

Prometheus meanwhile has none of that. The character don't behave like scientists, or even human beings. The guy mapping the ship manages to get lost, the cryptozoologist oscillates between being terrified of everything to trying to pet an alien vagina snake. The captain doesn't care that people are stranded (he even turns off communication) And no one communicates what they've seen to each other.

SO no, the problem isn't the "unresolved mysteries" or "not getting to understand what the Engineers want" - those are easily and enjoyibly solved by an attentive viewer.
The problem is that there are no relatable "human beings" to care about or root for.

Ridley Scott is great director, looking forward to whatever he directs.

"John Milton wrote it to 'Justify the ways of God to men', but even he couldn’t do that. God emerged as a tyrant, Satan as the hero."

@MaddAddaM

Exactly right on all points, and I sort of feel my post is superfluous now. :)