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Alien prequel Prometheus is now a Blade Runner sequel

PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:43 pm
by sledge

RIDLEY Scott knows how to screw with your head.
Take Prometheus, his Alien prequel that wasn't really an Alien prequel.
Visually stunning but a mess in terms of plot. What really went on there? Was that creature at the end an Alien? Why does God look like Jason Statham?

The film is set to come out on Blu-ray and DVD later this month, promising to answer all the questions that weren't answered at the cinema.
But hidden among the extras, Scott has left a doozy that will have sci-fi fans rising up in unison and screaming: "What the hell?"

An Easter Egg, found by a sharp-eyed Reddit user, suggests that Prometheus isn't just a prequel to Alien but a sort-of sequel to his classic sci-fi film Blade Runner.
A memo from Prometheus's corporate villain, Peter Weyland, hints that his mentor was Eldon Tyrell, the head of the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner.
The memo talks about a rival who "ran his corporation, like a God, on top of a pyramid overlooking a pyramid of angels. Of course, he chose to replicate the power of creation in an unoriginal way by simply copying God... I always suggested he stick with simple robotics instead of those genetic abominations he enslaved and sold off-world, although his idea to implant them with false memories was, well ...'amusing', is how I would put it".
In Blade Runner, Tyrell created androids, or replicants as they are called in the film, and his HQ was a pyramid-like building in the heart of Los Angeles.

The film's plot revolves around implanted memories and suggests that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an android.
The nod to Blade Runner could mean that Scott has gone George Lucas-style crazy and is looking to merge two beloved sci-fi films into one super franchise.

Or, more likely, he's having a laugh. Still, he has said he's interested in a Blade Runner sequel.

Here's the excerpt from Hidden Easter Egg on the upcoming Dvd