Since the very beginning, Prometheus
has been shrouded in secrecy; hell, it was a miracle anyone even
figured out Guy Pearce was cast. But with "insider info" leaking every
other day from the set and Damon Lindelof opening his mouth the other
day, things are finally starting to make sense.
Today, a plot outline for the film made its way online and, I gotta say,
I actually like that it's basically a futuristic retelling of the
fiery Greek mythos. Of course, this could be a complete hoax, so file
it under the rumor category for now, but we'll find out soon enough:
Fox supposedly showed some footage at Cine Europe this week (I'm kind
of surprised it hasn't shown up online yet) and they'll be a stateside
presentation at Comic-Con in July.
Check after the break for the outline, and speculate in the comments. If this turns out to be Prometheus' plot, would you still be excited for the film?
Earth. Year 2058.
Archaeological digs in Africa reveal alien artifacts that humans were
genetically engineered by a advanced alien race (space jockeys). These
"Alien Gods" also terraformed Earth in order to make it habitable for
their human creations. Amongst finds are coordinates to the Alien God's
home-world, to Paradise. Months later the Weyland Corp launch the
spaceship PROMETHEUS and his crew, into deep space to make first
contact. Thanks to faster than light travel a few years later the
PROMETHEUS enters the Zeta Riticuli star system. Humans are greeted by
their makers, then transported further into space to a scary yet
fascinating world. The Alien Gods are proud of their "children", their
first creation to reach such levels of intelligence.
As a reward they share bits of their astonishing bio-based technologies
with the humans. But for one crew member of the Prometheus it's not
enough. In a treacherous act he steals the "bio-source code" to
Terraforming, a technology at the origin of all Gods' power, that could
make humans equal to the gods. The Alien Gods may be scientists but are
also ruthless conquerors, destroyers of worlds who will not accept
humans as equals. They unleash on the escaping human crew their favorite
bio-weapon, a creature used to "clean up" worlds before colonization.
But something goes wrong in the process and humans manage to turn the
bio-weapon against their makers. Giving birth to a smarter, nastier,
bigger breed of gut eating creatures. Creatures that will be the demise
of Paradise. What's left of the Prometheus crew manages to escape the
doomed planet.
On their trail a survivor Alien God in very familiar ship with one ultimate mission.
Bring the wrath of the Gods to Earth.
