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Ridley Scott Talks 'Prometheus" & 'Blade Runner' Sequels; Reminds Audiences He Doesn't Understand Power Of Mystery

In a recent interview with Metro U.K. the filmmaker discussed both the "Blade Runner" sequel and the continuation of the "Prometheus" story which will further veer off course from the "Alien" saga to tell a different kind of tale altogether (or so they say).

“ ‘Prometheus’ evolved into a whole other universe,” Scott said of the way the narrative moves away from the "Alien" origin. Although earlier, he contradicts himself and admits, “...no one else had addressed the [‘Alien’] origin question and I thought that was interesting to tackle.”

“You’ve got a person [Noomi Rapace] with a head in a bag [Michael Fassbender’s David] that functions and has an IQ of 350,” he continued about the conclusion of “Prometheus” and where it could possibly go from there. “It can explain to her how to put the head back on the body and she’s gonna think about that long and hard because, once the head is back on his body, he’s dangerous. They’re going off to paradise but it could be the most savage, horrible place. Who are the Engineers?”

So lots of not-so-subtle hints of what’s next in “Prometheus 2.” Scott should understand this, but evidently it's not clear at all and instead of creating epics for audiences to ponder for ages, he's seemingly stuck on forging clue-based puzzles with concrete, discoverable answers.

“Prometheus” was maddening and uneven, but the various questions it raises were its strength.

Who were those guys at the beginning?
What was the weird black goo they swallowed, and was it some sort of suicide or sacrifice?
What planet was that?
How did they tie into the rest of the story?
Etc. etc.

And one by one, Scott, in various interviews (including this one in particular) has revealed exactly what he meant and what happened (and in the recent “Prometheus” DVD commentary track he basically answers and responds to all these questions in one nice neat package).

Even more, the film’s Facebook page released some cryptic “Prometheus” viral infographic about the etymology of the “black goo” that it supposed to hint and tease at “Prometheus 2”.

“Prometheus” is on DVD/Blu-ray now. If you want every single clue revealed, just listen to the commentary track. We promise you it won’t be as satisfying as the questions your imagination raised.

Or do we just expect much, much more from the guy who created "Blade Runner" and "Alien?"

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...stery-20121012