Prometheus
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"I disagree that it could "not have been any other way". I think this could have had a great story".
Don't get me wrong Mono... I agree that its feasible that it could have been a great story. What I meant though was that in these circumstances... an aging big-name producer/director with a large portfolio of fairly soft blockbusters, back to reclaim the franchise that he kicked off with his original movie... he has to reclaim the high line, best the other efforts and return Alien to glory... but also, be original, don't make a remake, make a new, genre defying epic like the first one was... but the money, the studio, they get nervous - stats and market research suggest certain things need to be in place to attract large enough audiences, they start to push for more connection, plot changes, echoes of the original.... somehow the tightness of the bolts comes loose, control is lost, multiple people are allowed to hold the steering wheel, it turns into a fucking nightmare, nothing makes sense, time is running out, they have to get this shit finished so they decided to film all sorts of crap and then cook it in the editing suite... which they do, and they convince themselves its okay, it hangs together, its new, and yet it has echoes of familiarity, it exiting, it all seems to work, its fine.... its too late anyway... time to release.
I just think this is the way a lot of films are fucked up these days.
- 'it exiting' means 'its exciting' I cannot fucking type tonight.Horp
- Don't get me wrong, I'm aware of how this probably went down like you described. I just hate the excuse.monospaced