Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' trailer recalls 'Alien'-style sci fi horror (Video)
20th Century Fox 丑补蝉听really聽been聽milking fan interest in seeing the teaser trailer for Ridley Scott鈥檚听聽this week, by releasing聽that offer brief glances at some actual footage from the film, but are by and large composed of short interviews with the esteemed filmmaker (Scott) talking about his third venture into the sci-fi genre - following in the footsteps of classic titles like聽听补苍诲听.
Prometheus聽looks to combine sci-fi and horror tropes in a fashion similar to that of聽Alien; matter-of-fact, the new聽笔谤辞尘别迟丑别耻蝉听teaser trailer plays out as a stylistic homage to the promo for Scott鈥檚 original 1979 film.
Here is an official description of聽Prometheus:
Ridley Scott, director of 鈥�Alien鈥� and 鈥淏lade Runner,鈥� returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Now check out the official聽Prometheus聽teaser trailer and compare it to the original聽础濒颈别苍听trailer (which we鈥檝e also linked to below):
Prometheus Trailer:
Original Alien trailer:
Between the eerie audial background, quick cuts of disturbingly violent imagery, visuals depicting mysterious events, and astronauts exploring an evocatively dark and uninviting extraterrestrial world, the trailer for聽Prometheus聽evokes the intriguingly unnerving atmosphere of the iconic聽Alien聽theatrical preview. Likewise, the former title also aims to be a similarly moody and psychologically taut tale that chronicles a collection of humans鈥� (and one android鈥檚) descent into madness, upon encountering less-than-friendly other-worldly lifeforms.
Scott has emphasized many a time that聽Prometheus聽confronts some pretty聽, concerning not only the nature of humanity鈥檚 evolution, but also its eventual destination, as a species. Between those thematic elements and the gorgeously shadowy and practical production design (which should actually look聽better聽on the big screen in 3D) there鈥檚 really good reason for fans of cerebral sci-fi to get excited about seeing this flick.
Prometheus聽will be released in theaters (2D and 3D) around the U.S. on June 8th, 2012.
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