This is the first in a monthly blog that will cover things in Sci-Fi that have caught my eye. I won't be covering the Marvel and DC movies as that will be another blog and everything Gerry Anderson is another monthly series (although I may cheat once in awhile). This is more of a random look at some of the bigger sci-fi news and my personal opinions on things. This, being my first part, is a bit bigger than it should be so for that I apologize. So here we go.
From the very beginning of this series
way back in January I mentioned that one element that I hold as a
high standard for film is the visuals. The story must also hold
water but the visuals can make or break a movie. They can also take
a movie that extra step from being a great movie to a superb one.
Films like Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Star Wars
and Close Encounters of the Third
Kind are examples of this type of criteria. Visuals
doesn’t mean just special effects. It is the entire composite
which includes camera shot, colors, movement and so on. It is the
visuals telling the story. Sci-Fi often relies on visuals to sell an
idea. You may not believe in flying saucers but after seeing Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, at minimum you now know what they
may look like if they existed.
We're still in discussions about whether it should be a prequel or sequel. It's an interesting conversation. I'm meeting with writers and I've also gone back to [original Blade Runner screenwriter] Hampton Fancher and he still speaks the speak. He's right there. I spoke with him this week. But we don't even have a script yet.
I'm also thinking about what the hell I might do for a Prometheus 2.For more check out the full interview over at EW.COM
"It is absolutely patently false that there has been any discussion about Harrison Ford being in Blade Runner. To be clear, what we are trying to do with Ridley now is go through the painstaking process of trying to break the back of the story, figure out the direction we're going to take the movie and find a writer to work on it. The casting of the movie could not be further from our minds at this moment."But what about maybe in a fast forward to the future. Still not possible though.
"It's like asking if we're going to make the sky red or blue, there has been no discussion about it. What Ridley does in Prometheus is a good template for what we're trying to do. He created something that has some association to the original Alien, but lives on its own as a standalone movie. In advance of knowing what we're going to do, I supposed you could say yes, he could. But I think it is quite unlikely."
It’s not clear at this point whether the new film will be a prequel or a sequel, or how it will expand on the dystopian narrative originally laid out in a novel by Philip K. Dick. But Deadline’s story says it will not be a remake, which should be a relief to those who feel a sense of extreme loyalty to Rick Deckard, the “Blade Runner” protagonist played by Harrison Ford.Scott currently is working on "Prometheus," a prequel to his classic "Alien" series. Has he run out of new ideas or will he be moving these stories forward? Time, not Internet rumors, will tell.
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"You know, I have no idea at this point. It's very early on and yeah, sure, I know some of the people involved, but it's a long way from fruition."
