If you have not seen Ridley
Scott's
Prometheus, what follows will not make
any sense. I
decided to gently rewrite the film; to bolster what I felt was the movie's greatest strength: the
cosmicism of Weyland and David. This is full blown fan fiction. The hardcore
Alien
and
HP
Lovecraft fan,
William Powhida
corresponded with me a great deal while I worked on this, and helped give what
follows a distinctly
Cthulhu feel, but also supplied a number of
suggestions to help make the story fit squarely within the original
Alien cannon. Spoiler Alert: What follows is a
word for word script of the film's dialog and stage direction. What remains of
the original is in black, my changes are in
red. [The illustrator PJ McQuade, whose
Prometheus fan art project inspired me to tackle this rewrite, has illustrated the revised opening sequence. Anyone else interested in illustrating other revised scenes should email me at info@johnpowers.us]
