Prometheus (re)Bound; Scene Two

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There are large swaths of the original Prometheus script I left untouched. I don't plan to repost those scenes, they are easy enough to track down and watch. Scene Two is almost identical to the original, but I change the end, "Because that is what I choose to believe" is trite Hollywood theology, and I am fanfixing this film to be theological horror. So rather than asking if heaven is beautiful, Shaw asks her father something I remember discussing with my father: Can the dead see see the living? While my father was also talking to a child, unlike Shaw's imagined father, his response was adult and lacked all sentimentality. I also changed the arrival date.

Title:  Scientific Exploratory Vessel: Prometheus 

           Crew: 17 

           Date: April 12, 2093

           Distance From Earth: 3.27 X 10¹⁴ KM

[On the ship, Prometheus, David checks on the crew who are in hypersleep.] 

[He gazes upon Shaw.]

[His mask interfaces with her pod and begins a display.]

[He sees what she's dreaming of. We see the dream as David sees it, a frantic assessment of points and lines, searching out the most important aspects of the visual data.]

[She is a child with her father in a foreign land.]

[They are watching a passing funeral procession.]

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Young Shaw:  ++What happened to that man? ++

Shaw’s Father:  ++He died. ++

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Young Shaw:  ++Why aren't you helping him? ++

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Shaw’s Father:  ++They don't want my help. Their God is different than ours. ++

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Young Shaw:  ++Why did he die? ++

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Shaw’s Father:  ++Sooner or later everyone does. ++

Young Shaw:  ++Like mommy? ++

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Shaw’s Father:  ++Like mommy. ++

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Young Shaw:  ++Where do they go? ++

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Shaw’s Father:  ++Everyone has their own word. ++

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 ++Heaven, Paradise... ++

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Young Shaw:  ++Can she see us? ++

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Shaw’s Father:  ++No, I don't thinks so darling. ++

Young Shaw: Why not?

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 ++Because then it wouldn't be Paradise. ++

[David terminates interface.]

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