This idea was hatched back in June. Beers and schwama with
John Powers and
William Powhida.
We were all excited about the new Alien "prequel" Prometheus and talked
about it at length. But after seeing, while pretty cool, we saw it as a missed
opportunity in parts, especially the opening, was kinda confused by it. Anyway, using the script as a guide, John and
Bill added and subtracted parts to create a new fan fiction of the
movie. I agreed to an illustration showcasing the changes. What
started as one turned into many. The idea of aliens causing the
dinosaur apocalypse event was very enticing to me and I had a blast
working in widescreen so it just evolved from there. Below if the new
opening of the our movie, with a bit more spectacle and specificity, and
did I mention dinosaurs!
[Open
with scenes of the primal Universe, the big bang, stars are born, and
planets form. Zoom down to see huge volcanoes, storming seas, life
emerges]
Titles: Yucatán Peninsula, 65 million years ago
[The shot pulls back through a lush rain forest densely populated by huge feathered dinosaurs.]
[Pulling upwards and zooming out until we see the earth as seen from space.]
[A huge alien vessel approaches.]
[[The ship moves slowly downward until it perches on one point at the ridge of the newly formed Chicxuluba Crater,
next to a giant waterfall that has formed in the immediate aftermath of
the explosion. Exiting an aperture at the vessel’s low point, two dozen
almost transparently pale, hairless, humanoids are forced from the ship
by a dozen black, insectoid xenomorphs. The humanoids, who are clearly
terrified as they are dogged and herded, form a tight circle near the
edge of a newly formed cliff.]
[The
humanoids appear weak and sick - the blacks of their eyes are engorged,
their skin, mottled. The xenomorphs define a perimeter as the humanoids
are ravaged from within and, one by one, begin to collapse. As they do,
they begin spouting snakes and octopus-like creatures from their
mouths, genitals, and finally from the cracking flesh of their abdomens
and skulls. We now see the much larger figure - its head and shoulders
encased in a globe of translucent organic material that appears to be a Portuguese Man of War, it is still recognizable as a living Space Jockey. The “Engineer” backs away cautiously, as if afraid of the Trilobites,
and begin moving towards the ship as xenomorphs rush in, unafraid, to
devour the white translucent creatures. The ship is shown lifting off as
the humanoids’ flesh is left to break apart, loosing their DNA on
earth’s eco system like exploding seed pods.]
Fade to black
PROMETHEUS
I dunno, that would have been a cooler opening in my book, right?!
To read the rest of the script changes, check out John Powers' updated Star Wars Modern
Below is the whole sequence, scrollable.
