Alien: Paradise Lost

[cavalorn]

So, Ridley Scott has now announced the title for the Prometheus sequel, and it doesn't mention Prometheus at all. It's not even 'Paradise', which was supposedly the working title. It's 'Alien: Paradise Lost'. According to Scott, 'there is a similarity' between Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost and the new movie. When asked to explain the title, he

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[lilchiva]

Well, one could easily turn Ancient Egyptian religion into a cargo cult for the Engineer's chriochamber. This is not exactly an unmined seam for Sci-fi and alternative archaeology. I'd have paid cash money for Maximus vs Space Jesus. Just saying. Anyway, I think Scott deals with Gnostic themes quite admirably, especially for an atheist, I shall continue to stan him.

[jubelhunden]

What if aliens were intended to be used in a war between engineers and humans just interfered?

[unwholesome_fen]

It occurred to me, some time after watching Prometheus, that it's basically a retelling of Frankenstein ("or, the Modern Prometheus"). Obviously humans are the creature, abandoned by its creator (Frankenstein/the engineers), then pursuing him/them, ending up in a mutually destructive love/hate relationship. Of course many people have noted allusions to Paradise Lost in Frankenstein - the creature is both Satan, rebelling, and Adam complaining that he didn't ask to be created and now finds his situation impossible. Of course humans have also made a creature, and his storyline has parallels to that of Frankenstein's creature as well.