I have yet to receive my Blu-ray review copy of Prometheus and if Fox Home Entertainment holds true to form it won't arrive until, or after, the coming October 9 release date so I can't add anything extra beyond the word that's already spreading. The "word" I speak of is an apparent Blade Runner tie-in with the Prometheus storyline in that the two worlds co-exist and First Showing has done a good job rounding up the details. First is the screen capture from the Prometheus Blu-ray that was found on Reddit featuring a dictated message by Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) that implying an obvious reference to Dr. Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel) from Blade Runner and his creation of Replicants. The reference to pyramids is another wink. Screen capture from the Prometheus Blu-rayPhoto: Reddit This has caused people to get all excited, but it's not the end of it. Some are wondering...
- 10/8/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The DVD and Blu-ray editions of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" are ready to hit shelves this week with a lot of bonus material.
Now it has been revealed that a 58 second easter egg entitled 'Merging Ridleyverses' deals with an idea that was briefly floated, but ultimately discarded, which would've seen the merging of the "Alien" and "Blade Runner" universes within "Prometheus."
Concept artist Ben Proctor apparently says in the featurette (via First Showing) that: "There's one idea that I'm very sad that we didn't do. Ridley, one day, came in and said, 'You know, I'm thinking what if it's the Weyland-Tyrell Corporation? Is that cool? Maybe the bodyguards that come out with Weyland, maybe one of them says Batty on his uniform.' And we're like 'Awesome! Do it, do it!'"
Added to that is talk that the UK Blu-ray edition includes a letter from Guy Pearce's Peter...
Now it has been revealed that a 58 second easter egg entitled 'Merging Ridleyverses' deals with an idea that was briefly floated, but ultimately discarded, which would've seen the merging of the "Alien" and "Blade Runner" universes within "Prometheus."
Concept artist Ben Proctor apparently says in the featurette (via First Showing) that: "There's one idea that I'm very sad that we didn't do. Ridley, one day, came in and said, 'You know, I'm thinking what if it's the Weyland-Tyrell Corporation? Is that cool? Maybe the bodyguards that come out with Weyland, maybe one of them says Batty on his uniform.' And we're like 'Awesome! Do it, do it!'"
Added to that is talk that the UK Blu-ray edition includes a letter from Guy Pearce's Peter...
- 10/7/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"Prometheus" is set to hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray on October 9th, and will come with lots of bonus material and featurettes that promise to answer lots of questions that fans had about the story. Now comes word that one of those featurettes, called "Merging Ridleyverses," reveals that director Ridley Scott initially planned to merge the "Alien" universe with "Blade Runner" in "Prometheus." In the featurette, concept artist Ben Proctor says: "There's one idea that I'm very sad that we didn't do. Ridley, one day, came in and said, 'You know, I'm thinking what if it's the Weyland-Tyrell Corporation? Is that cool? Maybe the bodyguards that come out with Weyland, maybe one of them says Batty on his uniform.' And we're like 'Awesome! Do it, do it!'" Since Weyland Corporation builds robots and Tyrell Corporation (from "Blade Runner") develops androids, there's a clear connection there. In fact,...
- 10/7/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
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