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** Subtly lampshaded in story - David bases his accent and mannerisms on Peter O'Toole's performance of ''LawrenceOfArabia'' - another Irish actor playing a FakeBrit.
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** Subtly lampshaded in story - David bases his accent and mannerisms on Peter O'Toole's performance of ''LawrenceOfArabia'' ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' - another Irish actor playing a FakeBrit.
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** Elizabeth Shaw also shares her name with the first companion of the Third Doctor on Series/DoctorWho.
* RetroactiveRecognition: On the side of the Engineers, we have [[Series/GameOfThrones The Mountain that Rides]].
** Not to mention [[Series/GameOfThrones Lysa Arryn and Marillion]] as the ship's medic and one of the co-pilots.
* RetroactiveRecognition: On the side of the Engineers, we have [[Series/GameOfThrones The Mountain that Rides]].
** Not to mention [[Series/GameOfThrones Lysa Arryn and Marillion]] as the ship's medic and one of the co-pilots.
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** Elizabeth Shaw also shares her name with the first companion of the Third Doctor on Series/DoctorWho.
* RetroactiveRecognition: On the side of the Engineers, we have [[Series/GameOfThrones The Mountain that Rides]].
** Not to mention [[Series/GameOfThrones Lysa Arryn and Marillion]] as the ship's medic and one of the co-pilots.''Series/DoctorWho''.
* RetroactiveRecognition: On the side of the Engineers, we have [[Series/GameOfThrones The Mountain that Rides]].
** Not to mention [[Series/GameOfThrones Lysa Arryn and Marillion]] as the ship's medic and one of the co-pilots.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Film/{{Alien}}'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Noomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Film/{{Alien}}'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write thefilm, who revamped script to remove the direct connections to ''Alien'' and revamp much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie ties back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Noomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]] franchise.
** The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Film/{{Alien}}'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Noomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' ''Film/{{Alien}}'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Noomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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** Creator/JamesFranco was Charlie Holloway.
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** Creator/JamesFranco was considered for Charlie Holloway.
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** The film was originally envisioned to be a straight-up prequel to ''Film/{Alien}, via a script written by Jon Spaihts (who was in-demand at the time due to his previous script being on the unofficial Hollywood "black list" of best screenplays) called "Alien: Engineers".
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** The film was originally envisioned to be a straight-up prequel to ''Film/{Alien}, ''Film/{{Alien}}, via a script written by Jon Spaihts (who was in-demand at the time due to his previous script being on the unofficial Hollywood "black list" of best screenplays) called "Alien: Engineers".
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* DeletedScene: Prior to the film's release, Scott said that 20 minutes of deleted scenes would be included on the home video release of the film. Several moments seen in the trailers are not present in the film - most notably, the [[spoiler:mutated Fifield attack]] scene was intended to be much longer and set at a different point in the film (happening just as [[spoiler:Weyland, Ford and the mercenaries]] head out for the structure).
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* DeletedScene: Prior to the film's release, Scott Creator/RidleyScott said that 20 minutes of deleted scenes would be included on the home video release of the film. Several moments seen in the trailers are not present in the film - most notably, the [[spoiler:mutated Fifield attack]] scene was intended to be much longer and set at a different point in the film (happening just as [[spoiler:Weyland, Ford and the mercenaries]] head out for the structure).
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* TroubledProduction: Like previous installments in the Alien franchise, the film ran into a lot of this:
** The film was originally envisioned to be a straight-up prequel to ''Film/{Alien}, via a script written by Jon Spaihts (who was in-demand at the time due to his previous script being on the unofficial Hollywood "black list" of best screenplays) called "Alien: Engineers".
** Creator/RidleyScott then contacted Creator/DamonLindelof for advice on the script, and was told to rein in many of the parts that made it an identifiable Alien film (including the fact that it was originally set on LV-426, the site of the Derelict Ship from the first two films) and make it an original creation. This, coupled with Spaihts supposedly constraining Scott's vision, led to Lindelof being hired to rewrite the screenplay. It took another four drafts (and more than a year of pre-production time) to get the script to a point where everyone was happy with it, and even then the cast and crew (as evidenced by their remarks in the Blu-Ray materials) seemed convinced that they were shooting a prequel that led into the original film.
** The character of Elizabeth Shaw was originally named Elizabeth Watts, but was renamed due to fear of confusion for Fox's President of Production, Emma Watts. It took the CEO of the company, Tom Rothman, to name the film Prometheus because the filmmakers couldn't decide on what title to use (with their previous suggestion being "Paradise").
** Following this, the film ran into trouble in the editing room, with a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war between Scott and Fox executives over various aspects of the film. There was much confusion on set and in public forums over whether the film was intended to be PG-13 or R-rated, with Scott stoking the fires for months by apparently submitting to FOX's demand to make a PG-13 cut for theatrical release. The main hangup was Creator/NoomiRapace's "surgery scene", where she removes an alien embryo via self-surgery. Although the film was eventually released in an R-rated cut, chunks of the plot were taken out in the editing room - notably, a much longer final confrontation between Shaw and the Engineer, and an entirely different Fifield attack sequence that took place just as Weyland and the Mercenaries were leaving for the Engineer ship.
** Creator/CharlizeTheron had significant trouble running in the Icelandic shooting location, during the sequence where she and Rapace run from the rolling Engineer ship.
** The film was originally envisioned to be a straight-up prequel to ''Film/{Alien}, via a script written by Jon Spaihts (who was in-demand at the time due to his previous script being on the unofficial Hollywood "black list" of best screenplays) called "Alien: Engineers".
** Creator/RidleyScott then contacted Creator/DamonLindelof for advice on the script, and was told to rein in many of the parts that made it an identifiable Alien film (including the fact that it was originally set on LV-426, the site of the Derelict Ship from the first two films) and make it an original creation. This, coupled with Spaihts supposedly constraining Scott's vision, led to Lindelof being hired to rewrite the screenplay. It took another four drafts (and more than a year of pre-production time) to get the script to a point where everyone was happy with it, and even then the cast and crew (as evidenced by their remarks in the Blu-Ray materials) seemed convinced that they were shooting a prequel that led into the original film.
** The character of Elizabeth Shaw was originally named Elizabeth Watts, but was renamed due to fear of confusion for Fox's President of Production, Emma Watts. It took the CEO of the company, Tom Rothman, to name the film Prometheus because the filmmakers couldn't decide on what title to use (with their previous suggestion being "Paradise").
** Following this, the film ran into trouble in the editing room, with a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war between Scott and Fox executives over various aspects of the film. There was much confusion on set and in public forums over whether the film was intended to be PG-13 or R-rated, with Scott stoking the fires for months by apparently submitting to FOX's demand to make a PG-13 cut for theatrical release. The main hangup was Creator/NoomiRapace's "surgery scene", where she removes an alien embryo via self-surgery. Although the film was eventually released in an R-rated cut, chunks of the plot were taken out in the editing room - notably, a much longer final confrontation between Shaw and the Engineer, and an entirely different Fifield attack sequence that took place just as Weyland and the Mercenaries were leaving for the Engineer ship.
** Creator/CharlizeTheron had significant trouble running in the Icelandic shooting location, during the sequence where she and Rapace run from the rolling Engineer ship.
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** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/CareyMulligan, and Creator/AbbieCornish were all considered for Elizabeth Shaw.
** Creator/MichelleYeoh and Creator/AngelinaJolie were considered for Meredith Vickers.
** Creator/GuyPearce was originally supposed to play Peter Weyland as a young man, while Creator/MaxVonSydow would play him as an old man.
** Creator/JamesFranco was Charlie Holloway.
** Creator/MichelleYeoh and Creator/AngelinaJolie were considered for Meredith Vickers.
** Creator/GuyPearce was originally supposed to play Peter Weyland as a young man, while Creator/MaxVonSydow would play him as an old man.
** Creator/JamesFranco was Charlie Holloway.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Noomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* FlipFlopOfGod[-/-]ShrugOfGod: Whether or not it's an ''Film/{{Alien}}'' prequel. Upon actual viewing it most certainly is.
** Supposedly, however, the (hoped-for) resulting franchise is going to go its own way in regards to plot, presumably focusing more on the Engineers. This turns it into some ungodly hybrid of prequel, SpinOff series from ''Alien'' and BackdoorPilot '''for''' ''Alien''.
*** Another Flip-Flop occurs in regards to the Engineers/Space Jockeys. In ''Film/{{Alien}}'', the signal picked up by the crew of the Nostromo is revealed to be a warning to stay away, and some of the characters muse that the race must have been extremely noble to make their last act such a warning (not just for their own kind, but any species). In ''Prometheus'', the Engineers/Space Jockeys are revealed to be nowhere near that noble, and according to WordOfGod now, actually are all monstrous assholes. Then again, it HAS been nearly 35 years since ''Alien'', long enough for Creator/RidleyScott to change his mind/get more cynical.
** Supposedly, however, the (hoped-for) resulting franchise is going to go its own way in regards to plot, presumably focusing more on the Engineers. This turns it into some ungodly hybrid of prequel, SpinOff series from ''Alien'' and BackdoorPilot '''for''' ''Alien''.
*** Another Flip-Flop occurs in regards to the Engineers/Space Jockeys. In ''Film/{{Alien}}'', the signal picked up by the crew of the Nostromo is revealed to be a warning to stay away, and some of the characters muse that the race must have been extremely noble to make their last act such a warning (not just for their own kind, but any species). In ''Prometheus'', the Engineers/Space Jockeys are revealed to be nowhere near that noble, and according to WordOfGod now, actually are all monstrous assholes. Then again, it HAS been nearly 35 years since ''Alien'', long enough for Creator/RidleyScott to change his mind/get more cynical.
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* FlipFlopOfGod[-/-]ShrugOfGod: FlipFlopOfGod[-/-]ShrugOfGod:
** Whether or not it's an ''Film/{{Alien}}'' prequel. Upon actual viewing it most certainlyis.
**is. Supposedly, however, the (hoped-for) resulting franchise is going to go its own way in regards to plot, presumably focusing more on the Engineers. This turns it into some ungodly hybrid of prequel, SpinOff series from ''Alien'' and BackdoorPilot '''for''' ''Alien''.
*** ** Another Flip-Flop occurs in regards to the Engineers/Space Jockeys. In ''Film/{{Alien}}'', the signal picked up by the crew of the Nostromo is revealed to be a warning to stay away, and some of the characters muse that the race must have been extremely noble to make their last act such a warning (not just for their own kind, but any species). In ''Prometheus'', the Engineers/Space Jockeys are revealed to be nowhere near that noble, and according to WordOfGod now, actually are all monstrous assholes. Then again, it HAS been nearly 35 years since ''Alien'', long enough for Creator/RidleyScott to change his mind/get more cynical.cynical.
** Whether Peter Weyland's company was Weyland ''Industries'' or Weyland ''Corporation''. The original script and official website for ''Prometheus'' use the former, but the film uses the latter to distance itself away from the ''[=AvP=]'' series.
** Whether or not it's an ''Film/{{Alien}}'' prequel. Upon actual viewing it most certainly
**
** Whether Peter Weyland's company was Weyland ''Industries'' or Weyland ''Corporation''. The original script and official website for ''Prometheus'' use the former, but the film uses the latter to distance itself away from the ''[=AvP=]'' series.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Overlapping with All Star Cast, the crew of the Prometheus comprises:
** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Hi]][[Creator/MichaelFassbender cox]] aka [[Film/XMenFirstClass Magneto]]
** [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Rita]] aka [[Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman Queen Ravenna]] aka [[Film/YoungAdult Mavis]]
** [[Film/{{Watchmen}} Nite Owl]]
** [[TheMillenniumTrilogy Lis]][[Creator/NoomiRapace beth]]
** [[Film/{{Thor}} Heim]][[Creator/IdrisElba dall]] aka [[Series/TheWire Stringer Bell]] aka [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Truck]] aka Series/{{Luther}}
** [[Series/TheBorgias Micheletto]]
** [[Film/{{Sunshine}} Trey]]
** It's more notable that the Engineer is played by a [[Film/AVPAlienVsPredator Predator]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The ship's computer is voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes.
** In the Japanese dub:
*** Ayame Gouriki (who played Shiori Genpo in the ''Manga/BlackButler'' live-action film) voices Elizabeth Shaw and her younger self is [[LightNovel/GJBu Megumi Amatsuka]].
*** [[Creator/RikaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]].
*** [[Creator/TaitenKusunoki Captain Janek]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ibiki Morino]].
*** [[Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto David]] is [[Anime/TheBigO Roger Smith]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba in Japanese]].
*** [[Creator/RokuroNaya Peter Weyland]] is [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Adell's father]] and [[Manga/SaintSeiya Aquarius Camus in the TV series]].
*** [[Creator/MasakiTerasoma Charlie Holloway]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].
*** [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Fifield]] is [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Jake Martinez]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[Manga/CrayonShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]]
*** [[Creator/MasakazuMorita Chance]] is [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]].
** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Hi]][[Creator/MichaelFassbender cox]] aka [[Film/XMenFirstClass Magneto]]
** [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Rita]] aka [[Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman Queen Ravenna]] aka [[Film/YoungAdult Mavis]]
** [[Film/{{Watchmen}} Nite Owl]]
** [[TheMillenniumTrilogy Lis]][[Creator/NoomiRapace beth]]
** [[Film/{{Thor}} Heim]][[Creator/IdrisElba dall]] aka [[Series/TheWire Stringer Bell]] aka [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Truck]] aka Series/{{Luther}}
** [[Series/TheBorgias Micheletto]]
** [[Film/{{Sunshine}} Trey]]
** It's more notable that the Engineer is played by a [[Film/AVPAlienVsPredator Predator]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The ship's computer is voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes.
** In the Japanese dub:
*** Ayame Gouriki (who played Shiori Genpo in the ''Manga/BlackButler'' live-action film) voices Elizabeth Shaw and her younger self is [[LightNovel/GJBu Megumi Amatsuka]].
*** [[Creator/RikaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]].
*** [[Creator/TaitenKusunoki Captain Janek]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ibiki Morino]].
*** [[Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto David]] is [[Anime/TheBigO Roger Smith]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba in Japanese]].
*** [[Creator/RokuroNaya Peter Weyland]] is [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Adell's father]] and [[Manga/SaintSeiya Aquarius Camus in the TV series]].
*** [[Creator/MasakiTerasoma Charlie Holloway]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].
*** [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Fifield]] is [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Jake Martinez]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[Manga/CrayonShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]]
*** [[Creator/MasakazuMorita Chance]] is [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') ''Film/AlienCovenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring David Damon Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and then being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring David Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and now being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring David Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and now then being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') since been is being completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring David Lindelof's (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, revamping much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and now being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of Jon Spaihts' script, ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineers' home world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling by hiring David Lindelof's Lindelof (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') to re-write the film, revamping who revamped much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and now being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's script, "Alien: ENGINEERS", was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. It would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland.The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film. Ironically, the sequel was originally billed as distancing the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but was since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's Jon Spaihts' script, "Alien: ENGINEERS", ''Alien: Engineers'', was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's Engineers' home world, and world. It averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. It rewrite and would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; franchise, [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland.Weyland. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and by hiring David Lindelof's (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') attachment to re-write the film. film, revamping much of its final act. Ironically, the sequel (when it was originally billed as distancing ''Prometheus 2'') was meant to further distance the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but was now (since being renamed ''Alien: Paradise Lost'', and now being re-renamed ''Alien: Covenant'') since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise.franchise. [[note]] this change may be in part that the fact Naomi Rapace will [[http://collider.com/prometheus-2-noomi-rapace/ not]] be in the film, leaving Michael Fassbender's David the only character returning.[[/note]]
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** It's more notable that the Engineer is played by a [[Film/AlienVsPredator Predator]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The ship's computer is voiced by RobinAtkinDownes.
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** It's more notable that the Engineer is played by a [[Film/AlienVsPredator [[Film/AVPAlienVsPredator Predator]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The ship's computer is voiced byRobinAtkinDownes.Creator/RobinAtkinDownes.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The ship's computer is voiced by
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. "ALIEN: Engineers" was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. "ALIEN: Engineers" script, "Alien: ENGINEERS", was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. It would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland.The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''Series/{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.film. Ironically, the sequel was originally billed as distancing the series even further from the ''Alien'' saga, but was since been completely revised to tie back in to the ''Alien'' franchise.
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** [[TheBorgias Micheletto]]
** [[{{Sunshine}} Trey]]
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*** [[Creator/RokuroNaya Peter Weyland]] is [[VideoGame/{{Disgaea2}} Adell's father]] and [[Manga/SaintSeiya Aquarius Camus in the TV series]].
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*** [[Creator/RokuroNaya Peter Weyland]] is [[VideoGame/{{Disgaea2}} [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Adell's father]] and [[Manga/SaintSeiya Aquarius Camus in the TV series]].
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*** [[MasakiTerasoma Charlie Holloway]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].
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*** [[MasakiTerasoma [[Creator/MasakiTerasoma Charlie Holloway]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. "ALIEN: Engineers" was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft of John Spaiht's script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. "ALIEN: Engineers" was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''{{Lost}}'') ''Series/{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.
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*** [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Fifield]] is [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Jake Martinez]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[CrayonShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]]
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*** [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Fifield]] is [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Jake Martinez]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[CrayonShinChan [[Manga/CrayonShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]]
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*** [[Creator/RicaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]].
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*** [[Creator/RicaFukami [[Creator/RikaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]].
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*** [[RicaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/{{SailorMoon Sailor Venus}}]].
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*** [[RicaFukami [[Creator/RicaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/{{SailorMoon [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus}}]].Venus]].
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*** [[RicaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/{{SailorMoon Sailor Venus}}.
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*** [[RicaMatsumoto Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum/Satoshi]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Lilcarla Borgnine]].
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*** [[RicaMatsumoto [[RicaFukami Elizabeth Vickers]] is [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum/Satoshi]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Lilcarla Borgnine]].[[Anime/{{SailorMoon Sailor Venus}}.
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* MethodActing / EnforcedMethodActing: All over the place. As seen in the making-of documentary ''The Furious Gods'', Scott repeatedly told the crew not to tell the actors certain things or to let them see storyboards to procure more genuine responses, notably in the scene where a snake-like creature bursts from the [[spoiler:dead Millburn's mouth]]; the actors were unaware that that was going to happen, and Kate Dickie's shriek of surprise is quite real. Theron also noted that she was very nervous about (repeatedly) setting the stunt man on fire for the scene in which Vickers kills [[spoiler:Holloway]], thus giving the character a believably conflicted attitude. (Her mild HeroicBSOD over it is expanded upon in a deleted scene with Janek.) And [[spoiler:mutant!Fifield]] was originally going to be an entirely-CGI creation, but they eventually decided to let actor [[spoiler:Sean Harris]] do the scene himself with extensive prosthetic makeup. [[spoiler:Harris]] was perfectly willing to be set on fire for the sequence, prompting even Scott to call him a "crazy bastard."
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* MethodActing / EnforcedMethodActing: All over the place. As seen in the making-of documentary ''The Furious Gods'', Scott repeatedly told the crew not to tell the actors certain things or to let them see storyboards to procure more genuine responses, notably in the scene where a snake-like creature bursts from the [[spoiler:dead Millburn's mouth]]; the actors were unaware that that was going to happen, and Kate Dickie's Creator/KateDickie's shriek of surprise is quite real. Theron also noted that she was very nervous about (repeatedly) setting the stunt man on fire for the scene in which Vickers kills [[spoiler:Holloway]], thus giving the character a believably conflicted attitude. (Her mild HeroicBSOD over it is expanded upon in a deleted scene with Janek.) And [[spoiler:mutant!Fifield]] was originally going to be an entirely-CGI creation, but they eventually decided to let actor [[spoiler:Sean Harris]] do the scene himself with extensive prosthetic makeup. [[spoiler:Harris]] was perfectly willing to be set on fire for the sequence, prompting even Scott to call him a "crazy bastard."
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** "Basketbike", for the sport David invented.
** "Black goo", for, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the black goo]].
** "Black goo", for, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the black goo]].
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* FakeNationality: Swede Creator/NoomiRapace playing a British woman. German-born Irishman MichaelFassbender playing an "English" android. Brits Creator/IdrisElba and Rafe Spall playing an American. And so on.
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* FakeNationality: Swede Creator/NoomiRapace playing a British woman. German-born Irishman MichaelFassbender Creator/MichaelFassbender playing an "English" android. Brits Creator/IdrisElba and Rafe Spall playing an American. And so on.
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** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Hi]][[MichaelFassbender cox]] aka [[Film/XMenFirstClass Magneto]]
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** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Hi]][[MichaelFassbender Hi]][[Creator/MichaelFassbender cox]] aka [[Film/XMenFirstClass Magneto]]
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That\'s just casting , cold type
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** MichaelFassbender once again plays a character someone who [[Film/XMenFirstClass faces human hostility, is less than friendly to humans in return, and feels himself superior to them]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original drafts of the script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. Jon Spaihts' original draft was more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. The main cause of this seems to be David Lindelof's (the writer for ''{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original drafts The original draft of the John Spaiht's script would have included more elements from the ''Alien'' franchise; [[spoiler:including Holloway dying via chestburster]], and different motives for Weyland. Jon Spaihts' original draft "ALIEN: Engineers" was ''far'' more closely tied to the original series and set the movie up as a direct prequel to ''Alien'' while still leaving room for a sequel featuring David and Shaw (or Jocelyn Watts, as she was originally known) going to the Engineer's home world, and averted most of the IdiotBall moments introduced in the rewrite. The main cause of this seems to be ExecutiveMeddling and David Lindelof's (the writer for ''{{Lost}}'') attachment to the film.
