QuoteGiger's Freudian sexual terror imagery
This is the second time he's referred to that and it makes me
very hopeful. It hasn't been even slightly in evidence since 1986 (it's not as obvious as it was in '
Alien', but '
Aliens' still has glimpses).
It's also clear that he's fully intending to finally bring back Giger's biomechanical aesthetics.
'
Prometheus' had plenty of problems, but that and clear psycho-sexual undertones were the two elements it was desperately in need of, in terms of linking back to the original.
Also very welcome is the news that '
Alien Isolation' might have reinspired him to try and replicate the technology of the originals. Something else which made '
Prometheus' feel like it belonged to a very different continuity.
Right now, my feeling is that we're in for an artistic and horror style in keeping with '
Alien', while retaining the 'ticking time-bomb' pace of '
Aliens' when any action sequences do come into play. I just hope there's decent characterisation and that the Aliens come across as a genuine threat, not just something which gets mowed down by pyrotechnics. Even something like a smartgun could miss if its target is leaping quickly around in an unpredictable fashion.