Prometheus: The Lesser Known Deleted and Alternate Scenes

there was an underwater scene filmed at Ciudad De La Luz Studios, never released though or any photos unfortunately... cup of coffee and a biscuit sir?

No Thanks, had enough coffee and full on biscuits.  Never knew or even heard of an underwater scene!  I'll look into that one thank you.

Fantastic article Xeno_Alpha! Super informative, really enjoyed this.

Thank you so much for posting this!!!

Good stuff.  Does anybody have the alternate footage of Fifield, which resembles a xeno rather than a zombie?

Or the out-takes of Milburn and Fifield that make more sense than what was shown. 

Nice Topic.... yes there was a lot that was cut... a lot of it was Christian Symbolism... other Scenes would have made some theories easier to come up with (Why the Space Jockey Suits)  but there are reasons some Scenes was cut.... a lot of the Engineer after the Crash Scenes had to be cut was because they decided to go with a re-shoot of the Shaw vs Engineer Scene.. after  Ian Whyte had Full Burn Make up on... and so by picking this alternative scene... a number of other shots had to be cut.

i will attempt to tackle these scenes over time lol.

I will start with a Quicky regarding the ELDER ENGINEERS

Indeed there was dialog between those Engineers, the Scene you mention there is a scene with dialog.. which translated the Elder Engineer says something like "Let your body become the dirt. Your blood become the waters, and may your soul become their way back to us"

This sugests a purpose for the Sacrifice and if their means US, then it implies that indeed at some point we was created to interact with them... but this may not mean the LV-223 Invite... it could be for a time when they visited us on Earth.

WHAT WE DONT SEE...

Is that this scene was even longer... it would have had closer and longer scene of them walking to that point as about 4 Elder Engineers had a lot of time in makeup and these would not be for mere distance shots...

Also.... the biggy..... The Actor who played the Sacrificial Engineer Daniel Twiss... had to learn some Ancient Language to have a dialog with a Elder Engineer.

This means it was a Two Way conversation...  there is not a single shot of this anywhere though....

And Interview has been removed.... but it did have him saying he had to learn some Ancient Alien Language for a few lines in the opening scene.

Diz the only footage was the CGI Fifield... which i am sure you have seen?

There was two alternatives they abandoned at the Production Stages though....

The ones on the left are Fifields.... top one is based of the Concept work....

As far as other scenes with Milburn and Fifield.. i am not sure... but the Draft explains some stuff that would have made the experience with them more believable  (Getting Lost, and Space Cobra Petting)

Regarding Fifield.

The question of Fifield's look is relevant to the big one what is the Black Goo?

In Ridders commentary he refers to the change being made to deal with the aesthetics, the outcome of the first approach took you out of the movie at a technical level. Thats important for two reasons:-

1) He was not dismissing the overt Alien look on story telling grounds but basic movie making ones. So the idea if you bathe in B G you undergo a radical change directly toward zenofication has not been rejected. This maybe important 2nd time round.

2) With the reintroduction of the big beast and the welcome emphasise on discrete use of practical effects in Prom I hope that the early shots of the creature (elements thereof) will be practical. Nevertheless those shots of the Engineer striding across the landscape show the risk of demystification.          

Regarding the Opening Scene

I think the choice to imply the long scene without dismissing it at a story telling level gives us the best of both worlds. For me Ridders call on the cut their was spot on but for those whom can not make out whats going on from the non verbal communication and were curious sure have their answer. It will be interesting to see if in Cov. whether he opts for the same approach when explaining back story or uses David to explain it through narrative, the chances of the latter have increased with the absence of Damon on the keyboard. 

XENO_ALPHA_07 - How very fantastic! An underwater scene? What, I wonder, could that have entailed? Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us! :)

I am not sure on the Underwater Scene.... that was from Spaights draft.

All i do know is they did Pay for and Book time to use the Ciudad de la Luz  Water Tank it was booked and paid for...

They planned to use a near by beach too...

So this set was likely for the Weyland Yacht dream Scene... that was in Lindeloffs Draft... When David talked to Weyland in his Cryo-sleep

I am sure Ridley used the same set for Exodus: Gods and Kings as the facility is used often for scenes that require large waves... it is essentially a Large Wave Machine. 

Excising the Elders was a good choice. The mystery of the sacrifice scene was enhanced, along with the underlying theme of a cold, indifferent universe.

The teardrop vehicle departs before the deed is done, either its occupants are unmoved or it is in fact empty and leaving of its own volition. Plus the Elders add terrestrial notions of aging and ceremony that would dilute the sense of merciless otherworldliness.

Xeno, there is also a scene of the Juggernaut Engineer speaking to David. I do wish that had been left in, only because I like his voice!

Great post! Few i hadnt seen before so thanks for that.

I do remember (perhaps on an early trailer) a scene where David is reading the hieroglyphics at the entrance to the ampule room. He reads it..then pauses..as as if he is struggling with the thought.. "ok this is dangerous...should i open this or not". 

Struck me that this was an important omission for such a short cut??

Then again...maybe i dreamt it! Ha.

you forgot about this one