Lindelof says he might not write sequel

it needs something besides Lindelof to save it!

Actually it could be saved as a standalone simply by people figuring out what the hell they just watched. I think it needs no sequel. I also think that the comedy aspect of this film will hit you like a brick when you realise how much hidden comedy is in this film. (by the way, the comedy is continued into the viral publicity, including post release).

If the sequel will tangentialize far futher away from the orginal ALIEN, is there a possible chance that PROMETHEUS will have it's own story to write for the sequel.

[i]"it will tangentialize [sic] even further away from the original Alien."[/i] Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!! If it's going to go even further away from Alien then why would they bother to show the creation of the xenos? This pretty much confirms my thoughts and hopes. However I hope that Fox doesn't stick their greedy noses in the door and say "we need xenos and more "Alien DNA" to make money" as I would much rather see it become more of it's own story. Personally, I don't care whether Lindeloff writes it or not. I love the Prometheus script but think they could find other capable writers as well. I think they should keep him on as co-writer as I think he did some interesting things with Prometheus. Afterall it was him who suggested to get away from Alien and brought in a lot of the ambiguity that I love.

This interview is known. Yeah,maybe he writes (depending on Scott and the Studios), maybe not. Another writer can also do a mess, but with lindelost we have near to "mess-guarantee", so better someone else tries its best. I know, some of the people here love it as it is as they think they understood everything (after academical research/analyzing of a hollywood sci-fi plot and watching 5 times), but i expect from a sci-fi movie (not a David Lynch movie..) to understand it with - lets say 10min. of thinking, and not 2 weeks.. And i think that can be said by 95% of all sci-fi fans...

My two cents: I enjoyed the movie overall but (sorry if I offend anyone) I really hope that no matter who writes a Prometheus sequel (if there is one, or two) that they actually hire a scientist or two to consult and get their input reflected in the writing. One of my biggest letdowns with Prometheus was the general lack of authenticity to the scientists on the mission. It seems to be more and more common in movies and TV that writers think it's enough to just call someone a scientist to make it believable. If you're writing for a specific scientist, talk to someone working in that field. In Prometheus, there's a geologist who "loves f*cking rocks!" but doesn't really have anything to say about the whole new world worth of geology available for study that they've just landed on, and even seems disinterested in it. Then there's a biologist who doesn't have any valuable input other than "it's ok", 'i'll just go pet this unknown hissing snake thing that might have killed all the bodies laying round here I've been running away from' and says not one thing when helmets start coming off in the middle of an unknown alien environment. Fifield was a really interesting character (I wish they'd done much more with him) but scientists (geologists or otherwise) who design survey equipment are typically able to read the maps they produce rather than getting hopelessly lost in the temple they've just surveyed (only to resort to using a special home made 'bong suit' for survival). Even if you weren't an anthropologist but were on this mission and there was this android nearby who's studied ancient languages for several years starting to open doors, operate machinery, and seemed to have a clue as to what might be written on the walls, I think you'd be at least passingly interested in what he knew and would even ask him but the anthropologists on the mission don't for some strange reason. Last, If there's going to be any debate between science and faith, there really needs to be a solid science background for this to work IMHO. I was expecting more of this discussion/discourse between Shaw (faith) and Holloway (science) but when the 'scientists' in the movie don't really 'do' any science, there's nothing to work with here. And not for nothing, If two of my crew were trapped outside in a hostile, potentially life threatening situation, I'd like to think as the captain I could get some backup on hand to continue monitoring the situation before leaving the bridge unattended to get my freak on. Again, apologies if I've offended.

Thank you oh lord and please keep us from harm. Prevent TV screenwriters from writing for movies ever again, oh lord I thank thee... kissing the ground... big smile... (Hope your reading this Lindelof you weasel).

All good points that were actually addressed in the film in unorthodox ways. Biologist petting the snake, is related to the fact that geologist with the weed is with him... no? We see that the geologist has weed,.. then cuts to another scene, comes back and Milburn is mellow and ready to try his Dr. Doolittle on a space cobra. I think that they implied a reason for his strange behavior. In fact two reasons are implied... I mean from a scientific point of view, we have no observation, just speculation about what happened... and of the two speculative reasons... one doesn't even require proof. ;p

Who could you be offending here? I saw nothing personal in your analysis towards anyone. If someone gets their nose out of joint because you disagree, that's their problem, not yours. No need to apologise, especially not in advance.

Yes! The "why does Milburn pet the hammerpede" question has been answered! Good ol' mary jane!

still inexcusable in an epic film! i don't remember anyone in Alien, Aliens, or Alien 3 doping up in a potentially hostile environment. it is just bad script writing. end of line....