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==Arrival of the Engineers==
 
==Arrival of the Engineers==
 
[[Image:Pro Deleted 01.jpg|thumb|The Engineers on Earth.]]
 
[[Image:Pro Deleted 01.jpg|thumb|The Engineers on Earth.]]
The original opening of the film was slightly longer and showed several [[Engineer]]s instead of just one as in the final film. In the scene, and Elder hands the [[Sacrificial Engineer]] the dark liquid, while several other Engineers can be seen standing in the background. This scene was cut to keep the Engineers more mysterious, but it can be found on the DVD/Blu-ray releases of the film.
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The original opening of the film was slightly longer and showed several [[Engineer]]s instead of just one as in the final film. In the scene, an Elder hands the [[Sacrificial Engineer]] the dark liquid, while several other Engineers can be seen standing in the background. This scene was cut to keep the Engineers more mysterious, but it can be found on the DVD/Blu-ray releases of the film.
   
 
==You're Smiling...==
 
==You're Smiling...==

Revision as of 15:35, 29 January 2015

Template:Prometheus This article covers all the known deleted scenes from the 2012 film Prometheus. Some of the sequences here never progressed past the early script or storyboard stages, while others were filmed before being cut during the editing process.

Where applicable, the names of these deleted scenes have been taken from the DVD/Blu-ray release of Prometheus. Following the release of the film, there were rumors that an extended/alternate cut including some of the deleted footage would be created for home video (similar to the alternate versions of each of the films in the Alien series). However, director Ridley Scott ultimately declined to create such a cut.[1]

Arrival of the Engineers

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The Engineers on Earth.

The original opening of the film was slightly longer and showed several Engineers instead of just one as in the final film. In the scene, an Elder hands the Sacrificial Engineer the dark liquid, while several other Engineers can be seen standing in the background. This scene was cut to keep the Engineers more mysterious, but it can be found on the DVD/Blu-ray releases of the film.

You're Smiling...

A small deleted moment on Earth shows Holloway walking up to Shaw and saying, "You're smiling..." This was to take place immediately before Shaw takes Holloway into the cave to show him what she has discovered.[2]

David Crying

David is seen crying while he watches Lawrence of Arabia. He also drinks a milky substance, similar to Ash in Alien.[2]

Weyland's Dream

A scene cut before filming was to show David waking Weyland before the Prometheus reaches LV-223 and informing him that they were nearly there.[3] Weyland tells David not to wake him again until they have found what he is looking for (a live Engineer) and then goes back to sleep, at which point we enter Weyland's dream — David walks along a beautiful tropical beach, wearing his jumpsuit and a pair of sunglasses. He looks out to sea and watches a speedboat pull up to the shore.[3] The bikini-clad woman on board asks David if he is "here to see him", which David confirms, and the boat then takes David out to a huge luxury yacht where he finds five more beautiful women feeding a young Weyland grapes. The two men then have a brief conversation in which Weyland curses David for waking him prematurely.[3] The scene explains why Guy Pearce was hired to play an aged Weyland, as he was originally going to be seen as a younger version of the character as well.

Janek

There's a shot of Janek holding a Christmas tree saying, "Ho ho ho!" This shot is missing from the deleted scene in which Janek is messing with a Christmas tree during breakfast.[2]

Milburn and Fifield

A small extension to the scene where Milburn and Fifield first introduce themselves to each other on the Prometheus shows Milburn complaining that his fingers are still numb after waking from hyperlseep, before pointing out that he'd never been in cryo for so long before. Fifield then responds that no one has been in hypersleep for such a long period of time before.[2]

T'is the Season

The scene shows Vickers walking into a room where Janek is decorating his Christmas tree. She tells him that the mission briefing is about to start but Janek doesn't really care about why they are there. This can be seen on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Briefing

Some dialogue between Shaw and Holloway was trimmed from the briefing scene, including Shaw saying, "They gonna think we're crazy." Holloway reassures her. Fifield correctly identifies the star map, and there's an alternate shot of Shaw saying, "Not a map. An invitation."[2]

Holloway and Shaw

After the briefing, Shaw complains to Holloway in a corridor aboard the Prometheus about the fact he did not back her up during the meeting.[2]

Prometheus Has Landed

There's a shot of Janek on the bridge when he says, "Prometheus has landed."[2]

Our First Alien

This scene explains why Millburn was so fascinated by the Hammerpedes later in the movie. In this scene, he discovers an indigenous worm in some black liquid. He's enthusiastic about it as mankind has never discovered extraterrestrial life larger than bacteria before. This scene also makes it clear that the worms are indigenous creatures to the planet and the dark liquid is responsible for mutating them. This is found on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Sweetest Air

After Holloway has removed his helmet and sampled the air he says, "That's the sweetest air I've ever tasted."[2]

The Bowl

Holloway bowl

Holloway finds the bowl.

Instead of finding a green crystal in the "Head Room", Holloway finds a ceremonial bowl, the same as the one used by the Sacrificial Engineer at the beginning of the film.[2]

David Smiling

Footage was removed of David smiling while observing the black goo oozing from one of the vases. There is also behind the scene footage of him tasting/smelling a piece before looking around.[2]

Changing into What

An alternate shot of Vickers saying, "Changing into what?"[2]

Skin

This scene picks up with Milburn and Fifield in a tunnel after they left the other group. They discover a shed skin on the ground which Milburn picks up. Presumably, this is the skin from a Hammerpede. The scene is on the DVD/Blu-ray.

We're Not Alone Any More

Shaw is telling the Prometheus crew a story about how the world came to be. She says she has spent her whole life looking for what they have found today and that they aren't alone any more. This is followed by some remarks from Holloway, who says he isn't happy that all the creatures are dead. This can be seen on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Strange Bedfellows

The scene shows Shaw in her room watching a video of the Engineers that were seen in the holograms. Holloway then enters her room, drunk. They talk about the video and theorize what might have happened to the creatures, and what they might have been running away from. Shaw mentions the head they just inspected and why it might have exploded. Holloway is still upset because he was hoping to find more on the planet. Holloway then asks why Shaw came here. He remarks that she came here to ask God why they took her mother and father, and Shaw slaps him. She tries to run but Holloway grabs her. She struggles briefly before they start kissing. The scene is on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Holloway Hungover

The scene where Holloway discovers something in his eye is slightly extended in this deleted scene. After speaking to Janek over the radio, Shaw goes over to Holloway and asks him if he is okay. Holloway says he thinks he is hungover. This footage is found on the DVD/Blu-ray.

David's Objective

David is exploring one of the tunnels while Vickers is on the Prometheus. She tells David over the radio to get back to the ship. She asks him if he has located his objective. David says he has and it's now time.

Janek Fills Vickers In

After Vickers kills Holloway, she is sitting alone in her room, clearly distressed by what has happened. Janek visits her but she turns him away, telling him she isn't in the mood for coffee (seeing the two cups in his hands), to which Janek responds, "Good thing it's rum, then." She relents and lets him in, and he begins telling her a story about when he was in the military to take her mind off of Holloway. He talks about a particular operation he was on where scientists were working on some secret weapon in a compound at the base where he was stationed. One day things went wrong and an emergency evacuation was ordered, and as Janek made his escape he saw the scientists were still locked inside the compound, screaming to be let out. After boarding an evacuation ship and flying away, he saw the officer on board detonate a bomb that obliterated the compound "just 'cause some idiot spilt something". Finally Janek points out the relevance of the story to Vickers — the same thing happened to the Engineers on the moon. They made a terrible weapon, but it got out and killed them all.

David and Chance then interrupt over the radio and tell Janek about some seismic and thermal activity they have detected below the moon's surface about a kilometer away. David then asks Vickers, "Is he awake?" (referring to Weyland), leading Janek to question who they are talking about, but they both ignore him.

Shaw Crying

There are extra shots of Shaw crying and clasping her hands as if she might be praying, used in several of the Prometheus trailers.[2]

David and Mr. Weyland

There are some shots of David in which he appears to be giving Weyland a pill to swallow.[2]

A King Has His Reign

This sequence has some additional dialogue and editing. This scene shows David and Ford helping Peter Weyland into his spacesuit when Vickers enters. Weyland remarks that the last time they spoke, she said he was nothing but a silly old fool chasing fairytales. Vickers tells him that she is sorry and she came to say goodbye because he'll die if he goes down there. Vickers says that a king has his reign and then he dies. She tells him she used to respect him, looked up to him but now he's nothing but a scared old man.

Fifield Attacks

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Fifiled's original mutated appearance.

Originally, the mutated Fifield creature had a very different design, featuring a bulbous head covered in some form of translucent membrane; the early design bears some similarities to that of the Xenomorph Drone. Footage of the original creature can be seen on the DVD/Blu-ray. Additionally, the scene where Fifield attacks the Prometheus originally took place later in the film, when Weyland and his mercenaries head out to see the surviving Engineer (thus explaining the goof in the film whereby several mercenaries are killed during the attack only to reappear in Weyland's room later).[2] It was also originally Shaw who ran Fifield down in the RT transport, as can be glimpsed in the film's trailer.

Shaw and Janek

Shaw turns to Janek and says, "I came here for answers, I'd rather die with those answers than leave without them."[2]

Kill Everything!

There's a shot of Janek shouting, "Kill everything, you copy?" This may take place during the Fifield attack.[2]

David and the Engineer Suit

While exploring the Juggernaut, David stops and takes a look at one of the Engineer suits.[2]

You Were a Terrible Lay

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"You were a terrible lay, by the way."

When Vickers realizes Janek intends to crash the Prometheus into the fleeing Engineer ship, she tells him, "You were a terrible lay, by the way," before fleeing to the escape pod.[2]

The Engineer Speaks

The conversation between David and the Last Engineer has been greatly expanded in this deleted scene. David first tells the Engineer, at Weyland's request, they came just like they asked. The Engineer gets out of the stasis tube and stumbles forward. The Engineer asks, in his own language, why they came. Shaw interrupts like in the theatrical version. Weyland tells David to tell him why he came. David tells the Engineer that Weyland wanted to live forever and the Engineer asked why. Weyland tells the Engineer that his company made David from nothing. He says that him and the Engineer are superior, that they are creators, gods, and that gods never die. The scene carries on as in the theatrical version where the Engineer kills everybody while Shaw escapes. There is some different sound effects in the scene. You can hear David say sorry when his decapitated head hits the floor for instance.

Hunting Shaw

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The Engineer hunts for Shaw.

After the Juggernaut has crashed and ground to a halt, the Last Engineer pilot picks himself up and heads outside to hunt for Shaw amongst the wreckage.[2]

Final Battle

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The Engineer looks over a book in the life pod.

The final confrontation between Shaw and the Last Engineer was originally longer and involved a physical fight. The scene starts with Shaw drinking some vodka and injecting herself with more medicine aboard the life pod. She then goes to the medbay door and sees the Trilobite as in the theatrical version, before hiding in another room behind a counter. The Last Engineer soon enters the room and watches the video of a young girl playing the violin. He also discovers books scattered on the floor, and pauses to look over one.[2] David interrupts over the radio, revealing Shaw's presence to the Engineer, and the two fight, Shaw arming herself with an axe. Eventually the Engineer overpowers her and pins her to the wall, his hands gripped around her head, at which point Shaw releases the Trilobite from the medbay door and the scene carries on as in the finished film.

While a version of this scene is available on the DVD/Blu-ray, it is incomplete — it is notably missing the Engineer examining the book, and the burn scarring on the Last Engineer's face has not been added.

Paradise

This scene takes place at the very end of the film. There is some additional dialogue between Shaw and David. Shaw asks what the Engineer said to him and where he came from. David said there is no direct translation but several cultures had a word similar to it. That word was "paradise". When the camera pans out to show Shaw in the vehicle, note that the CGI Juggernaut ship is not in the deleted scene. When Shaw gets to David in the ship, Shaw says some extra dialogue. When she's talking about where she wants to go, she says she wants to go to Paradise. The next dialogue is actually said in the theatrical version but she says it when she's about to descend out of the ship. David asks her what she hopes to achieve by going there. Shaw says they created us, then they tried to kills us and then they changed their minds. She wants to know why. David questions why she wants to do this and says he doesn't understand. Shaw says that's because she's a human being and David is "a fucking robot". She picks up David's head and shoves it into a bag. The scene paints a different picture of Shaw. In the movie, she was apologetic for putting David's head in a bag.

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