Ridley Scotttapped screenwriterJon Spahitsto indite the prequel to Alien , and the script for Spahits ’ unproduced filmShadow 19shows us why : it ’s a videogame - fuel romp through an alien major planet occupy with outer space fight , sentient car , and mecha .
book review site Scriptshadow got a postponement of theShadow 19script , which was purchase by Warner Bros. with Keanu Reeves set to asterisk . ( A grain of common salt is indicated , of class : We ’re bear Scriptshadow read the real script , and this is n’t a hoax . ) The task finally fell apart , and Spahits end up successfully pitching his idea for the Alien prequel to Fox and Ridley Scott . Spoilers for Shadow 19 below .
Shadow 19 may have fallen by the wayside , but its parentage - pumping , hard sci - fi , action flick plotline promises great things for the Alien prequel . The script introduces us to space shipboard soldier Conrad Vance , already outfit in his mecha lawsuit and about to be launched into an off - world struggle . Vance is a warrior , but also a survivor , the brilliant strategian who always do back from battle . It ’s just our launching to Vance and the sorts of military technology that exist in this hereafter , but Scriptshadow assure us it ’s perfectly vibrate in its own right field :
And in a fight that made me cum in my pants , Vance takes the offensive . He rips a gun turret off the thing , enters the Colossus , and starts to kill every living thing deep down like a goddamn bull in a China shop . Of course , the aspect on all of the officer ’s faces is pretty fucking priceless when Vance uses his jump - jets to savage through a run - well , jar into the cap of the bridge , drop , land , and proceed to massacre the Hegemony scum ED-209 dash . congratulations to you , Mr. Spaihts . I never had multiple orgasms while learn the first ten pages of a screenplay until Shadow 19 ( and I ’ve read a lot of scripts ) .
After this successful battle , Vance is quickly whisk off off to a top secret mission that make for him to the State Science Agency , an organization of cyberpunk Scientists who are completely loyal to the Agency , not just by declaration , but by design . The most modern Scientists are fitted with a cybernetic crown , one that enhances their cognitive abilities and renders them capable of operating the Agency ’s engineering with their minds , but also plug them into the Agency for good and irreparably , so that treason mean death .
The Agency has created a secret sentient terraforming ship cry Prometheus , and Prometheus has been sent to transubstantiate the planet Erix into a habitable world . One of Prometheus ’ submachines , know as a Crawler , has bankrupt down , and Vance has to brave the unfriendly planet in fiat to repair it . The Agency also has a gadget that beam a projection of Vance to Erix rather than Vance himself , so that when he die ( something that happens repeatedly ) , he has an endless videogame supply of “ redundant life . ” So , Vance is post to Erix over and over again until he can visualize out how to live long enough to repair the Crawler . Meanwhile , he develop a relationship with a mid - level Scientist , hale them both to interview their loyalties to their several organization . And there may be grounds of reasoning life on Erix , but the Agency is define no Scientist will live long enough to discover it . Eventually , the motion-picture show climax in an enormous fight for which Vance has requisition Earth ’s most powerful artillery , a panorama design to please lover of first - person shooter plot .
Although Scriptshadow ’s review indicates some flaws in the script ( Vance ’s ingeminate attempts to live Erix are , manifestly , at points repetitious ) , they take it ’s an impressive composition of workplace , even just on paper :
Shadow 19 is a gunmetal paean to i d Software and cyber-terrorist . A anthem to boy ( and lady friend , are you out there ? ) who expend many a dark playing Doom , or any videogame , really , and you were so engrossed in the virtual creation the next sentence you seem out the window it was already come home . It is a love letter to fans of smart and challenging science fabrication .
It ’s a movie we might never see , but at least we might get shades of Shadow 19 in the Alien prequel .
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