Prometheus

Cail · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:39 pm Post subject: Prometheus

The Alien prequel is finally being made! And it's being directed by Ridley Scott. The trailer looks fantastic, hopefully it lives up to the standard the first two films set.
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Fist and Faith · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject:

And it has Charlize?!? Yeah, I could watch this.
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Ananda · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:29 am Post subject:

It is exciting to see a prequel. Hopefully it can be half as good as the first film and nothing like the subsequent ones.
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Rigel · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:02 am Post subject:

I'm hoping they completely ditch the "canon" of all the sequels, plus the AvP movies. He said this isn't really an "Alien" movie, though it's set in the same universe, so that's a good sign...
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sgt.null · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:37 am Post subject:

the trailer looks awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcHYisZFLU

looks like giant alien with chest blown out will be addressed. Smile

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aTOMiC · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

While being a die hard fan of the Alien franchise in all its forms and after watching all of the trailers…why do I get the (probably incorrect) feeling that Xenomorphs are and always were altered/mutated human beings?
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Don Exnihilote · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject:

Finally saw this film. I admit I am disturbed by lingering questions. Like, did I really imagine that the engineer was not hostile until the old man asked for immortality?
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Don Exnihilote · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:51 am Post subject:

http://thebioscopist.com/2012/06/20/the-linguistics-of-prometheus-what-david-says-to-the-engineer/
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Don Exnihilote · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject:

And, apologies for this one, but I couldn't resist: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/01/08/01288.html
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aTOMiC · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:54 pm Post subject:

Finally watched Prometheus. Yep I missed it at the theater so I had to go rental. I'm totally buying the bluray this weekend.

Well first of all I liked the film. However there were a few issues that left me thinking that if it wasn't a Scott film I would have chalked it up to a novice director. Without revealing plot points I found there was a strange disconnect between characters and groups of characters at different times that seemed out of place. In addition there were some VERY underdeveloped characters that seemed to just show up and spit out dialog in a way that seemed to suggest we are supposed to know who they are, but don't.
In any case the good news for me was that I had been reading about how there were so many ideas and plot points that left people scratching their heads and hoping for an explanation. I didn't have that experience. Maybe it's because I've watched so much sci-fi that I sort of understand it's language on a subliminal level but I GOT the film with very little effort.

All in all Prometheus is a good sci-fi film but I have to say that it isn't exactly a great one.

IMHO
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Mortice Root · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject:

Saw this finally earlier this week. I loved it! Truly, this is a film that I can't get out of my head, and it's been 5 days so far...

I agree aTOMiC, about some of the characters being under developed. It really felt like there were one or too other scenes that were probably filmed with them that were then cut for time purposes. You know, that kind that show up later on the DVD. Unfortunately, I watched it onDemand, so didn't get any extras. But the two co-pilot(?) guys and the geologist and biologist all felt a little short-changed. I had a similar experience to you, also, in that I had no problem following along with the story.

This is not an Alien movie, per se. Prometheus is it's own animal, that happens to be set in the same universe as Alien. There were enough little easter egg hints to tie it in to Alien (even prior to the end) - even the design of the ships was obviously related. But I think someone could have seen this without Alien and enjoyed it. I did enjoy the way it is a very open-ended movie - it makes you come up with your own answers to some questions, and I thought was very engaging because of it. It reminded me of classic sci-fi - not the shoot-em up style of sci-fi that we've been getting recently. Though there certainly was significant action, there was a long build up to get there, which I for one, enjoyed.

Parts were certainly very creepy also:
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and though I had heard comments about the squid baby, the part that creeped me out the most was when the geologist returned to the ship. When he was standing/crouching outside, waiting to be let in - something about his posture was just so inhuman - very chilling.

Definetly a worthy addition to to Alien universe.
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