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Post by Mel on Mar 22, 2012 1:04:39 GMT -5
My favorite movie is Aliens (1986). Prometheus was going to be a prequel to Alien (1979) but now it's apparently a stand alone movie with lots of references to Alien. On my laptop, I watched the latest trailer (the link is below). I love the look of it but I only caught some of the dialogue (I need captions for everything). Have you seen the trailers? What do you think? Have you heard anything about the movie? I wasn't taken with the lead actress, Noomi Rapace. Watching the trailer, my first thought was that she looks much older than her 33 years. On the big screen, she's gotta look even older. Unless the movie is trashed, I plan to see this one in the theaters. The release date is June 8. With all the Alien references, I hope I enjoy this one, instead of wishing it was a prequel. www.prometheus-movie.com/ |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Apr 17, 2012 12:26:12 GMT -5
Over at Blastr:See creepy caves and stasis pods in new Russian Prometheus trailer A new, extended trailer for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has made its way online, and features some very cool new shots from the upcoming Alien prequel. blastr.com/2012/04/see-creepy-caves-and-stas.php
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Post by Mel on Apr 17, 2012 18:42:09 GMT -5
Today at imdb.com I saw a trailer titled, "Prometheus Viral Clip # 3 (David the Android)." It's also on youtube, along with others, below. I'm not sure what "viral" means in this instance. I found an article about trailers, kind of being an industry unto themselves now, thanks to online viewing. After reading the article, I'm not sure these trailers will be in the movie. But then again, given how polished they are, and the expense involved, I think they will.
Prometheus Viral Clip # 3 David the AndroidPrometheus Viral Clip # 1 Ted 2023
Prometheus Viral Clip # 2 (came out March 19; it's included in # 3 above). Trailer Articlepoststar.com/lifestyles/bce439a6-8507-11e1-bd4b-0019bb2963f4.html
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Post by Mel on Apr 17, 2012 18:50:53 GMT -5
Gary, since it's in Russian I'm not sure but I think that's the same trailer in the first post above ( www.prometheus-movie.com/ ) which is in English. The video looks the same. Btw, I loved hearing the Russian, and seeing the Russian credits. Very cool! 
In that earlier post, I was going to see this on the big screen. I want to, but I got to thinking about how much I need captions, so I'm no longer sure. But gawd, these effects ought to be seen on the big screen, don't you think? I bet I'll kick myself if I don't see it that way, even if I can't hear what's being said.
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Post by Mel on May 16, 2012 12:28:34 GMT -5
There's a new video about Dr. Shaw (Rapace) wanting to be part of the crew.
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Post by Mel on Jun 7, 2012 1:00:23 GMT -5
On The Soup, Joel McHale parodied David's android clip. It's hilarious! It's on the main page of thesouptv.com. Enjoy!
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Jun 10, 2012 0:45:54 GMT -5
Saw the movie yesterday and it is very good. You can definitely tell that it started out as a prequel to Alien, and I feel like that only changed so they didn't have to work out the precise logic of how everything ended up the way it was at the start of Alien. Ridley Scott definitely gets back to the feel of the first one. It's not quite as scary, but it's moody and the design work is great and fits well in that world (though the computer displays are too fancy, but maybe that's due to the nature of the ships having different missions). It's Scott's best movie in a long time, it's easily the best film in the franchise since Aliens. It may or may not invalidate the AVP franchise, it's sort of hard to tell. My one biggest problem with the film is that it's almost too coy about not answering things and leaving them for a potential sequel. It does have echoes of 2001 in that regard. But there's a big plot point that is really never explained and that bothers me greatly, though I won't spoil it here. Definitely worth seeing though, and worth seeing in a theater. The 3D is good, not flashy. Not necessary, but atmospheric. There's nothing as shocking as the chest-bursting birth in Alien, but there's an intense scene somewhat similar that's effective. There are elements that I could get picky about, though these are mostly issues of the screenplay (and how much of this to blame on Damon Lindeloff I can't say). This doesn't take away from the overall quality of the film however. Alien had logical problems too. Despite that one nagging hole for me, it was great.
-TK
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 10, 2012 3:04:28 GMT -5
I just got back from seeing it in IMAX 3D and I am very much in agreement with your assessment of the movie, TK. I would even go so far as to say that I don't see why it shouldn't be viewed as a prequel to "Alien", but I can expand on that later I suppose.
I see some potential for a sequel, but I seriously doubt that one would be developed on the basis of how the movie ends.
Nevertheless, and in the meantime, I'd say you summed up the film well.
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Jun 10, 2012 8:19:21 GMT -5
I would even go so far as to say that I don't see why it shouldn't be viewed as a prequel to "Alien", but I can expand on that later I suppose. I definitely see it as a prequel, just not a direct prequel. I think it probably began with the intent of explaining that particular vessel being on LV-426, and I don't think that's how it ended. At least, not without there being continuity issues. -TK |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 10, 2012 18:22:10 GMT -5
I definitely see it as a prequel, just not a direct prequel. I think it probably began with the intent of explaining that particular vessel being on LV-426, and I don't think that's how it ended. At least, not without there being continuity issues. -TK
And anyone interested in following be aware that TK's answer will likely include Spoiler info. |
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Jun 10, 2012 19:25:30 GMT -5
Yes... SPOILERS will follow...
If that WAS indeed the same ship that crashed on LV-426 and that was found by the Nostromo later, there are problems. Why all the alien eggs? Even if the new queen laid them, why were they all laid out evenly under that layer of whatever? From what we saw there was only one surviving Engineer, and he was attacked by the giant face-hugger and birthed the new xenomorph. But in Alien, the space jockey was still in the chair, and the alien had burst from his chest there. So unless there are two surviving Engineers there, it can't be the same ship. Not to mention the issue of debris left behind on the planet by the Prometheus, no sign of which was found by the Nostromo.
that's all I mean.
-TK
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 11, 2012 0:07:30 GMT -5
SPOILER WARNING . . . Yes... SPOILERS will follow... If that WAS indeed the same ship that crashed on LV-426 and that was found by the Nostromo later, there are problems.
However, this film also makes clear that there are a number of ships on this moon, and LV-426 could also lie relatively nearby, somewhere close to that same sector of space.>>Why all the alien eggs? Even if the new queen laid them, why were they all laid out evenly under that layer of whatever? From what we saw there was only one surviving Engineer, and he was attacked by the giant face-hugger and birthed the new xenomorph. But in Alien, the space jockey was still in the chair, and the alien had burst from his chest there. So unless there are two surviving Engineers there, it can't be the same ship.<< It's not. For one thing it's considerably larger, although of the same design as the derelict ship in the first film. It also doesn't crash land in the same manner as was seen in the first movie, although the ship could have fallen flat at some later point following the crash without us having seen it, if it were the same ship, which it isn't as I said.>>Not to mention the issue of debris left behind on the planet by the Prometheus, no sign of which was found by the Nostromo.<< Well, even if we play and assume it to be the same ship, there's no reason the Nostromo crew would have seen the debris field around the derelict necessarily because there was no visibility when they landed, and they only pinpointed its location from the signal it was transmitting.
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Post by Mel on Jun 20, 2012 4:17:49 GMT -5
I haven't seen it yet. I don't mind spoilers.
I was hoping it would play at the brand new theater. It isn't. Our old theater is really old and dumpy; no good size screens. It doesn't have accommodations for the hard of hearing. It's only in 3-D. Despite following the making of this movie for months, I didn't realize it was available in 3-D until after it was released, and I'm disappointed.
I'm just not sure it's worth the money, and money is tight.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 16, 2012 1:36:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mel on Nov 20, 2012 2:20:32 GMT -5
I waited many extra months to see Prometheus on DVD. In hind sight, that was a bad idea. Even if I couldn't have heard it very well on the big screen, I certainly would have seen it more clearly.
Gosh, what can I say? The truth is, I didn't enjoy it. Given my level of interest while the film was being made, I was amazed by how quickly I lost interest as I watched it. I only liked Idris Elba as Janek, the captain.
Oh well. What I really wanted was to see the movie that Scott chose not to make. <sigh>
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Post by captainbasil on Nov 20, 2012 6:36:11 GMT -5
I have heard great and not-so-great things about this film. I want to see it, but like Mel, I lost interest in it and almost forgot about it entirely. I will put it on my list for my next visit to Redbox.  |
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