Seeing this tomorrow. Can't wait
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
take me with u?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Don't care where you go
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Պրոմեթեւս ಪ್ರಾಮಿಥೀಯಸ್ પ્રોમિથિયસ பிரோமேதியஸ் ప్రోమేతియస్ (Armenian, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu)
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
A visual representation of what your insides look like after the aliens are done with you. < / ethnocentrism >
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
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― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
I demand hieroglyphs
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
lol Stan
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://i50.tinypic.com/i251zq.png
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
(no idea, this is what http://www.quizland.com/hiero.mv says it is)
oh, it's all the sounds one after another, no lil dude with a torch and stuff :-(
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
so early consensus is it kinda stinks
http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-ridley-scott-and-prometheus/
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
That's not what I'm reading there but ok
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
"Everyone but Dr. Morbius will love it."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
rotten tomatoes has it at 89% positive based on 9 reviews, but some of those "positives" are pretty carefully hedgedmetacritic, otoh, has it scoring only 63 of 100 possible points based on 4 reviewsimdb hasn't opened it to user reviews
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
the B in IMDB doesn't stand for Belgium, then.
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Gah. Removing bookmark from this thread.
― the conch is a well worn copy of the AD&D Fiends Folio (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, the reviews have been pretty mixed so far. To be honest, that's probably better for schmucks like me who let themselves get overhyped. Lowered expectations can be a good thing for movies like this.
― promethethem (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, Ponies is gone, what's the movie REALLY like?
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
"what may be most interesting about this particular campaign is the emphasis on reevaluating, or perhaps more to the point, demanding appreciation for Ridley Scott as an auteur—the sort of appreciation many cinephiles would be more willing to grant his brother, Tony."
what the shit, who the hell thinks this?
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Tony Scott, darling of cinephiles
lol
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Tony Scott, cinema's top gun
― promethethem (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
actually many cinephiles i know do sorta think this
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
you can certainly make way more of a case for TS in the last 25 years than his brother.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Holy crap - just going through the TV channels here and Club RTL (TV station from Luxembourg) is playing Alien at the moment. Notable details: there's a "HD" logo on screen (right next to RTL's logo) but this is the most low definition version I've ever seen, forget about the DVD and BluRay remaster/reissues, this looks hardly better than VHS. Oh, and it's dubbed in French. Oh, and in French, it's "Alien - Le Huitième Passager"
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
("the eighth passenger")
? those quotes from early reviews are hardly glowing, most of them are negative
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Rorschach tomatoes
― promethethem (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
True enough. Over the weekend I was home; one evening my mom noticed Kingdom of Heaven was on and watched it, first time I'd seen it myself. It's technically accomplished, very well shot, but was otherwise felt pretty flat, besides Edward Norton acting behind a mask as a leper (so, a documentary).
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
"not as imaginative as Alien" is p damning from my chair
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2403/2225424418_4f129c368e.jpg
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/53755/53755,1325613911,1/stock-photo-uncle-sam-dunce-uncle-sam-sitting-on-a-stool-facing-a-corner-wearing-a-dunce-cap-political-91886444.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah my expectations for this are loooooooooow
the odds of someone coming out of a 25-year career slump to make a decent (to say nothing of great) film strictly because of the tangential relation of the material to something previously great are, um, not good.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
OTM, this sucking wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
Also seeing tomorrow, tho.
I mean I guess it's probably happened but I'm at a loss for precedents
xp
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
that was p good 'rizer
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
had no idea R Spiralli was still alive tho
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
I am treating this like any other big budget serious sci-fi film i.e. I'll watch it just because but expectations are low
that said I am intrigued by this observation in the guardian review: In place of scariness there is wonderment
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
wonderment = avatar
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
in place of scariness there is avatar
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:49 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark
ironic appreciation of tony scott has definitely been on the rise in recent years (myself included), but very few people are prepared to make a serious argument for a reassessment of his work. i guess that could easily change if enough of a consensus builds up...
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Armond probably likes Tony Scott, right?
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
wait he probably hates Denzel though
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
never change, Armond
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
this thread is going to kill my dreams like the Community thread did, isn't it. Just tell me now, it's cool
I don't want this movie to suck ;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
"unstoppable", "true romance" and "crimson tide" are all pretty well regarded, both by critics and fans. not much else of note though. he's made quite a few tough-guy action thrillers, and that kind of genre consistency appeals to "reappraising" auteurist types.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Last Boy Scout is a better brainless POS than True Romance.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
what i really want to know is what do dr morbius and shakey think about this movie
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link