They're Remaking 'Alien' -- the 'Prometheus' thread

so lame

Our people are dying, Burke. We must do something to stop the Aliens!
Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

Does ALIEN have the greatest cast ever?

I'll watch anything with either John Hurt or Ian Holm to this day, and Alien had both. Kinda the opposite of my reaction to Nick Cage or Sandra Bullock in the credits (which would make Welcome to Hollywood (2000) the worst cast ever, I suppose).

unfortunately it seems like the grubby "used future" set design got lost somewhere, this looks like it takes place 3000 years *after* the first alien.

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:56 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

heh this happened with the star wars prequels too

what happened was that 30 yrs passed between the first one and the prequel in real time and people invented computers :(

they still could have made a grubby looking movie for a lot of money with all those computahs

It's probably a fancier ship tbf

thing is im not super convinced 'the man knows how to make a movie' anymore

You know, I hadn't really considered it, but yeah, his last 20 years have been erratic as fuck. But then, half of his films in that span seemingly also star Russell Crowe (I forgot that Robin Hood movie existed!) so who knows.

Maybe the man has just been making the wrong movies?

s1ocki hates scifi and everything good, maybe has acid 4 blood

i don't think that's the Space Jockey's chest bursting either

feel like she's getting locked in for a space ride

getting out i would say

greatest cast ever = The Right Stuff. but Alien is close

sorry 2:12, def space jockey chest burst tho

it's really not

Either fake, or an early draft: http://www.prometheus-movie.com/uploads/leaked_script.txt

ok maybe not

xp

this movie is really a prequel to Tootsie

unfortunately it seems like the grubby "used future" set design got lost somewhere, this looks like it takes place 3000 years *after* the first alien.

This is a prequel, right? So the stuff had to be used first before it could acquire its 'used' look.

Plus, space work crews aren't going to need set fancy gadgets, just durable shit that works consistently! Alien still had a voice controlled computer and androids.

Yeah, but come on - the stuff in the preview doesn't just look fresh out of the box, it looks all slick and glowy and colorful...it's not just that Alien felt used, it also felt utilitarian. Yeah, okay, they were truckers, but even the space suits in this look a lot more stylized, not to mention their...light grenade? hologram flinging? whatever? thing. I'm still stoked about it but there's a weird mismatch in the look and feel, makes it seem like more a generic 21st century sci-fi movie. Pandorum or something.

s1ocki hates scifi and everything good, maybe has acid 4 blood

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Sunday, March 18, 2012 1:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

??

i love sci-fi and i PARTICULARLY love everything good

the red glowy orb was ott

Dudes who made the computer model in Cave of Forgotten Dreams are so jealous of that ott red glowy orb.

want a red orb, tbh

This is a prequel, so clearly the fancy technology is fresh out of the box. By the time we get to "Alien," the ships and equipment are all beat up and run down and dusty and stuff. No doubt this will be explained in great detail in this movie.

is thsi for sure a prequel at this poitn cuz i thought Ridley said nuh uh

wiki:
The plot follows the crew of the spaceship Prometheus in the year 2085, as they explore an advanced alien civilization in search of the origins of humanity.

Conceived as a prequel to Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, rewrites of Spaihts' script by Lindelof developed a separate story that precedes the events of Alien, but which is not directly connected to the films in the Alien franchise. According to Scott, though the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak", and takes place in the same universe, Prometheus will explore its own mythology and ideas. Principal photography began in March 2011, with filming taking place in England, Iceland, and Spain. Prometheus is scheduled for release between May 30 and June 8, 2012 in various territories through 20th Century Fox.

they're just being coy

and 'prequel' is a tainted word at this point

"greatest cast ever = The Right Stuff. but Alien is close"

This is actually worthy of a poll, but IMO if the Right Stuff wins its just because of quantity over quality. I'd put Holm, Hurt, Stanton up with anyone in TRS.

that would be a good poll

alien would win on this board

Already got yr excuse ready. :)

you never know. ilx is challopsy enough to say Harry Dean Stanton is overrated & Barbara Hershey is the greatest of all time or something.

Barbara Hershey is pretty great.

Except in the Black Swan.

You guys have probably already discussed this, I missed this thread for some reason, but this site is pretty cool.

Except Especially in the Black Swan.

o this comes out on my birthday, guess i'll see it on my birthday

Started reading that "leaked script" and spotted something like 3 typos in the first 5-6 lines, including misspellings, homonyms, and just plain using the wrong word. Obviously bullshit.

You guys have probably already discussed this, I missed this thread for some reason, but this site is pretty cool.

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:04 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

does that site do something besides show that spinning gif?

Re: weylandcorp.com - whatever happened to the yutani bit? Or did I miss something?

(it links to a 2023 TED talk and there's a "register for more info" - those are the two parts that work on my android phone)

I don't have a spinning gif, android doesn't do animated gifs (at least, it doesn't on my phone)

Meantime another trailer with a different focus...

http://io9.com/5894326/uk-prometheus-digs-deeper-into-the-films-archaeological-mission

does that site do something besides show that spinning gif?

When I click on it, it spins for a bit then goes to a landing page that links to the TED talk and has other features that are "coming soon". I just like the design of the site and I'm a sucker for in-depth viral stuff like this, particularly for sci-fi films.

I think the spinning gif only pops up the first time you load the site, in the future it just takes you to the main screen.

well that... makes... sense....

I like that second trailer too!

who's that standing behind the S here? Must be pretty big, that space jockey was gigantic in Alien.

http://i.imgur.com/vXeOy.jpg