"Henriksen has said he dislikes the film for its nihilistic themes"
so he then went off and made Millenium?
― akm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
...so then he disavowed his career and spent the remainder of his years playing Van Helsing-esque characters in direct to video monster movies.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, that's all he ever does now.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
and Alien vs. Predator...
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol, was gonna say
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
well huh: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2093965/
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
And Scream 3.
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
Who wrote this one?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Crap. Lindelof is one red flag. The other guy is ... the other.
As a screenwriter Spaihts became known in the film industry as a "go-to-guy for space thrillers"[citation needed] when his science fiction romance Passengers was included on the 2007 Black List of unproduced high-value screenplays.[2] Keanu Reeves had hired Spaihts to write the film after originally becoming attached to Spaihts' now abandoned science fiction script Shadow 19.[3] After Reeves agreed to produce and star in Passengers,[4] Spaihts was commissioned by Scott Free Productions to write the next installments in the Alien saga, two prequel films to be directed by Ridley Scott for a release in 2012. Spaihts rewrote the alien invasion thriller The Darkest Hour for New Regency Productions[5] and worked on a film version of St. George and the Dragon for Sony Pictures Entertainment. As main screenwriter Spaihts is also attached to a Disney film project called Children of Mars. He is currently engaged in a two-picture deal at Bruckheimer Films.
"go-to-guy for space thrillers"
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:32 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Spaights wrote a pretty good spec script a few years ago called Shadow 19. It's got some cheesy dialog in it, but also some really neat sci-fi ideas in it. It reads like how Avatar would have been written by the younger, more R-rated James Cameron.
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
So maybe he was the crazy idea guy, Lindelof is the script polisher, and Ridley is there to tell Lindelof what parts need rewrites and throw shit
― mh, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
So if you call **WEYLAND on your smartphone, you get the on-hold message from Weyland Industries, along with a text that has a link to a little Weyland commercial about their new androids.
― bring back the dream of buzz bin (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
Cute trick.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
what's the number for tyrell corp
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
When ESPN gives you money to talk about whatever.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
And Empire frame-by-frames the US trailer
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Wheres the shot of the Derelict winding up in the same position as first encountered later in the earlier film?
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
I rather suspect there isn't one.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
ugh that grantland piece
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
I was reading that thinking "You know, any one of us could have done better..."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
we could have done 'word at a time' collectively and done better
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, what's a Space Jockey? Do they go over that in the films?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, nvmd. Memory failure.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
The Space Jockey AKA The Pilot AKA The Big Dental Patient
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
AKA the disguised Predator
― bring back the dream of buzz bin (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost underpants iirc
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Gunna be pissed if the SJ we know & love turns out to be a mutated michael fassbender who climbs into the seat in the last scene before a chestburster erupts
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
Then again, I like stories about xenoarcheology. I still hold that StarGate was a great movie up until the point they actually went thru the stargate.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
haha so true
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
i like stories about xenodemocracy, i still hold that the star wars prequels were great when they were focused on senate proceedings
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
Coming in late, but would have gone to see a 1979 Ridley Scott version of this...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/4045426675_5dc35b74c6.jpg
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
lolol "John Thomas"
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/ping0/coward.jpg
― bring back the dream of buzz bin (Phil D.), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
lolol "John Thomas had a most unusual pet..."
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
oo er
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
i totally want that multisaurus taxi thing tho
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.patchesnpins.com/images/ALIEN%20001.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1YOUc.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
More SJ action, or rather a loop of the few frames we see in the trailer:
http://i.imgur.com/7ycQu.gif
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
that's what I mistook for chestbursting until I noticed the shoulder harness retracting
I do what I can to feed wild speculation and spread disinformation
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Good interviews with Fassbender and Lindelof: http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/03/20/wondercon-scott-lindelof-and-fassbender-discuss-prometheus/
When they were asked if that film would veer further into Alien territory or explore new ground, Lindelof replied, “If we’re fortunate enough to be able to do a sequel to Prometheus, it will actually, I think, tangentialize even further away from the original Alien.”That being said, the filmmakers demonstrated they understand what fans are clamoring to see. “When you go to the concert that is this movie, you want the Stones to play ’Satisfaction,’” Lindelof said. “So there is this sense of us [the audience] saying, ‘We want you to do something new, Ridley, but just give us a little bit of ‘Space Jockey.’ C’mon, just play it — even in the encore!’”
That being said, the filmmakers demonstrated they understand what fans are clamoring to see. “When you go to the concert that is this movie, you want the Stones to play ’Satisfaction,’” Lindelof said. “So there is this sense of us [the audience] saying, ‘We want you to do something new, Ridley, but just give us a little bit of ‘Space Jockey.’ C’mon, just play it — even in the encore!’”
― bring back the dream of buzz bin (Phil D.), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
You mean til i disabused you of the notion Edward ;)
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
crazy that satisfaction is gonna play over the opening titles
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
(my take-away from that)
Ridley Scott stealing ideas from John Carpenter's "Starman" smdh
― bring back the dream of buzz bin (Phil D.), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
number none w/ the eagle eye
xps
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Cross posting this from The Thing thread:
This is one of my main apprehensions about Prometheus: that they'll succumb to idiot studio or fanboy pressure or something and do the medichlorian thing. Where they feel the need to over explain some thing irrelevant to the actual story and in doing so fuck up and ruin some of the core mystique or vibe that helped made the franchise interesting in the first place.
They're already treading on dangerous ground by having an entire flick dealing with the Derelict and the Space Jockey, two things that still have some coolness because of the awesome design mixed with us knowing fuckall about it.
So how do you thread that needle where you show a little to scratch the itch of necessary backstory or exposition to make the flick compelling without going overboard and over-explanatory? Hell, John Carpenter couldnt do this nowadays, can Ridley Scott? Hell, can any major 21st-C American summer blockbuster do this?
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
im a bit skeptical.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
you're more than likely correct. Much like The Phantom Menace, the trailers will prove to be the best thing about the movie
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
Right. I'm a massive Aliens fan and I'm just to the point of having a repeated internal chanted mantra of "please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck"
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
they shoulda Christoper Nolan amirite guys
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
shoulda got