Gives new meaning to the ancient Egyptian "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Between Alien and Blade Runner, Scott sure made some films that obsessios like to obsess over... I never knew there was so much to talk about w/r/t the Alien universe!
And of course they're going to fuck up what 'the derelict' is -- its only ever really been defined in one's mind and those are always the most satisfying... It seems like there was a loose agreed-upon idea of some backstory that had to get shuffled around a bit. I love when production costs and script/set changes turn things into enduring mysteries that fans can argue over -- so much more interesting to me than intentional *mysteries* placed into films (like Pulp Fiction for example).
― Smith... Frobisher Smith. (Viceroy), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
otm, i'm not really expecting anything from the alien mythos retconning part of this, but i'm still hoping for a decent scary & visually impressive bit of SF.
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair, Blade Runner was adapted from a book that was part of the author's larger themes, and Alien was followed by a film(and notable stories in other media) that expanded on the original mysteries while retaining that same level of quality, even if the form of genre mutated slightly between releases
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Slightly off topic: does anyone here listen to the Superego comedy podcast?
They have an HR Giger character that's fucking hysterical
http://soundcloud.com/gosuperego/superego-episode-3-10 Skip to 14:00 = 'HR Giger' reading Twas the Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pupil chamber, not a creature was stirring, not even a xenomorph creature that has been a ribtube with biogenetic narcogasms..."
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's Paul F Tompkins reading that, isn't it
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yep!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'd not seen the close-up on this scene from the trailer until just now:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5md9bNPwqs/T3EQjEE0t3I/AAAAAAAACtE/0OIARt1t0Ts/s640/egganimation.gif
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
creepy...looks like it has two tails/limbs and umbilical cord
― Large Sack (Empty) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
fan service for tentacle enthusiasts
― mh, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/137/818/7006b3_2218040.gif?1308633640
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol Phil
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
i just spent 10 minutes searching this thread for that link to some super long essay on the original alien ship/space jockey. can anyone help me?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
This one?http://alienexplorations.blogspot.co.uk/2008_01_01_archive.html
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yes that seems to be it although like... differently formatted? odd.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
like click through
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
didn't post the exact right link but it's all broken up into various categories on there i think
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
oh no what's going on there?
is somebody standing outside the tube, holding a mutant squid with a steel claw, menacing the person inside the tube w/ it?
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
im gonna guess no?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think the claw has extracted the mutant squid from the person's abdomen.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
^ that's what I'm seeing, caesarian squid
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
the person is still terrifiededly squirming though, i can't imagine that'd be the case if they were sedated and/or appropriately dead
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 30 March 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
thats what i'm saying
also not seeing any exit trauma
― the late great, Friday, 30 March 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
Also not seeing a head or face
― Clive Palmer? 'E barely touched 'er! (James Morrison), Friday, 30 March 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
obviously they found something with mutagenic effects and they're trying to create noomi rapace ninja squid
― mh, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
teenage mutant ninja squid
― the late great, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
man how great would it be if this actually was a prequel to Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles
― Number None, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
Teenage Mutant Noomi Turtles
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Friday, 30 March 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
can't lie, kind of turned on by noomi/squid hybrid
― mh, Friday, 30 March 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
― Number None, Friday, March 30, 2012 9:59 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 30 March 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://reverseshot.com/article/great_scott
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 April 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/prometheusalt3.jpg
ore fan art posters, if that's what you're into: http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/check-out-12-awesome-fan-made-prometheus-posters
― DavidM, Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
M
ast one is the best one, IMHO.
― StanM, Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
L
no way. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 (iffy) and 10 are the keepers. 12 is utterly generic. the one you posted half an hour ago might be my favorite.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
i like 1 alot. not sold on the yellow - but still pretty good.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
that last one is A+++++++++
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
Last one is most generic, others are lacking a bit in polish but that one is too literal as a summary of the trailers.
― mh, Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
fan art posters are teh worst
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
ppl love them some 70s graininess huh
― goole, Sunday, 1 April 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's also the color cast
― dayo, Sunday, 1 April 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
the american people in their wisdom are likely to look at a cannily "distressed" poster and wonder why this old piece of shit is on the wall of my theater
― goole, Sunday, 1 April 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
so that's successful design in a way...
http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/prometheusalt4.jpg
a weird snapshot my friend took
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 April 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
it should just read "ridley scott re-redefines a genre"
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 April 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
The Blair Alien Project: some astronauts were sent out and this is the movie that was found on the planet they visited. xpost
― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
i like the way the "artfully" distressed poster that davidm posted a ways back looks both cleanly contemporary and strongly reminiscent of a pulpy 50s sci-fi book cover. only needs a phallic, fin-standing rocketship in the background to fill out the "stephen soderberg's buck rogers" vibe.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
otoh, hate the "weird snapshot" version lagoon posted.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ridley Scott at the PROMETHEUS press conference — “Doing it in 3D was no problem at all. You don’t realize it, but we actually see things in 3D all the time. We just don’t realize it. You’ve got long sight and short sight, and together those two things make up 3D.”Scott has a great eye, but what exactly is it hooked up to?
Scott has a great eye, but what exactly is it hooked up to?
from http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/
― seven league bootie (James Morrison), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link