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

expect i'll get my $$$ worth

jesus shakey, be a little more negative about this why don't you?

it's not like jessica pare is in it

i do kinda feel LOTR was a step backwards from the hobbit. hobbit feels like jimmy carter. LOTR feels like reagan.

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where does the silmarillion fit in

if anything this just looks like a retread of Lovecraft ideas.

as far as summer blockbusters go, i'll take a lovecraft retread over just about anything else

I was looking forward to this movie until the Lost thread was revived. :/

Pray we don't end up with a classical/rock fusion band.

as far as summer blockbusters go, i'll take a lovecraft retread over just about anything else

^ me too!

I don't think there's any Hellboy coming out this year

Hellboy III: The Dark Knight Rises

jesus shakey, be a little more negative about this why don't you?

you know, people got on me about being pessimistic about the Star Wars prequels, Watchmen, etc. too

Avatar too

expecting would-be blockbusters to suck probably scores a much higher predictive accuracy ratio than expecting them to be good

nevertheless...

there is some weird abusive husband:beaten wife::Hollywood:blockbuster audience type dynamic at work that I'm always sort of mystified to witness

"this time it will be different! he promised! also he made a viral youtube campaign!"

he hit me and it felt like an 8 dollar bucket of buttered popcorn

if you hadn't been so pessimistic, those movies would have been better. they never had a chance.

thanks for ruining everything, shakey

lol contenderizer

"where does the silmarillion fit in"
newt's contract with america

You said Newt on an Alien thread and you didn't mean the little girl! This is like kinda wow.

poor noot :(

mostly

is the actress who played newt dead? these kid actors all seem to have high mortality rates.

nah she just went on to be a normal person

Aliens was her only movie!

maybe i'm thinking of kid from exorcist

The little girl from Poltergeist was the one who died

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(film_series)#The_Poltergeist_curse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5mKh5AzGhKs&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avpgalaxy.net%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D43519.0

oh that must be it! i wonder if spielberg would do a poltergeist movie about the curse like wes craven's new nightmare.

Newt became a teacher IRL!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S--2qlpMAFM/TWGgEaeLlNI/AAAAAAAAAKc/wUtVWvEoXk8/s1600/Carrie%252BHenn%252Baliens.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mKh5AzGhKs

weird ass

hey i linked to that earlier :-/

thirst for "First!"

yt links only embed when you scrape out the extra bits

my head is burning!!! get me a coors!!!!!

this and the coke zero/battleship commercials have got me thinking that they should bring the crass tie-in shit to the next level and make the products major elements of the movie's plot. the aliens in battleship are coming for coke zero! the secret of prometheus is coors! etc.

like, the crew basically discovers an alien brewery

c'mon this writes itself

its all just a board game coora got spilled on dont u see

I bet a facehugger treatment does wonders for wrinkles and pores.

The Hollywood Reporter interviews Scott, concept art, quotes, etc.

Also this overview of Scott's production companies contains a tidbit I'd missed:

Among upcoming projects: The Man in the High Castle, a BBC miniseries that returns Scott to sci-fi author Philip K. Dick

I love this insane detail:

Now Lindelof was ushered by the director to a building adjacent to Scott's sleek Los Angeles offices. "Ridley walked me up a stairwell, and there was a great big metallic vault door," recalls Lindelof. "It was a foot thick with some kind of locking apparatus, and he opened it carefully." Inside was a beehive of activity. "He introduced me to production designer Arthur Max and four 20-year-olds sitting at computers, designing stuff."

Arthur Max is yet another guy with a hell of a resume, it looks like.

I am so hyped but everything about this seems specifically, scientifically designed to let me down. PLEASE DON'T SUCK.

I should watch Body of Lies and Robin Hood as a baseline for what recent-year Ridley Scott is like. The last film of his that I saw was American Gangster, which was pretty OK.

There's some spoilery stuff in the interview, obv, but I suspect you've already made your decision about whether to learn more or not about the film.

Phil otm, I really don't want this to suck

I'm going to be an optimist. Prometheus is going to rule! That way, if it sucks, at least I had the pleasure of anticipation. Who wants to waste one's time poo-pooing or nailbiting over some summer blockbuster that hasn't come out?