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

haaaaaaaaa

"at first everyone treated him like a freak, but then they understood why god had let him live"

the only way this would be acceptable is if the dude spoiled it by singing 'bodies' in full-on jonny rotten voice. and also if the ticket-taker was johnny rotten.

noomi and fass as joshua and caleb accepting their inheritance and marching into hebron to face the children of giants as a test of faith in god's grace

I feel like the ticket-taker may have been trolling considering it's a big ol' squiddy parasite. Still, pretty hilarious

Because Poe's Law is standard operating procedure, sullen teenager behavior is indistinguishable from earnest rightwing religious types

I haven't seen prometheus yet, but I've seen an awful lot of spongebob

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omg

it occurred to me while i was watching it!

lol

this was both better and worse than i was expecting

really glad i went in with low/no expectations

found it really beautifully shot and designed, a couple good performances, a bunch of interesting ideas, and tons of plot points handled unbelievably poorly

^ yup.
the behavior of the secondary characters was not believable or realistic in the least. that and the very last scene bothered me most.

have seen it twice and will probably go for a 3rd next week

it's weird to tell ppl "have low expectations and see it multiple times" but knowing where the clunkers are really makes the film easier to navigate and enjoy

I kinda love this movie

I am still all good with it.

it's a weird, ambitious and sadly awful genre movie, therefore likely to be cherished by a devoted cult for decades to come

so was alien v. predator, but i'm not seeing a cult coming, unless that new yorker poem was actually about alien v. predator

(i think it was!)

I still have yet to watch PREDATORS

The end of "Predators" is remarkably similar to and nearly as bad and unsatisfying as the end of "Prometheus." Adrien Brody is like our generation's Michael Caine.

so was alien v. predator, but i'm not seeing a cult coming, unless that new yorker poem was actually about alien v. predator

not nearly weird or ambitious enough, imo

it's a weird, ambitious and sadly awful genre movie, therefore likely to be cherished by a devoted cult for decades to come

― contenderizer, Friday, July 13, 2012 11:19 AM (2 hours ago)

around the second time I saw it I also watched the shining and the parallels were not lost on me

ppl forget cuz it's so well-regarded now but the shining was considered a stinkeroo upon release - kubrick even got nommed for a razzie!

predators is WAY better than prometheus
this is not an opinion. it is fact.

Topher Grace stuff...man, I dunno

they're both shit imho

yeah

i will not ride or die for predators but i watched it on a couch and it was a damn good time

It's a goofy movie for sure, but I enjoyed it.

i saw Predators at a 10am media screening and had a good time. i mean, it's bad, but it knows it and so is kind of awesome in its badness. maybe you just have to be tired and stressed and looking for two hours of brain-free time. i did kind of have a flashback to its ending during Prometheus' ending! mostly because my feeling on both was "where are you gonna go? do you even know how to fly that thing? etc." maybe Adrien Brody should have been the android. or an android in Predators. both really.

predators is WAY better than prometheus
this is not an opinion. it is fact.

― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, July 13, 2012 5:47 PM (2 hours ago)

hahahaha NO

FACT

Blu-ray in October with 15 minutes of deleted scenes, Scott commentary and ...er..text file of the script.

guys I preordered the blu-ray a month ago, so I can plan on a long fall/winter of coming home from the bar and chilling w/Prometheus before bed

I loved how predators had a serious 80s vibe going for it.. action film with a cadre of stereotypical international badasses going up against and being mercilessly slain by aliens

(spoilers)

Predators is totally rad

the 80s action movie vibe was the best thing about predators, totally won me over

Yes, that was the best thing about it.

the other best thing was how it always seemed like adrien brody's head was cgi-ed onto a strongman's greased-up body

Predators was solid, but it has nothing on the batshit entertainment value of Predator 2.

the other best thing was how it always seemed like adrien brody's head was cgi-ed onto a strongman's greased-up body

^this is literally the only thing i remember about predators. i will ride for alien vs predator though.

trejo should have played noomi rapace's character.

i dug that they were trying to do an 80s thing with predator, in theory, but it just felt like fanfic... plus adrien brody, are you kidding me? you replace SCHWARZENEGGER with ADRIEN BRODY!?!?!

like first rule of 80s badassery is cast an actual credible badass

[Dutch is talking to the General]
Dutch: So why don't you use the regular army? What do you need us for?
Dillon: 'Cause some damn fool accused you of being the best.
[Dutch turns around and sees Dillon sitting in a chair in another room]
Dutch: Dillon! You son of a bitch!
[They arm wrestle in mid-air during a handshake, Dillon is apparently losing the contest]
Dutch: What's the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils? Huh? Had enough?
Dillon: Make it easy on yourself, Dutch.
[Dillon begins to lose further]
Dillon: OK, OK, OK!
Dutch: You never did know when to quit, huh?
Dillon: Damned good to see ya, Dutch.
Dutch: What is this fucking tie business?
Dillon: Aw, come on, forget about my tie, man.

the way he says "DEE-LON!" kills me

Early SCHWARZENEGGER accent is so good, once he was able to give convincing line readings in English but still so oddly emphasized

meat grinduh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcGljqpfdg

my friend, when he was working at the local community college's library for a short period actually created me a dummy library account with the name PLO CHOPS