i stole idea from josh clovers matrix book but i mean early sci fi is all about *travel* in the same way horror is always about the body so it makes sense in a way. look at 2001.
not sure where stuff like i robot and ai fit in there though
― the late great, Sunday, 16 September 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
i kept waiting for the story to start then it was over and our Joel was laughing at me as i sat there staring disbelievingly at the screen
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 16 September 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
Wanna see this again
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 16 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
nope!
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Sunday, 16 September 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://latino-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1-prometheus-08-27-12.jpg
http://week.divebums.com/2006/Sep11-2006/moray-eel_dan-schooler.jpg
california moray eel
― the late great, Sunday, 16 September 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://cuteaquariumfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Deep-Sea-Fish-4.jpg
― ledge, Sunday, 16 September 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
I finally saw this on Friday. What a fucking stinker.
Also, I now see why Kate Dickie had so little dialogue in Red Road. She reminded me of that woman from Spatz and Mike & Angelo.
― sktsh, Sunday, 16 September 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
a tower of hot piss
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
ugg boots though
― the late great, Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder could this movie feasibly be re-edited not to be such complete shite, even if that required 5 mins of a blank screen with some sketchy voice-over narration round or about the time she goes all days of our lives with her wombhugger b/f or w/e
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I think it would take some serious "restoration from damaged print of 100-year-old movie" title cards. "(Missing Scene [20 mins]...)"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 17 September 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
hahah just paged back through the thread, i'd forgotten that chainsawsuit.com thing.
David: I have researched the historical significance of the name “Sisyphus.” He was a Greek figure, damned to repeat the folly of his past over and over as punishment.Dr. Falmouth: It’d be pretty ironic if the crew of our ship lived up to that namesake. Like if we each were the Sisyphus in our own story.David: It would be.Dr. Falmouth: That’s the name of our ship, too. Sisyphus.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 17 September 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Sunday, September 16, 2012 10:49 PM (38 minutes ago)
scott's got a directors cut w/ 20 minutes of cut footage, I'm sure it'll be an improvement, also sure in 15 years this will be considered a scifi classic and y'all will be saying why didn't we listen to ed we're fools *sob*
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 17 September 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'd figured on the 20-30 mins for a director's cut, the question wasn't purely zingy tbf
in 15 years, the cut of this movie that was inflicted on us will be a whispered legend, a whispered tale told by broken former movie execs at the wrong parties. as to another cut, well who can say
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
in 15 years this will be thought of the way we today think of Virus and Sphere
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 17 September 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
.....................
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
Oh god, I watched Sphere a couple weeks ago. It is very true to the Crichton book. Which is to say, the characters and dialogue suck and it's an irritating film. Makes Prometheus look.... better by comparison
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 17 September 2012 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
good save
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
why would adding 20 minutes to a shitty movie improve it
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 17 September 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
10 mins of lindelhof being horsewhipped, 10 mins of ridley scott apologising, idk i could see it working
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
lindelhof and scott drink black goo together and jump off a waterfall
― the late great, Monday, 17 September 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
which runs swiftly into a closeup to black before a pullout reveals it to be flowing reels of film into a canister
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, September 17, 2012 4:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uh it's very true to the book except for dropping the ending which makes the whole book worthwhile
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 17 September 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
20 extra minutes of idris and charlize flirting and then slow-dancing to "etta james"
― the late great, Monday, 17 September 2012 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
no idea how the quotes got in there
it would be like the bar scene in far from heaven
Why you all hating on Sphere, it's the only film ever made where Queen Latifah somehow gets killed by jellyfish.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Monday, 17 September 2012 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
Was a fan of the book, found the movie hopelessly dopey IIRC. "Worst Film Adapted From a Michael Crichton Novel" would be a pretty good poll - - - somehow despite having a really strong hand on the pulse of techno-thriller pulp entertainment, dude had really bad luck as far as blockbuster adaptations go, Jurassic Park obviously excepted.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 17 September 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link
The movies of The Andromeda Strain and The Terminal Man are both really good
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 17 September 2012 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
it's Congo in a walk
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 17 September 2012 06:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Congo is the worst.
Timeline or whatever the dark ages one is pretty grim, too.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Monday, 17 September 2012 07:05 (eleven years ago) link
Congo is hilarious
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 17 September 2012 07:09 (eleven years ago) link
Also, I now see why Kate Dickie had so little dialogue in Red Road. She reminded me of that woman from Spatz and Mike & Angelo.Haha, excellent! KD's accent kept kicking me out of the film. I wasn't sure if it was because she was wooden, or because it was too fucking weird hearing someone from East Kilbride in a science fiction film. One of the folk I saw it with said it would have been better if they'd cast Limmy instead of her. Wouldn't've been any more jarring.
― calumerio, Monday, 17 September 2012 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
damon lindelof should be imprisoned
― max, Monday, 17 September 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
on an island, in space, with god
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
hmm strikes me that this may well be his outlook anyway
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 17 September 2012 11:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'm trying to forget that I spent money on watching this piece of shit, so kindly leave this thread to die.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 17 September 2012 11:19 (eleven years ago) link
bonus footage is apparently stuff that fills plot holes that enable a sequel that may not happen <--- unlikely to make this shitpile any better admittedly
― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link
it would have been better if they'd cast Limmy instead of her
lol
― sktsh, Monday, 17 September 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
pretty sure the sequel got greenlit for 2014
what I'd like to see in an extra 20 minutes are things that square some of the unexplained character behavior - e.g. fifield getting the biologist high on his "tobacco" before he starts inexplicably sticking his hand in strange alien faces. supposedly the edit that was released was scott's pg-13 cut (i.e. he was expecting it to be rated pg-13).
I'm getting this weird feeling you guys didn't like this movie
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 17 September 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I enjoyed it
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 17 September 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much all the character behaviour in this film is unexplained - except where that one guy at the beginning says "I'M A LONER SOCIOPATH ONLY IN THIS FOR THE MONEY JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR OK" - so that would be a long 20 minutes.
― ledge, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
i thought it was "in talks"
i mean i'm only interested so i know which films i won't be seeing in 2014
― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
loner sociopath who's only in it for the money - i mean obviously, on a trillion dollar mission with a crew of approx 18 you're gonna want to recruit a loner sociopath who's only in it for the money - turns out to be in it for the rocks afterwards iirc? or am i just confusing these wooden characters whose main distinguishing traits are there hair?
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
clearly expecting anybody to behave like an actual person in a film about space jesuses making monsters out of goo is nitpicking tbf, i just think it shd be more clear whether this is a surrealist picture show or if there was meant to be a story
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
in it for the vagina squid
― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
octomom
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 17 September 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
what the shit was this shit
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
ffs
when she runs into the escape pod at the end i was all she should go put the head back on the robot for company AND THEN THATS WHAT HAPPENS
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link