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

I don't think Tuomas is flailing wildly to come up with this theme, especially given that all the Alien pictures have attempted to thematized parent-child stuff (in various directions with various degrees of success). It's just that Prometheus doesn't do it well, or coherently.

Well yeah, that was exactly the point was I was trying to make, if they'd taken these themes that clearly were there in the material, and done them more coherently, and scrapped some other themes that only confused things (seriously, what was the point of the crucific xenomorph?), they might've gotten a good movie out of it. As such, it's only an good-looking, semi-interesting mess.

a good-looking, semi-interesting mess

rowr

did you guys liked the way it looked? the apple store in space look?

yeah i thought the ship design + 3d cameras was a masterclass

beats the apple store on earth at least right?

yeah say whatever you want about it but it's beautifully shot and designed

particularly the "flight deck". that was the sickest shit ever (ok stolen from halo but whatever)

i think i liked the fake david ad more than the look of the movie. something about putting it in space makes it look really hilarious, like there should be a tiffany's deck as well, with a frozen yogurt pod upstairs. did the aesthetic carry over to the look of the engineers as well? i don't remember, but did they iDesign their nipples away?

uh, isn't that vicker's cabin

Life lessons from Prometheus

-Ultimately, we're all working/dying for some rich asshole's vanity project
-The sought-after Answers to Life's Big Questions are unsatisfying and nearly incomprehensible.
-the only ones thriving in the modern work environment are psychopaths (androids)
-don't ever let Damon Lindelof near a computer again

i can't argue with any of that

Re: the last: he is far too self-aware now:

https://twitter.com/DamonLindelof/status/251043815576711168

hahahahahaha A+++ summation of life lessons

i think i liked the fake david ad more than the look of the movie. something about putting it in space makes it look really hilarious, like there should be a tiffany's deck as well, with a frozen yogurt pod upstairs. did the aesthetic carry over to the look of the engineers as well? i don't remember, but did they iDesign their nipples away?

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:32 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, the david commercial was so much better than the movie

it had that in common with that ben stiller joint

one day we will all evolve to be giant pale bald gym bros

in space no one can hear you max out your delts

I enjoy this movie immensely. I don't understand taking apart the movie to see if it works or fit together, I wouldn't enjoy hardly any movies if I did that regularly.

that's cuz most movies are terrible

most movies don't invite it tbf

If any movie requires you to "turn off your brain to enjoy it, bro", you should set fire to it immediately

I like being surprised by movies, not figuring out who the killer is or what's going to happened next. Not saying I turn off my brain, but I'm not critical of a movie until the second time around. Unless it's just really bad and it can't cast a spell over me, Prometheus did manage to pull me under it's spell.

I also don't read review, try to avoid trailers and won't read a thread about a movie until I've seen it. Prometheus was beautiful to watch if anything, and yeah the plot had potholes in it, but I liked how ambitious it was.

guous surely

Less potholes, more they failed to build the whole fucking road.

"ALTERNATE BEGINNING AND ENDING" is an odd way to sell a dvd. i might be up for it if it has an alternate middle as well

"ALTERNATE BEGINNING AND ENDING"

haha, for real?

supposedly there are 40 minutes of deleted scenes on the DVD

for real xp

ok theories everyone

i will rent the dvd to see those

though i bet the alternate beginning is like 20 minutes of noomi and annoying camping in the woods

i wonder if the engineer priest gives a speech in hebrew

on the ad it shows a bunch of blue dudes standing around the sacrificial blue dude, then the later blue dude at his controls which then cuts to a v quick shot of him standing with what looks like something alien-y looming behind him, v quick and vague

unless i got distracted that's all you get unless you torrent buy the blu-ray, normal dvd just gets the film

hm is the blueray out yet?

excuse me blu ray

next monday (in the uk anyway) and it has at least two versions. the 'special edition' has a 3 1/2 hour making-of documentary. might have been easier if scott just popped up at the beginning of the film and apologised

This is such a goofy movie yet I am looking forward to the blu ray.

i am going to go watch this at my parent's house on their fancy TV

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0FmJPDWi04/UGn7twTKTFI/AAAAAAAAAb4/KVwniea6kyY/s1600/aliens+center.jpg

here are the deleted scenes, looks like 4 of them are already available on US itunes (along with the digital version of the film)

00:02:31:16 (ARRIVAL OF THE ENGINEERS)
00:00:58:05 (T’IS THE SEASON)
00:00:42:08 (OUR FIRST ALIEN)
00:00:42:14 (SKIN)
00:01:22:01 (WE’RE NOT ALONE ANYMORE)
00:02:57:01 (STRANGE BEDFELLOWS)
00:01:25:04 (HOLLOWAY HUNGOVER)
00:00:23:12 (DAVID’S OBJECTIVE)
00:03:27:07 (JANEK FILLS VICKERS IN)
00:03:40:12 (A KING HAS HIS REIGN)
00:02:01:24 (FITFIELD ATTACKS)
00:04:06:06 (THE ENGINEER SPEAKS)
00:05:30:04 (FINAL BATTLE)
00:05:05:19 (PARADISE)

nah u clown that's a muse tracklist

huh, which one is the lightning bolt cover?

here are the deleted scenes, looks like 4 of them are already available on US itunes (along with the digital version of the film)

00:02:31:16 (ARRIVAL OF THE ENGINEERS)
00:00:58:05 (T’IS THE SEASON)
00:00:42:08 (OUR FIRST ALIEN)
00:00:42:14 (SKIN)
00:01:22:01 (WE’RE NOT ALONE ANYMORE)
00:02:57:01 (STRANGE BEDFELLOWS)
00:01:25:04 (HOLLOWAY HUNGOVER)
00:00:23:12 (DAVID’S OBJECTIVE)
00:03:27:07 (JANEK FILLS VICKERS IN)
00:03:40:12 (A KING HAS HIS REIGN)
00:02:01:24 (FITFIELD ATTACKS)
00:04:06:06 (THE ENGINEER SPEAKS)
00:05:30:04 (FINAL BATTLE)
00:05:05:19 (PARADISE)

― space dokken (Edward III), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:20 (2 hours ago) Permalink

nah u clown that's a muse tracklist

― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:22 (2 hours ago) Permalink

lol

life lessons from Prometheus

-Ultimately, we're all working/dying for some rich asshole's vanity project
-The sought-after Answers to Life's Big Questions are unsatisfying and nearly incomprehensible.
-the only ones thriving in the modern work environment are psychopaths (androids)
-don't ever let Damon Lindelof near a computer again

― let's keep this board about feet, please. (latebloomer), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:49 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i can't argue with any of that

― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:03 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark

I actually ended up enjoying Prometheus too, despite its many glaring flaws. I don't blame anyone for ragging on it, though. There's a lot of needlessly stupid stuff in it.

00:05:30:04 (FINAL BATTLE)
00:05:05:19 (PARADISE)

I was reading these numbers as where in the film they turn up, and I was like 'the extended version is over 5 hours long?????'

-the only ones thriving in the modern work environment are psychopaths
-don't ever let Damon Lindelof near a computer again

former implies latter

[Pondering] Who wrote The Bible?

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/news/blu-ray/2012/10/ridley-scott-talks-prometheus

*arched eyebrow*

http://screencrush.com/prometheus-blade-runner/

just the worst