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

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

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

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

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

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

mh, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link

lol contenderizer

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link

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

Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link

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

StanM, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

poor noot :(

mostly

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link

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

Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link

nah she just went on to be a normal person

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link

Aliens was her only movie!

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link

maybe i'm thinking of kid from exorcist

Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link

The little girl from Poltergeist was the one who died

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link

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

Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link

weird ass

hey i linked to that earlier :-/

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Friday, 18 May 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link

thirst for "First!"

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Friday, 18 May 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link

yt links only embed when you scrape out the extra bits

Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link

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

the late great, Friday, 18 May 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link

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.

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Friday, 18 May 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link

like, the crew basically discovers an alien brewery

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link

c'mon this writes itself

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Friday, 18 May 2012 06:04 (twelve years ago) link

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

StanM, Friday, 18 May 2012 08:43 (twelve years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link

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."

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link

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

mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

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

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link

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.

mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link

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

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link

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?

He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link

I remain excited but I'm trying not to read too much about it so I don't get pre-bummed out, should there be anything to get bummed out about. It's a delicate balance.

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link

So jealous that the UK is getting this a week early

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link

I'm gonna have to avoid the internet for a week come June 1st

bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link

I'm going to be on vacation! It's like a built-in spoiler buffer.

mh, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6SUTI1j9M

Someone re-cut a trailer from the original 'Alien' into the modern style. I love it when people do this; I like contrast trailer styles.

Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 27 May 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link

i would pay to go see that movie

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link

trailer for this movie is fucking insane

flopson, Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link

I've got tickets for the midnight showing this Thursday. Really hope it's going to be worth it.

DavidM, Monday, 28 May 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link

if any of you are crazy for alien's production design, one of the guys who worked on it has a 5-part documentary all about the making of it, with tons of detail on costuming, sets, props, etc:

http://www.zen171398.zen.co.uk/

Alien Makers parts 1-5 are what you want

Hungry4Ass, Monday, 28 May 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link

Please stop bumping this thread so that I am not tempted to click on this thread. Thanks!

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 May 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link

opening in the uk a week before the usa...

Ward Fowler, Monday, 28 May 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link


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