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

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Պրոմեթեւս ಪ್ರಾಮಿಥೀಯಸ್ પ્રોમિથિયસ பிரோமேதியஸ் ప్రోమేతియస్ (Armenian, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu)

A visual representation of what your insides look like after the aliens are done with you. < / ethnocentrism >

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I demand hieroglyphs

lol Stan

http://i50.tinypic.com/i251zq.png

(no idea, this is what http://www.quizland.com/hiero.mv says it is)

oh, it's all the sounds one after another, no lil dude with a torch and stuff :-(

so early consensus is it kinda stinks

http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-ridley-scott-and-prometheus/

That's not what I'm reading there but ok

"Everyone but Dr. Morbius will love it."

rotten tomatoes has it at 89% positive based on 9 reviews, but some of those "positives" are pretty carefully hedged
metacritic, otoh, has it scoring only 63 of 100 possible points based on 4 reviews
imdb hasn't opened it to user reviews

the B in IMDB doesn't stand for Belgium, then.

Gah. Removing bookmark from this thread.

Yeah, the reviews have been pretty mixed so far. To be honest, that's probably better for schmucks like me who let themselves get overhyped. Lowered expectations can be a good thing for movies like this.

Okay, Ponies is gone, what's the movie REALLY like?

"what may be most interesting about this particular campaign is the emphasis on reevaluating, or perhaps more to the point, demanding appreciation for Ridley Scott as an auteur—the sort of appreciation many cinephiles would be more willing to grant his brother, Tony."

what the shit, who the hell thinks this?

Tony Scott, darling of cinephiles

lol

Tony Scott, cinema's top gun

actually many cinephiles i know do sorta think this

you can certainly make way more of a case for TS in the last 25 years than his brother.

Holy crap - just going through the TV channels here and Club RTL (TV station from Luxembourg) is playing Alien at the moment. Notable details: there's a "HD" logo on screen (right next to RTL's logo) but this is the most low definition version I've ever seen, forget about the DVD and BluRay remaster/reissues, this looks hardly better than VHS. Oh, and it's dubbed in French. Oh, and in French, it's "Alien - Le Huitième Passager"

("the eighth passenger")

That's not what I'm reading there but ok

? those quotes from early reviews are hardly glowing, most of them are negative

Rorschach tomatoes

you can certainly make way more of a case for TS in the last 25 years than his brother.

True enough. Over the weekend I was home; one evening my mom noticed Kingdom of Heaven was on and watched it, first time I'd seen it myself. It's technically accomplished, very well shot, but was otherwise felt pretty flat, besides Edward Norton acting behind a mask as a leper (so, a documentary).

"not as imaginative as Alien" is p damning from my chair

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2403/2225424418_4f129c368e.jpg

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/53755/53755,1325613911,1/stock-photo-uncle-sam-dunce-uncle-sam-sitting-on-a-stool-facing-a-corner-wearing-a-dunce-cap-political-91886444.jpg

yeah my expectations for this are loooooooooow

the odds of someone coming out of a 25-year career slump to make a decent (to say nothing of great) film strictly because of the tangential relation of the material to something previously great are, um, not good.

OTM, this sucking wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Also seeing tomorrow, tho.

I mean I guess it's probably happened but I'm at a loss for precedents

xp

that was p good 'rizer

had no idea R Spiralli was still alive tho

I am treating this like any other big budget serious sci-fi film i.e. I'll watch it just because but expectations are low

that said I am intrigued by this observation in the guardian review: In place of scariness there is wonderment

wonderment = avatar

in place of scariness there is avatar

actually many cinephiles i know do sorta think this

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:49 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

ironic appreciation of tony scott has definitely been on the rise in recent years (myself included), but very few people are prepared to make a serious argument for a reassessment of his work. i guess that could easily change if enough of a consensus builds up...

Armond probably likes Tony Scott, right?

wait he probably hates Denzel though

never change, Armond

this thread is going to kill my dreams like the Community thread did, isn't it. Just tell me now, it's cool

I don't want this movie to suck ;_;

"unstoppable", "true romance" and "crimson tide" are all pretty well regarded, both by critics and fans. not much else of note though. he's made quite a few tough-guy action thrillers, and that kind of genre consistency appeals to "reappraising" auteurist types.

The Last Boy Scout is a better brainless POS than True Romance.

what i really want to know is what do dr morbius and shakey think about this movie

I think.... they love it

Tomorrow, Imax, South Bank, industry screening. I've never been to the Imax before; apparently I should go "as high up and as far back as possible". That sounds rude, sorry.