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

agree that search for spock is underrated, but if you don't like IV, it means you don't like star trek.

Wouldn't go that far, I mean it's kind of the odd one out of the bunch, goes for being kind of charming and goofy and oddball. It's probably the one, after II, that I'd be most likely to keep watching if I caught it unplanned on TV and wasn't really intending to sit and watch a whole movie, but what the hell.

Love that it was actually the most successful of all of them at the box office!

if you look at it under the lens of trek (future = awesome because of progressive politics), the other movies are the odd ones out really.
II is a great movie, but it recasts the federation as a paramilitary organization, down to the spiffy uniforms.

Spock walking around California dressed like a New Age guru and cursing is worth the price of admission. I like the movie a lot but even at the time it looked chintzy, like they only had $105 to spend on sets and costumes.

6 is the really shabby looking one, i remember reading about how they had to use all these old costumes and shoot around the mothball holes

"Recasts"

I remember 6 looking pretty slick, despite some budget limitations. It's 5 that looks even more cut-rate.

http://collider.com/prometheus-script-damon-lindelof/211149/

VICKERS.

Dammit. Of all the people to SURVIVE. A moment of eye
contact -- shared DISLIKE before --

A HORRIBLE ROAR FILLS THEIR EARS. Both women look up at the
SKY TO SEE --

THE JUGGERNAUT HORSESHOE CAREENING DOWN THROUGH THE CLOUDS,
TWISTING OUT OF CONTROL -- SOME VERSION OF AN INSANE
EMERGENCY LANDING AND --

Shaw and Vickers exchange a look. They both have exactly the
same instinct at exactly the same time.

RUN.

WITH AN EAR-SPLITTING SMASH, the JUGGERNAUT HITS THE SURFACE
ON IT’S SIDE -- And because of it’s unique design, it does
not STOP THERE --

IT ROLLS. END OVER END LIKE A CRUSHING WHEEL OF DEATH -- BIG AS A
MOUNTAIN.

Shaw runs for her LIFE -- Vickers a good TWENTY YARDS BEHIND HER, running for hers --
BUT THE SHEER INERTIA OF THE JUGGERNAUT IS OVERTAKING THEM.

And now --

Shaw TRIPS! Hits the SAND. It’s OVER. She looks up just in time to see --

VICKERS GET CRUSHED.

Shaw knows its over. Closes her EYES. A silent prayer.

And as if by DIVINE INTERVENTION, The Juggernaut WOBBLES. Loses momentum, spins like a dying HULA HOOP... falls over FLAT. Shaw opens her eyes to find --

She’s in the CENTER... the proverbial “donut hole.” And she’s ALIVE.

It’s a MIRACLE.

Fuck YOU.

I would like to read a novel rewritten in this manner.

REMOVE Bookmark FROM THIS THREAD

WITH AN EAR-SPLITTING SMASH, the JUGGERNAUT HITS THE SURFACE
ON IT’S SIDE -- And because of it’s unique design, it does
not STOP THERE --

IT ROLLS. END OVER END LIKE A CRUSHING WHEEL OF DEATH -- BIG AS A
MOUNTAIN.

a) it's
b) it's
c) unique design? what no-one ever built a circular spaceship before?
d) WHEELS DON'T HAVE ENDS YOU DICKHEAD

the proverbial "donut hole"

It's a MIRACLE.

I love seeing this thread bob back up to New Answers.

A CRUSHING WHEEL OF DEATH -- BIG AS A MOUNTAIN

tbrr I quote this movie all the time

I actually quite liked this but almost 3500 posts is pretty ridic.

As evidenced by the number of revives that led right back to ground already covered, many posters saw the high volume of traffic on the thread as an 'invitation' to travel to this movie's 'planet' and discover the 'origins' of the discussion. What happened then was something they never could have prepared for, something they were never warned against. BRRAAAAAANNNNNNG

a thread has its reign

BRANNNNNNNNNNG

we were so rong

huh I thought I posted in here

saw this a few weeks ago, loved it

I'm still mad at how excited I was by the trailer

I don't think I was fully prepared for how flat-out stupid a few characters would act

dude who tried to befriend the facehugger got everything he deserved and more IMO

I am still angry at this movie.

Like I'll see it on a shelf at Target and think, "Oh, hey, Prometheus, what's up . . . WAIT DO NOT TALK TO ME I AM STILL REALLY PISSED AT YOU."

lol I know right

I missed the whole beginning though; caught up with them when they got to the planet and shit started going down

I told mr Veg I want to get the bluray and rewatch it with the sound off just to enjoy how nice it looked...but I'm still too upset

Charlize Theron was so ANGRY in this, it was awesome

loved it when she set that dude on fire

The beginning w/the Fassbender robot just thinking about things is my favorite part. xxp

I have twice managed to turn to the movie just as Charlize is threatening to unplug Fassbender

I want a prequel to the prequel that is just david putzing around on earth with vickers coming in every once in a while to throw him around the room

I love Charlize in everything though. I watched Snow White and the Huntsman the other week and she was so great I ended very disappointed that she didn't succeed in murdering Kristen Stewart. xp

hahaha that was our exact reaction to Snow White and the Huntsman (ps we saw that in the theater)

we also spent a lot of time making Jon HUNTSMAN jokes

I mean, Kristen Stewart is such a mumbling neurasthenic that I can't see how anyone could possibly root for her. Deliciously evil kickass magic Queen ftw.

my favorite part of prometheus is still when the alien dude rips off the android's head and clubs the old man to death with it

haha yes that was also great

Charlize Theron was so ANGRY in this, it was awesome

loved it when she set that dude on fire

It was. But she DIDN'T SET THE MOVIE ON FIRE.

they should do a US remake of this starring theron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDXfs4oxf7o

still love this, showing up tomorrow via netflix so i can hang out with it once again now that i have a bluray player that isnt total horseshit

Woah, is there something that announces what's coming soon to netflix?

oh shit, sorry, i am getting it on disc.

http://instantwatcher.com/

Ha ha, this movie.

I wish Snowwhite and the Huntsman was Kristen Stewart and a giant hunstman spider

I played the huntsman in our town panto and i still regret not killing snow white one night just to see

haha i was so mad about this movie but it seems to have been righty consigned to oblivion so i can safely just forget about it