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

i mean, lord of the rings as a whole is an incredibly overelaborate answer to the questions posed by the hobbit, but that doesn't make it inferior or a story that should never have been told.

yeah I'm desperately hoping for a compelling story that is not a fill-in-the-blanks for the fanboys deal

and I'm optimistic

lord of the rings as a whole is an incredibly overelaborate answer to the questions posed by the hobbit

never really thought of LOTR this way tbh. maybe Tolkien did, I dunno.

i don't see how it can be particularly compelling, precursor aliens who genetically engineered humans and aliens as biomechanical drones is pretty established ideas

i do kinda feel LOTR was a step backwards from the hobbit. hobbit feels like jimmy carter. LOTR feels like reagan.

the late great OTM. if anything this just looks like a retread of Lovecraft ideas.

is are etc

i mean established both as generic sci fi and established in terms of the alien franchise

what i'm interested in is seeing people's helmets melt onto their face and whimpering in the face merciless nonhuman killers

expect i'll get my $$$ worth

jesus shakey, be a little more negative about this why don't you?

it's not like jessica pare is in it

i do kinda feel LOTR was a step backwards from the hobbit. hobbit feels like jimmy carter. LOTR feels like reagan.

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where does the silmarillion fit in

if anything this just looks like a retread of Lovecraft ideas.

as far as summer blockbusters go, i'll take a lovecraft retread over just about anything else

I was looking forward to this movie until the Lost thread was revived. :/

Pray we don't end up with a classical/rock fusion band.

as far as summer blockbusters go, i'll take a lovecraft retread over just about anything else

^ me too!

I don't think there's any Hellboy coming out this year

Hellboy III: The Dark Knight Rises

jesus shakey, be a little more negative about this why don't you?

you know, people got on me about being pessimistic about the Star Wars prequels, Watchmen, etc. too

Avatar too

expecting would-be blockbusters to suck probably scores a much higher predictive accuracy ratio than expecting them to be good

nevertheless...

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

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

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

lol contenderizer

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

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

poor noot :(

mostly

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

nah she just went on to be a normal person

Aliens was her only movie!

maybe i'm thinking of kid from exorcist

The little girl from Poltergeist was the one who died

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(film_series)#The_Poltergeist_curse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5mKh5AzGhKs&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avpgalaxy.net%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D43519.0

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

Newt became a teacher IRL!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S--2qlpMAFM/TWGgEaeLlNI/AAAAAAAAAKc/wUtVWvEoXk8/s1600/Carrie%252BHenn%252Baliens.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mKh5AzGhKs

weird ass

hey i linked to that earlier :-/

thirst for "First!"

yt links only embed when you scrape out the extra bits

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

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.

like, the crew basically discovers an alien brewery

c'mon this writes itself

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

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

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