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

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.

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

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."

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

So jealous that the UK is getting this a week early

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

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

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.

i would pay to go see that movie

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

trailer for this movie is fucking insane

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

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

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

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

ok! (xpost)

All joking earlier in the thread re: 3D aside though - is there a way I'll know beforehand if this 3D thing will work for me? Still haven't seen a 3D movie and I, well, I kinda wanna know what it's like. This looks like something I might go and see in the cinema (haven't been since the last LOTR movie, to be honest, but this and the batmang thingy may possibly get me to break my waiting-until-the-DVD/bluray-comes-out habit).

do you lack general depth perception abilities?

ouch

i've never heard about 3d not working for anybody.
not like those fucking magic image posters...

My brother has bad vision in one eye and 3D doesn't work for him

astigmatism can bugger it up.

No, not usually, but I know people who've had to leave because of headaches/shit just not being in focus for them etc. - I wear contacts (slight myopia) so I wondered.

(No = general depth perception problems)

I have to wear the damn things over my glasses. Not fun

Fwiw, this movie was at least filmed in 3-D, rather than converted after the fact, which is more than most these days and which from experience generally results in a better experience.

i've never heard about 3d not working for anybody.

There actually are some people who can't discern the effect, just like there are some people who are colorblind.

I imagine this will be a pretty good option for a first 3D viewing alright

http://www.vision3d.com/whycant.html

Until they make 3-D glasses that fit comfortably over and work well with prescription eyeglasses, I am manifestly Not Interested in 3-D. The one time I've tried it, I hated it.

It doesn't matter anyway, it's as much of a gimmick as it ever was, and the ticket sales show it. A good director and DP know how to use the size and pereived depth of the screen and their sets or locations to create what they want.

3d is dumb, everyone knows

When I try out one of those plastic blue/red 3D glasses and I look at some of the 3D stuff online it sometimes kinda works and sometimes it just doesn't.
e.g. this one works immediately: http://www.bfoto.ru/news/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3131.jpg
but this one only after focusing for a while: http://www.bfoto.ru/news/wp-content/uploads/3d_foto_anaglif_13.jpg

Meh. I'll just go and see the 2D version.

I agree it's dumb and it won't last, but I kinda want to see what I've been hating instinctively all this time :-/

I have never seen a 2D version of something that I wished was in 3D when I was watching, and have never seen a 3D movie in which I thought the 3D was essential (save "Avatar," which was like a test reel for the format, and the Herzog, ironically, which needed the effect to depict the depth of the cave paintings). In fact, I actively seek out 2D screenings when possible. That said, I don't have a problem with the 3D, aside from a little extra dimness to the image.

i have prescription glasses and never had any problems with it

that said i haven't seen anything in 3d that didn't seem like a gimmick except "avatar" which i thought was actually pretty impressive and seamless

http://realorfake3d.com/

nu 3D is great, love it to death, always see the 3D version if i get a chance

3D has fans, but it was chiefly just a gimmick by the studios to force theaters to upgrade to digital projection. Now, just about all of them have and there are fewer and fewer 3D films released every year.

i'm not sure it was that fiendishly conspiratorial, but yeah, that does seem to have been the effect

It's actually a genius gimmick. Digital projection means no film costs. 3D glasses means a ticket upcharge. And best of all, 3D screenings can't be videotaped and pirated (though that security has been undone by 2D screenings).

Is it just me, or did that much feared "Phantom Menace" 3D redux come and go without much fanfare?

Pretty much