Trailer for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel leaked

[Hammock Parties]

Terrible footage but here is a good description:

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The trailer starts with the 20th Century FOX logo. You hear a transmission. A woman (which I assume to be Rapace) is saying "...got to stop... was wrong.. so wrong...I'm so sorry...". You can hear the last part very clearly.

The first scene shows a spaceship (similar to the one seen in the first leaked trailer) flying towards a planet on the background.
Next you see is the surface of a planet and some sort of facility. It kinda looks like a Lunar base to me.
Now they show this scene from the Comic-con footage.
You can see the film's title forming in the background during most of the trailer. Pretty much like in the introductory scene of Alien.
Next is the Ampule room. They show it off from all different angles and finally a close up of the ampules. Suddenly you hear a high pitch scream. It's not human. It sounds like if it was from a facehugger. Then there's a lot of smoke from what seems to be acid corrosion. They show a guy in a spacesuit. He's alone. Screaming and putting his hands over his helmet. It looks just like the Kane/derelict scene in Alien.
Now they show the same spaceship from earlier. Same shot as in the first leaked trailer. Flying towards what seems to be a different planet in the background.
The next 2 scenes are from the comic-con footage. 1, 2.
Now they show Vickers running across a hallway. Same scene as in the first leaked trailer.
Next seems to me someone in a spacesuit. Driving a futuristic vehicle in some desert like surface. Heading towards some structure or facility in the middle of nowhere at full speed.
Impressive shot of the Iceland waterfalls.
Next is this scene from the comic-con footage. They seem to be shooting at something or someone but they don't show it.
Next you see is some grey-black serpent like creature. Jumping ala facehugger from some sort of grey-goo cavity. Now they show the whole scene. There's two guys in their spacesuits. One lying on the ground (it seems to be the impregnated guy from earlier) and another one checking on him. The creature jumps from what seems to be the insides of the previous impregnated guy to the other one.
Now they show someone with a expression of pain. The guy is still in his spacesuit and someone appears to be holding him in their arms.
Now you can see a device or hologram of some sort. It looks like an atom or a planet. I'm not sure if it's a planet or just some molecular structure tbh. The center of the hologram is a single sphere so it should be a planet system. Probably the coordinates to some other world.
Now this shot from comic-con.
Next is a spaceship being destroyed while in the air.
One guy in a spacesuit pouncing at someone else while holding something. It looks like it's going to hurt.
Next is the space jockey room. Same as in the Comic-con footage. The center piece of the plate opens and the space jockey chair rotates out of the ground.
Next scene shows off a very inflated belly. Like if the person was pregnant but there's something bigger than a chestbuster moving inside. Seems to be Rapace's.
Idris Elba yells while aboard of what seems to be the Prometheus.
The sandstorm + Rapace spacesuit scene. Same as in the first leaked trailer. Close up of Rapace. She gets hit by the storm and she falls down a pit. It's the scene depicted in the official still released around comic-con.
Now you can clearly read Prometheus. The whole title has formed in the background. They show it for a few seconds.
Now a close up of Rapace's face. She's in pain. It seems to be the same scene as in the first leaked trailer. The one with the green lasers scanning her belly.
Now they show someone in a spacesuit looking at the derelict in the surface of a planet with clear skies.
The words "They went looking"
The derelict again. It's vertical to the ground. It would be impossible to enter it from the same place as in Alien.
The words "for earth's beginning"
Still on the same planet. The derelict (or something really big) seems to be falling down from above. The guy in the spacesuit is running away now. Trying not to get crushed.
The words "what they found"
They now show two guys running away.
The words "could be its the end"
They show the same guys again. Running away from what appears to be a huge gigerish structure (it feels like it's moving but it's hard to tell). Perhaps the derelict in flight. There's a lot of smoke. What appears to be debris on fire are falling from above. They keep running away from it.
The trailer ends.
The music reminded me a lot of the one from Inception (the 'horns sounds'). But mixed with what appears to be the music from the original trailer for Alien. Same music during all the trailer.

[Rausch]

For some reason I think they do this one right.

No real proof, just a feeling...

[Hammock Parties]

Full plot synopsis.

Earth. The beginnings of our world. In an opening montage, we watch as our primordial planet is terraformed and bioformed by seemingly all-powerful, Godlike alien entities…the ENGINEERS. The seeds of life are introduced to Earth for the first time by these fantastic extra-terrestrials, who have the power to create and manipulate both mechanical and biological matter at will. The montage ends as the earliest genetic recipe for life is sent forth from the Engineers’ massive, towering CITADEL in the dark desert.

The desolate desert of Africa: 2085. The prehistoric ruins of the Engineers’ Citadel is discovered by a corporate construction team tasked with building a nuclear-powered comm-array in the wilderness. Amidst the ancient remains are found highly advanced, biomechanical relics with are determined to be of extra-terrestrial origin. This catches the attention of the mega-conglomerate WEYLAND-YUTANI CORPOTATION, who finances a massive archaeological excavation of the citadel in the hopes of reverse-engineering the alien biotech for financial gain. Running the operation is MEREDITH VICKERS, a cold, calculating corporate executive, who recruits intelligent and independent astrophysicist DR. ELIZABETH SHAW to head up the research team. Assisting Dr. Shaw are xenoarchaeologist DR. THEO ZEDMORE and her fellow astrophysicist DR. LOGAN. Shaw uncovers the secret of the citadel when she discovers a chamber of star charts, which seem to lead the way to the home planet of the Engineers. Also uncovered is evidence suggesting that the Engineers had a database of all life on Earth, and may even have been responsible for its creation including Man.

In a partially-submerged MANHATTAN, Vickers meets with Dr. Shaw and an OPO, (Off-Planet-Officer), CAPTAIN JERAMIAH JANEK, and plans a space mission following the discovered star charts in an effort to find and make first contact with the Engineers. For the scientists and explorers onboard, it will be a journey of discovery, but for Vickers, it’s merely a way of obtaining new technology so that Weyland-Yutani may retain the lead in the competitive race to establish colonies off-world.

The depths of space: 2090. A highly-advanced, top-of-the-line ISRV (Interstellar Research Vessel) PROMETHEUS decelerates as it reaches its target solar system. The vessel’s crew emerges from their cryo-chambers. Along with Elizabeth Shaw, Theo Zedmore, Logan, Meredith Vickers, and Captain Janek, the crew of the Prometheus is comprised of: First Officer MUDOW, Security Officer RAYDEN HOLLOWAY, Navigator CHANCE, Helm Officer RAVEL, Operations Android DAVID 4.0, Political Officer ALDRICH, Medical Officer FRANCIS, Engineer YURI, and Technical Officers SIENA, LETTUP, and TEMBROOK. The crew gets acclimated to their removal from cryo-sleep, their muscles in atrophy from five years without use. Holloway assists Shaw in her physical therapy exercises.

The crew prepares for arrival at the home planet of the Engineers. Shaw and Holloway are instantly attracted to each other, initiating a romantic relationship. However, as they enter the Zeta 2 Reticuli star system, Prometheus encounters a massive disturbance which hadn’t appeared on scanners, one even more powerful than a black hole: a wormhole in space. Prometheus is sucked into the wormhole, and after a harrowing ride, emerges on the other end. The ship crashes on a barren planet, which the damaged computer system identifies as the mission’s final destination.

The crew sets about attempting to repair the Prometheus, while Elizabeth Shaw leads a recon expedition to investigate nearby structures, which turn out to be a cavernous Engineer temple. Inside the temple, Shaw’s team encounters a bizarre BIO-BRAIN, a biomechanical humanoid face set within a towering pillar, as well as thousands of seemingly primitive URNS. David takes several of the urns back to the vessel for analysis.

Investigating the urns, David discovers that they contain the genetic material for thousands of species within a viscous liquid called BIOFORMER which can rewrite any living organism on a cellular level. Basically, possession of the substance gives its owner the power to create life. Vickers interacts with David and seemingly innocently leads to the Bioformer infecting David through a cut in his finger.

Within the depths of the Temple, we find several living Engineers who discover the transgression of the Humans, and remotely rewrite the stolen Bioformer to make it into a weapon. The Engineers capture Holloway and run a number of horrific experiments on him, injecting him with the Bioformer and allowing him to return to the vessel.

Subsequently, the crew of the Prometheus begins to fall victim to the now weaponized substance, as the “carrier” Holloway injects Ravel, Zedmore, Francis, Siena, Lettup, and Tembrook. The victims begin to lose their humanity and slowly transform, experiencing nightmarish visions and hallucinations and making pilgrimages to the depths of the Temple to receive instructions from the Bio-Brain. Holloway, in particular, is resistant to the transformation, fighting against the alien influence with his feelings for Shaw and his responsibilities as security officer. Meanwhile, David finds that the Bioformer is making him into a biological being…making him Human. The crew also finds that their trip through the wormhole took them back hundreds of millions of years and they are actually stranded on primordial Earth, having moved through space and time.

Eventually, as alien influence and the continued lurking presence of the Engineers becomes clear, the crew of the Prometheus turns on each other as the infected human victims fully mutate into PROTOFORMS: vicious, skeletal alien monstrosities which proceed to assault the unaffected Human crew through the halls of the Prometheus.

Mudow, Logan, Chance, Aldrich, Yuri, and Janek end up being destroyed by the Protoforms. In a strange, erotic ceremony, the Protoforms seemingly mate with the Bio-Brain and each other to create thousands of EGGS, the first of a new generation of the monsters. Meredith Vickers is revealed to be a sleeper CONSTRUCT of the Engineers, who are still active in their far future and Shaw’s present due to the time-travelling abilities of the wormhole. Vickers was grown in an Engineer lab but escaped, fleeing to Earth while always wanting to her find creators and take their power. The Engineers activate Vickers’ secondary GENE PROGRAMMING, and she transforms into an ALPHA PROTOFORM: the STAR BEAST.

At last, the two remaining crew members, Elizabeth Shaw and David, seek to confront the Engineers in the Temple. The Godlike entities prove to be utterly evil, and David sacrifices himself as he’s dissolved in the LIFE SEED BIOFORMER which is the basic genetic recipe for MAN: the former android David, it turns out, is the basis for all Mankind. Shaw is captured by Holloway, but he regains enough of his humanity to remotely activate an Engineer vessel for Shaw’s escape, then holds the other Protoforms and Engineers at bay. As Shaw escapes, she finds herself in the midst of the initial Engineer terraforming of Earth which we had witnessed in the opening montage, chased by the former Meredith Vickers who is now the gigantic, horrific Star Beast.

Shaw makes to her escape vessel which blasts off for the wormhole, Holloway fighting the Star Beast with both falling into the wormhole and disappearing. An Engineer PILOT detaches from the Temple in a FAMILIAR VESSEL and follows Shaw, but is lost in the wormhole. Shaw emerges above the Earth of her present day; however, she’s deemed insane and responsible for the loss of her expedition and confined to a psychiatric hospital by the Company. It’s implied that there are at least some of those who believe Shaw’s tale, but have silenced her as part of a cover-up.

In the final scene, we see the vessel of the Engineer that was chasing Elizabeth Shaw emerge from the wormhole in the Zeta 2 Reticuli star system, still in the prehistoric past, and crash on a nearby planetoid, the Engineer Pilot helplessly lost and the EGGS in the ship’s cargo hold stirring as something alive moves from within…

The Beginning

[loochy]

Full plot synopsis.

Earth. The beginnings of our world. In an opening montage, we watch as our primordial planet is terraformed and bioformed by seemingly all-powerful, Godlike alien entities…the ENGINEERS. The seeds of life are introduced to Earth for the first time by these fantastic extra-terrestrials, who have the power to create and manipulate both mechanical and biological matter at will. The montage ends as the earliest genetic recipe for life is sent forth from the Engineers’ massive, towering CITADEL in the dark desert.

The desolate desert of Africa: 2085. The prehistoric ruins of the Engineers’ Citadel is discovered by a corporate construction team tasked with building a nuclear-powered comm-array in the wilderness. Amidst the ancient remains are found highly advanced, biomechanical relics with are determined to be of extra-terrestrial origin. This catches the attention of the mega-conglomerate WEYLAND-YUTANI CORPOTATION, who finances a massive archaeological excavation of the citadel in the hopes of reverse-engineering the alien biotech for financial gain. Running the operation is MEREDITH VICKERS, a cold, calculating corporate executive, who recruits intelligent and independent astrophysicist DR. ELIZABETH SHAW to head up the research team. Assisting Dr. Shaw are xenoarchaeologist DR. THEO ZEDMORE and her fellow astrophysicist DR. LOGAN. Shaw uncovers the secret of the citadel when she discovers a chamber of star charts, which seem to lead the way to the home planet of the Engineers. Also uncovered is evidence suggesting that the Engineers had a database of all life on Earth, and may even have been responsible for its creation including Man.

In a partially-submerged MANHATTAN, Vickers meets with Dr. Shaw and an OPO, (Off-Planet-Officer), CAPTAIN JERAMIAH JANEK, and plans a space mission following the discovered star charts in an effort to find and make first contact with the Engineers. For the scientists and explorers onboard, it will be a journey of discovery, but for Vickers, it’s merely a way of obtaining new technology so that Weyland-Yutani may retain the lead in the competitive race to establish colonies off-world.

The depths of space: 2090. A highly-advanced, top-of-the-line ISRV (Interstellar Research Vessel) PROMETHEUS decelerates as it reaches its target solar system. The vessel’s crew emerges from their cryo-chambers. Along with Elizabeth Shaw, Theo Zedmore, Logan, Meredith Vickers, and Captain Janek, the crew of the Prometheus is comprised of: First Officer MUDOW, Security Officer RAYDEN HOLLOWAY, Navigator CHANCE, Helm Officer RAVEL, Operations Android DAVID 4.0, Political Officer ALDRICH, Medical Officer FRANCIS, Engineer YURI, and Technical Officers SIENA, LETTUP, and TEMBROOK. The crew gets acclimated to their removal from cryo-sleep, their muscles in atrophy from five years without use. Holloway assists Shaw in her physical therapy exercises.

The crew prepares for arrival at the home planet of the Engineers. Shaw and Holloway are instantly attracted to each other, initiating a romantic relationship. However, as they enter the Zeta 2 Reticuli star system, Prometheus encounters a massive disturbance which hadn’t appeared on scanners, one even more powerful than a black hole: a wormhole in space. Prometheus is sucked into the wormhole, and after a harrowing ride, emerges on the other end. The ship crashes on a barren planet, which the damaged computer system identifies as the mission’s final destination.

The crew sets about attempting to repair the Prometheus, while Elizabeth Shaw leads a recon expedition to investigate nearby structures, which turn out to be a cavernous Engineer temple. Inside the temple, Shaw’s team encounters a bizarre BIO-BRAIN, a biomechanical humanoid face set within a towering pillar, as well as thousands of seemingly primitive URNS. David takes several of the urns back to the vessel for analysis.

Investigating the urns, David discovers that they contain the genetic material for thousands of species within a viscous liquid called BIOFORMER which can rewrite any living organism on a cellular level. Basically, possession of the substance gives its owner the power to create life. Vickers interacts with David and seemingly innocently leads to the Bioformer infecting David through a cut in his finger.

Within the depths of the Temple, we find several living Engineers who discover the transgression of the Humans, and remotely rewrite the stolen Bioformer to make it into a weapon. The Engineers capture Holloway and run a number of horrific experiments on him, injecting him with the Bioformer and allowing him to return to the vessel.

Subsequently, the crew of the Prometheus begins to fall victim to the now weaponized substance, as the “carrier” Holloway injects Ravel, Zedmore, Francis, Siena, Lettup, and Tembrook. The victims begin to lose their humanity and slowly transform, experiencing nightmarish visions and hallucinations and making pilgrimages to the depths of the Temple to receive instructions from the Bio-Brain. Holloway, in particular, is resistant to the transformation, fighting against the alien influence with his feelings for Shaw and his responsibilities as security officer. Meanwhile, David finds that the Bioformer is making him into a biological being…making him Human. The crew also finds that their trip through the wormhole took them back hundreds of millions of years and they are actually stranded on primordial Earth, having moved through space and time.

Eventually, as alien influence and the continued lurking presence of the Engineers becomes clear, the crew of the Prometheus turns on each other as the infected human victims fully mutate into PROTOFORMS: vicious, skeletal alien monstrosities which proceed to assault the unaffected Human crew through the halls of the Prometheus.

Mudow, Logan, Chance, Aldrich, Yuri, and Janek end up being destroyed by the Protoforms. In a strange, erotic ceremony, the Protoforms seemingly mate with the Bio-Brain and each other to create thousands of EGGS, the first of a new generation of the monsters. Meredith Vickers is revealed to be a sleeper CONSTRUCT of the Engineers, who are still active in their far future and Shaw’s present due to the time-travelling abilities of the wormhole. Vickers was grown in an Engineer lab but escaped, fleeing to Earth while always wanting to her find creators and take their power. The Engineers activate Vickers’ secondary GENE PROGRAMMING, and she transforms into an ALPHA PROTOFORM: the STAR BEAST.

At last, the two remaining crew members, Elizabeth Shaw and David, seek to confront the Engineers in the Temple. The Godlike entities prove to be utterly evil, and David sacrifices himself as he’s dissolved in the LIFE SEED BIOFORMER which is the basic genetic recipe for MAN: the former android David, it turns out, is the basis for all Mankind. Shaw is captured by Holloway, but he regains enough of his humanity to remotely activate an Engineer vessel for Shaw’s escape, then holds the other Protoforms and Engineers at bay. As Shaw escapes, she finds herself in the midst of the initial Engineer terraforming of Earth which we had witnessed in the opening montage, chased by the former Meredith Vickers who is now the gigantic, horrific Star Beast.

Shaw makes to her escape vessel which blasts off for the wormhole, Holloway fighting the Star Beast with both falling into the wormhole and disappearing. An Engineer PILOT detaches from the Temple in a FAMILIAR VESSEL and follows Shaw, but is lost in the wormhole. Shaw emerges above the Earth of her present day; however, she’s deemed insane and responsible for the loss of her expedition and confined to a psychiatric hospital by the Company. It’s implied that there are at least some of those who believe Shaw’s tale, but have silenced her as part of a cover-up.

In the final scene, we see the vessel of the Engineer that was chasing Elizabeth Shaw emerge from the wormhole in the Zeta 2 Reticuli star system, still in the prehistoric past, and crash on a nearby planetoid, the Engineer Pilot helplessly lost and the EGGS in the ship’s cargo hold stirring as something alive moves from within…

The Beginning

I always find it HUMOROUS when articles decide to CAPITALIZE random words in the ARTICLE. I don't know WHY they do THAT. It makes me CHUCKLE THOUGH.

[FAX]

EGGS!!!

FAX

[Hammock Parties]

I always find it HUMOROUS when articles decide to CAPITALIZE random words in the ARTICLE. I don't know WHY they do THAT. It makes me CHUCKLE THOUGH.

That's standard in hollywood. The capitalizations aren't random. Usually they indicate something major within the film. Character or place.

[loochy]

I don't know why they didn't just nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[loochy]

That's standard in hollywood.

Don't you mean "That's STANDARD in HollyWOOD."?

[keg in kc]

For some reason I think they do this one right.

No real proof, just a feeling...I'm with you on that one. I just get the sense it's going to be something special.

[WhiteWhale]

Just leave it alone.

[Hammock Parties]

It's kind of an Aliens/The Thing mashup.

[Hammock Parties]

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[Bob Dole]

DAMMIT! And Bob Dole was in Austin on the 18th. Crap.

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[lcarus]

Just another great franchise Hollywood needs to milk a little harder. Could be good though.

[Hammock Parties]

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[Otter]

Hollywood is ****ing pathetic.

I wish I could submit a script where The Little Rascals played the part of 'Children of the Corn'. Andy Dick could be Malichia and Spot the dog could play Cujo where they somehow got into a fight with the 'Killer Clowns from Outerspace' and it ended in some weird dance off Glee style.

Because it seems that's what their going for it at this point. "How stupid can we get"?

[Hammock Parties]

This looks awesome.

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Looks awesome.

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[007]

not really seeing the spoiler in that.

[Hammock Parties]

Eh, someone might complain.

[007]

Yeah, you are probably right.

[bevischief]

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1178902/prometheus_trailer_analysis.html

Prometheus: trailer analysis

Ryan Lambie

We’ve gawped and gasped at the first full trailer for Prometheus several times now, so what does it all mean? Here’s our analysis of that tantalising footage…

Published on Dec 22, 2011


Screaming. People running in terror down narrow corridors. An unseen, probably horrifying unearthly presence. Ridley Scott may be at pains to distance Prometheus from the Alien franchise, but the first full trailer for his belated return to sci-fi is evidently cut from the same sci-fi horror cloth.

As good as the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit have been, neither have encouraged quite so much frame-by-frame analysis on our part – and as we’ve picked over every tantalising shot in the promo released yesterday, more unexpected things leap out at us from the darkness.

First, the obvious: the connections to 1979’s Alien are absolutely everywhere. The slowly building type, ship design and angle and lighting of certain shots all directly reference Scott’s earlier film. The alien itself may be conspicuously absent, but Prometheus looks far more like a prequel than Scott had let on.

The trailer opens, ominously enough, with what sounds like a panic-stricken cry for help into a radio. Judging by the accent, it’s safe to say this female voice is that of Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace). “I was wrong. I was so, so wrong,” she appears say over the radio static. And then the really interesting stuff begins.

A spaceship – presumably the Prometheus – arrives on an alien world. We know from earlier interviews and synopses that it carries a group of scientists – among them Shaw, Vickers (Charlize Theron), David (Michael Fassbender), and Janek (Idris Elba) – who’ve been sent to the other side of the cosmos in search of the origins of mankind.

[JD10367]

I also ran this trailer for myself last night--like "Hobbit", it's actually not playing on any film right now--and it both looks good and is definitely a prequel to "Alien". As mentioned, the typeface and letter-by-letter fade-in is a direct copy of "Alien", and I think I even heard the theme music (sounds like whale song). Plus the horseshoe ship, and a quick shot of the large alien seated at what looks like a gun placement or telescope mount. Should be a good flick.

[Buck]

Awesome. I'm tired of every single trailer using that BRRRRMMMM music though.

[Easy 6]

Whoa, this sounds like its going to be ****ing awesome.

Will have to see this on the big screen.

[Deberg_1990]

This looks great. Creepy and weird looking. Exactly what I would expect from an Alien prequel. Really excited.
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[Mohammed]

Blasphemy.

[JD10367]

Blasphemy.

Why?

1.) It's done by the director of the original.
2.) It tells an untold backstory.
3.) It looks stylistically well-done.

[keg in kc]

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[Deberg_1990]

Can't wait for this movie. Jacked. Don't get much serious, adult Sci-Fi anymore.

[keg in kc]

Ditto. Same level of anticipation for this as I have for Dark Knight Rises.

[Hammock Parties]

I dunno, Robin Hood sucked dick.

But I still enjoyed it, cus Ridley Scott creates visual splendor.

[keg in kc]

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[JD10367]

I dunno, Robin Hood sucked dick.

That was a different movie. Stop commenting on your private collection.

[FAX]

For some reason, I'm really intrigued by this movie. More than usual. It's like the secret to the universe might be revealed in this damn thing, or something. Can't wait.

FAX

[keg in kc]

Pretty cool image virally leaked today:

https://www.weylandindustries.com/6EQUJ5/6EQUJ5.jpg

[FAX]

Awesome, Mr. keg in kc. That's the most fantastic thing I've ever laid eyes on. It's incredible.

What is it?

FAX

[Hammock Parties]

CGI jizz

[Deberg_1990]

What is it?

FAX

No clue? But sort of looks like one of the Space Jockeys seen in the original Alien...which is what this movie "alledgedly" is about.

[FAX]

No clue? But sort of looks like one of the Space Jockeys seen in the original Alien...which is what this movie "alledgedly" is about.

It sort of looks like a big molecule representation thing. Or, perhaps some kind of navigation device. Or breakfast for one of the Space Jockeys, maybe.

Whatever it is, it's super cool.

FAX

[Easy 6]

This is going to be the best sci-fi movie in 20 years.

[keg in kc]

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[Hammock Parties]

A TRAILER FOR A TRAILER

[keg in kc]

They did that for their last trailer, too. I guess I didn't post them, but there were at least two trailers for that trailer.

[keg in kc]

Hopefully better quality available soon...

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[Hammock Parties]

Jesus, that looks amazing.

[keg in kc]

Yeah it does. I don't think it's even the full trailer either. That was only a minute long.

[Deberg_1990]

Wow. JIMP! This definitely looks like it ties into Alien somehow. Scott has confirmed this or is still hiding?
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[beach tribe]

Awesome, Mr. keg in kc. That's the most fantastic thing I've ever laid eyes on. It's incredible.

What is it?

FAX

It's the star map they use to fine "the Engineers"

[keg in kc]

Cool viral vid:

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And the full trailer:

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[Buck]

Epic trailer. Hope the movie doesn't disappoint.

[keg in kc]

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[Buck]

If I had to rate which movies I'm pining to see most this summer...

1. Prometheus
2. The Avengers
3. The Dark Knight Rises

huge drop here

4. Men In Black 3
5. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

[Deberg_1990]

If I had to rate which movies I'm pining to see most this summer...

1. Prometheus
2. The Avengers
3. The Dark Knight Rises

huge drop here

4. Men In Black 3
5. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I have zero interest in MIB3. Looks like nothing but a tired cash grab. Will Smith needs to aim higher.

Everything else you listed yes. Ill add in Pixars Brave which looks really solid.

[keg in kc]

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[Frazod]

If I had to rate which movies I'm pining to see most this summer...

1. Prometheus
2. The Avengers
3. The Dark Knight Rises

huge drop here

4. Men In Black 3
5. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I'm really looking forward to Prometheus, Avengers and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Killer (after reading the book). Hopefully MIB3 will be entertaining, I'll hold out for reviews on that one.

As for Dark Knight, I'll probably go see it at some point, but I didn't care for the last one that much.

[htismaqe]

Saw the full trailer in the theatre this weekend. VERY masterfully done.

[Pants]

If I had to rate which movies I'm pining to see most this summer...

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Dark Knight Rises

huge drop here

4. Men In Black 3
5. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

FYP

[durtyrute]

they stole my idea

[keg in kc]

Promethius and Dark Knight Rises are about equal for me. Really excited for both. Avengers falls more into the dumb but fun popcorn summer movie camp. I'll see it, but wouldn't lose any sleep if I didn't.

[htismaqe]

Promethius and Dark Knight Rises are about equal for me. Really excited for both. Avengers falls more into the dumb but fun popcorn summer movie camp. I'll see it, but wouldn't lose any sleep if I didn't.

John Carter was my fun popcorn movie this spring and it turned out to be pretty good...

I was huge ERB fan as a kid...

[keg in kc]

John Carter was my fun popcorn movie this spring and it turned out to be pretty good...

I was huge ERB fan as a kid...I pushed for weeks and months that we should all go see it cause it's the only way we'll ever get non-twilight stuff in the theaters...

...and then didn't go see it. LMAO

That's so me.

[DMAC]

Cool viral vid:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gEO3lmVy-tU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

And the full trailer:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HHcHYisZFLU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

HOLY BALLS

[htismaqe]

I pushed for weeks and months that we should all go see it cause it's the only way we'll ever get non-twilight stuff in the theaters...

...and then didn't go see it. LMAO

That's so me.

Lazy ass!

[keg in kc]

Cheap ass. And/or antisocial ass.

[Rausch]

This will truly be the summer of NERDGASM...

[Deberg_1990]

I pushed for weeks and months that we should all go see it cause it's the only way we'll ever get non-twilight stuff in the theaters...

...and then didn't go see it. LMAO

That's so me.

I did my part!


Its just not what is popular right now,. and thats ok.....i could care less about budgets and which films flop, whats popular like Hunger Games, etc......

[htismaqe]

I did my part!

Its just not what is popular right now,. and thats ok.....i could care less about budgets and which films flop, whats popular like Hunger Games, etc......

What is popular right now though? Seems to me that book adaptations are all the rage (I believe the Hunger Games was a book first, as was John Carter).

Speaking of the Hunger Games, I told my kids to get ready - we're not gonna SEE the movie, we're gonna LIVE the movie. :)

[the Talking Can]

stoked to see this

[Deberg_1990]

What is popular right now though?

Well, anything with a pre-sold built in audience awareness is HOT right now. Whether that be a book series, tv show, comic books, remakes or any other medium really. Mainstream hollywood loves to play it safe.



Also, anything with young female appeal in "genre" work especially hot. Young women in "genre" roles have long been overlooked until Twilight really.


John Carter had a pre-sold audience but the books were old, the marketing was botched, no stars and no young female appeal.

[Frazod]

John Carter had a pre-sold audience but the books were old, the marketing was botched, no stars and no young female appeal.

The name "John Carter" doesn't exactly jump up and grab you, either, if you've never heard of it before (which I hadn't). Doesn't make me think neat new sci-fi movie - it makes me think accountant who lives down the street.

Plus, there's a general conception that movies released this time of year suck - otherwise, they'd be released during the summer season or around Christmas.

[htismaqe]

The name "John Carter" doesn't exactly jump up and grab you, either, if you've never heard of it before (which I hadn't). Doesn't make me think neat new sci-fi movie - it makes me think accountant who lives down the street.

Plus, there's a general conception that movies released this time of year suck - otherwise, they'd be released during the summer season or around Christmas.

Well the first book was released in 1912 and the last in 1943, so there's not an immediate, mainstream hook there...

[Deberg_1990]

Plus, there's a general conception that movies released this time of year suck - otherwise, they'd be released during the summer season or around Christmas.

That used to be the case and still somewhat is (Studios hold back their best stuff for Summer and Christmas) but not as much anymore.

Look how huge Hunger Games was. Really the only times anymore that i can think of where BIG movies are not opening is early January, Late April and Early September.

[Stryker]

Want to see this one as well.

[Huffmeister]

That used to be the case and still somewhat is (Studios hold back their best stuff for Summer and Christmas) but not as much anymore.

Look how huge Hunger Games was. Really the only times anymore that i can think of where BIG movies are not opening is early January, Late April and Early September.

And this year it makes sense for Hunger Games to come out now, given how crowded the summer season will be. The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, MIBIII, Spiderman, Total Recall, Expendables 2, etc. Hunger Games would have done ok, but wouldn't have had nearly the success if it had been lost among the crowd.

[Hammock Parties]

Here's a spoiler theory. No actual spoilers, just my theory on the plot based on the trailer.

One of the crewmembers turns into a "space jockey" after tampering with genetic material they find. Fascinated by his transformation, he intends to infect earth with whatever changed him by firing off some genetic superbomb through the cosmos. Hence the jockey sitting in a chair with a big gun looking thing.

The jockey as we know it at the beginning of Alien is dead, killed by a facehugger/chestburster.

Somehow the crew of the Prometheus, having no obvious means at their disposal to defeat the traitorous/insane crewmember, figures out stuff about the xenomorph lifeform, chucks a facehugger into the chamber with the crewmember-cum-spacejockey, and it stops him.

We already know stuff about xenos are in the movie, because one of the still frames from the trailer shows a sculpture of a xeno, or perhaps even a xeno itself.

Anyway, the crew of the Prometheus escapes, and earth is saved. But now they have knowledge of this amazing, almost invincible lifeform. Surely Weyland-Utani might be interested in it for their weapons division...

[Huffmeister]

The Xenomorph is by far THE coolest alien creature in the history of sci-fi. I will be disappointed if there isn't a heavy dose of them in Prometheus.

[Hammock Parties]

The Xenomorph is by far THE coolest alien creature in the history of sci-fi. I will be disappointed if there isn't a heavy dose of them in Prometheus.

I doubt we see even one.

Perhaps a chestburster.

[Fire Me Boy!]

I doubt we see even one.

Perhaps a chestburster.

I think we will, but I don't think they'll be prevalent. Pretty sure in the very least we're going to see how they came to be.

My theory is the space jockey aliens created the xenomorphs as a weapon, but didn't know the power of what they created. And the xenomorphs eventually killed the space jockey species.

[Hammock Parties]

Some people think there's a xenomorph head in this shot. Right where the arm and hand are.

http://oi43.tinypic.com/rwnu2v.jpg

[WhiteWhale]

Would it be such a tragedy if Ridley Scott did something totally unique and awesome that has NOTHING to do with Alien?

I love Alien. I love Aliens. I own them both and view them regularly. That's it. It's fine to let it go. A quick homage would be neat, but I became FAR more interested in this after I figured out it wasn't an Alien prequel. I like Ridley Scott. Safe sucks... I want something new. I'm very intrigued by this.

[Hammock Parties]

Um, it has everything to do with Alien. He said the last 1/4 of the film is a direct prequel to Alien. It has the bloody derelict ship FROM ALIEN in the movie...and stuff about the space jockey.

[Huffmeister]

Would it be such a tragedy if Ridley Scott did something totally unique and awesome that has NOTHING to do with Alien?

I love Alien. I love Aliens. I own them both and view them regularly. That's it. It's fine to let it go. A quick homage would be neat, but I became FAR more interested in this after I figured out it wasn't an Alien prequel. I like Ridley Scott. Safe sucks... I want something new. I'm very intrigued by this.

I would agree, except that he clearly showed the space jockey in the very first trailer. If the movie has nothing to do with Alien, then he's guilty of a bait and switch.

[keg in kc]

If it's awesome, who gives a fuck whether it's tied in with alien or not.

[keg in kc]

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[Easy 6]

This keeps looking better & better, its almost up there with Batman as my must see movie.

Maybe its already been said, and its just a guess, but i think we're going to see that the human race is creating artificial life that will come back to bite us in many of the same ways, as the alien race' artificially produced life ultimately comes back to haunt them them.

Just cant wait, its probably going to be the best, most thought provoking sci-fi in atleast 25 years.

[DBOSHO]

I love fassbender. Probably my favorite actor next to jonny depp

[Easy 6]

I love fassbender. Probably my favorite actor next to jonny depp

He brought a real, unseen to that point, gravity to the new X-Men.

[chasedude]

I love fassbender. Probably my favorite actor next to jonny depp

he's been one of my new Fav actors too. Enjoyed him in X-men.

As for Prometheus? I'm looking forward to it. The leaked trailer looked promising.

[chasedude]

He brought a real, unseen to that point, gravity to the new X-Men.

Should have just quoted your post and said THIS. :D

[Rausch]

He brought a real, unseen to that point, gravity to the new X-Men.

A legitimacy.

It reminded me of The Watchmen.

They used unknowns but truly talented actors...

[Easy 6]

Should have just quoted your post and said THIS. :D

No prob, i do think the, for lack of a better word... serious... direction & tone of the new one helped a lot, it somehow lost the fairly corny feel i get with the others.

But no question, hes a very good actor.

[Easy 6]

A legitimacy.

It reminded me of The Watchmen.

They used unknowns but truly talented actors...

Thats a perfect comparison, both in casting & overall tone... i'd also venture that writers & director totally aped techniques from that movie, wish i could put my finger on it... but they somehow, with Zack Snyder & Chris Nolan leading the way, make you accept the circumstances very matter of factly.

Watchmen was way, waaay better imo... but i didnt feel cheesed out the with the new X-Men, a real first.

[keg in kc]

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[Tribal Warfare]

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at the end you can see the legs of the Xenomorph when they were flashing shots.

[KevB]

This keeps looking better & better, its almost up there with Batman as my must see movie.

Maybe its already been said, and its just a guess, but i think we're going to see that the human race is creating artificial life that will come back to bite us in many of the same ways, as the alien race' artificially produced life ultimately comes back to haunt them them.

Just cant wait, its probably going to be the best, most thought provoking sci-fi in atleast 25 years.

Right there with you. This new trailer makes me giddy.

[Aspengc8]

at the end you can see the legs of the Xenomorph when they were flashing shots.

If your talking about the legs ~2:40, its not a xeno, its one of the engineers/space jockeys. There is a lot of speculation that the movie has no xenomorph that we are accustomed to, but rather some other really cool stuff. It is definitely of the "alien" universe but not exactly a direct prequel to the alien original movie.

[Tribal Warfare]

If your talking about the legs ~2:40, its not a xeno, its one of the engineers/space jockeys.

No, I'm talking about the lady who was giving the presentation in the first shot of the trailer. She was crawling on the ground backwards looking at the Xenomorph approaching her.

[Fish]

No, I'm talking about the lady who was giving the presentation in the first shot of the trailer. She was crawling on the ground backwards looking at the Xenomorph approaching her.

This? Doesn't look like a xenomorph to me...

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/725/screenshot20120430at122.png

[Tribal Warfare]

This? Doesn't look like a xenomorph to me...

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/725/screenshot20120430at122.png

Okay that's probably "David" then with its artificial skin burnt off

[Bambi]

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Welp, there's pretty much whole movie right there.

What's next?

[sd4chiefs]

This movie is going to be BADASS.

"Prometheus" to be released with "R" rating

http://news.yahoo.com/prometheus-released-r-rating-194006947.html

[Sucky]

This movie is going to be BADASS.

"Prometheus" to be released with "R" rating

http://news.yahoo.com/prometheus-released-r-rating-194006947.html

Good. Enough of this watered down PG13 bs.

ANd I agree, this is gonna be badass

[Bambi]

I agree. I was thinking about it the other day and the only movie with less than an R rating that I really thought was great was Empire Strikes Back. And maybe the Goonies.

[keg in kc]

I was thinkingTherein lies the problem.

[keg in kc]

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[keg in kc]

The marketing idiots are spoiling the ever-living shit out of this movie. Watch at your own risk...

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[keg in kc]

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[the Talking Can]

i closed my eyes while the preview for this ran before avengers


i want to see it, and i don't want to know anymore about it

[L.A. Chieffan]

It might be interesting to see the original Weyland

[Deberg_1990]

im not clicking on that spoiler. I want to go into this as pure as i can be.


I was actually watching the original Alien film the other day on one of the cable channels. Its amazing how much slower paced it is than the blockbusters of today. I think its brilliant the way its basically a slow burn and fairly quiet in some parts.


If this is an "origin story" about the creation of the Alien, i wonder how the Alien queen comes into play in all this? Or is Scott ignoring the Sequels?

[Tribal Warfare]

If this is an "origin story" about the creation of the Alien, i wonder how the Alien queen comes into play in all this? Or is Scott ignoring the Sequels?


He is using Weyland Industries, before it was "The Company"

[bowener]

projectprometheus.com is interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQpGwnN3dfc

[keg in kc]

More videos I'm resisting the urge to watch:

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[BigChiefFan]

This movie looks like it's going to be bad ass.

[Sure-Oz]

im not clicking on that spoiler. I want to go into this as pure as i can be.


I was actually watching the original Alien film the other day on one of the cable channels. Its amazing how much slower paced it is than the blockbusters of today. I think its brilliant the way its basically a slow burn and fairly quiet in some parts.


If this is an "origin story" about the creation of the Alien, i wonder how the Alien queen comes into play in all this? Or is Scott ignoring the Sequels?

I own the quardilogy and watched the first one and remember when they first went into the ship and saw that dead alien thing in the chair...i swore thats in the trailer

[Fire Me Boy!]

I own the quardilogy and watched the first one and remember when they first went into the ship and saw that dead alien thing in the chair...i swore thats in the trailer

The Space Jockey is well-known. And yes, it's in the trailer.

[Brock]

I own the quardilogy and watched the first one and remember when they first went into the ship and saw that dead alien thing in the chair...i swore thats in the trailer

It's his story.

[KcMizzou]

I'm as excited about this as I am the new Batman movie.

[Sure-Oz]

Pretty cool stuff, thanks for the confirm Fire Me and Brock

[keg in kc]

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[Deberg_1990]

So i guess it opens tomorrow in France some reviews are out.


Some French to English translations using Google translator:




Prometheus ?: long and boring, with all the clichés of science fiction scenario in which an ultra-awaited effort and credibility. big disappointment


In terms of pure SF - aesthetic inventiveness, references to the classics - # Prometheus is a real success


Prometheus Finally a great science fiction film, the first for some time (Moon? District 9?)




http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/1203/reactions-from-press-screening-in-france-spoilers/p1

[siberian khatru]

So i guess it opens tomorrow in France some reviews are out.


Some French to English translations using Google translator:




Prometheus ?: long and boring, with all the clichés of science fiction scenario in which an ultra-awaited effort and credibility. big disappointment


In terms of pure SF - aesthetic inventiveness, references to the classics - # Prometheus is a real success


Prometheus Finally a great science fiction film, the first for some time (Moon? District 9?)




http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/1203/reactions-from-press-screening-in-france-spoilers/p1



"Prometheus would benefit from the presence of Jerry Lewis."

[keg in kc]

We should start getting US reviews for it on Friday I think.

[Sure-Oz]

I'm really hoping this movie isn't a dissapointment

[ThaVirus]

Can't say I'm excited about this one. Are there going to be 'Aliens' in it or not?

[Hammock Parties]

Can't say I'm excited about this one. Are there going to be 'Aliens' in it or not?

There's going to be weird creatures, and probably references to the classic xenomorph. I'd wager there will be at least one chestburster based on the fact it's a direct prequel to Alien.

[Aspengc8]

There's going to be weird creatures, and probably references to the classic xenomorph. I'd wager there will be at least one chestburster based on the fact it's a direct prequel to Alien.

Where did you hear that it was a direct prequel? Everything Ridley has said is that its a prequel to the "events" from Alien, but it is not the prequel.

[JD10367]

If the French hated it, it must be great.

[L.A. Chieffan]

At first i was like "meh", but know I'm like "sweet".

[Brock]

Can't say I'm excited about this one. Are there going to be 'Aliens' in it or not?

No, just an indirect explanation of their origin.

[Hammock Parties]

Where did you hear that it was a direct prequel? Everything Ridley has said is that its a prequel to the "events" from Alien, but it is not the prequel.

He said the last 30 minutes or so pretty much explain what happened in Alien. Like, how the space jockey got there.

[ThaVirus]

No, just an indirect explanation of their origin.

Hmmm, could be interesting. I do love me an origin story.

[frankotank]

Where did you hear that it was a direct prequel? Everything Ridley has said is that its a prequel to the "events" from Alien, but it is not the prequel.

I read a Ridley interview. he said initially the project started out to be a pure prequel. then other things got in the way and it sat for years. he went back to it and decided that he wanted it be able to stand alone and apart from the Alien movies....but in his words "it shares DNA with the Alien series". it's going to be very interesting to see how he can pull that off. the space jockey was obviously "chest bursted" as clearly seen in Alien and Aliens the uncut version. the space jockey is alive and well in this movie as seen in the trailers. I......can't......wait! I'm stoked.

by the way......I LOVE it that some reviews are bad. I find that often times I really dig moview that critics hate.

[frankotank]

here's a good question. I have a hard time answering it.

which is the better movie? Alien or Aliens????

they are both so frigging AWESOME, yet they are so very very different. Alien is all about suspense and for the longest part of the movie imagination. Aliens is more in your face action. both have great story lines. part of me wants to go with Aliens because...it's just badass. but you just can't discount Alien, it too is badass, just in a different way. it's tough. push come to shove......I just can't decide.....

[Huffmeister]

here's a good question. I have a hard time answering it.

which is the better movie? Alien or Aliens????

they are both so frigging AWESOME, yet they are so very very different. Alien is all about suspense and for the longest part of the movie imagination. Aliens is more in your face action. both have great story lines. part of me wants to go with Aliens because...it's just badass. but you just can't discount Alien, it too is badass, just in a different way. it's tough. push come to shove......I just can't decide.....

Back in my younger years, I would have definitively said that Aliens is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is better than the original. It's got so many great elements. Space marines, pulse rifles, great characters, suspense, hordes of xenomorphs, memorable quotes, etc. Clearly a better movie than Alien (which I had only seen once around 7th or 8th grade).

Then several years ago I went back and watched Alien again. Holy crap, that's a great movie. I don't know what my younger self was thinking. Even when you know all about xenomorphs, it's still extremely intense and suspenseful. The cinematography is beautiful, and the acting is top-notch (anything with both Ian Holm and John Hurt has to be good). One of the few sci-fi films from that era that holds up today.

I'd have to call it a draw.

[Aspengc8]

He said the last 30 minutes or so pretty much explain what happened in Alien. Like, how the space jockey got there.

That will be interesting, especially since they are not on LV-426 and the trailer shows the Jockey ship crashing/smashing into the prometheus. Either way I think they will indeed shed a LOT of light about the jockeys in general. I just dont think they will show anything about the jockey ship getting to LV-426.

Two more days to go. Lots of Alien/Aliens fans (note: not that Alien 3 or AVP crap) have waited a long time for an explanation of the jockey(s).

[Frazod]

Reviews are starting to roll in now at RT. 89% positive so far.

I'm not going to read any of them because I want to risk spoiling anything before I see it, but I'm really, really getting stoked about this.

[keg in kc]

I expect the RT reviews to be a little more on the negative side than we might hope. I think high concept ideas are a harder sell than popcorn stuff like Avengers (which isn't saying it was bad in any way...) so I expect there to be a wider range of reactions, especially among the top critics, few of whom are nearly as smart as they think they are. We'll see, though.

[Frazod]

I'll see this opening night if I can - definitely opening weekend. Haven't been this excited about a new movie coming out since the last Star Trek.

[Tribal Warfare]

I expect the RT reviews to be a little more on the negative side than we might hope. I think high concept ideas are a harder sell than popcorn stuff like Avengers (which isn't saying it was bad in any way...) so I expect there to be a wider range of reactions, especially among the top critics, few of whom are nearly as smart as they think they are. We'll see, though.

Bladerunner

[keg in kc]

I'm definitely seeing it the day it opens.

[Frazod]

Bladerunner

Blade Runner was a box office bomb when it first came out. Hard to believe that now.

[Tribal Warfare]

Blade Runner was a box office bomb when it first came out. Hard to believe that now.

yep, hence the reason I bolded the "hard sell" part out of the quote

[Deberg_1990]

Blade Runner was a box office bomb when it first came out. Hard to believe that now.

This is true. I remember my parents going to see it when it first came out and they came home and told me it was crap. I watched it a year later on cable and hated it. Didn't watch it again for at least 10 years then I really enjoyed it. I think it's brilliant now. Waaaay ahead of its time and probably the most influential scifi movies of he past 30 Years for sure.

[Tribal Warfare]

This is true. I remember my parents going to see it when it first came out and they came home and told me it was crap. I watched it a year later on cable and hated it. Didn't watch it again for at least 10 years then I really enjoyed it. I think it's brilliant now. Waaaay ahead of its time and probably the most influential scifi movies of he past 30 Years for sure.

In 1993 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[Frazod]

This is true. I remember my parents going to see it when it first came out and they came home and told me it was crap. I watched it a year later on cable and hated it. Didn't watch it again for at least 10 years then I really enjoyed it. I think it's brilliant now. Waaaay ahead of its time and probably the most influential scifi movies of he past 30 Years for sure.

I thought it was awesome when I saw it the first time. One my favorite movies from my high school days.

[Huffmeister]

In 1993 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

"It belongs in a museum!"

[Deberg_1990]

I thought it was awesome when I saw it the first time. One my favorite movies from my high school days.

Yea, well you were a little bit older than me. I was only 11 or 12 when i first saw it. I wasnt quite ready for "deep, thought provoking" Scifi being raised on Star Wars, Buck Rodgers and Battlestar Galactica.

[Fish]

That will be interesting, especially since they are not on LV-426 and the trailer shows the Jockey ship crashing/smashing into the prometheus. Either way I think they will indeed shed a LOT of light about the jockeys in general. I just dont think they will show anything about the jockey ship getting to LV-426.

Two more days to go. Lots of Alien/Aliens fans (note: not that Alien 3 or AVP crap) have waited a long time for an explanation of the jockey(s).

The "Space Jockeys" are just an environment type suit for something else. Maybe more than one something. We've already seen space jockey suits for humans in the Prometheus trailer. That's not to say that the space jockey suit in Alien was for a human per say. Cause it was huge. But I think it's just a suit.

This was in the background in the trailer, lightened up to show the suits.
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1907/da1696ec55004494caca169.jpg

[jiveturkey]

A buddy of mine just scored us Imax 3D tickets for Midnight showing next Friday.

Fully stoked. I've been avoiding previews and reviews.

[Sure-Oz]

86% on rotten based on 21 total reviews so far..

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prometheus_2012/

[Frazod]

Yea, well you were a little bit older than me. I was only 11 or 12 when i first saw it. I wasnt quite ready for "deep, thought provoking" Scifi being raised on Star Wars, Buck Rodgers and Battlestar Galactica.

Yeah, I'm sure that would have made a difference. It came out the summer between my junior and senior years.

[007]

Yea, well you were a little bit older than me. I was only 11 or 12 when i first saw it. I wasnt quite ready for "deep, thought provoking" Scifi being raised on Star Wars, Buck Rodgers and Battlestar Galactica.

Who needed thought provoking when you had Erin Grey in skin tight suits.

[Frazod]

Who needed thought provoking when you had Erin Grey in skin tight suits.

I tried to watch that on Netflix a while back. Holy crap, that show was just horrible.

[007]

I tried to watch that on Netflix a while back. Holy crap, that show was just horrible.

yeah. I didn't watch it for the great special effects and dialogue. That stuff sucked.

[Frazod]

yeah. I didn't watch it for the great special effects and dialogue. That stuff sucked.

By the time Buck Rogers came along I was getting old enough to recognize crappy shows aimed at kids for what they were. And seriously, could they not have created some new explosions? They reused the explosions from Battlestar Galatica, which had itself reused them over and over. The one shot where three bursts are fired and then the enemy ship explodes in the top right corner of the screen - they must have used that 1,000 times.

[Deberg_1990]

I tried to watch that on Netflix a while back. Holy crap, that show was just horrible.

heh, i tried watching a few episodes awhile back on there too. That was just painful.

[Anyong Bluth]

Saw it last night- and really liked it. Didn't find it very scary, and the film both stands on its own even if you never saw the Alien franchise, and yet explains the origins as well as setting up additional prequels - that are more spinoff to main goal of this mission.

[Hammock Parties]

If it wasn't scary, did it at least have awesome shock value?

I loved the shock value of the predalien forcing alien embryos down the pregnant woman's throat in AvP 2.

[Anyong Bluth]

If it wasn't scary, did it at least have awesome shock value?

I loved the shock value of the predalien forcing alien embryos down the pregnant woman's throat in AvP 2.

Ya there are some tense parts, one that I was literally squirming in my seat. They are serious about keeping this under wraps, I had to turn in my cell phone, everyone got metal detector wanded anytime you entered the theatre, and had probably 4 people at any time standing at the corners of the theatre.

The 3D was done very well, imo, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone.That said, I can see where others may have different expectations based on the aliens franchise, but I liked it a lot, and this is def. not a retread of the the Aliens movies- like I said this movie really could stand alone, and I'm interested to see if they explore this other plot line that is what the main goal of the mission and quite interesting within itself.

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[Aspengc8]

If it wasn't scary, did it at least have awesome shock value?

I loved the shock value of the predalien forcing alien embryos down the pregnant woman's throat in AvP 2.

lol, those AvP movies were an abomination. Still can't believe FOX gave them the rights to even make those. The only 3 decent Alien franchise movies where Alien, Aleins & Alien 3.. and thats a big maybe on alien 3. Resurrection was pure crap, as well as those AvP movies. Just like they dropped the ball with that retarded "predators" movie.. that sh1t was done with Predator 1 & 2.

[Fish]

Predators was really good. I was pleasantly surprised by that one.

[Hammock Parties]

lol, those AvP movies were an abomination. Still can't believe FOX gave them the rights to even make those. The only 3 decent Alien franchise movies where Alien, Aleins & Alien 3.. and thats a big maybe on alien 3. Resurrection was pure crap, as well as those AvP movies. Just like they dropped the ball with that retarded "predators" movie.. that sh1t was done with Predator 1 & 2.

They were fun popcorn.

[Deberg_1990]

Predators was really good. I was pleasantly surprised by that one.

I liked Predators alot. AvP movies were pure crap.

[Hammock Parties]

Wow, that's cool. Spoilers, maybe. Still shot from trailer.

http://i48.tinypic.com/15c2u9.jpg

[007]

Ya there are some tense parts, one that I was literally squirming in my seat. They are serious about keeping this under wraps, I had to turn in my cell phone, everyone got metal detector wanded anytime you entered the theatre, and had probably 4 people at any time standing at the corners of the theatre.

The 3D was done very well, imo, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone.That said, I can see where others may have different expectations based on the aliens franchise, but I liked it a lot, and this is def. not a retread of the the Aliens movies- like I said this movie really could stand alone, and I'm interested to see if they explore this other plot line that is what the main goal of the mission and quite interesting within itself.

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Turn in your cell phone? Metal detectors? WTF?

[Anyong Bluth]

Turn in your cell phone? Metal detectors? WTF?

Exclusive Advance screening- didn't want people taking photos or tweeting what not.

1st time I've ever had to do it, but I guess its becoming more common - like Jay-Z kicked someone out of the advance listening party for tweeting during it when everyone was asked to shut them off. I think since phones these days do so much they are trying to limit leaks like that photo above.

Oh and that pic is just before a big event does happen - but not that shot specifically.

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[JD10367]

Exclusive Advance screening- didn't want people taking photos or tweeting what not.

Par for the course nowadays. At my theater, for advance screenings, security companies show up (outsourced by the movie studio). Usually a few people in suits, some with an apparent ex-legbreaking background (I think they recruit ex-military, police, etc.,.). They have to see the movie print (or, as it is nowadays, the hard drive) and write down the serial number, then watch us delete the film after showing it. They set up tables near the theater entrance and "tag and bag" cell phones using metal detectors.

[Hammock Parties]

Movies are all on hard drives now, really?

[JD10367]

Resurrection was pure crap, as well as those AvP movies.

I finally saw "Resurrection" the other day, and you could see the bits and pieces of promise the movie held (probably mainly from the writing of Joss Whedon). It wasn't an awful film, by any means. But nothing compares to the "Jaws"-like suspense of the original, or the overwhelming us-vs-them hunting of the second film (with the influence of a post-"Terminator" James Cameron directing).

[tk13]

Movies are all on hard drives now, really?

That's why John Carter was shot on film. Andrew Stanton wanted to shoot on film before it completely disappears.

[JD10367]

Movies are all on hard drives now, really?

They're digital. How did you think they arrive, the Film Fairy? They come in either a plastic orange box (Technicolor) or a gray cardboard box (Deluxe), and inside is a hard drive nestled in foam with its own AC cables and USB wire. Films range from only around 25-50 GB for cheaply-made films to 250+ GB for well-made or 3D films. Takes a few hours to download them, either directly into the projector's server with the USB cable (or, on some models, a harddrive port in the machine) or into a main chipserver which then distributes the prints from that server (in which case it's a few hours to download from drive to server then a few hours to download from server to projector).

[Hammock Parties]

That's really fascinating.

[Anyong Bluth]

Par for the course nowadays. At my theater, for advance screenings, security companies show up (outsourced by the movie studio). Usually a few people in suits, some with an apparent ex-legbreaking background (I think they recruit ex-military, police, etc.,.). They have to see the movie print (or, as it is nowadays, the hard drive) and write down the serial number, then watch us delete the film after showing it. They set up tables near the theater entrance and "tag and bag" cell phones using metal detectors.

Exactly what we had- def. Outside security and 2 people from the studio there to bag and tag phones and sign in for the movie. They were friendly and all, and it may be extreme but in this day and age its so easy to leak stuff I get it, and really- I got to see a cool flick before it came out so its not any skin off my back that they don't want to spoil it with leaks because after seeing it I think watching it without knowing what happens is the way to go for this movie.

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[Deberg_1990]

then watch us delete the film after showing it.


Of course like all files, that can be recovered with the right program. :)

[Deberg_1990]

They're digital.Films range from only around 25-50 GB for cheaply-made films to 250+ GB for well-made or 3D films.

so when a theater advertise's a "digital" presentation, not all films are as good of presentation quality?

[chasedude]

Of course like all files, that can be recovered with the right program. :)

Exactly, esp when he talks about transferring it to a projector and a server. With all the added security and the fear of pirating, I'm curious why they would allow it to be transferred at all.

[Hammock Parties]

So the digital file, is it like an uncompressed MPEG or MP4 or AVI or what?

[JD10367]

Of course like all files, that can be recovered with the right program. :)

Whether or not we erase the films is actually pointless, since you can only play a film on a specific projector using a specific activation key they also send you, for a specific time period. (It's not like you can plug it into your computer and watch the film.)

so when a theater advertise's a "digital" presentation, not all films are as good of presentation quality?

Possibly. I think partly, as it depends on what cameras they used, what resolution, image size, etc.,. But I think some of it might also be because of things as simple as how much black is in a film (i.e. a darker film might take up less space).

[JD10367]

Exactly, esp when he talks about transferring it to a projector and a server. With all the added security and the fear of pirating, I'm curious why they would allow it to be transferred at all.

Keeping each hard drive at each projector would make more sense but, for some reason, they don't do it like that. (Plus, some projectors can't live-play a film off the drive. They can only do it if the file is on the projector's server.)

So the digital file, is it like an uncompressed MPEG or MP4 or AVI or what?

It's apparently JPEG2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinema). The films are broken down into dozens of file pieces for both audio and video. Somehow the computer knows how to thread them all together and use them on a specific "cue" title (sort of, I imagine, how a computer game can have dozens of files associated but the game plays only if you click on one specific app icon). When I load, say, "Avengers", I create a file named "Avengers" (mostly for our own housekeeping purposes), then drag-and-drop everything off the harddrive into that folder, and then when I use the projector's server's program a new film pops up in the list that might say AVENGERS_FTR_VER1_S_EN-XX_51_DIS_20120413_US_3Di_OV and a whole bunch of other characters, all of which have meanings... feature (FTR) vs. trailer (TLR), version, Scope (S) vs. Flat (F), language (EN=English), sound version (Dolby 5.1 vs. Dolby 7.1), the film company (in this case, Disney), the films specific serial number (which appears to be the date it's created, 3D vs. 2D, etc.,.

[JD10367]

The Internet has been Won. Epically.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KIgNinx_G_U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[DBOSHO]

The Internet has been Won. Epically.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KIgNinx_G_U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thats so awesome.

[Hammock Parties]

PROMETHEUS RAP

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oCv44pP3SfI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Hammock Parties]

Soundtrack is out, BTW.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoguesChannel/videos

Track titles are interesting.

[pr_capone]

Of course like all files, that can be recovered with the right program. :)

No... not really. I talked with a guy who does the encoding on those drives and he was telling be about the ridiculous levels of proprietary encryption that goes into securing the film.

It would take a super computer months, if not years, to crack the security.

[Deberg_1990]

No... not really. I talked with a guy who does the encoding on those drives and he was telling be about the ridiculous levels of proprietary encryption that goes into securing the film.

It would take a super computer months, if not years, to crack the security.

Interesting.......yes, i forgot to think that they might be encrypted.

[Deberg_1990]

Soundtrack is out, BTW.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoguesChannel/videos

Track titles are interesting.

Love the music from the trailer, but i know alot of times that isnt music from the actual movie.

[ThaVirus]

The Internet has been Won. Epically.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KIgNinx_G_U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Pause at 2:03. Laugh.

[Hammock Parties]

sofa king excited for this

ordered my ticket online just now

[Fish]

LOL... there's several cam versions up already. WILL NOT WATCH!

[Deberg_1990]

im going to find the biggest, baddest screen i can find and watch this.

Regal has a new RPX theater near me, ill have to try that out. I guess its an IMAX competitor

[L.A. Chieffan]

LOL... there's several cam versions up already. WILL NOT WATCH!

yeah i saw that too, i dont even want to click in this thread

[Buck]

Just bought my $20.50 ticket to see it on IMAX on Friday.

[Bowser]

I'm working an overnight job this week, Sunday through Thursday. That means I'll be off around 9 am, which means I should be making a 10:30 am show. *fistbump*

[JD10367]

Just bought my $20.50 ticket to see it on IMAX on Friday.

What the fuck? Do you get a blowjob from a supermodel dressed as an alien during the film? We charge $15.75 and I thought THAT was outrageous...

[Deberg_1990]

What the ****? Do you get a blowjob from a supermodel dressed as an alien during the film? We charge $15.75 and I thought THAT was outrageous...

ok, but then tack on a $3 or $4 3D surchage with that and your in the same ballpark.

[ThaVirus]

Just bought my $20.50 ticket to see it on IMAX on Friday.

You overpaid.

[Buck]

Welcome to Socal. That's just how it is. A regular non IMAX movie ticket is $14.

[Deberg_1990]

Welcome to Socal. That's just how it is. A regular non IMAX movie ticket is $14.

Notice how Hollywood is starting to make nearly every IMAX movie 3d as well? Cha Ching!
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[Tribal Warfare]

From the reviews on RT, the consensus is it's a shaky plot but it's a watchable visually stunning popcorn flick.

[JD10367]

ok, but then tack on a $3 or $4 3D surchage with that and your in the same ballpark.

That's with the 3D charge. 2D Imax is around $12.50 give or take (under $13 but I don't remember exactly).

[JD10367]

From the reviews on RT, the consensus is it's a shaky plot but it's a watchable visually stunning popcorn flick.

I'm wondering if "shaky" is their way of saying "you need to have a brain". Given that it's Ridley Scott, it might be a little deep for the average moviegoer (much like those who saw "Cabin In The Woods" and didn't get it). I have a feeling that sci-fi fans, "Alien" fans, and fans of more thoughtful directors like Scott and Chris Nolan, will probably enjoy it, while casual fans won't.

[Buck]

I'm wondering if "shaky" is their way of saying "you need to have a brain". Given that it's Ridley Scott, it might be a little deep for the average moviegoer (much like those who saw "Cabin In The Woods" and didn't get it). I have a feeling that sci-fi fans, "Alien" fans, and fans of more thoughtful directors like Scott and Chris Nolan, will probably enjoy it, while casual fans won't.

I think that a minority of the critics are big sci-fi fans. Some things that are great from the sci-fi fan perspective can be seen as weird.

[Gravedigger]

Every reviewer for the most part says the same thing, "It ain't no Alien." Get over it, enjoy the movie for the independent movie it is and enjoy it for the tie ins it has but don't compare it like it should be Alien because from what I understand the last 20 or so minutes leads into Alien. You're not going to catch Alien in a bottle, just as George Lucas was never going to catch Star Wars in a bottle. I'm going to go into this movie and not expect Alien, I'm going to expect great performances from the actors that I do know, some cool Alien-killing-crew scenes, and an overall enjoyable movie.

[JD10367]

Every reviewer for the most part says the same thing, "It ain't no Alien." Get over it, enjoy the movie for the independent movie it is and enjoy it for the tie ins it has but don't compare it like it should be Alien because from what I understand the last 20 or so minutes leads into Alien. You're not going to catch Alien in a bottle, just as George Lucas was never going to catch Star Wars in a bottle. I'm going to go into this movie and not expect Alien, I'm going to expect great performances from the actors that I do know, some cool Alien-killing-crew scenes, and an overall enjoyable movie.

What I don't get is this: it's not like "Alien" was a great plot. A great film, sure. Stylistically, it's up there with "Blade Runner". The music, the suspense, the overall feel: tremendous. But, plotwise, it was basically "Jaws" in space. I surely hope "it ain't no Alien" because that film, with that basic one-hunting-many plotline, can't be redone and shouldn't be redone.

[Frazod]

Going to see this Saturday afternoon. Can't wait! :rockon:

[Tribal Warfare]

Going to see this Saturday afternoon. Can't wait! :rockon:

Here in Joplin they don't even have a midnight premiere for it.

[Frazod]

Here in Joplin they don't even have a midnight premiere for it.

I'm too old for that crap at this point anyway. I would go see it Friday night, but the wife won't want to see it (I'm sure it will have some horror/gore aspect to it, and she doesn't like that). So I'm going on Saturday with a couple of friends.

[Sure-Oz]

75% with 80 reviews

Stoked to see this though regardless

[Raiderhater]

Going to the midnight showing tomorrow with some friends from work. I'm excited for it.

[Gravedigger]

What I don't get is this: it's not like "Alien" was a great plot. A great film, sure. Stylistically, it's up there with "Blade Runner". The music, the suspense, the overall feel: tremendous. But, plotwise, it was basically "Jaws" in space. I surely hope "it ain't no Alien" because that film, with that basic one-hunting-many plotline, can't be redone and shouldn't be redone.

I'll say it proud, I liked Aliens better than Alien. It showed how overwhelming the xenomorph could be, I thought the fact they killed Newt and Hicks right off the bat in the 3rd one ruined it for me, even though the third was entertaining enough, you don't just kill of characters in the beginning like that. Aliens wasn't as suspenseful and wasn't ahead of it's time like Alien and in those categories I'll always give the nod to Alien, but for overall movie I'd watch Aliens over Alien given the chance.

[the Talking Can]

i've stopped reading reviews and watching promos for this...i'm going to see it regardless and want to be as virginal as possible

[Aspengc8]

Saw it last night at premiere event. Overall, a very good movie for both Alien/Aliens fans and ppl that know nothing of the "alien universe". I put that in quotes because it's really not a prequel.

Edit: took out some stuff that may tip off too much info..

[keg in kc]

I've seen enough "awesome visuals/shitty script" comments scanning reviews to concern me a little. Still seeing it this weekend, though, of course.

[JD10367]

I've seen enough "awesome visuals/shitty script" comments scanning reviews to concern me a little. Still seeing it this weekend, though, of course.

Tested my IMAX version last night. Only got to see a few scenes (the beginning, a gruesome medical scene around 3/4s of the way through, and the last 15 minutes). Seemed to be exactly what I expected from what I've heard: thoughtful, cinematically gripping, probably confusing for most non sci-fi/"Alien" fans. Not a horror film, not a suspense film per se. Very Ridley Scott. I think most people here will like it, but most "normals" won't like it or get it.

[keg in kc]

Tested my IMAX version last night. Only got to see a few scenes (the beginning, a gruesome medical scene around 3/4s of the way through, and the last 15 minutes). Seemed to be exactly what I expected from what I've heard: thoughtful, cinematically gripping, probably confusing for most non sci-fi/"Alien" fans. Not a horror film, not a suspense film per se. Very Ridley Scott. I think most people here will like it, but most "normals" won't like it or get it.The weird thing is that it seems like the geek reviewers are the ones who have issues with the story, while the 'normals' seem more positive. Not that it's going to color my own reaction either way.

[Aspengc8]

The weird thing is that it seems like the geek reviewers are the ones who have issues with the story, while the 'normals' seem more positive. Not that it's going to color my own reaction either way.

Because they are/were expecting this to be the prequel to Alien.. which it is clearly not. I went in not expecting a direct prequel but rather something that gives us a little background info about the Space Jockey/Engineer race. In that respect, the movie delivers.

[Rausch]

Because they are/were expecting this to be the prequel to Alien.. which it is clearly not. I went in not expecting a direct prequel but rather something that gives us a little background info about the Space Jockey/Engineer race. In that respect, the movie delivers.

Same universe - different story.

[JD10367]

Because they are/were expecting this to be the prequel to Alien.. which it is clearly not. I went in not expecting a direct prequel but rather something that gives us a little background info about the Space Jockey/Engineer race. In that respect, the movie delivers.

Well, technically it's a prequel, just not the direct prequel before "Alien". It seems to be to "Alien" what "Phantom Menace" was to "Star Wars": more can certainly come in between "Prometheus" and "Alien", and the direction has been indicated.

[keg in kc]

Because they are/were expecting this to be the prequel to Alien.. which it is clearly not. I went in not expecting a direct prequel but rather something that gives us a little background info about the Space Jockey/Engineer race. In that respect, the movie delivers.That's not the tenor I've gotten from the reviews in question.

[Aspengc8]

Same universe - different story.

This is spot on.


Well, technically it's a prequel, just not the direct prequel before "Alien". It seems to be to "Alien" what "Phantom Menace" was to "Star Wars": more can certainly come in between "Prometheus" and "Alien", and the direction has been indicated.

I can see where your coming from. Lots can and will happen on the timeline between prometheus and the frist Alien film.

[Anyong Bluth]

This is spot on.




I can see where your coming from. Lots can and will happen on the timeline between prometheus and the frist Alien film.

Finally, others have seen it and understand what I'm talking about. I can see where some aren't thrilled by it, but I like the storyline and think the premise is cool- esp. if they do a follow up on this new storyline. Either way This movie is way way better than say using Phantom Menace as a comparison. That movie was an abortion, but some people just aren't going to like it, but I don't think its a bad script or plot- just that if this is the 1st of a new storyline then the payoff and potential story arc dictates this would be setting the stage for bigger action

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[KevB]

I've seen enough "awesome visuals/shitty script" comments scanning reviews to concern me a little. Still seeing it this weekend, though, of course.

I'm seeing it tomorrow night and I don't give a damn what anybody has said about it thus far. I've been excited to see this all year, and I don't want people to spoil my fun.

[jiveturkey]

This midnight showing is crawling with nerds. I'm pretty sure that the girl with the dragon tattoo is sitting a couple rows in front of me.

[jiveturkey]

Loved it. Looking forward to the rest of the story.

[Third Eye]

I was a little concerned I would be let down, but I must say that I enjoyed it very much. Not quite genre defining like the first one, but a great ride nonetheless.

[Hammock Parties]

Holy fuck, the shock value in that flick was awesome.

I was enraptured.

And I want MOAR.

So are David and Ripley rip off going to LV-426? Or will they crash land there on the way? I'm going to assume each Donut Ship has it's own cryo'd engineer. The sequel would be awesome if it was a DIRECT prequel to Alien.

ALSO, what the fuck was that thing at the end, a Queen Facehugger? Is that what happens when a facehugger gestates inside a human instead of an egg? AWESOME.

Loved it. 4/5 stars, and going back to see it in 3D IMAX.

[Hammock Parties]

Haha.

Fucking love this response to all the nerds bitching about this movie:

I don't really get some of the problems people have with this movie. Yeah, the scientists made a lot of real dumb mistakes and were a bunch of naive idiots in general. That's what was so cool about it! They treated every encounter like one of the dumber Star Trek away teams, just a bunch of idiots running around doing every dumb thing just short of daring each other to take swigs from the capsules.

There was this amazing sense of breathless wonder at their environments over "MAN WE'D BETTER SECURE THIS AREA STAT, HQ GET ME A PERIMETER", which just made it all the more effective when that 50s sci-fi naivete collided with the harsh, uncaring, Lovecraft-meets-Cronenberg-in-a-dark-alley-and-gets-raped realities of the universe.

Yep, the gods are dicks, nope there are no answers and yup you're all a bunch of retarded starry-eyed children.

Even Old Man Weyland, who is by any human standard a massive dick, does not stand up to the inherent uncaring hostility of the universe.

I mean this poo poo is consistent throughout the movie, but nope I guess people would have preferred a bunch of marines to come in and secure a perimeter and then watch them meticulously analysing every scrap of data on the planet over a series of centuries.

Also

My only complaint about this movie is that the climax with the engineer is too short.

It could have been drawn out better and made more suspenseful.

[Hammock Parties]

Terrific take that makes sense to me:

When they finally encounter the living engineer he is studying them at first, interested, but not in a caring way. He becomes enraged when he focuses on the android.

When he realises humanity has become a creator itself (a god), he feels the need to destroy his creation as it has started to disobey him. The Greek gods didn't want prometheus to give fire to humans as it would give them too much power.

As mentioned before, he created us, therefor he owns us, so killing us is not an amoral act. It is about creating as an act of love (the god of the New testament) and creation as an act of masturbation, which is what the engineers did. They created us because they could.

When they realise we are becoming Gods ourselves they want to destroy us.

MOAR

The spaceship ramming the alien ship is at the point of its impact shot like an eagle, burrowing into prometheus like the myth, and one of the reasons the machine refuses to do an abortion and must be fooled into doing surgery of removing an object is that it refers back to the eagle coming every day to rip out the liver of Prometheus, who was chained against a rock much as Shaw was tethered to the surgery unit. Also the instrument that removes the alien is shaped like a claw. in the myth Prometheus' liver grew back every day though, so maybe Shaw might still give birth to a xenomorph later on.

[Frazod]

Four stars from Ebert, although I'm not going to read the review.

[JD10367]

This midnight showing is crawling with nerds. I'm pretty sure that the girl with the dragon tattoo is sitting a couple rows in front of me.

Well, she was if you were in the 2nd row.

[JD10367]

I only wish the shot of Charlize Theron in a mummy-wrap bikini doing pushups would've lasted for another few minutes. :hump:

[L.A. Chieffan]

Is it worth it in iMax 3D, or 3D, or just regular?

[Third Eye]

Is it worth it in iMax 3D, or 3D, or just regular?

The IMAX 3d was WELL worth it IMO. At the very least see the IMAX, the movie is visually stunning.

[Sucky]

Loved it. Saw it in IMAX 3D and thought it was well done.

[DMAC]

Absolutely fucking incredible is my take.

Imax 3d is a must.

[Frazod]

All these reviews are making me very happy. PBJ

[DMAC]

All these reviews are making me very happy. PBJ

I want to go watch it again RIGHT NOW. And i'm 1 hour removed from the ending credits.

[Anyong Bluth]

Is it worth it in iMax 3D, or 3D, or just regular?

Def. Do IMAX 3D - I think its totally worth it.

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[Sucky]

the ending was pretty badass. I do hope we get a sequel.

[Anyong Bluth]

the ending was pretty badass. I do hope we get a sequel.

See, that's where I think it shows such promise as this is the start of its own storyline arc.

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[jiveturkey]

I want to go watch it again RIGHT NOW. And i'm 1 hour removed from the ending credits.same here. There's a couple of things I need to pay closer attention to.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Just got out, incredible.

Imax 3D was WELL worth it.

How the fuck do you do spoiler tags?

[Bowser]

Holy shit. Great film.

If this movie doesn't win an Academy Award for visuals, there shouldn't BE an award for visuals.

[Bowser]

Just got out, incredible.

Imax 3D was WELL worth it.

How the fuck do you do spoiler tags?

Like so - just surround the text with [ spoiler ] and [ /spoiler ]. Just don't have a space between the [ and ].

And this is an actual spoiler, here -

So were the Engineers really the creators of humanity, or were they just a vindictive race bent on destruction? I love the entire way he took that idea. I think humans always see their "creator(s)" as benign, helpful, and peaceful. Left it wide open for a sequel, and I hope he continues on with the storyline.

[Sure-Oz]

Saw it earlier...makes me want to see it in imax 3d. Some cool visual shit for sure...and def. leaves you with more questions than answers

[Johnny Vegas]

haven't seen it yet but the trailer reminds me of mass effect.

[007]

Really surprised at all the 3D love here. The general consensus here has always been don't waste your money on 3D. Is it really that good?

[Frazod]

Really surprised at all the 3D love here. The general consensus here has always been don't waste your money on 3D. Is it really that good?

Most times it's just gimmicky shit - I saw MIB3 in 2D it was obvious what the 3D shots were. Seeing that in 3D would have been a waste of money.

From everything I've heard, this is more in the Avatar range. That was a shitty movie, but the 3D was breathtaking.

[007]

Most times it's just gimmicky shit - I saw MIB3 in 2D it was obvious what the 3D shots were. Seeing that in 3D would have been a waste of money.

From everything I've heard, this is more in the Avatar range. That was a shitty movie, but the 3D was breathtaking.

We watched MiB3 in 3D because we didn't really have a choice and I didn't really have a problem with it. Got a real kick out of seeing the scenes on top of the Empire State Building.