Prometheus: The prequel to ALIEN trailer is out.

[jblackrupert 14]

Trailer for the next trailer.

New Trailer

Weyland viral videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5P0ZGhXQDQ

Edited March 18, 2012 by jblackrupert

[froggyluv 2136]

Sorry for the necro -wife wants to see this tomm in 3D and I don't know anyone who's seen it -any good?

Read this in Forbes:

Where Scott & Co. have innovated on these stolen ideas is by making their characters — who are all bizarrely unfazed by the philosophical weight of their mission and discoveries — do ridiculously dumb things. When they see black alien ooze, they touch it. When they find a giant severed alien head, they bring it on the ship and perform inexplicable experiments on it in an open environment with no protective clothing. When the answers Charlie seeks are not immediately offered by the alien temple — which would be an earth-shattering discovery in its own right — he foregoes further inquiry and gets drunk. When members of the science team are lost in a gigantic, danger-filled alien structure, the mission leaders all go have sex. When a giant wheel-shaped object is rolling toward a couple of characters, they don’t run right or left, but stay directly in its path, like the security guard and the steamroller in Austin Powers. There isn’t a moment in the film where the human characters do something that humans would actually do, and the laughter of the audience in the screening I saw confirmed this.

LOL! How can this be -it's Ridley Scott dammit!! :mad:

[Defunkt 431]

It is riddled (ha ha) with poor choices plot-wise but the design and production values (always of particular importance with science fiction) are still top notch and on that level I'd still recommend a big screen viewing.

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Actually on reflection I don't know that 3D really added much to the experience.

[katipo66 94]

Saw it a few days ago, it could have been a classic if not for unbelievable characters and weak acting/(hollywank)dialog but over all visuals and concept were awesome, recommend big screen also, 3D even better.. it wasnt in your face 3D more ambient.

Actually probably would have been an awesome movie with only Michael Fassbender, Engineers and aliens.. the rest of the cast added nothing in my humble opinion.

[jakerod 254]

I liked it. It wasn't the best movie I have ever seen and as others have said there are some pretty terrible and irrational choices made but I did enjoy watching it.

[tpw 2315]

Beautiful visuals and production values, terrible plot and characterisation. Typical big budget Hollywood movie in other words. I was terribly disappointed.

[ArmAriffic 10]

I seen it last week, it was ok....but not great.

[mrcash2009 0]

As soon as they were doing the promotional circuit and stated its not directly linked with the other films (only slightly at the end) and really stands out as a film on its own, I lost all interest.

[sanctuary 19]

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/06/robs_prometheus_faq.php

:)

[Beagle 684]

I guess it's a typical modern US movie...all female actors aged less than 30 but pretend to have multiple degrees in science, plotholes, mediocre acting but lots of gfx and some glimpse at unatural big boobs but no nipples.

[kavoven 4]

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/06/robs_prometheus_faq.php

:)

Yikes... I thought about seeing this movie but after reading the "FAQ"... How can Ridley Scott do something like that? :(

So there's only Nolan left :(

[Dwarden 1125]

tell me, why are the crew of these sci-fi flicks always so dumb ?

oh hi we flying to the alien planet, lets first thing we do is land with our mothership on surface so we get

1. infested

2. overrun

3. killed by many means

then why is everyone so dumb and considering all substances and life to be

1. friendly

2. not deadly

do i mentioned other illogical decisions of the crew and so on

we think this was biological warfare facility, let's keep exploring and don't run like hell and nuke this from orbit

while it's set in future, anyone seen single robotic scout ? remote control / unmanned semi/automated UAV or else?

wth are we returning to sci-fi of 30s 20th century ?

[dmarkwick 261]

I think all these science fiction films occur in a universe that did not itself have science fiction films. Hence people are always surprised by what jumps out of air vents etc.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

tell me, why are the crew of these sci-fi flicks always so dumb ?

oh hi we flying to the alien planet, lets first thing we do is land with our mothership on surface so we get

1. infested

2. overrun

3. killed by many means

then why is everyone so dumb and considering all substances and life to be

1. friendly

2. not deadly

do i mentioned other illogical decisions of the crew and so on

we think this was biological warfare facility, let's keep exploring and don't run like hell and nuke this from orbit

while it's set in future, anyone seen single robotic scout ? remote control / unmanned semi/automated UAV or else?

wth are we returning to sci-fi of 30s 20th century ?

God yes!

This was the single most annoying aspect of the film: Approximately 60% of the characters end up in a situation where they're revealed to be complete and utter imbeciles! The calibre of stupidity that in most films is reserved for nameless 'red-shirts' is prevalent in the principle cast, and often flies in the face of any reasonable action they may have performed earlier in the movie.

Worst examples:

Geologist and Biologist dudes - They run away at the mere sight of the remains of a long-dead creature that their mission hoped to discover alive, citing that things are getting 'too dangerous', then proceed to get lost in spite of one of the blokes owning the probes that are mapping the god-damn temple in real-time. Later they are revealed to still be in radio contact with the ship where said map is being relayed, with their positions marked for all to see. Again the prospect of meeting an alien life form is raised and they are unanimously terrified (in spite of knowing they are over a km away) and decide to bugger off in the opposite direction (now knowing where they are going) - however, when a very weird, threatening looking worm thing finally appears, one has a sudden change of heart and decides there's nothing to be afraid of, throws caution to the wind and tires to pet the hideous, murderous beast. GENIUS!

Doctor Boyfriend - Spends most of the beginning of the film spouting platitudes about the virtues of taking a chance in spite of insane odds of success, and being willing challenge your beliefs; seems like a pretty relaxed, level headed bloke. However he gets a right girly strop on the minute he finds out that the aliens he's been searching for happen to be dead (on a planet that they already have an inkling, isn't their home planet) - in spite of the afore-mentioned insane odds of the mission being a success.

Despite of some of the really dodgy writing of the sub-plots and set-pieces; the thrust of the main plot is intriguing, and the universe the film inhabits is fantastically well done. I'm still looking forward to where Ridley takes this; but hopefully the remaining characters become more developed, and establish some plausible relationships to make them more interesting to watch, and I don't have to spend another few hours not really caring who lives, dies or gets mutilated. Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are certainly capable of that as actors.

Edited June 21, 2012 by da12thMonkey

[Beagle 684]

Beacause these people just pretend to be highly trained academic people and they perform roles writen by script authors that onyl pretend to know what they are writing about.

And off course no one of them was watchign star trek all the time. good actors cant make a bad script any better.

[tremanarch 6]

review: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=prometheus_nutshell

[mikebart 1]

pretty much sums it up:

[jblackrupert 14]

I saw it yesterday, the script killed the entire thing.

Definately not worth the $13 I paid to see it, thankfully I didn't blow money on overpriced drinks and popcorn.

Bestbuy, Futureshop and Amazon have a deal that you get a free ticket if you puchase the individual copies of the Alien movies on Blu-ray

so if you if you haven't seen it yet you might want to check that out.

I can't wait to get a 1080p projector, I have enough room for at least a 130" screen so I can finally dump the theatre for good (Except IMAX)

The Hobbit is most likely the last movie I'll see in a theatre.

[[aps]gnat 28]

Saw it.

As a big Aliens fan, loved having another instalment, loved the idea of the story, loved most of the actors, loved the FX's, hated how amateurish it was scripted.

[jblackrupert 14]

Interesting take on the movie.

http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html

And this...

Edited June 22, 2012 by jblackrupert

[froggyluv 2136]

Missed the 3D so saw the regular version yesterday and despite MASSIVE plot holes, character development flaws and some of the most uneven writing to date -I still really enjoyed it! I was going to go into a long rant about the many WTF?'s but really everything that needs to be said has been addressed above.

Edit: One thing that drives me crazy with modern movies is the inexplicable need to emote every scene with melodramatic music. Give the audience some credit - we know it's emotional to die/have friend die/witness the cosmos in 3d etc... The one scene that ended with the female scientists crying only to cut to another scene with her crying made me bust out loud in the theatre. Reminded me of the crying scene from Something About Mary.

Edited June 22, 2012 by froggyluv