Prometheus
 

this movie looks siiiiick:yeah:


anyone else excited?:yeah:

This movie looks like it's gonna fucking dope!

It had better be. A lot is riding on this prequel to Alien.

Ridley Scott is directing which is a plus point and who better to invest in the Alien mythos than the man who brought it to the screen originally? Minuses? He hasn't made a really top class film in years. Will it really tie into the original Alien film and expand the the concept or is it just another cash in?

I really hope it works.

the movie will be wonderful....and the last 12 minutes will make fans of alien.....well you know :)

wasn't even aware it was a cannon prequel, i thought it was just a "spiritual successor" if you will.

That makes me real happy. Hopefully some of the original screenwriting talent from the series is involved

it is not a direct sequel.....but then ending will make fans of the original (Alien) very happy

Have you seen it?

no....but i've been reading about it for the last couple of months

and pretty much every review says basically that "although not a direct sequel the last 12 minutes will make fans of Alien jump for joy"

to be honest the preview makes me jump for joy.....i will be at the first showing on june 8th in sparks nv for anybody who ants to join me :)


i feel like it is going to explain why the craft was there.....but not why or where the "Aliens" came from (which could lead into a direct sequel....which Scott has been talking about for some time now :) )

i've watched Alien twice in the last month to prepare myself for this :)

Ah OK, I'm going to need to reacquaint myself with Alien before I see this too I think. As things stand I'm still looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises more.

sneer you don't even want to get me started about Dark knight Rises....i'll have to change my pants again :)

Prometheus is a very close second for my excitement this summer.....and to be honest even if it did not have the obvious Alien connection two things sell me on this as being one of the best movies of the year 1) Ridley Scott 2) doing sci-fi = sold :)

This summer already seems much better than last years. Green Lanter, Captain America, Smurfs, another pirates of the carribbean, a lotta boring crap in 2011.

i nearly had premature ejaculation when i saw the trailer in the cinemas

the ship is the exact same ship as the one in the first Alien, where the host alien's body was found

I am totes excited about this movie.

I can't remember a movie I was as excited about as I am about Prometheus. It's going to be (well, I hope, really hope) a cult classic.
Remembering all the Weyland-Yutani androids from Aliens, this particular viral convinced me this might be as good as it's supposed to be.

Prometheus Happy Birthday David Viral Clip # 2 - YouTube

"i can do things that humans find.....unethical"

freaking classic :)

Can't wait to see it! ;)

All signs point to awesome as far as I'm concerned...either that or bitter disappointment. I'm cautiously optimistic about this though.

Major fangasm when I saw this little beauty get put online a few months back;


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Got my ticket booked for June 3rd. Must remember to have a marathon of the original quadrilogy sometime before that...

Bought the first Alien movie on Blu Ray after hearing a lot of the buzz for this. Might give it a watch tonight.

You do that ;)

Personally I love all 4 of the original quadrilogy, including Resurrection. Also, Alien 3 is very underrated. If I had to rank all of the films in the Alien franchise, it'd look something like;

Alien / Aliens > Alien 3 > Alien: Resurrection >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aliens vs Predator

...never seen AVP: Requiem, never will either.

June 3rd!?....where do you live man....it does not open till the 8th here :(

and yes Alfred you should be watching it now :) i recently upgraded my copies to BluRay and the extended versions are quite entertaining...Aliens has an extra 40 minutes :)

and i agree Bulldog the whole series are all great movies in their own right 3 is serious underrated when compared to its older brothers :)

It's out on the 1st June here :) One thing is definitely guaranteed with the film and that will be the production design, Ridley Scott is a master of this.

more proof that i live on the wrong continent :)

i agree if everything else bombs with this film....it will be worth seeing for the eye candy

agreed

New Prometheus Clip Online | Movie News | Empire
A short (bur great!) clip from Prometheus, showing the scene of entering atmosphere and landing on the alien planet.

She is a goddess.

I wonder what it would be like to kiss her....

Dear god. I would kiss the **** out of her.








Jesus I lost a hold of myself there lads, sorry about that. Won't happen again.

I'd have to go tom cruise and just not let her leave my house, ever!

Wait... You would only kiss her as Tom Cruise? Why would you do that? Why not just as yourself?

Besides, Tom Cruise is really short. You could totally have her and not be Tom Cruise man.

Hey, when did this become a Charlize Theron thread?

Beautiful women are nice, but I think there are better ways to enjoy such eye candy. I think it's a bit sad how every heroine has to be strikingly beautiful, booba- and boobylicious these days. I mean, sometimes I just don't think those particular features are the ones that suit the character the most.

Since this is a Ridley Scott movie, let's take Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley as an example. She's a beautiful woman, but she's no Jessica Alba or Scarlet Johanson type beauty .. and would it be better if they'd cast someone with that kind of looks? Hell no! Sigourney Weaver was perfect for that role, but I'm not sure she'd get it if that film was made today.

uh when i said eye candy i was actually talking about the tunnel and the alien chamber :)

so i read an interview with Scott over the weekend and he openly admits to enjoying fucking with eh fanboys as to whether or not this is a true alien prequel....and again says the last 12 minutes are where its at :)

i am joining a group of friends for beers at my favorite brewery and an early evening viewing on the 8th.....but at this point i may just have to go to the early show also :)

I actually agree with you wholeheartedly. I would love films to cast realistic-looking people. I have a hard time watching mainstream network content because all the people look like plastic. Films/TV based on historical events are more irksome, it could be the black plague and chances are the actors still have sparkling white teeth.

Like you were insinuating though, the film needs to be marketable. Charlize Theron has the acting chops to back it up at least,(more so than the contemporaries you mentioned-scarlett or alba)especially in Monster.


Haha naw, i'm well aware of our future togethor:D

I was joking that when she's mine I'm going to keep her locked in my house similar to Tom Cruise and Kate Hudson's relationship, which was some tabloid gossip, i don't really know why i bothered bringing up.

63 on metacritic D:

Just got back from seeing it. I have major issues with the ending not tying up anything and basically shouting "Hey! Sequel on the way!" which ruined it for me. The acting was good, though, and there certainly were "strands of Alien DNA." However, the ride as a whole was mediocre at best; not enough tension and suspense.

Give this one a miss. Major disappointment.

Eggsplain? Toilet humour is not appreciated.

Like, I would kiss her hard.

Now you're making fun of transsexuals? For shame!

DEUHHRRRRmetheus

watching it next week

look for a review from me soon

(not in this thread, but in the last movie you watched one)

Seems like a lot of dissapointment from audiences, especially those that love the original alien films. This wasnt even as good as alien 3!

I've yet to hear from any dissatisfied Alien fans. I haven't gone out of my way to find any opinions from other Alien fans, but it seems to me those not familiar with the earlier Alien movies are the ones who are the most disappointed. As a fan, I definitely enjoyed Prometheus, more so than Alien 3.

Yeah... it was much much better than Alien 3. I actually still have trouble accepting Alien 3 as an official Alien movie because they killed a huge part of what made Aliens so good. James Cameron has been known to hate it. He felt killing off Newt and Hicks was a huge slap in the face to Aliens fans... and I agree. To me, the Alien series ended after Aliens. It's not the first Cameron series to make me feel that way, either. The Terminator series ended after 2 in my head.

Anyway, onto Prometheus. I actually think Scott did a great job of revealing enough to keep Alien fans enticed but keeping enough hidden to keep interest in sequels. A few things I'm glad he answered...



and some theories of my own...



So overall, I was very happy with the new life and possibilities breathed into a dying franchise. The pacing in the last half of the movie was choppy to say the least, but all in all I liked it a lot. I can't wait for the sequels. This is something new, too, because with each AVP movie that came out I cringed more and more and just wished they would stop.

Duga, I agree with your post 100% :) Well put.