Ridley Scott's Prometheus

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

After his atrocious attempt at movie making called AVATAR, I bloody well hope he does not come back... I still cannot see why ppl like that film. The story was thinner than tesco ultra cheap toilet paper and everyone and there dog went to see it THE MIND BOGGLES!

Maybe its something to do with me growing up but while my older brothers still watch only action movies I am looking for a meaning behind the film or at least a very good action film... AVATAR bored the hell out of me.

I agree the plot behind Avatar was weak also a rip off of other films, Dances with Wolves springs to mind, but not all films can be deep and meaningful, Avatar was OK for a switch off and chill visual treat if nothing else.

The reason I mentioned Cameron was because of Aliens of course, but Alien was still my favourite.

It always makes me laugh when I remember speaking to a girl at a bar, and she asked me 'why did the Prime Minister make Avatar?'. Sadly she wasn't joking.

LOL.

[He111]

I didn't understand that first bit of the film where that alien walks along a river, eats some poison then falls into the river, while a tear-drop shaped ship leaves orbit above ??

or was I watching another film ??

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[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by He111

I didn't understand that first bit of the film where that alien walks along a river, eats some poison then falls into the river, while a tear-drop shaped ship leaves orbit above ??

or was I watching another film ??

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I think ....


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That was him actually creating our species

[Hood]

Really high production values but ultimately a dissatisfying film. A lot of it didn't gel and it could have been much better.

If it had been a stand alone film without the Alien franchise behind it then it may have been better, but I'm not convinced. There aren't many films I've finished watching and that "Oh, was that it?"

Just my opinion of course.

Hood

[Katana1000S]

Maybe?

Its interesting to see how this movie has been finally received.

As a long time Alien/Aliens fan I still love it, but remember too, Ridley is not daft, he wants us to talk and think about this film.

He could have quite easily made it a direct seamless prequel to Alien ... and as far as I know that was his original intention ... sometimes I wish it was, but part's of me likes this tangent too.

Remember too that Bladedrunner was absolutely slated upon its release, by critics and fans of the genre too.

I think we will eventually get a Directors cut or different edit in a Blu ray release? remember too that Alien 3 was an odd movie to start with, but after its Dir cut ... it made a lot more sense.

[Hood]

Originally Posted by Katana1000S

Maybe?

Its interesting to see how this movie has been finally received.

As a long time Alien/Aliens fan I still love it, but remember too, Ridley is not daft, he wants us to talk and think about this film.

He could have quite easily made it a direct seamless prequel to Alien ... and as far as I know that was his original intention ... sometimes I wish it was, but part's of me likes this tangent too.

Remember too that Bladedrunner was absolutely slated upon its release, by critics and fans of the genre too.

I think we will eventually get a Directors cut or different edit in a Blu ray release? remember too that Alien 3 was an odd movie to start with, but after its Dir cut ... it made a lot more sense.

Maybe. We know it wasn't meant to be a direct prequel but there were too many questions that don't really lead anywhere and some aspects that didn't make sense. I hope that any follow up matches our expectations for this film.

To anyone who has yet to see it, go and see it but as a standalone film nothing to do with Alien. It might be more rewarding that way.

Hood

[Katana1000S]

Its all good.

The more I think about it the more I think James Cameron should do an action addition to this prequel to appease the masses ... Scott and Cameron have already sat in a room and discussed this, so you never know!

Seriously, I always thought most fans off the series were more biased to Aliens action than Alien exploring But I like both types.

And finally after all these years I have a new Alien movie and am loving it and that's all that matters.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Hood

Maybe. We know it wasn't meant to be a direct prequel but there were too many questions that don't really lead anywhere and some aspects that didn't make sense. I hope that any follow up matches our expectations for this film.

To anyone who has yet to see it, go and see it but as a standalone film nothing to do with Alien. It might be more rewarding that way.

Hood

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS You've been warned.

This prequel is pretty epic in it's attempt (at least in comparison tt the the "knock off one by one" original Alien)... so much so, that it leaves the alien xenomorph as a relatively unimportant character. As a transpermia film with heavy religous connotations and undertones this film succeeds amazingly well. At it's heart it's about the creation of mankind, and apparent destruction of mankind by the Space Jockeys..... except something goes wrong with the SJ's plans and the xenomorphs kill their 'master.'

Was mankind to be destroyed arbitrarily because the creators can, as suggested by David and Shaw's boyfriend Hallywell's creation theory? Was mankind created because the SJ's could or was the creation of man an extention of the SJs ala God creating man out of an extention of love? Had mankind's cup of indignation been filled and were the Space Jockeys to destroy mankind for their deeds or was killing mankind arbitrary because the SJ's can??

An interview with Ridley suggested that mankind had killed a messenger 2000 years ago. They ommitted the reference to Christ in the movie, but if the idea of a 'divine' messenger was thought to be placed in the movie, I can easily continue the belief that this story is a sci fi/ alien version of the book of apocolypse/Revelation gone wrong. Maybe the destruction that was supposed to occur 2000 years ago was a destruction of mercy - thus saving mankind the dark ages, numerous plagues, world wars, and the threat of our own annialation.

We saw two space ships in the movie. One brought life, the other death. Will the original craft make a reappearance? I could even suppose they were sci fi versions of the throne of god. Revelations and Ezekiel detail two different types of throne rooms. Both movable IIRC.

At the end we're left with two survivors. One who is seeking answers to her faith. The other ... well, I'm not sure about David. LOL I don't think Shaw is on a mission of revenge, but instead seeking answers. She'll probably end up going all Ripley on them, but not immediately. I believe that there will be a beacon that the Nostromo answers, and it either comes from Shaw when she finally meets up with the SJs and the xenomorphs or from David. Remember Ash seems to have at least a cursery understanding that there are life forms, and he's to assure they are brought back to Earth. The planet Prometeus lands on isn't the same planet that the Nostromo lands on.

Despite the uneveness of some of the story, and the non-sensical actions of some of the crew I liked it. There are unanswered questions like the cave pictures and the apparent map for example, but I think they will be explained in the next installment.

The ultimate question in the Ridley Scott story is, where did we come from? We may not like the answers.

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by He111

I didn't understand that first bit of the film where that alien walks along a river, eats some poison then falls into the river, while a tear-drop shaped ship leaves orbit above ??

or was I watching another film ??

.

+1
WTF?????
Somebody pm me the solution to the riddle pls...

The last time we had at least the monkeys jumping around the stone...(Space Odyssey)

Sci Fi effects: Amazing
Story: Excellent
The last 1/4 of the movie: dissapointing
The last scene (that thing that comes out): I was running out of the cinema screaming...the biggest dissapointment ever! LOL

~S~

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by He111

, while a tear-drop shaped ship leaves orbit above ??



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It all makes a lot more sense the more you think about it.

I think too, that any sufficiently advanced civilisation would send to Earth many different crafts of all shapes and forms, after all, we can send up everything from Spitfires to F35's, why do we pick at an Alien movie that shows something different from the original concept?