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Title: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on August 11, 2011, 01:05:45 pm
News:

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Alien Prequel News (why choose a name that won't be relevant come this time next year?) exclusively reports that Ridley Scott and his team have wrapped principle photography at Pinewood Studios in England on Prometheus, their sci-fi horror prequel to Alien that tells the origin of the creatures... and man. In addition, they have a slew of images from the breakdown of the set pieces that they have already connected to designs in Scott's 1979 classic (see below). Click the link above for more.

Fox has slated the 3-D film for release on June 8, 2012.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 11, 2011, 01:18:08 pm
Bring this movie on already!!!!!! (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/banghead.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on August 11, 2011, 04:04:50 pm
Bring this movie on already!!!!!! (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/banghead.gif)
Patience grasshopper
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 11, 2011, 04:06:40 pm
I'm trying dude. But the wait is killing me.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on September 28, 2011, 09:04:31 am
Prometheus Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Prometheus?sk=info)

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While the entire plot has already leaked online, those of you who have covered your eyes can now breathe a sigh of relief. The official Facebook page for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has been updated with a brand new synopsis that gives a very vague breakdown of the plot for the Alien prequel:

"Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus', he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race."

Those of you you just had your curiosity piqued and want to know more, beware of major spoilers and then click here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/25179).
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 28, 2011, 09:25:16 am
I've avoided all spoilers so far, so I'm not gonna risk anything now....even an updated whachamacallit.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on November 07, 2011, 02:06:46 pm
Spoiler Alert

Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on November 07, 2011, 02:16:00 pm
I'm tempted to click on that spoiler alert for the simple fact that it's NOT moving. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_wink.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on November 07, 2011, 03:57:12 pm
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I'm tempted to click on that spoiler alert for the simple fact that it's NOT moving.

Personally, I don't think it's much of a spoiler  :-\
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 02, 2011, 01:42:28 pm
I would not call that a trailer in any respect. Oh well.

I do suggest the handful of pics posted (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/4107/gallery). Looking very cool.

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It's been quite a month for Twentieth Century Fox and Prometheus, their presumed prequel to Alien directed by franchise creator Ridley Scott. Keeping the excitement in momentum, by clicking the above or below still you'll now find our new gallery of hi-res imagery!

In addition, Tom Rothman, CEO of Fox, spoke with MTV about the recent trailer leak (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27415). "I heard some of it leaked, which wasn't so good," he said. "That's not fair. It's heartbreakingly unfair, because ... the quality of the visuals is as spectacularly beautiful, shot in 3-D compositionally the way only a master could do it," Rothman added. "For some early, early, early, early half-baked, half-assed test to leak, it's so unfair."

And speaking on the Alien connection he explains: "I'll tell you the great thing: It's way bigger than that. The ideas are way bigger, way more original and — it's a scary word — way more profound."

Fox has Prometheus slated for launch on June 8, 2012.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 15, 2011, 09:45:22 am
Official One Sheet

(http://static.moviefanatic.com/images/gallery/prometheus-poster_400x592.jpg)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 19, 2011, 10:08:43 am
Filmophilia conducted a pretty lengthy interview with Ridley Scott, director of Twentieth Century Fox's sci-fi horror Prometheus, the assumed prequel to his 1979 Alien.

While Scott has been absolutely deceitful in earlier interviews, he's slowly become more and more candid about the connection to the 30-year-old franchise. In the most recent of chats Scott comes clean on the addition of the Space Jockey, reveals the involvement of artist H.R. Giger, and promises with a bold face that we won't be seeing the xenomorph synonymous with the franchise.

In speaking to the connection to the Alien films Scott reaffirms the "DNA" quote he gave a few months back: "I mean, you could actually say, and there's a quote I did, a pretty good quote: By the end of the third act you start to realize there's a DNA of the very first alien, but none of the subsequent aliens. To tell you what that is is a pity, and I'm not going to tell you, because it's actually pretty good, pretty organic to the process and to the original. But we go back, we don't go forward."

The official synopsis from Fox says that this revolves around the "Alien Gods", the "Space Jockey" from the first film. Scott confirms their involvement and goes into some depth as to what we'll see in Prometheus.

"Yeah, so there you have that," he states boldy confirming the involvement. "I was always amazed that, I mean, I've only done two science-fictions, but I was always amazed that no one asked who the hell the Space Jockey was. He wasn't even called the Space Jockey. During the film they started to call it the Space Jockey. I don't know who started that one off. I always thought it was amazing that no one ever asked who he was, and why was he there? What was all that about? I sat thinking about this for a while and thought, well, there's a story! And the other four [films] missed it! So, here it is."

H.R. Giger is synonymous with the Alien films as he created the look of the creatures and the film's look. The site asked Scott about his potential involvement in the film.

"I brought him in, I showed him what we were doing, showed him the story and he liked it a lot" said Scott. "So he's doing a little bit of work for me. He's been doing some murals, big murals, which we'll see in almost one of the first chambers we encounter when we land where we're gonna go."

Lastly, don;t expect to see the original xenomorph in Prometheus.

"No. Absolutely not," states Scott before joking, "They squeezed it dry. He (the xenomorph) did very well. (He laughs) He survived, he's now in Disneyland in Orlando, and no way am I going back there. How did he end up in Disneyland? I saw him in Disneyland, Jesus Christ!"


We'll go bac to a darker time on June 8 when Prometheus launches from Earth to....?
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 19, 2011, 10:15:55 am
I get the feeling the Ridley Scott and company are trying to play down any "Alien" connection so that people that go to see the movie and find that it'a lacking in any sort of "sequel/prequel" rule book will not leave disappointed. When you hear the term "sequel/prequel", you expect a certain amount of closely related tie-ins to the original and I don't think we are going to get that here. That's been my take without having gotten to deep into reading about the production of the movie to avoid spoilers for myself.

I dunno. We could end up getting a movie that out does Aliens for all I know. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_wink.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 19, 2011, 11:47:14 am
My fear is since its inception, the anticipation is going to out flank the movie and no matter what, will be a disappointment. Cripes, the frenzy and buzz is solid. Wait until it get closer to next summer. Jeeeezzzz
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 19, 2011, 12:01:08 pm
My fear is since its inception, the anticipation is going to out flank the movie and no matter what, will be a disappointment. Cripes, the frenzy and buzz is solid. Wait until it get closer to next summer. Jeeeezzzz

Test screenings = Rewrites = MORE ALIENS
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 20, 2011, 10:25:07 am
Here they cooooooome

A teaser for the trailer. Yes. Not a trailer, but a teaser for the trailer coming on the 22nd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqi1T9PmS6k
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 20, 2011, 10:26:32 am
Dayum!!!!

Teaser #2 for trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD7Z-CTbbKk
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 20, 2011, 10:37:41 am
What? No singing Oompa-Loompa's? FAIL!!!!!!

I guess I'm gonna have to be content with Aliens then,

:::sigh:::
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 20, 2011, 12:00:55 pm
Oompa-Loompa's?

Bad day to try quit Meth eh?
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 20, 2011, 12:23:20 pm
No. First day. Just started.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 22, 2011, 10:47:47 am
Trailer #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_luIM6xaIck

Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 22, 2011, 10:49:35 am
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 22, 2011, 06:48:04 pm
You wingnut





That is looking awesome!!!!!
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 22, 2011, 07:03:33 pm
I'm still not seeing anything remotely connecting to the Alien franchise. I guess I should have believed in Mr. Ridley from the get go. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_wink.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 22, 2011, 07:19:25 pm
I saw three





Hehehehehe
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 22, 2011, 07:24:57 pm
I saw none. Kept eyes shut. Too scared.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on December 22, 2011, 07:27:35 pm
 ;)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 16, 2012, 09:54:38 am
We Already Know There Are Space Jockeys In 'Prometheus', But Here Are Their Suits!

(http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/news/prometheus-photo-unveils-space-jockey-gears-dark-tunnel.jpg)

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The LA Times has an interesting article on Prometheus today, and there's definitely a smattering of the Alien mythology in the pic they included.

It's interesting that they ran this exchange with co-writer Damon Lindelof, "What the two do have in common, Lindelof said, is that the universe in which each takes place shares a similar aesthetic. When the writer signed on to the film, Scott was already deep into discussions with production designer Arthur Max, whose résumé includes work on “Se7en” and “Gladiator.” Scott took Lindelof to what he described as a “thick, dramatic vault door” where five twentysomethings who “looked like they were playing video games” were rendering images of planets, creatures and space suits."

Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 16, 2012, 10:04:10 am
Release the damn movie already!!!!
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 16, 2012, 10:10:04 am
Just a few more days  ;D
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 16, 2012, 10:12:07 am
I have zero patience.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 16, 2012, 10:12:59 am
No, you don't say
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 21, 2012, 10:31:26 pm
Bet you forgot Guy Pierce was in Prometheus

Even though Guy Pearce was confirmed for a role in Ridley Scott's Prometheus, there's been little to no mention of him. He spoke with MTV today and explained, "I'm only [in the film] for a minute, but it was a real honor to work with Ridley [Scott], to see what was going on," he said. "I think Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron and everybody will do a really spectacular job."

In addition, Scottish actress Kate Dickie spoke with the Daily Star about her role and reveals some major spoilers. "Kate plays a tough first officer called Mudow, who needs to help her fellow crew members become acclimatised to their removal from cryo-sleep after a long space journey which ends on an apparently barren planet," she explained in the scan courtesy of AvP Galaxy. "With their muscles wasted from five years without use, she helps them to get fit – only for them to fall victims to horrible creatures that begin stalking them for food."
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 21, 2012, 11:30:46 pm
Just a minute? Wow. I sure hope he got himself a memento from the set.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/rimshot.gif)

Thank you. I'm performing all this week. 2 drink minimum with valet parking.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 22, 2012, 06:21:40 am
Ugh (flinging tomato at you)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 22, 2012, 06:42:26 am
Ugh (flinging tomato at you)

I expect nothing less than that from you. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_biggrin.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on January 26, 2012, 01:38:16 pm
Go Inside A Very Giger Egg Room In New 'Prometheus' Pic!

(http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/prometheus8.jpg)

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Ridley Scott's Prometheus is getting closer and closer to release and, while mystery is still high (and should be - I don't want to be totally spoiled), more and more is beginning to emerge.

Like this still for instance. We've seen glimpses of this imagery in the teaser, but not from this angle. It features the giant stone head from the posters amidst what looks like the egg rooms from Alien and Aliens. Only the egg-like objects in Prometheus seem to be made of granite or perhaps some alloy and they are more conical in shape. But there's no denying what they're intended to invoke.

"Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus', he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race."

In theaters June 8, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Guy Pearce, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Benedict Wong, Emun Elliott, Ben Foster, Patrick Wilson all star.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on February 09, 2012, 10:29:56 am
Sequel talk

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Ridley Scott's return to Alien franchise was originally conceived as a trilogy all stitched together to set up his iconic 1979 sci-fi horror pic.

With the prequel Prometheus hitting theaters June 8 in a flurry of hype, Scott is once again thinking "sequel".

In speaking to EW about the upcoming Blade Runner, Scott reveals that he's "also thinking about what the hell I might do for a 'Prometheus 2.'" as he knocks the wood coffee table and grins.

Those keeping up with the Prometheus mythos know that the film is supposed to set up exactly how the dead Space Jockey crash landed on the planet. This still leaves plenty of years (or millions of years) to explore.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 09, 2012, 01:03:59 pm
By "Trilogy", is the talk around Prometheus 1, 2, and 3? Or just Prometheus 1 & 2, plus Alien?
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on February 09, 2012, 01:07:44 pm
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By "Trilogy", is the talk around Prometheus 1, 2, and 3? Or just Prometheus 1 & 2, plus Alien?

Hmmmm, I didn't think about that. I now wonder what he means.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 02, 2012, 01:50:04 pm
Prometheus - Guy Pearce Weyland Viral Video (HD) 

Ha, Ridley Scott is sneaking in some current culture with TED... nice


For those of you who dont know me, my name is Peter Weyland, and if you'll indulge me, I'd like to change the world"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBa_GHtNB0

Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 02, 2012, 01:58:58 pm
Isn't this movie on DVD yet? Bah!
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 02, 2012, 02:02:45 pm
Ye of little faith... and patience
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 02, 2012, 02:08:11 pm
Ye of little faith... and patience

See Post #30 up above.  (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_popcorn.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 17, 2012, 12:22:37 am
Trailer #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNdsFeIISc
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 17, 2012, 08:57:31 am
uh.... wow


yea baby
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 18, 2012, 02:28:20 am
IMAX Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCQmA3Eno7U
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 18, 2012, 07:35:34 am
The repeating 'scream' / echo at the end brought a tear to my eye. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/wow.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 18, 2012, 05:28:03 pm
Genius, I'm so psyched.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 19, 2012, 06:34:37 am
Ridley Scott Says There Will Be A Second 'Prometheus' Film "If We're Lucky," Plus U.K. Trailer


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If you'd like to cynically file this one under "no **** Sherlock," we won't entirely blame you, but hear us out for a second. Way back when "Prometheus" was first announced circa March 2010, it wasn't "Prometheus." Written by Jon Spaihts and conceived then as a full-blown prequel to 1979's “Alien,” when the announcement first arrived, Ridley Scott himself corrected journos that had asked about the prequel during “Robin Hood” press. “Prequels, two films," he stressed, noting both would be shot in 3D but wouldn’t be shot back to back.

Things then changed. The “Alien” prequel was then rewritten and reconceived by “Lost” writer Damon Lindelof and became “Prometheus,” a film that, according to Scott, audiences would able to “recognize strands of Alien’s DNA, so to speak.”

Even though strands of a xenomorph -- or a type of xenomorph, the H.R. Giger work is unmistakable -- are clearly visible in the trailer (or at least visible when you freeze the frame), this weekend at WonderCon in Anaheim, Scott and Lindelof continued to distance “Prometheus” as being a proper prequel to “Alien.”

However, Scott did circle back to the idea of two films at the WonderCon panels. "It evolved into another universe," Scott told the WonderCon crowd about the original intentions for the “Alien” prequel and how it morphed into “Prometheus.” "If we're lucky, there'll be a second part. It does leave you with some nice open questions."

Now, that’s where we really get into the potential “duh,” but we’re glad to hear that this sequel idea -- word of which many assumed had gone away when the film concept was retooled -- still survives. Of course Scott’s “lucky,” comment means if “Prometheus” does well at the box office and justifies its existence (the budget has been reported to be in the $200+ million dollar range).

A side note of interest. While at Comic-Con 2011, Lindelof said that “Prometheus” was “literally designed for 3D,” there’s very little by way of the recent marketing that pushes the 3D angle. Then again, that appears to be the norm these days as studios shy away from promoting 3D as their main focus and back to the content itself (never a bad thing). And while Scott also said he was cutting a PG-13 and R-Rated cut of the film, the greenband nature of the new trailer suggests the R-rating was a pie in the sky idea.

And if you’re not convinced that “Prometheus” is not an “Alien” prequel, according to Lindelof at WonderCon, one of the reasons the film did evolve was because the original script felt too familiar to the director. “I want to do Sci-Fi again, but I think this movie is too close to 'Alien,' ” Lindelof explained, recalling what Scott said in their first meeting together.

Another idea Lindelof reiterated from past statements about the film -- that we admittedly kind of love -- is the idea that prequels are often pretty damn boring because you know the outcome of them.

“Often there is an inevitability to watching a prequel,” he said. “So, If the ending of this movie is just going to be the room that John Hurt walks into that has eggs there is nothing interesting in that. We know how it's going to end. So, this movie will hopefully contextualize the original 'Alien' so maybe you know a bit more.”

June 8th cannot arrive any sooner as far as we’re concerned. Btw, while we're here, here's the full U.K. trailer for "Prometheus," which sports a more relaxed pace (at first at first) and centers on the origins of the "invitation." You'll see what we mean below, not to mention the subtle love story within.

If this should do well? 

Pa-shaw
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 19, 2012, 06:41:17 am

If this should do well? 

Pa-shaw

What he said.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/lol.gif) I had to laugh. "If were lucky..." 

It's a foregone conclusion that we should be getting 20 more Alien movies in the next 5 years. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_biggrin.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 19, 2012, 06:50:02 am
Honestly, the 3D version will probably be awesome. Avatar was the perfect vehicle for 3D and was an amazing experience. I'm thinking Prometheus will be too.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 21, 2012, 06:10:19 pm
After Ridley Scott, Damon Lindelof, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron introduced the new theatrical trailer for Prometheus at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, CA on Saturday – commemorating a weekend full of clips, trailers and other footage from the film – excitement is racing towards fever pitch for the science fiction opus. But for those few who still haven’t gotten enough information about the forthcoming film, Movies.com joined a small group of press following the WonderCon presentation to talk to Scott, Lindelof and Fassbender and go even more in-depth about what’s in store for fans.

In addition to discussing the film’s status as a “prequel” to the Alien series, the trio talked about Fassbender’s character, an android whose humanity they hesitated to define, and offered some insights about creating an adventure that simultaneously builds upon its predecessors’ mythology and spins it off into a new direction.

 

Q: It’s been awhile since the first Alien film came out, and there have been so many advances in technology. Was that a problem, in terms of writing this, or was that advancement a positive point?

Ridley Scott: It’s easier to carry it out, but it’s still as difficult to write something. In fact, it’s getting more difficult because there are almost too many movies being made.

Damon Lindelof: Yeah, and I think that it would have been really difficult to do a straight-up Alien sequel or Alien prequel because you’re beholden to so many of the things that came before it. To be able to shed that stuff [made it easier]. This was Ridley’s idea. From the screenwriting standpoint, for me, it was really just all about getting a clear sense of what was the movie that he wanted to make. It’s Ridley Scott. The movie is his vision, so I did my best to channel it. We had almost no conversations about any other movies, other than this one, which might have been hubris or … maybe just because we were drunk.


Q: How much thought was put into the technology that’s in the film, especially with audience expectations being so much greater?

Scott: You think about everything, down to the shoelaces. We even had a big argument about the globular helmets. I was certain that I wanted the fully spherical glass helmet. In fact, in my research, I read this biography on Steve Jobs’ life and he talks about how he wanted to make his entire office of this glass, which is called Gorilla Glass, and [was told], “We don’t make it anymore.” So, Steve Jobs actually then re-opened up the factory and started remaking Gorilla Glass. If I’m in 2083 and I’m going into space, why would I design a helmet that has blind spots? What I want is something where I have 360 [vision]. Glass, by then, will be light and you won’t be able to break it with a bullet.




Q: How did you approach the android and what he would be capable of?

Scott: What was important was the story. There’s nothing new about an android. There’s nothing new about a robot. That idea is 800 years old. So then, embrace what it is. By embracing it, he becomes that much more interesting because he’s just part of the ship. In a sense, he’s not just butler, but he’s housekeeper and maintenance man, who legitimately does not need to sleep. From that, then he also becomes extremely useful during the story, as it evolves. There’s a great scene where Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) is actually a bit of a ****, occasionally, says, “Hey, you, boy!” to him. I thought that was real cheeky. And then, he says, “Why are you wearing one of those suits? You don’t have to breathe.” It ends up with David [Michael Fassbender] saying, “Not too close, I hope,” referring to being told, “We’re making you guys just like us.” You don’t know who’s insulting who there. That’s when those turn-abouts starts to occur.


 

Q: What is the mix of genres in this film? How much horror does it offer versus science fiction?

Scott: The bottom line is just to make a good movie. Just make a f***ing good movie. It’s got nothing to do with horror or whatever. That’s why there’s only a few really, really great ones. Thereafter, there are only evolutions of copycats. There are two great horror movies that I never got over. One was called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper. I knew I didn’t really want to go see that movie, just by seeing the poster. But, eventually I had to, as research for Alien. The other great one, with a single idea, was the first Exorcist. Possession of the body by a demon was marvelous. Since then, there have been 900,000 clones of those ideas.

Lindelof: In this day and age, when you’re trying to market a movie and you say, “It’s a romance. It’s a comedy.” Neither of those are inherent in Prometheus, although there are funny scenes and romantic scenes. I think there’s a lot of action adventure elements to this movie, in comparison to the original Alien. But, the fact that we can’t really put it in that box of, “It’s a this,” is refreshing. I think that there’s a quiet suspense to the movie. It really takes its time. If you have a master filmmaker who’s working with incredibly talented actors, you just have to say, “We’re going to be patient. We do not need to have things exploding every 10 minutes.” It’s a little bit of an old-school approach to filmmaking, in that it trusts the audience to have a little bit of patience.

Just as someone who is a fan of these kinds of movies, I’ve been astonished by the patience of the fan base, in terms of how little we’re telling them about the movie. We’re doing this dance together, as filmmakers, where people want to know more about it, but we say to them, “Do you really want to know?” and they go, “No, no, no, we don’t. We actually just want to go into the theater, not knowing if there’s a bomb under the table or not, or when it’s going to go off.” Ridley has always had a tremendous amount of faith in the audience’s intelligence. He directs and tells stories in a way that you come up to them, as opposed to them talking down to you. I feel like Prometheus is a proud member of that thing he does so well.


Q: Michael, how did you approach playing an android with no emotion?

Fassbender: You want to play with as many of those human traits as possible. You’re essentially trying to build a computer that can respond and understand human behavior. It’s programmed to be able to incorporate itself within a human environment. You’re going into space, so you’ve got to get certain personalities that will get on in space. He has to be very flexible. So, what happens when you program that and the program then starts making its own connections and joins up to its own electrical linking to other areas and forming its own ego, insecurities, jealousy and envy?

What I thought was very interesting was that you have this guy who was on his own for two-and-a-half years while everyone else was in cryostasis, so what did he do to amuse himself? The idea that there is something of a little boy there, and that he has to rely on his imagination to keep himself occupied, imagination is a very human trait. The fact that he’s curious, how far will that curiosity go? The way that Damon [Lindelof] wrote it, people treat him as a robot and there’s a bit of contempt towards him because he has all the answers. He’s hyper-intelligent. His physicality is more advanced than human beings. So, people don’t really embrace him. He’s sort of used and abused. How does that make him feel, if robots can feel? I didn’t want to make a direct, definite choice. I played with the ambiguity. Is this robot starting to develop human personality?



Lindelof: I remember a conversation that Ridley and I had, fairly early on, about David. There was this idea that David is mass-produced. There are 20,000 other David units out there, who look exactly like Michael Fassbender. What a wonderful world that would be, wouldn’t it? It’s the idea that we all have our iPhones, yet we put different cases on them and different apps on them. This David, once you take him out of the wrapping, would begin to customize himself. He could change his hairstyle. He could change the way that he speaks. He could have different applications, based on what this unit is designed to do. That’s where I felt like, as soon as we cast Michael, that’s the killer app, right there. It’s pretty cool.

Q: Since you’re leaving this film open with these bigger ideas that could lead to another film, would you take that film closer to the Alien franchise, or would it be its own different storyline?

Lindelof: I think that’s actually a really insightful question. This word “prequel” was on the table. It was the elephant in the room and had to be discussed. When I had first heard that Ridley was going to direct an Alien prequel, and then six months later my phone rang and the voice on the other end said, “Are you available to talk to Ridley Scott?” and then I crashed into a telephone pole, I answered the call and Ridley was like, “Hey, man, I’m going to send you a script tonight.” So, I read this thing and we had a meeting, and he was already very clearly saying, “I want to come back to this genre. I want to do sci-fi again. I feel like this movie is just a little bit too close to Alien. I’ve done this stuff before. But, there are big ideas in it that are unique, in and of themselves. Is there a way to do that?” I said, “I think that that’s what we have to do.”

If there were a sequel to this movie, it would not be Alien. Normally, that’s the definition of a prequel. It precedes the other movies. The Star Wars prequels are going to end with Darth Vader going, “Noooo!” unfortunately. There’s an inevitability, in watching a prequel, where you’re like, “Okay, if the ending of this movie is just going to be the room that John Hurt walks into, that’s full of eggs, there’s nothing interesting in that because we know where it’s going to end. With really good stories, you don’t know where it’s going to end. So, this movie, hopefully, will contextualize the original Alien, so that when you watch it again, maybe you know a little bit more. But, you don’t f*** around with that movie. It has to stand on its own. It’s a classic. If we’re fortunate enough to do a sequel to Prometheus, it will tangentialize even further away from the original Alien.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 21, 2012, 06:11:39 pm
After Ridley Scott, Damon Lindelof, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron introduced the new theatrical trailer for Prometheus at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, CA on Saturday – commemorating a weekend full of clips, trailers and other footage from the film – excitement is racing towards fever pitch for the science fiction opus. But for those few who still haven’t gotten enough information about the forthcoming film, Movies.com joined a small group of press following the WonderCon presentation to talk to Scott, Lindelof and Fassbender and go even more in-depth about what’s in store for fans.

In addition to discussing the film’s status as a “prequel” to the Alien series, the trio talked about Fassbender’s character, an android whose humanity they hesitated to define, and offered some insights about creating an adventure that simultaneously builds upon its predecessors’ mythology and spins it off into a new direction.

 

Q: It’s been awhile since the first Alien film came out, and there have been so many advances in technology. Was that a problem, in terms of writing this, or was that advancement a positive point?

Ridley Scott: It’s easier to carry it out, but it’s still as difficult to write something. In fact, it’s getting more difficult because there are almost too many movies being made.

Damon Lindelof: Yeah, and I think that it would have been really difficult to do a straight-up Alien sequel or Alien prequel because you’re beholden to so many of the things that came before it. To be able to shed that stuff [made it easier]. This was Ridley’s idea. From the screenwriting standpoint, for me, it was really just all about getting a clear sense of what was the movie that he wanted to make. It’s Ridley Scott. The movie is his vision, so I did my best to channel it. We had almost no conversations about any other movies, other than this one, which might have been hubris or … maybe just because we were drunk.


Q: How much thought was put into the technology that’s in the film, especially with audience expectations being so much greater?

Scott: You think about everything, down to the shoelaces. We even had a big argument about the globular helmets. I was certain that I wanted the fully spherical glass helmet. In fact, in my research, I read this biography on Steve Jobs’ life and he talks about how he wanted to make his entire office of this glass, which is called Gorilla Glass, and [was told], “We don’t make it anymore.” So, Steve Jobs actually then re-opened up the factory and started remaking Gorilla Glass. If I’m in 2083 and I’m going into space, why would I design a helmet that has blind spots? What I want is something where I have 360 [vision]. Glass, by then, will be light and you won’t be able to break it with a bullet.




Q: How did you approach the android and what he would be capable of?

Scott: What was important was the story. There’s nothing new about an android. There’s nothing new about a robot. That idea is 800 years old. So then, embrace what it is. By embracing it, he becomes that much more interesting because he’s just part of the ship. In a sense, he’s not just butler, but he’s housekeeper and maintenance man, who legitimately does not need to sleep. From that, then he also becomes extremely useful during the story, as it evolves. There’s a great scene where Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) is actually a bit of a ****, occasionally, says, “Hey, you, boy!” to him. I thought that was real cheeky. And then, he says, “Why are you wearing one of those suits? You don’t have to breathe.” It ends up with David [Michael Fassbender] saying, “Not too close, I hope,” referring to being told, “We’re making you guys just like us.” You don’t know who’s insulting who there. That’s when those turn-abouts starts to occur.


 

Q: What is the mix of genres in this film? How much horror does it offer versus science fiction?

Scott: The bottom line is just to make a good movie. Just make a f***ing good movie. It’s got nothing to do with horror or whatever. That’s why there’s only a few really, really great ones. Thereafter, there are only evolutions of copycats. There are two great horror movies that I never got over. One was called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper. I knew I didn’t really want to go see that movie, just by seeing the poster. But, eventually I had to, as research for Alien. The other great one, with a single idea, was the first Exorcist. Possession of the body by a demon was marvelous. Since then, there have been 900,000 clones of those ideas.

Lindelof: In this day and age, when you’re trying to market a movie and you say, “It’s a romance. It’s a comedy.” Neither of those are inherent in Prometheus, although there are funny scenes and romantic scenes. I think there’s a lot of action adventure elements to this movie, in comparison to the original Alien. But, the fact that we can’t really put it in that box of, “It’s a this,” is refreshing. I think that there’s a quiet suspense to the movie. It really takes its time. If you have a master filmmaker who’s working with incredibly talented actors, you just have to say, “We’re going to be patient. We do not need to have things exploding every 10 minutes.” It’s a little bit of an old-school approach to filmmaking, in that it trusts the audience to have a little bit of patience.

Just as someone who is a fan of these kinds of movies, I’ve been astonished by the patience of the fan base, in terms of how little we’re telling them about the movie. We’re doing this dance together, as filmmakers, where people want to know more about it, but we say to them, “Do you really want to know?” and they go, “No, no, no, we don’t. We actually just want to go into the theater, not knowing if there’s a bomb under the table or not, or when it’s going to go off.” Ridley has always had a tremendous amount of faith in the audience’s intelligence. He directs and tells stories in a way that you come up to them, as opposed to them talking down to you. I feel like Prometheus is a proud member of that thing he does so well.


Q: Michael, how did you approach playing an android with no emotion?

Fassbender: You want to play with as many of those human traits as possible. You’re essentially trying to build a computer that can respond and understand human behavior. It’s programmed to be able to incorporate itself within a human environment. You’re going into space, so you’ve got to get certain personalities that will get on in space. He has to be very flexible. So, what happens when you program that and the program then starts making its own connections and joins up to its own electrical linking to other areas and forming its own ego, insecurities, jealousy and envy?

What I thought was very interesting was that you have this guy who was on his own for two-and-a-half years while everyone else was in cryostasis, so what did he do to amuse himself? The idea that there is something of a little boy there, and that he has to rely on his imagination to keep himself occupied, imagination is a very human trait. The fact that he’s curious, how far will that curiosity go? The way that Damon [Lindelof] wrote it, people treat him as a robot and there’s a bit of contempt towards him because he has all the answers. He’s hyper-intelligent. His physicality is more advanced than human beings. So, people don’t really embrace him. He’s sort of used and abused. How does that make him feel, if robots can feel? I didn’t want to make a direct, definite choice. I played with the ambiguity. Is this robot starting to develop human personality?



Lindelof: I remember a conversation that Ridley and I had, fairly early on, about David. There was this idea that David is mass-produced. There are 20,000 other David units out there, who look exactly like Michael Fassbender. What a wonderful world that would be, wouldn’t it? It’s the idea that we all have our iPhones, yet we put different cases on them and different apps on them. This David, once you take him out of the wrapping, would begin to customize himself. He could change his hairstyle. He could change the way that he speaks. He could have different applications, based on what this unit is designed to do. That’s where I felt like, as soon as we cast Michael, that’s the killer app, right there. It’s pretty cool.

Q: Since you’re leaving this film open with these bigger ideas that could lead to another film, would you take that film closer to the Alien franchise, or would it be its own different storyline?

Lindelof: I think that’s actually a really insightful question. This word “prequel” was on the table. It was the elephant in the room and had to be discussed. When I had first heard that Ridley was going to direct an Alien prequel, and then six months later my phone rang and the voice on the other end said, “Are you available to talk to Ridley Scott?” and then I crashed into a telephone pole, I answered the call and Ridley was like, “Hey, man, I’m going to send you a script tonight.” So, I read this thing and we had a meeting, and he was already very clearly saying, “I want to come back to this genre. I want to do sci-fi again. I feel like this movie is just a little bit too close to Alien. I’ve done this stuff before. But, there are big ideas in it that are unique, in and of themselves. Is there a way to do that?” I said, “I think that that’s what we have to do.”

If there were a sequel to this movie, it would not be Alien. Normally, that’s the definition of a prequel. It precedes the other movies. The Star Wars prequels are going to end with Darth Vader going, “Noooo!” unfortunately. There’s an inevitability, in watching a prequel, where you’re like, “Okay, if the ending of this movie is just going to be the room that John Hurt walks into, that’s full of eggs, there’s nothing interesting in that because we know where it’s going to end. With really good stories, you don’t know where it’s going to end. So, this movie, hopefully, will contextualize the original Alien, so that when you watch it again, maybe you know a little bit more. But, you don’t f*** around with that movie. It has to stand on its own. It’s a classic. If we’re fortunate enough to do a sequel to Prometheus, it will tangentialize even further away from the original Alien.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 21, 2012, 06:16:05 pm
Do I dare read any of this? Spoiler-free?
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on March 21, 2012, 06:27:16 pm
Spoiler free. Just talk about how Prometheus story evolved, took direction, and influence.
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Post by: Mac on March 28, 2012, 07:43:35 pm
‘Prometheus’ director Ridley Scott explains the sci-fi/horror film will be ‘kinda’ an R-Rated affair, discusses shooting in 3D, and returning to the ‘Alien’ universe.


Excitement is sky-high right now for director Ridley Scott’s return to the realm of horrifying science-fiction with Prometheus. The marketing campaign for the movie has done an excellent job of playing it up as a darkly gorgeous, yet disturbing blockbuster that further explores the Alien universe (prior to the events of Scott’s original 1979 film) – but has more than a few tricks up its sleeve, with regards to its plot twists and previously-unseen extraterrestrial monsters.

Naturally, everyone wants to hear what Scott has to say about the project. Today, we’ve rounded up a couple of recent interviews with the filmmaker that focus more on aspects like Prometheus‘ rating and 3D effects – and (thankfully) not just the exact nature of this movie’s connection the larger Alien franchise.

Here’s what Scott says about the rating for Prometheus (via Empire):
“The question is, do you go for the PG-13, [which] financially makes quite a difference, or do you go for what it should be, which is R? Essentially, it’s kinda R. It’s not just about the blood, it’s about ideas that are very stressful. I’m not an idiot, but I’ll do everything I can to get the most aggressive film I can.”

Early Prometheus footage has strongly hinted at a pretty non-PG-13 affair, what with such imagery as characters’ faces being melted or people slumping around half-naked, splattered with blood. Even if the film does manage to squeak by without an R Rating (which doesn’t seem too likely) it could easily still pack as troubling a punch as we’re all hoping for.

Scott also reiterated (once again) that the backstory for The Space Jockey was a big factor in his decision to call the shots on Prometheus, rather than hand it over to another director:

“[I've wanted to revisit the 'Alien' universe for] years! Years, years, years. I always wondered when they did ['Aliens'] 2,3 and 4 why they hadn’t touched upon that, instead of evolving into some other fantastic story. They missed the biggest question of them all: who’s the big guy [the Space Jockey]? And where were they going? And with what? Why that cargo? There’s all kinds of questions.”

As much as longtime Alien fans are excited to finally learn about the identity of the creature who wears the Space Jockey suit, that aspect of the Prometheus mythology seems far less interesting than the lofty themes and layers of meaning implicit to its central narrative. Hence, everyone who keeps referring to this flick as an Alien prequel… well, that perspective really seems to miss the greater points of Scott’s new project.


The mysterious being behind the Space Jockey in 'Prometheus'

In a separate interview with Total Film, Scott also elaborated on the use of 3D in Prometheus (which was shot in that format, rather than post-converted):

“I’m kind of naturally visual anyway, that’s where I come from. And you’re working off superb 3D screens, which are on the floor, and are really big. It was just wonderful… I was shooting on 3D, then seeing it on the floor. It was easy, I must say… You only want to push it so far, before it becomes arrows popping out of the screen and stabbing you in the eye. You use it for visual effect.

“… I’m actually decided right now how deep to make [the depth of field in 'Prometheus'] on certain sequences. So you can literally, as it were, twiddle a knob, and the depth will increase. It’s kind of bizarre, but there it is. Technologically it’s absolutely staggering. I was working with MPC in London, looking after almost 1,300 big FX shots, and every night they would pipe through shots to a big screen in my office in Lexington Street; I would sit there watching a sequence that had just been graded or refined in perfect 3D. Really amazing.”

By early accounts of those who’ve watched the Prometheus IMAX trailer in 3D up on the big, big screen, the film looks just as marvelous as Scott is saying here. Suffice it to say, we’re excited to see the results for ourselves.

Prometheus arrives in theaters (2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D) around the U.S. on June 8th, 2012.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 05, 2012, 10:46:39 am
don’t f--- around with gods.

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Ridley Scott defined modern-day science fiction with two back-to-back projects begun over 30 years ago. Alien and Blade Runner set a new standard for the genre with their dark and dystopian visions of the future, and introduced the world to a new set of iconic characters.

Three decades later, Scott returns to the genre he helped define with Prometheus. Begun as an Alien prequel, the film’s original mythology has been borne of DNA of that seminal original film, but its grand themes promise to stand very much alone and question humanity’s understanding of the secrets of the universe.

Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall Green comprise the ensemble cast of Prometheus. The script comes from Lost creator Damon Lindelof and the writer of The Darkest Hour, Jon Spaihts.

Talking from the offices of his Scott Free production company in London, Scott shares his vision for Prometheus, discusses his return to the science-fiction roots of his career, and his ideas about the creation of the universe.

What prompted a return to science fiction after all these years?

Science fiction is a wonderful – sorry about the pun – universe for – again, another much overused word – creativity. It's an arena where anything goes. But I think you have to make sure it's not cheesy and it's a good story and it's not abused.
There's a serious lack of originality now. It's mostly dressing and it already utilises the science fiction idea. The opportunity presents itself to fundamentally do anything you want, providing that you draw up a rule book in the first place. You’ve got to draw up the rules of your drama and within that universe you've got to actually stick to your own rule book. I think that's what's happening – we're not drawing enough rules up when we do materials. It feels like writing a book. It's like when you write an article, you’ve got to box it into a three act play. There’s a beginning, middle and an end. That doesn’t change whether you’re writing a book or writing a screenplay. The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right.

Where did your journey into sci-fi begin back then?

I carried myself forward into science fiction mostly with the inspiration from Jean Giraud - Moebius - and his marvellous original illustrations, thinking that would show itself in magazines such as Métal Hurlant and all those publications which I used to look at and hide from my children, mainly because it was so violent and so sexual. They were kind of adult comic strips but they didn’t pull any punches, and I thought, ‘that’s the way to go’. In fact, Moebius designed my costumes [for Alien]. The idea of science fiction came out of the blue. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool designer, and I'll always be a designer, and I'd been mucking around with a quick story when I saw Star Wars. And Star Wars kind of knocked me sideways with all my plans.

So Alien was a reaction for you to Star Wars? A reaction against Star Wars?


No, no, to go, ‘God Almighty, where did this guy come from?’ It stopped me in my tracks and changed my whole head.
You've talked about the idea of these post-apocalyptic films having been done to death. Is Prometheus your way of going in the opposite direction and wondering about the beginning of life?

It is, and I’ve got to check [for spoilers] very carefully here, but it is about the beginning of life and ’what if’. It’s a giant ’what if'. Has this ball that we’re sitting on right now been around here for three billion years or one billion? Either way, it’s a long f---ing time. It’s only our kind of arrogance that says ”We’re the first ones.”

Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it. In recent memory or legend we keep talking about wonderful, weird things such as Atlantis – what is that? Where does that come from? Is that real, was it real, is it a memory, did it exist? And if that did exist, did it exist three quarters of a billion years ago? There’d be nothing left now. How was that created and who was it?

It’s also interesting that there are uncanny similarities between cultures that developed on opposite sides of the world.
Absolutely, it’s something we don’t know. Something that we really, really don’t know. Is there a guiding force into this process? Is it a much larger idea and much larger entity that we can’t really fathom? Because it’s as if, if you stand by an ant, it doesn't see you. It doesn't even know you're there. I think it's different, because we’re intelligent enough to go, ‘oh, that’s a very large fellow,’ but that’s a good metaphor.

How do the characters in Prometheus tackle these themes?

They have a different thesis about – what we were first talking about – being pre-visited, which is an old idea. But I think it comes out of a good place because it’s an entirely good question. Is there a God or is there not a God? Are we a petri dish here or not, and if we were a petri dish, of whom? What was the force, what is the entity that we can’t possibly even fathom, because it’s something we haven’t crossed that line yet?

James Cameron had a lot of success going all-digital with Avatar, but Prometheus will be largely practical. Do you think practical is better?

No, I think Jim definitely raised the mark both with what he did and the story, and then how he pulled it off – God, he’s got patience, four and a half years – but I wasn’t even going to get into that area, and I don’t think Fox were either. Besides, what I’ve got is an expected engine. It’s not entirely what you expect, but I think what I’m saying is going to be fairly scary, whereas Jim’s is not that kind of film. No, that just evolved. The actual truth is, if you know what you’re doing it’s actually cheaper. Digital effects are not cheaper. We’ve done this film for a really good price.

What does the title mean for you?

The story of Prometheus is the idea that if you’re given a gift from the gods, do not abuse it and do not think you can compete. He stole fire and they had his entrails torn out everyday in perpetuity by an eagle as a punishment. Every night they'd repair and then the eagle would come back in the morning and rip his liver and his kidneys out again. It’s perpetual purgatory. Basically, don’t f--- around with gods.


before you say anything, it's coming in 93 days...  jeesh  (http://www.christopherwardforum.com/images/smilies/icon_alien.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 05, 2012, 10:58:32 am
When is it.........

Oh, never mind.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 10, 2012, 08:20:08 pm
Prometheus: 10 Things You Must Know About Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi Return

No real spoilers

The release date for Prometheus is still a little way off, but today we got a sneak peek at some footage from the movie, followed by a quick Q&A with director Ridley Scott and stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender. Here’s what we’ve learned:

1.     It’s set in the same universe as Alien, around 30 years before the events of the first film (Prometheus takes place in 2089 and 2093; Alien was set in 2122). But while the original idea was to tell the story of the ‘space jockey’ from Alien, Prometheus soon evolved into its own thing. Scott explains, “The connection to the original Alien is now barely in its DNA – you kind of get [a connection] in the last seven minutes or so.”

2.     Although Scott reckons he wasn’t overly concerned about weaving in references to the other Alien films -  “the more I got into another story, the less inclined I was to take on board that it was connected to the original,” he says – you’ll still spot several ‘Easter eggs’ in the film.

3.     Noomi Rapace’s character, Elizabeth Shaw, might not be Ripley, but it sounds like she’s going to be pretty impressive in her own way.  “She grew up in Africa, and her father was a priest,” says Rapace, “But her father died when she was quite young, so she’s been on her own. She became a scientist, but she still has this gift of believing [in God].” Her faith will be tested, though: “She goes through a lot of things in this movie, and she transforms. She becomes more of a survivor, and a fighter; a warrior, in a way.”

4.     Whatever it is that Shaw and the rest of the team go through, it’s going to be pretty scary. “I dreamt nightmares for, like, two weeks, probably,” Rapace said. “I had these weird, f**ked up images in my head.”

5.     Scott promises that there’ll be a new scene that’s on a par with the iconic chestburster scene, “but we can’t say what that is.” (We can’t wait to find out.)

6.     It won’t all be terror, though; there’ll be some laughs, too. Michael Fassbender plays David, the ship’s android, and a lot of the humour will come from him. “There was a lot of fun to be had with that character,” says Fassbender. “There’s something quite childlike about him.”

7.     Although the original Alien got an 18 certificate, this one may well get a 15, or even a 12A. Scott doesn’t feel that certification is important, aside from the financial considerations involved: “I want the certification for this film that allows me to make as large a box office as possible.”

8.     Prometheus might be Ridley Scott’s first 3D movie, but he says he found adapting to the new way of filming pretty easy. “It’s not brain surgery,” he says. “It’s actually pretty straightforward.” He speaks highly of the RED camera he used, too: “The RED was superb: the quality is fantastic. Whether it’s 2D or 3D, it’s amazing.”

9.     Before the film had even been greenlit, Scott got together a team to figure out the production design. Led by Arthur Max, Scott’s go-to production designer, a digital design team sat in Scott’s LA office while he was working on the script, producing designs for the ship, the space suits, and everything else the film needed. The result was a phonebook-sized book of images that Scott used as his production bible once filming began.

10.  But while the production design looks incredible, Scott reckons the story is really the most important thing. “One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven’t done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up,” he says. “Every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, the planets are similar, so what you try to do is lean more heavily on the story and the characters.”

Prometheus is released in the UK on 1 June.
 
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 11, 2012, 07:21:55 am
Great read.
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Post by: Mac on April 11, 2012, 07:55:31 am
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Great read.

Uh, did you notice, UK is getting it a week before us?

bastiges
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 11, 2012, 08:06:47 am
Yeah, I saw that. I think that's the norm now on everything. I know they release Video games and Albums earlier as well. Not sure why that is though.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 11, 2012, 07:51:05 pm
Ridley Scott tells MPAA to get their house in order.

Gawd, I love this. I could start a thread on the MPAA alone and this secret process they somehow get away with, but this works for me now.

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Ridley Scott may have a hit on his hands with his Alien prequel Prometheus, but he’s worried that an R rating could ruin it all. At a public screening of some of the film’s footage in London yesterday, he let loose on the Motion Picture Association of America, complaining that the MPAA’s rating system may be broken.

Film blog Thompson on Hollywood has a good recap of the footage shown and Scott’s comments. The site writes: 

[Scott] also expressed frustration at the MPAA’s seemingly random approach to ratings, saying he wanted Prometheus to get a rating “that allows it to make as much money as possible. I know the importance of that. When a big film fails, it’s disastrous for all of us.” But he also blasted some of the “films this year that have got PG-13 ratings – it’s absolutely **** ludicrous. So MPAA, get your house in order.”

Scott isn’t the only person to complain about the MPAA lately. The creators of the documentary Bully were  upset by the organization because their film received an R rating, which means that its intended audience (teens being bullied) cannot see the film. When a film does not get at least a PG-13 rating, it often loses a large chunk of its potential box office revenue.

The MPAA rates films by playing them for a committee who review them for things like language, drugs, violence, and sexual content.  Information on the process and committee members can be found here.

We know that The Dark Knight Rises has managed to get a PG-13 rating, and can only hope that Prometheus manages to get one as well. It would be a shame if it turns out to be a great film but is unable to recoup its budget due to a rating. Prometheus hits theaters June 8, 2012. 
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Post by: Mac on April 12, 2012, 03:04:51 pm
Ridley Scott talks Prometheus


As workers were returning to work after the Easter break, hundreds of excited film journalists were being drawn towards Leicester Square like moths to a light. What cinematic delight could have possibly enticed them at this uncustomary early hour? Only one of the most anticipated films of this summer, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. This wasn’t a full screening, but a taster of some of the opening scenes and an extended trailer, with the great man and some of the stellar cast in attendance to answer questions about the film.

Most (informed) people will agree that 3D is not much more than a ploy by the studios to enhance their films’ box office takings, and the use of post production conversion would support the argument that there is not really much artistic consideration given to its use. However, it is the old masters that are having the most success, not only because they understand how to make films, but also because they have chosen to shoot in 3D. James Cameron’s Avatar set the benchmark, but Werner Herzog’s documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo both showed how to do it with completely diverse subject and shooting styles. Now Ridley Scott has embraced it.

As Scott pointed out in the Q&A after the screening, “It’s not science, it’s not brain surgery. It’s actually pretty straightforward. And yet it is science, because it’s science to actually make 3D occur and to be shootable and capturable on a daily basis. But I’m sitting in a studio with four huge screens, which are all 3D, in a little black tent and I’m looking at them. If there’s four monitors there are four cameras, if there are six monitors then there’s six cameras, and because I’m a visual person anyway, it was dead simple and very straight forward. You could easily allow things to turn into major conferences where you ask anyone, including the tea lady what she thinks, but I don’t do that. I had a wonderful camera man called Dariusz Wolski. I talked to him and said, ‘We’re going to do 3D’ and he said, ‘Yeah, that’s fine’. So we went with using the RED camera, as opposed to the other one, and the RED was superb. The quality was fantastic, whether it’s 2D or 3D, it’s amazing and it wasn’t a problem. So anyone who says, ‘Oh, you’ve got to add sixteen weeks’ means they don’t know what the bloody hell they’re doing! ‘There’s a lot to it’. No, it’s dead simple, straight forward. If you know what you want, you know what you want. That [holds up finger] could be hanging in the foreground, and you can have a forty-five minute discussion about something hanging in the foreground. Say ‘I hate it; get rid of it’ or ‘I love it; **** off!’ It’s that simple!

From the opening shot in the preview clips it was clear that Scott knows what he is talking about, with some great use of 3D without it being intrusive or gratuitous. The initial clips set up the story and introduced the characters of the story and the premise for the journey. Charlize Theron is the steel-cold captain; Michael Fassbender is an android, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the idealised Nazi Arayan ubermensch. The rest of team is a motley crew of scientists led by Noomi Rapace. After the scene-setting we were treated to a montage of action from the rest of the film that intrigued and excited while not giving a lot of the story away.

Having directed two of the most iconic sci-fi movies, as well as plenty of human drama movies too, it is great to see him return to the genre that put his name in the spotlights. While Prometheus has been touted as a prequel to Alien, Scott was very clear about the film’s origins and intentions.

“I watched the three subsequent Aliens being made, which were all jolly good in some form or other. So I thought the franchise was fundamentally used up. I must have thought about it for three or four years and thought in all of the films nobody had asked a very simple question, which was; who is the big guy in the chair, who was fondly after Alien called The Space Jockey? I don’t know how the hell he got that name. There was this big-boned creature who seemed to be nine feet tall sitting in this chair and I went in to Fox with four questions. Who are they? Why are they there? Why that cargo and where were they going or had they in fact had a forced landing? So off I went with two writers, John Spaihts and Damon Lindelof and we came up with the screenplay, the draft. It’s interesting when you start off with an interesting idea like that and you don’t know whether it’s going to be a prequel or a sequel, it gradually adjusted itself into much larger questions and therefore, now, the actual connection to the original Alien is barely in its DNA. You kind of get it in the last seven minutes or so. That’s about it.”

Scott also talked about his absence from the genre for so many years.

“You know, one of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven’t done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar and the planets are similar. So what you try to do is lean more heavily on the story and on the characters, to make that really, to give you lift-off, bad pun! But then during the design process, I think we come up with a lot of fairly, to use that awful word ‘cool’…cool looking things which evolve from the drawing board with the designers saying, ‘I’ve seen that, you can’t do that, you can’t do that’. Then you suddenly start to come up with evolutions of different looks so that as a total package, the film feels quite different.”


As much as I've poo poed 3D, Avatar was special. I think this will be to an ill probably try to attend the 3D.
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Post by: Mac on April 17, 2012, 06:21:00 pm
Ridley Scott Promises Prometheus Theatrical Release Will be His Director's Cut

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We were waiting for the official word on just what Prometheus will be rated, and while that hasn't comes just yet, some other good news has. Read on for the details.

During a Paris press conference (see the video below), Scott exclaimed some truly exciting news ...

“The cut that you’re gonna see in cinemas…it’s always the director’s cut, really,” Scott exclaimed before chatting up on the film’s run time. “I’ve only made a mistake once on cutting a film short — I won’t say what it is right now, because this is not the time — but I removed 17 minutes off a movie, and I didn’t ruin it, but it wasn’t [as effective]. In this instance, you got a pretty good version here, pretty good cut. We’re running at about — I think without the end titles, which normally run about four to five minutes — we’re running one hour, fifty-nine minutes and change. It’s very tight, it’s what it should be.”

Does that mean it's an R? Stay tuned.

Prometheus, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Patrick Wilson, Logan Marshall-Green, and Ben Foster, will be in theaters on June 8th, 2012.

Synopsis
In the distant future two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system's natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team members discover an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.

Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus' he creates a groundbreaking mythology in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr0rb_9fqB4
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 17, 2012, 06:25:31 pm
New Prometheus Teaser Shows Android’s Softer Side

(http://wa1.www.3news.co.nz/Portals/0/AM/2012/4/18/250884/prometheus-david8t.jpg;pv8ea9b715a1fc5733)

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Michael Fassbender cries robot tears — and creeps everyone out — in the latest teaser for Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sci-fi epic Prometheus.

The clip, which surfaced Tuesday, plays out like a promotional video showing off one of Weyland Industries‘ humanoid robots (or is it Weyland Corp.? the dialog and the branding seen in the video are different). The android, named David and played by a fantastically rigid-yet-cuddly Fassbender, claims he is an incredibly human robot.

“What is it about robots that makes them so robotic?” the droid says in the voiceover. “At Weyland Industries, it has long been our goal to create artificial intelligence almost indistinguishable from mankind itself.”

To prove his humanity — David claims he understands human feelings even if he doesn’t have them — the android cries real(ish) tears when asked what distresses him. (Answers: war, poverty, unnecessary violence, etc.). But, in a show of what makes his model very un-human, David describes how he can help people.

“I can do almost anything that could possibly be asked of me,” David says. “I can assist your employees. I can make your organization more efficient. I can carry out directives my human counterparts might find … distressing, or unethical.”

The faux android advertisement closes with David explaining that he is the eighth generation of Weyland’s robots and describes himself as, “technological, intellectual, physical, emotional.”

Again, creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOOJl5lWNfM
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 17, 2012, 06:51:35 pm
Of course it's gonna be R Rated. Unless you expect your Aliens to do paddy-cake when forced into a corner with no way out. I say make it an X X X feature with some Alien on Alien lovin'. Not to be confused with what transpired in Alien Resurrection, which was anything but sexy.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 17, 2012, 07:08:30 pm
I don't know if was the media, or misunderstanding, or Scott changing his mind. He said at one point to make it PG-13 to make it available to as many people as possible.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 17, 2012, 07:10:11 pm
He said at one point to make it PG-13 to make it available to as many people as possible.

Nooooooooooooo!!!

In space, everyone can hear this!
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 27, 2012, 12:20:11 pm
Prometheus - 30 Years in the Making Featurette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzZxXWLyYc
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on April 27, 2012, 04:09:03 pm
OK, my turn.... Is this not out yet (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/spewcoke.gif)
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 27, 2012, 04:34:24 pm
Direct-to-DVD at your local Blockbuster.
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Post by: Mac on April 29, 2012, 06:17:30 pm
New International Trailer released as promised.

And Holy Kee-wrap
a whole bunch of new stuff shown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1byZkbNB3Jw
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 04, 2012, 07:08:10 pm
Ridley Scott’s 'Prometheus' Breaks IMAX U.K. Pre-Sales Record


LONDON – Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is proving an eye-popping draw for the BFI Imax theater in central London as pre-sales for the movie break records.


Scott’s movie, starring a galaxy of stars including Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall-Green, has booked 18,287 tickets in hits first full week of presales at the theater.

It translates into £293,312 ($474,687) in gross pre-sale tickets, the highest grossing week ever.
The standalone flagship IMAX theater also reported its highest grossing first day of pre-sales ever, taking £137,000 ($221,717).

The take has beaten other high-profile IMAX rollouts in the U.K. including Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Avatar and The Dark Knight
 
The 20th Century Fox distributed movie marks Scott’s return to sci-fi, a genre he is credited with helping to define with his Alien and Blade Runner films.

Prometheus details the story of a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

The movie opens in IMAX with midnight screenings beginning May 31 in the U.K.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 07, 2012, 06:34:18 pm
Fox Confirms Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ Will Get R-Rating



It’s okay, everyone, our long national nightmare is over – we finally know that Ridley Scott‘s heavily anticipated maybe-prequel to Alien, Prometheus, will be rated R. So much for toning down the “sci-fi violence” to get a younger crowd into theaters (though the odds of scads of thirteen-year-olds showing up for the film seem somewhat slim). After a few weeks of chatter revolving on whether or not the film would end up with a PG-13 rating to presumably pull in larger crowds, a pre-sale ticket posted on IMDb (thanks to Collider) revealed the film to be rated R, with 20th Century Fox confirming the news.

The film will be rated R for “sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language.” Language! Heavens me! 

If you’ve been living under a rock for a few months, Prometheus has fast become one of the year’s most buzzed-about films. Hell, it even defeated both The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises to be our Most Anticipated Film of the Summer. You can sate your appetite for Prometheus before it opens on June 8 with a look back at every Prometheus-centric post we’ve penned over the past few months right HERE (prepare yourself, there’s quite a bit).

The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 16, 2012, 02:14:38 pm
I just wanted to let you all know... I gave up awhile ago of posting things related to Prometheus. First it was a drip, then they turned on the faucet a bit more, but of late, it's been like a fire hose.

I no longer look at them. They are giving away way to much info. I want to be surprised when this bad boy arrives. I've been limiting myself to just news at times. All the viral stuff is overwhelming. Don't know if that's brilliant or marketing or what. From looking around and talking to folks, unless your not a fan of this kind of stuff, people barely know it's even coming.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 16, 2012, 02:40:47 pm
It's a double edge sword. If you're a stickler like me about Spoilers, then it's best to just wait it out. I really do a good when hiding from as much spoiler content as I can, be it Movies, TV or Comic Books. I've had my Entertainment Weekly subscription since 1991 and whenever there was an article about anything I was remotely interested in, I would paperclip the article and read the rest of the mag and then toss it into the 'read later' pile. When I saw Movie X or TV Show X, I would read the afterwards.

I am nuts. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/nutso.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 28, 2012, 05:44:42 pm
So Chip introduced me to the Rewind guys whoe dissect trailers to the nth degree. Kinda cool, kinda spoiler integrated. So they recently did one of the Prometheus trailers. I was so torn. In one way they reveal things, but the other edge of the sword is helping prep what I am sure is a complicated flick. Going in the theater may help with this info. Then again may ruin the surprises.


I am so psyched for this flick.

I am still debating calling in sick to see it the first day. So if my boss is reading this... Just kidding.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 28, 2012, 05:52:43 pm
The sci-fi actioner starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall-Green earns $737,588 from 30,000 ticket presales at the BFI Imax theater.

Scott's movie, starring a galaxy of stars including Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall-Green, has earned £470,977 ($737,588) from the 30,000 tickets booked.

By the beginning of May, the BFI Imax said it had booked 18,287 tickets in its first full week of presales at the theater. At that time, ticket sales translated into £293,312 ($474,687), the highest-grossing week ever.
Now, one week out from the movie's rollout, presales continue to smash records posted by James Cameron's Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

The Fox-distributed movie marks Scott’s return to sci-fi, a genre he is credited with helping to define with Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982).

Prometheus details the story of a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

The movie opens in Imax with midnight screenings May 31.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 28, 2012, 06:27:55 pm
1. The Rewind Theater is usually speculative on their part. If it's obvious, there is no getting around it. But when they start to anaylyze stuff in the background or emblems on uniforms, etc....it's more "I hope it's this and that...." then anything concrete. Having said that, I'm staying away from the Prometheus Rewind Theater Trailer.

2. I'm not even going to attempt to see this on opening day or week for that matter. It's going to be packed and you already know how I feel about having to share armrest with strangers. Also, I have to be able to kick my feet up on the chair in front of me to get comfortable and I can't do that with someone sitting in front of me. Well, I can, but that leads to a brawl, black eyes and missing teeth. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_biggrin.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on May 29, 2012, 09:20:38 am
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2. I'm not even going to attempt to see this on opening day or week for that matter. It's going to be packed and you already know how I feel about having to share armrest with strangers. Also, I have to be able to kick my feet up on the chair in front of me to get comfortable and I can't do that with someone sitting in front of me. Well, I can, but that leads to a brawl, black eyes and missing teeth.

Aw crap, that's right. Schools out isn't it. Sombeach... I'll have to rethink this.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on June 02, 2012, 01:13:53 pm
Pre-Order PROMETHEUS On Blu-Ray And See The Movie For Free

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Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&tag=dv059-20&linkCode=ur2&docId=1000795671&camp=1789&creative=390957) are running a deal where the first 5000 customers to pre-order Prometheus on Blu-ray or Blu-ray 3D from yesterday will be eligible to receive a code (valid until August 31st) which can be redeemed for a ticket to see the movie at participating theaters in the US. Still not upgraded to a Blu-ray player? (seriously?!) Well, the deal isn't available for anyone who pre-orders the DVD unfortunately. Currently, there are no details on when the Blu-ray is released or what special features will be contained on the disc. Prometheus a fantastic film (my review will be up here on CBM later today) so this is a deal which is well worth taking advantage of.

(http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10300/Prometheus_BD.jpg)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 02, 2012, 01:23:57 pm
I'm sure it's already sold out. Meaning family and friends that have connections to whoever is producing the DVD's already have the inside track.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on June 04, 2012, 08:16:30 am
I love my wife so much I could slap her. Suddenly out of nowhere she asks when ‘we’ are going to see Prometheus. After I dropped my drink, my head exploded and stuffed my brains back into skull, I quietly, but quizzically asked her “Huh?”

I then proceeded to follow up that question with “Do you know what Prometheus is about?”
“Uh No, but I like Charlize Theron”.
“Um, OK… Do you know it’s related to the Alien films… you know, those films you don’t like to watch?”
“Uh... No… But I like Charlize Theron.”
“When does it get here?”
“It starts Friday”
“Are you taking the day off?”
“I was thinking about it… but I think it’s going to be very crowded with kids out of school”
“We could go early Sunday Morning. It shouldn’t be bad then”
“But you don’t like these kinds of movies or crowds”
“It’s got Charlize Theron in it. It should be pretty good”
(Blmmmmph… my brain exploded again… gotta stuff it back in again. Please tell me how I married an insane woman)
“Believe it or not I’m thinking I want to see it in 3D… can you handle 3D?”
“Um… ya”
“Tell me again why you now want to see Prometheus?”
“To see it with you”
“Ah honey, you’re the greatest.”

That last line I made up. This whole conversation twisted my spine. Looks like I’ll be spending some bucks so my wife can see Charlize Theron… in 3D no less.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 04, 2012, 08:19:14 am
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/thumbsup-1.gif)

I like Charlize Theron and your Wife. She's a keeper!! (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/notworthy.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on June 04, 2012, 08:20:41 am
Ok, now I need to slap the both of you (http://www.powerkiters.nl/Smileys/forum/slap.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on June 09, 2012, 03:05:34 pm
1950's style Prometheus Poster


(http://images.fandango.com/images/fandangoblog/prometheus1950-65fin.jpg)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 09, 2012, 03:07:24 pm
Not THAT is awesome!! (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/Applause.gif)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 11, 2012, 12:33:19 pm
Prometheus Movie Review (Totally Rad Show)

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

I won't watch the review till after I've seen the movie. But it's up for anyone else that wants to check it out.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on June 11, 2012, 01:34:41 pm
Yea, you don’t to watch this review. They are all over the place, talking over each other. Gawd. To many spoilers. They are also sounding like whining kids continually asking why. There are lots of questions, but c'mon. And they have some legit bashes. Some I agreed with, others were just whinny. I had to turn this off.

I do want to add some links here. They are definitely spoiler intensive and should not be looked at until after you see the movie. But I guarantee, some of the discussions here will want to make you go back and watch it yet again. I think there is a lot more going on in this movie with a first watch. These discussions at the very least will spark some thoughts beyond it being a prequel/sci-fi/horror movie.

SPOILER ALERT

Read first...

Yes, More ‘Prometheus (http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3147686/yes-more-prometheus-did-we-kill-alien-jesus-also-viral-campaign-continues/)’


Then go here for one mother of a blog with some great follow on thoughts...

Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About (http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html)


Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 11, 2012, 01:43:27 pm
Lately, the Rad Guys have been doing that a lot...talking over each other. The 4 day reviews from E3 2012 (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/video-games/e3-2012/msg9271/#msg9271) were particularity frustrating getting through. I really wanted to punch them each in the face. Usually they are respectful enough to give the other guy some room and time to talk. Apparently this is the new format for them I guess.

I'll hit all the links after........
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on July 07, 2012, 12:46:23 pm
Prometheus Blu-ray extras leak reveals Second Screen app and 15 minutes of deleted scenes

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While Ridley Scott's Prometheus is still in theaters, it's been available for preorder on Blu-ray 3D since before the flick debuted, and now Amazon France has exposed the full list of extras on the way. The bad news, pointed out by Movies.com and Prometheus Forum, is that those anticipating a classic Ridley Scott Director's Cut to fill in plot holes appear to be in for a disappointment -- while there are 15 minutes of extended / cut scenes, there's no indication that you'll be able to watch the movie with them reinserted. There are a lot of other extras, including a director's commentary, extensive making-of featurettes, many of the short viral videos that were posted previously and production materials, along with a Second Screen iPad app. The specific set listed includes the other Alien flicks, but since we're sure you've already snagged the Anthology with its MU-TH-UR interactive mode you'll probably be looking for a more limited release. The release date for the set remains October 9th, hit the source link for the listing or check out the full list of features and a trailer after the break.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on August 07, 2012, 03:37:37 pm
“These Open-Ended Stories”: Damon Lindelof Glosses Over The Real ‘Prometheus’ Criticisms

for you sonzabi tches that haven't seen it YET!!!!

Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 08, 2012, 09:12:10 am
I'm a sonsabeetch, so why would I open that spoiler? Bah!

Not falling for the 'banana-in-the-tail-pipe' trick.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on August 08, 2012, 03:40:04 pm
I haven't posted about 50% of the stuff I had because of spoilers... because SOMEONE hasn't seen Prometheus yet.

This is only the tip of the iceberg of the discussions and blogs following the theater release.

You fargin Bastige
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on August 21, 2012, 04:19:13 pm
The latest info for the BR cover art...

(http://aeonflux.freeblog.hu/files/2012/08/bd_prometheus_v2.jpg)

Pretty nice
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on October 05, 2012, 04:30:05 pm
Honest Prometheus Trailer

It really does bring the honest. Lots of spoilers

Spoiler Alert!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBaKqOMGPWc
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2012, 03:50:24 pm
Yay! I can now go back and dissect this thread and read up on stuff that I refused before.
Title: Re: Prometheus (Alien Prequel)
Post by: Mac on October 15, 2012, 05:41:35 pm
The honest trailer addresses a lot of them... and is funny