Prometheus Trailers.

Prometheus (Alien Prequel)

Anyone looking forward to this amazing looking movie?

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>>>Moving this to the Alien Predator forum.

J-WO said:
Good heavens, this rocks!

That is all.
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Cinematic-ally, I would agree.

Narratively speaking, how can it be anything other than The Thing from Another World ? Or a re-telling of Alien? I'm looking for something more original. Will it be that?
 
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Director-ally speaking, the Ridley Scott said that this movie is focused on the space jockey alien, not the aliens we all know and are a little creeped out about that he usually shows. So it ain't a retelling of Alien. I see it as he is expanding his universe.
 
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Dave- I thought you were calling me your ally in all things cinematic just then! But I do see what you mean, yes. But a modern film that's essentially a 50's SF contact short story has to be better than an SF-as-excuse-for-stunts-and-effects film that the genre seems to have become in modern Hollywood. If not exactly original, it should at least be thoughful.
 
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In a prequel to Alien, shouldn't the ship be run by a ZX80 linked to a telex machine?
 
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HareBrain said:
In a prequel to Alien, shouldn't the ship be run by a ZX80 linked to a telex machine?
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Ha! Ha! You make a valid point though. It looks like the ship has avatars. It was bad enough when Enterprise was meant to be a forerunner of Star Trek.

Stephen Palmer said:
For me, Alien is one of those few films where the world should unite to agree that there should be no sequels, prequels, or anything else.
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Ah! But Aliens was so good, and yet so completely different, that I forgave James Cameron.

J-WO said:
But a modern film that's essentially a 50's SF contact short story has to be better than an SF-as-excuse-for-stunts-and-effects film that the genre seems to have become in modern Hollywood. If not exactly original, it should at least be thoughful.
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True. I'll go and see it anyway, I'm such a pushover.

Lilmizflashythang said:
Ridley Scott said that this movie is focused on the space jockey alien, not the aliens we all know...
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They still look a little... invasive... parasitical?

That horseshoe shaped spaceship is the one that Nostromo found. So, there should be some story to tell beyond the stunts-and-effects.
 
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The last time I was so excited about a movie release was for The Fellowship of the Ring. I can see myself going to the cinema multiple times to see this.
 
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Ooh, goosebumps. That trailer deserves its own forum.
 
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THX-1138 said:
...Why?
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Not wanting to answer for Mr Palmer, but I watched Alien on the box the other night and it took me back to that time when I was a young teen going to see it at night, and jaysus if it didn't scare the terwilligers out of me. The atmosphere of that movie has never ever been recaptured. It was the ultimate suspense thriller. Cameron just made an action flick.

The Prometheus short is too long. It is trying to dazzle us. I want to see it, and I usually have faith in Ridley Scott, but if I am blown away then I will be surprised.
 
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J-WO said:
Dave- I thought you were calling me your ally in all things cinematic just then! But I do see what you mean, yes. But a modern film that's essentially a 50's SF contact short story has to be better than an SF-as-excuse-for-stunts-and-effects film that the genre seems to have become in modern Hollywood. If not exactly original, it should at least be thoughful.
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I agree. I think that science fiction can be a great way to tell 'speculative fiction' with interesting plots, and ideas about things to come, but Hollywood seems to think that Sci Fi is some kind of shorthand for special effects.

The thing that was really great to me about Alien is it was a pre-CGIscience fiction movie that damn near set the standard for suspense. This looks like entirely the opposite.

In the original, you didn't even see the damn alien that often. You had long scenes leading up to it, where it's presence was suggested and hinted at, and when it finally made an appearance it leaped out of the shadows. This teaser suggests this movie is the opposite of that.

No suspense, show every detail. Suspense is just about dead in the cinema these days.
 
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i can't wait for this! i luv ridley's films - he has not disappointed me yet. i haven't clicked on the trailer link in the OP, tho, as i'm worried about spoilers.
 
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I still remain optimistic about this movie, due to it being a genuine Ridley Scott. If anyone else were making the movie, well, I'd be full of fear and loathing. I guess we'll all find out soon enough whether hopes are dashed or concerns are unfounded :)
 
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TL Rese said:
i can't wait for this! i luv ridley's films - he has not disappointed me yet. i haven't clicked on the trailer link in the OP, tho, as i'm worried about spoilers.
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After watching the trailer it's possible to think of all kinds of scenarios. But there's sufficient ambiguity to get me into the theater with no problem. I anticipate plenty of surprises.
 
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