Prometheus Review Thread (Spoilers)

[Duffy12]

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I just finished this year-

Dan Simmon's 'Hyperion Cantos' and

Joe Haldeman's 'The Forever War', in which Ridley Scott happens to own the rights to. I would LOVE to see him tackle that one next.

Both great books BTW. X2

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[Diesel]

David in a nutshell:

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[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Joe Haldeman's 'The Forever War', in which Ridley Scott happens to own the rights to. I would LOVE to see him tackle that one next.

The Forever War is pimp.

[SonicZilla]

I didn't think the movie was bad. The plot holes to me were minor. Visuals were amazing. I'm starting to think people just don't like movies anymore. Unbelievably ridiculous expectations!

I will p1ss on everybody if the way they are hating on this movie, occurs for the Dark Knight Rises. Why? Because the expectations are going to be through the roof. Get a fuoking life, go do something until it comes out.

[ariakon]

Originally Posted by SonicZilla

I didn't think the movie was bad. The plot holes to me were minor. Visuals were amazing. I'm starting to think people just don't like movies anymore. Unbelievably ridiculous expectations!

I will p1ss on everybody if the way they are hating on this movie, occurs for the Dark Knight Rises. Why? Because the expectations are going to be through the roof. Get a fuoking life, go do something until it comes out.

Oh, there's going to be some backlash against Dark Knight Rises, no matter how good it actually is. Dark Knight is simply too popular for there not to be some unfair expectations. Avengers 2 is going to face the same problem. People often judge works not upon what they actually are, but upon what they wanted them to be.

Still, don't worry about it. You can't do anything to change anyone's mind, save for defending your opinion with intelligence.

[besi]

for the bluray

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[ariakon]

Originally Posted by besi

for the bluray

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I don't think that actor works out nearly enough.

[khan1670]

I generally enjoyed the movie though I can see why it might not be everyone's cup of tea as someone said earlier.

Will be a day 1 blu ray buy for me. I certainly hope we get a Ridley commentary.

Quite often I find my take on a movie changes when I get a better idea what they were going for.

As for Vickers, I think

[Show spoiler] she's human personally though yeah her character is on the cold side. Don't forget she was willing to flame someone to protect the crew, although yeah maybe she was more concerned about Weyland.....and I think she's squished...........and Shaw is hotter

[besi]

more for the bluray

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[khan1670]

[Show spoiler]Hmm... there's something I didn't notice myself. The Engineer who sacrifices himself on Earth is essentially like us, but the suits of the later Engineers are actually part of them it seems. Gives some more credence to the two faction theory possibly??

Originally Posted by besi

more for the bluray

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[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by ariakon

I don't think that actor works out nearly enough.

The Engineer muscle structure is prosthetic:

“Ridley wanted to shoot as much practically as possible,” Stammers says. “So we bulked out the 7-foot-1 actor's head and body with the prosthetics and makeup to sell him as an 8-foot giant. The slight drawback was that in bulking out his face, his features became disproportionately smaller. So, Lola rebalanced his features to make him look more godlike, more perfect.”

http://www.prometheusnews.net/movie/...r-more-photos/

[Monkey]

Wow, those are some fantastic pictures. I keep thinking how would Patrick Stewart look as Engineer

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by besi

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Looks like he's got a gun in the guy's back. lol

[DanMc]

Just saw this and well... Meh.. It was good eye candy but man did this movie drag on at times.. I'll be interested to watch it again at home when it's released but I found it to be a much less captivating movie than Alien. The last 30 seconds of the movie were more entertaining then the preceeding half hour..

And why

[Show spoiler] are the stupid people always running straight forward when something is falling in their direction?? Let's just run straight for 1000 yards instead of taking 5 steps to the side..

[ariakon]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

The Engineer muscle structure is prosthetic:

“Ridley wanted to shoot as much practically as possible,” Stammers says. “So we bulked out the 7-foot-1 actor's head and body with the prosthetics and makeup to sell him as an 8-foot giant. The slight drawback was that in bulking out his face, his features became disproportionately smaller. So, Lola rebalanced his features to make him look more godlike, more perfect.”

http://www.prometheusnews.net/movie/...r-more-photos/

I have to admit, I hoped that was the case. If there was a seven-foot-tall behemoth with that kind of muscle tone actually stalking the streets, I'd be afraid to go back out into the world.

[raygendreau]

There were some questions earlier about the relationship and timeline of the alien ship (Juggernaut) on LV 223 and the derelict alien ship on LV 426.

This is What Ridley has to say about it:

[Show spoiler]"And then you say ‘But how did that ship evolve in the first Alien?’ Then I would say ‘Actually he’s one of the group that had gone off and his cargo had gotten out of control,’ because he was heading somewhere else and it got out of control and actually he had died in the process and that would be the story there. That ship happened to be a brother to the ship that you see that comes out of the ground at the end. (of Prometheus) They are roughly of the same period give or take a couple hundred years, right? Other than that, there’s no real link except it explains I think who may have had these capabilities, which are dreadful weapons way beyond anything we could possibly conceive, bacteriological drums of (beep) that you can drop on a planet...."

[khan1670]

[Show spoiler] One could argue since they are looking at the terrain, they are running in the direction they think it won't roll even though it appears to be rolling towards them. IE, they think if I run this way it will have to turn that way or stop rolling before it gets to me.

Turning one way doesn't mean the thing might not suddenly turn with you.

Not saying it's right, but it's possible. Obviously, you can say they didn't quite judge it properly, plus you know sometimes people just don't think when they're panicing.

Originally Posted by DanMc

And why

[Show spoiler] are the stupid people always running straight forward when something is falling in their direction?? Let's just run straight for 1000 yards instead of taking 5 steps to the side..

[DanMc]

You make a good point Khan, easy to be an armchair quarterback I suppose.. lol

[ShamelessFanGirl]

This movie was really good! I thoroughly enjoyed this and can't wait to pick this up on blu-ray when it is released!

[raygendreau]

Anyone know what this is? I don't remember seeing it in the film. It appears to be

[Show spoiler]Vicker's Luxury Suite Escape Pod detaching from the Prometheus shortly before it rams the Juggernaut.

http://www.projectprometheus.com/new...21bde544bc.jpg