Prometheus Review Thread (Spoilers)

[KarmaNL]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

My first look will be in IMAX 3D.

TV spot 3 ran last Saturday on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index...622#msg1315622

Check the stills. A few new scenes not seen before.

[Show spoiler]Most interesting is alien ship positioned horizontally with Prometheus on full throttle. If alien ship flies prongs forward, it may have initiated the collision.

Man I feel bad now after skipping through that thread on avpgalaxy.

Way too much spoilers there

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by cvm

That helps a little, thanks. I can not see how there is much to build off of, as far as the myth goes, going by that video.

Who knows. The actual Greek myth of Prometheus does seem to kind of fit with the movie ( going by the trailers)

The Ship for example could be tied to Pandora and her opening of the box or even Zeus's last attempt to get even with Prometheus by destroying that in which he created, Humans.

but as I said, Who Knows how far they will go with it and to what extent the tale will drive the movie, if at all.

[HandyDandy]

In the director's version of Alien Ripley tries to decipher the S.O.S and she realizes that it is not a call for help but instead it is a warning for people to stay away from the planet..

So who activates the beacon???

[Monk360]

Just a thought...

[Show spoiler]What if the Space Jockey is Prometheus?

Prometheus was a Titan (a very big humanoid) who stole fire from the Gods to give to Mortals.

Prehaps the Space Jockey provided humans with the clues (cave paintings, etc.) that would lead them to obtaining the "fire". This action angers the Gods and Prometheus is chained to a rock (LV-426) for eternity. Meanwhile, the humans are given Pandora (the Alien).

So, in a way, it would make sense that the Space Jockey would want to infect/transform the humans...perhaps they're trying to "advance" them (which isn't necessarily a nice process)...to make them more like the Space Jockey. Over the course of the film, some the humans realize that "fire" isn't all that it's cracked up to be and they attempt to stop the Space Jockey from delivering their "gift" to Earth.

Or, I could be totally wrong.

[HandyDandy]

Came across this as i was looking at the Prometheus page:

Scott decided against have Xenomorphs in this movie and instead opted for what he calls an (Xenomorph Ancestor/Parent) instead..

Also if you scroll down to Spoilers section you can read about the opening scene of the movie.

NOTE: If you don't want to know don't scroll down to that section:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714trivia

[raygendreau]

Page has been updated. Three more images to find.

http://www.projectprometheus.com/

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Monk360

Just a thought...

[Show spoiler]What if the Space Jockey is Prometheus?

Prometheus was a Titan (a very big humanoid) who stole fire from the Gods to give to Mortals.

Prehaps the Space Jockey provided humans with the clues (cave paintings, etc.) that would lead them to obtaining the "fire". This action angers the Gods and Prometheus is chained to a rock (LV-426) for eternity. Meanwhile, the humans are given Pandora (the Alien).

So, in a way, it would make sense that the Space Jockey would want to infect/transform the humans...perhaps they're trying to "advance" them (which isn't necessarily a nice process)...to make them more like the Space Jockey. Over the course of the film, some the humans realize that "fire" isn't all that it's cracked up to be and they attempt to stop the Space Jockey from delivering their "gift" to Earth.

Or, I could be totally wrong.

A problem with your theory -

[Show spoiler]why put a invitation at several times during the Earth's history over millions of years to get them to travel through space to infect them with something, to then travel back to earth to infect everyone else. When he could of done this ages ago when he was one Earth

[Monk360]

Originally Posted by Foggy

A problem with your theory -

[Show spoiler]why put a invitation at several times during the Earth's history over millions of years to get them to travel through space to infect them with something, to then travel back to earth to infect everyone else. When he could of done this ages ago when he was one Earth

Good point...

[Show spoiler]Assuming that the Space Jockey is giving humans a "gift", perhaps they wanted humans to advance/evolve enough on their own to prove themselves worthy of receiving it. Essentially, the final step in that process is mastering interstellar travel to actually obtain the "fire". The SJ could have easily left the "fire" on Earth, but if humans discovered it too soon during their evolutionary process, they wouldn't even comprehend what it was let alone what to do with it. Chances are, it would have ended up being wasted or destroyed. Unfortunately, worthy or not...both races are still punished for the theft.

If we look at this from the other point-of-view...if the SJ are the Gods, and they are going to punish humans for stealing fire...why would they give us clues to it's whereabaouts in the first place? Why create us just to destroy us later? No point in that.

[raygendreau]

Some new comments from Scott about the Prometheus rating.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33510

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index...200#msg1317200

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

Some new comments from Scott about the Prometheus rating.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33510

I wish he would just say it's a PG-13, he's just building up too much false hope

[HandyDandy]

Director James Cameron Talks about Prometheus.

Major Spoilers in this article...If you don't want to be spoiled don't read
he discusses the actual plot of how everything goes down..

http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/03/...ts-prometheus/

[boxterduke]

Man if I'm only allowed to see one movie in the theaters this year, it would be Prometheus.
I can't believe that I'm picking it over The Dark Knight Rises, but I am.
That is how much I'm excited about it.

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Director James Cameron Talks about Prometheus.

Major Spoilers in this article...If you don't want to be spoiled don't read
he discusses the actual plot of how everything goes down..

http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/03/...ts-prometheus/

Thanks for Posting this but ain't no way I am reading it. As much as I want to know everything I don't what the movie spoiled

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by menaceuk

Thanks for Posting this but ain't no way I am reading it. As much as I want to know everything I don't what the movie spoiled

Agreed...this is one of those rare movies I don't want to know much about. Much like the Pirate movies...saw the different trailers "once" and avoided everything else...I want to be surprised!

[bkhage01]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Director James Cameron Talks about Prometheus.

Major Spoilers in this article...If you don't want to be spoiled don't read
he discusses the actual plot of how everything goes down..

http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/03/...ts-prometheus/

Originally Posted by menaceuk

Thanks for Posting this but ain't no way I am reading it. As much as I want to know everything I don't what the movie spoiled

I'm not going to take any chances either but, as closely as Ridley Scott and his team have been guarding any info about the movie, I find it pretty hard to believe that major spoilers would pop up now. I'm sure it's possible, but I'm wondering why Cameron would do that unless it's with Scott's permission....

Anyway, totally pumped about this flick. The new trailer gave me chills, especially with the totally creepy music. I just wish Jerry Goldsmith was doing the score, as his Alien score was a triumph. I have high hopes, to say the least, for Prometheus (maybe even higher than The Dark Knight Rises, like a member said above! )

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Director James Cameron Talks about Prometheus.

Major Spoilers in this article...If you don't want to be spoiled don't read
he discusses the actual plot of how everything goes down..

http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/03/...ts-prometheus/

Did you even watch the video? He knows nothing about the film, he's at the exact same place as we are

[bkhage01]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Did you even watch the video? He knows nothing about the film, he's at the exact same place as we are

^^ This is what I figured. Ridley Scott has this movie on lockdown.

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

Some new comments from Scott about the Prometheus rating.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33510

At least we have a clear answer:

Another question for Scott is the film's rating. He hints that the violence may have been toned-down enough to facilitate a PG-13 rating, but intriguingly suggests that the impact will match the R-grade shocks of Alien and Aliens. "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."

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Talyn

Agreed...this is one of those rare movies I don't want to know much about. Much like the Pirate movies...saw the different trailers "once" and avoided everything else...I want to be surprised!

Exactly. I am not going searching for anymore info on this film. I appreciate everyone using spoiler tags so far in this thread. Thanks everyone!

[Grumpz]

Originally Posted by cvm

At least we have a clear answer:

What a disappointment!

There's a clip around somewhere of Scott in an interview and I can quote him with 100% accuracy that he wants this movie to "SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!"

How is that going to be done with anything less than R?