Prometheus (2012)

[monorail91]

Originally Posted by DreamVillain

Amazon is taking forever to ship my copy of Prometheus

You need to contact them and complain! I have Amazon Prime and was supposed to get it on release day but I didn't get it til the next day - I was speaking with Customer Service for like 20 minutes and eventually got $5 off my next order.

[kreegz]

bought it tuesday. finally watched it tonight... man what a good movie. i loved it.

[zahinn]

Originally Posted by NewjackBlu

I Dunno if it has been posted before, I was at J&R store here in NYC today and they had the target version 3D for cheaper than target...
wonder whats that all about

Thanks

[mrwizard62]

Popcorn's Popped...Libation's at the ready...Here we go

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by IlGialloMondadori

Just rewatched the film. Despite being angry at it when I saw it in the theatre, surprisingly, I found myself enjoying the film a great deal. It's still flawed, and I refuse to believe the 2000 years thing is anything other than a coincidence to set this sometime in line with Alien and the that Engineers crashed on LV 426 - and I hate the Space Jesus thing, so I'll just pretend it doesn't exist - but damn, I actually enjoyed it. I mostly viewed it as a horror film and didn't think about the science too much.

Let's hear what the flaws are. Not saying there aren't any, just want to hear what you felt/though were flaws.

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Come on, this movie is pretty good, but it is not in the same league as The Matrix, Star Wars, Star Trek, or Blade Runner.

And in case you haven't noticed, people are still confused as hell about it, albeit less since hearing the commentaries. But a movie should not require a commentary to make sense of elements in the plot. Still, with so many questions answered, people in this thread are still mostly trying to sort this crap out.

There are some confusion, true...just like in other movies. What I see here, for the most part, is not confusion. Rather, it's discussion of the parts that weren't there in black and white. The director purposely left some parts vague or incomplete. These foster these great theories in this thread.

All theories are great as long as they cannot be disproved by something that is definite in the movie.

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Yeah, it's relationship to a different (and much better) movie called 'Alien'.

Disagree. This film can stand on its own pretty effortlessly and goes in a totally different direction than the Alien franchise.

[moviecriticsonline]

Originally Posted by deltasun

Disagree. This film can stand on its own pretty effortlessly and goes in a totally different direction than the Alien franchise.

I heard in the sequel Elizabeth meets up with Han Solo and Chewbacca at the Mos Eisley Cantina.

Should be interesting....

[mrrant_33]

And she discovers Han is a replicant and Chewbacca is a pre body waxed Engineer

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by moviecriticsonline

I heard in the sequel Elizabeth meets up with Han Solo and Chewbacca at the Mos Eisley Cantina.

"It's like...I'm Solo, you're Chewie, she's Kenobi, and we're in that F***ED UP BAR!!"

[jjbsn5192]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Come on, this movie is pretty good, but it is not in the same league as The Matrix, Star Wars, Star Trek, or Blade Runner.

And in case you haven't noticed, people are still confused as hell about it, albeit less since hearing the commentaries. But a movie should not require a commentary to make sense of elements in the plot. Still, with so many questions answered, people in this thread are still mostly trying to sort this crap out.

i would easily say that it matches up quite well to Star Trek if your speaking about 2009's Version? hell i would throw Prometheus in the top 10 best science fiction films since 2000

[YMHC]

Originally Posted by Skemekos23

How was David able to pick up the hologram of earth in the orrery?
Is it a hard-light hologram or something?

tech is available since minority report / avengers.. so maybe engineers reversed engineered the tech

[DreamVillain]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

You pre-ordered?

Yea and on the update screen it says will ship soon... I don't have PRIME and I chose the free shipping option, but in the past it at least shipped by now.

[LobsterPot]

Prometheus Engineer [UNSEEN FOOTAGE] - YouTube

[starkent08]

I'm pissed I don't see how this was the prequel to et it's cool they both came out on same day though

[Fryman86]

Originally Posted by starkent08

I'm pissed I don't see how this was the prequel to et it's cool they both came out on same day though

Joking right?

Seriously though, I personally love this movie. Saw it in 3D and then a week later an IMAX screen opened near me so I saw it in IMAX which was amazing. Watched the blu ray last night and man is the picture quality fantastic. Not sure if this has been discussed but I really love the score as well especially that main theme that plays at the beginning and throughout the film.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by 42041

I'm not a big fan of the "throw a lot of biblical/philosophical allusions and ambiguity at the wall and see what sticks" approach Mr. Lindelof favors here and in Lost. It seems like a facile, cheap substitute for writing that actually explores complex themes with intelligence and coherence; basically you're just leaving the viewers to do the heavy lifting for you.

Well said - there is a fine line between laziness and asking the audience to think a little bit.

[LobsterPot]

You mean he doesn't treat the audience like infants and make up their own minds for them, unlike most big movies today..

[Mark Malmstrøm]

Deacon - our first Alien


well that could happen - it could had happen like that 2000 years ago

engineres get to earth and do like david do to holloway

the people have sex and the woman give births to that facehugger that attacks her right away like Shaw's facehugger that wants to attack her.

and how of her comes our first true alien - and maybe it was brought back to engineers place and then it all went loose

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by LobsterPot

You mean he doesn't treat the audience like infants and make up their own minds for them, unlike most big movies today..

No, thats not what I mean and Im sure others that also see some of the issues with the film dont mean that either.

As a few of us pointed out, there is a difference between making your audience think a bit and simply leaving gaping holes in plot or logic. Thats all.