Prometheus (2012)

[tkbryant]

Yeah, there's way too much over analyzing for this movie, let them finish the story and then analyze it. To me it seemed as this was an outpost that was experimenting with DNA manipulation to create different types of life forms. These particular creatures are just fruits of that experiment gone wrong. The engineers could have dozens of these labs across the galaxy with different creatures in each one. Our "Alien" xenomorph as we know it could just be in another lab or planet somewhere. Some require eggs, some require "pods" or "modules".

The space jockey in Alien on LV426 had a chest wound that looked like it exploded from the inside, obviously the "Engineers" are having trouble handling the life-forms they have created.

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by gates70

Maybe they'll explain and things will evolve in the next 2 films to finally look like Alien. Patience people....

Cool, so this is going to be a trilogy then? great if it is.

[olivehead]

Originally Posted by groove93

As with the case of the Alien Anthology Boxset, documentaries such as that one and for Prometheus are one of those lazy Sundays on the couch type events. I received the 4-disc Prometheus 3d set Wednesday night from Amazon and went right to the Documentary.

This is why talk of going to "non-disc-based home video" (what's the word or phrase i'm looking for?) scares me. My internet may be down or there's some gremlin at work so my Netflix, Vudu, etc isn't working when I want it to, but by-and-large, if I have power, I can pop in a DVD or BD and watch it. And what about all these nice boxed sets and all those extra features (like a 3 hrs. 40 min. making of)? What would become of them?

Sorry, off topic, but it just popped into my mind.

[tkbryant]

Originally Posted by vidjunkie

Cool, so this is going to be a trilogy then? great if it is.

I think it was originally thought to be a trilogy but it seems how the story evolved it may just be one other film. I personally think a trilogy might be pushing it thin but the next film will tell the tale.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by vidjunkie

Cool, so this is going to be a trilogy then? great if it is.

It's supposed to be as per RS. He's already working on the sequel.

http://www.examiner.com/article/prom...er-will-return

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/fox-...r-2014-or-2015

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Prome...ing-32247.html

http://www.hitfix.com/motion-capture...r-prometheus-2

http://collider.com/prometheus-2-sequel-2014/185603/[/QUOTE]

[vidjunkie]

Thanks guys, well either way 1 more film or 2, this is still great, would love some more explaining lol, we watched it last night in 2D, I really want to watch it again but this time in 3D, I read that it looks great in 3D.

[ObiWanShinobi]

Originally Posted by vidjunkie

Thanks guys, well either way 1 more film or 2, this is still great, would love some more explaining lol, we watched it last night in 2D, I really want to watch it again but this time in 3D, I read that it looks great in 3D.

I think youll be impressed by it. IMO its the best 3D in terms of depth since Avatar and I didn't see even the slightest bit of ghosting or crosstalk. Enjoy

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by ObiWanShinobi

I think youll be impressed by it. IMO its the best 3D in terms of depth since Avatar and I didn't see even the slightest bit of ghosting or crosstalk. Enjoy

Thanks, and this is exactly what I have been reading a lot of

[Blu-Moon]

Originally Posted by olivehead

This is why talk of going to "non-disc-based home video" (what's the word or phrase i'm looking for?) scares me. My internet may be down or there's some gremlin at work so my Netflix, Vudu, etc isn't working when I want it to, but by-and-large, if I have power, I can pop in a DVD or BD and watch it. And what about all these nice boxed sets and all those extra features (like a 3 hrs. 40 min. making of)? What would become of them?

Sorry, off topic, but it just popped into my mind.

You may be off-topic a little, but I happen to agree with you. There may come a day when there's no more physical media whatsoever and we have to get everything off the "Cloud." And from there it's just a hop, skip and a short jump to 100% pay-as-you-go viewing, no exceptions. Why should we afterall be allowed to buy/own a movie on Blu-ray, when they can easily convert the existing business model to allow for charging us every single time we want to see a movie?

I happen to enjoy collecting movies on Blu, and the boxed sets you mention in your post are a big part of that enjoyment for me. I think "P-P-V-F" ("Pay-Per-View-Forever") is where we're headed; if it turns out that I'm dead wrong about this, I assure you that nobody will be any happier about my failed prediction than I will.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by Blu-Moon

You may be off-topic a little, but I happen to agree with you. There may come a day when there's no more physical media whatsoever and we have to get everything off the "Cloud." And from there it's just a hop, skip and a short jump to 100% pay-as-you-go viewing, no exceptions. Why should we afterall be allowed to buy/own a movie on Blu-ray, when they can easily convert the existing business model to allow for charging us every single time we want to see a movie?

I happen to enjoy collecting movies on Blu, and the boxed sets you mention in your post are a big part of that enjoyment for me. I think "P-P-V-F" ("Pay-Per-View-Forever") is where we're headed; if it turns out that I'm dead wrong about this, I assure you that nobody will be any happier about my failed prediction than I will.

I doubt we'll see pay-per-view only in our lifetime. it already exists and it's a VERY limited market. Cable has been trying to for decades and people don't fall for it. it's why DIVX failed, people want to OWN things

[groove93]

I did have some difficulty navigating through the BD for this film. It was pretty slow for things to load.

I have a Sony BDP-S570 which is a pretty fast player, however I did notice that I did not have my 1GB flash drive inserted in the back until I was getting ready for bed.

Has anyone else had an issue with slow load times, or is the flash drive needed? From what I can tell, the flash drive has not been inserted in my player for a few weeks.

Just curious

[vidjunkie]

My Panasonic loaded everything fast and played just fine on this title, no problems at all.

[tkbryant]

No problem playing extras on my Oppo 93.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by groove93

Has anyone else had an issue with slow load times, or is the flash drive needed?

This sucker always takes its sweet time to load for me, too. And I have tried it on 2 the different players in my house (Samsung and LG). It's not a problem, it just takes an extra minute, and everything plays just fine once loaded.

This is for the 2D version - I don't have 3D equipment.

[ObiWanShinobi]

Originally Posted by wormraper

I doubt we'll see pay-per-view only in our lifetime. it already exists and it's a VERY limited market. Cable has been trying to for decades and people don't fall for it. it's why DIVX failed, people want to OWN things

Damn right! Lawd help em if the "Pay-Per-View" crap ever happens

[ObiWanShinobi]

I played it on my PS3 and it was actually one of the faster Blus I own in terms of loading up.

[groove93]

Originally Posted by mrr1

This sucker always takes its sweet time to load for me, too. And I have tried it on 2 the different players in my house (Samsung and LG). It's not a problem, it just takes an extra minute, and everything plays just fine once loaded.

This is for the 2D version - I don't have 3D equipment.

Yea I played the 2d version as well, and yes, everything plays fine without a hitch, it's just slow to load when you choose a video to watch. Not a big deal, I've just been used to such a fast player for so long.

[Mark Malmstrøm]

My BD player seems to load fast and it's one of those cheap Sony BD players



BUT, did othes detect Edge Enhancement in the opening scene and other places ?

[SirMontyPython]

I did notice it took a little more time to load up the movie, more than I'm used to seeing on any other movie, but I guess with the amount of content that blu-ray has (easter eggs, etc.), that it needed that extra minute or even 30 seconds, which by loading standards can be a long time....

[Blu-Moon]

Originally Posted by wormraper

I doubt we'll see pay-per-view only in our lifetime. it already exists and it's a VERY limited market. Cable has been trying to for decades and people don't fall for it. it's why DIVX failed, people want to OWN things

I agree. I have a large (and still growing) collection of boxed sets on Blu, and I always look forward to seeing what's offered next month-to-month. I don't buy all of 'em, but I try!