Prometheus (2012)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

[Show spoiler]•Milburn.
•Telling the human race we come from a bomber base.
•The Prometheus finding the base in like fifteen seconds on an otherwise dead moon.
•Nobody seems to care that Shaw just did surgery to herself.
•The co-pilots willingness to accept death so easily.
•Running in a straight line.
•Shaw repels out of the juggernaught, but how did she get IN?! Jetpack?

Spoilers are your friend.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I had the same problems in my Sony s360. Then I put it in my PS3 and it worked fine. Then later I tried it on the s360 again and after about a half hour, it started doing it again. I'm going to wait a little while longer and exchange it for another copy at Best Buy, and at a different store. Hopefully, I will get one from another (but flawless) batch.

[kong73]

To ruin my ScreamFest party this weekend. Prometheus was the main attraction after the The Blob 88!

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

This may be why Amazon isn't selling this right now.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Spoilers are your friend.

I would agree with you and amend my post, but you just reposted the spoilers yourself. lol

Eh, I amended my post anyway.

[Chloenator]

So is it just the 3D version that is affected? I was holding off on getting this and hoping to get the 2D version around Black Friday for a decent price.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

However, they don't bother as much as they used to. I just wish that Alan Dean Foster would do a movie novel of it though.

They don't bother me at all, but they're still dumb.

[Roy Batty]

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

[Show spoiler]•Milburn.
•Telling the human race we come from a bomber base.
•The Prometheus finding the base in like fifteen seconds on an otherwise dead moon.
•Nobody seems to care that Shaw just did surgery to herself.
•The co-pilots willingness to accept death so easily.
•Running in a straight line.
•Shaw repels out of the juggernaught, but how did she get IN?! Jetpack?

I would add:

[Show spoiler]- Why the notion of some alien race having visited us in the distant past would lead anyone to believe that they CREATED us?

- Why the notion of that same alien race supposedly being our creators would lead anyone to believe that they may have some mysterious way to give a human being ETERNAL OR AT LEAST PROLONGUED LIFE?

- Why should Shaw feel any less "alone" if she were to find her supposed creators, the Engineers, alive?

- On the other hand, why should Holloway feel any more "alone" if he were to find his supposed creators, the Engineers, dead?

- Why should Weyland and David think that experimenting with the "black goo" should yield any information on obtaining eternal life? We the spectators have witnessed the sacrificial suicide-by-unknown-substance of an Engineer at the opening of the film, but neither Weyland nor David have any information linking the black goo to any kind of bio-engineering at the genesis of life on Earth. They just found it there, it could be anything.

- Why an experiment as limited as infecting Holloway with that black goo, with no other "test group", should lead to any useful information on the same matter?

- Why any human being, placed on an alien world, millions of light-years away from Earth, and faced with the apparent prospect of making contact for the very first time with some kind of extraterrestrial life-form, as yet completely unknown, would burst into HOWLING upon entering that life-form's dark, ominous and dreadful abode, that could be filled with who knows what kind of dangerous predators lurking in the shadows?

- Why would any human being, placed on that unknown planet, decide to take his helmet off, only because their sensors read the air as "breathable"? There is quite a BIG difference between chemically breathable and harmless. It could be crammed with bacteria and viruses so unknown to humans, so different and separate from human limited knowledge, that no man-made sensor device would even detect them and identify them as living beings.

- Why would any person with some measure of scientific profile/training feel like taking off his helmet and not only exposing himself to that possible virus and bacteria, but also CONTAMINATING a completely unknown bio-system with the myriad of human microorganisms that thrive on our skin and in our breath? Not very scientific behavior. With that, they could be KILLING the very same alien beings they came looking for.

- And why would anyone on his sane mind feel like petting a COMPLETELY UNKNOWN ALIEN FORM that looks like a DANGEROUS SNAKE?

And those are only a few more from the top of my mind.

But of course, one of the biggest, most baffling and already mentioned blunders in the movie has to be Shaw entering Weyland's room ALMOST NUDE AND COVERED IN BLOOD, WITH A STREAK OF SURGICAL STAPLES ON HER ABDOMEN, only to have David and some other guy coming to her to wrap her with A ROBE but without being alarmed by her appearance or asking her WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO HER, and then resume their ongoing conversation without a care!!

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

- And why would anyone on his sane mind feel like caressing a COMPLETELY UNKNOWN ALIEN FORM that looks like a DANGEROUS SNAKE?

Cuz it was so cute! Coochie coochie coo!

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

Cuz it was so cute! Coochie coochie coo!

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Don't forget, Roy, that the Prometheus also deorbits into an unknown moon's atmosphere, expecting alien contact, but not considering the threat of alien air defense systems.

Even Zaphod Beeblebrox himself got attacked by nuclear missiles from an extinct race!

[Hawkguy]

My copy plays perfectly...until the film ends and instead of going to the menu, my player becomes unresponsive. Is that a defect as well?

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Having only watched it one time so far myself ~ I can't wait to see it again to pick up on things I may have missed.

Nice post Joe

Thanks Brent.

So far for me, the rewatchability of this movie is through the roof. Every time I watch it, I get it just a little bit more. Like Dead By Shaun said, I find this movie absolutely mesmerizing, from the story to the visual effects and the scenery and the audio atmosphere and the music...

I have a 130" DIY projection screen, and with some blu-rays I've noticed that such a large image can really show any flaws in the video, but this one is flawless. The audio is amazing too. I think it's one of the best looking and sounding blu-rays I've ever experienced.

Originally Posted by saprano

Yes the movie is very good. I only watched it once but i plan on watching it again this week. I hardly do that with movies. You should always form your own opinion on about a film and don't listen to the complaints.

I didn't read any reviews and I looked away when a commercial came on tv and I completely avoided this thread until after I had seen it. I can't even really put my finger on the exact reasons why, but I just love this movie more than anything I've seen in a long time. I think maybe one reason is that I really had no expectations going in to it.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

- And why would anyone on his sane mind feel like petting a COMPLETELY UNKNOWN ALIEN FORM that looks like a DANGEROUS SNAKE?

Your right, that's more of a girl thing. Or a guy by himself thing....

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

And those are only a few more from the top of my mind.

Do you also have a 'bottom' of your mind?

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I didn't read any reviews and I looked away when a comercial came on tv and I completely avoided this thread until after I had seen it. I can't even really put my finger on the exact reasons why, but I just love this movie more than anything I've seen in a long time. I think maybe one reason is that I really had no expectations going in to it.

It's just very compelling and thought provoking, and its superbly designed and filmed. The sets, the FX, the camera work...they're all top notch. And the story works for the most part and leaves you wanting more, which we now know we're gonna get!

[AmishParadise]

I'm having issues with my 2D copy. When attempting to play the disc in my Sony BDP-CX7000ES the chapter menu starts popping up on its own at the start of each new chapter a few chapters in. When attempting to play the disc on my PS3 the disc studders horribly. Was pretty pissed as I had yet to watch this film for the first time.

[brps3]

No problems playing it in my PS3. I got the old 60 gb.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

If the menus are appearing randomly, it sounds like an authoring problem similar to the PiP track in Sunshine appearing randomly.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

If the menus are appearing randomly, it sounds like an authoring problem similar to the PiP track in Sunshine appearing randomly.

Has anyone tried to play the raw .m2ts file inside the BDMV/STREAM folders that has these pop up problems? If it plays without any issues at that point then it is more than likely an authoring issue.

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

If the menus are appearing randomly, it sounds like an authoring problem similar to the PiP track in Sunshine appearing randomly.

The chapter menu is popping up on its own at the start of each new chapter, then going away after a few seconds. Not random at all, but yeah. Perhaps an authoring issue.