the official Prometheus movie thread

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I know WE look at it as the whole point was to setup Alien, but they have gone out of their way over and over again to paint this as its own thing. I think once Lindeloff got involved, that was when the movie moved further away from its Alien ties than originally planned. I think they are proud at how little it ties into Alien at this point.

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I know WE look at it as the whole point was to setup Alien, but they have gone out of their way over and over again to paint this as its own thing. I think once Lindeloff got involved, that was when the movie moved further away from its Alien ties than originally planned. I think they are proud at how little it ties into Alien at this point.

I was glad it was. The worst thing would have been to just do Alien again. This film had some good ideas, it's just too bad some of them failed in the execution. At the same time I hope this puts a nail in Lineloff's coffin. Can't be bothered with his lazy bullshit.

[Tazer That Evil, Yellow Bastiche Find all posts View Profile Close Tazer]

Yo.

You really shouldn't have said that, you enjoy the RE movies, now its going to undermine any review I see come out of you, if you'd said you have a Milla Jovovich Gun fetish I might understand, but RE is pure trash that spits in the face of its source material, people mock Bay for Transformers, but those movies are masterpieces compared to the RE movies.

well, its a good thing I generally dont *do* movie reviews, now aint it?

of course, I'll now *bask* in the glow of Jovovovo-wateverhernameis as shes doing retarded flips in the air & killing zombies all while Im chowing down on my popcorn and thinking "*heh!*, 'ol Frankie boy is missing out on some good cheesy fun......the loon."

I take this to heart because I was a big RE fan, its just awful to see where the movies have gone, its a pity because as horror and zombie fan, I would have loved to seen it done right, and not just been an excuse for Milla to where skimpy outfits while she shoots big loads in slow motion.

so wait: bangable chick in skimpy clothing + shooting zombies while doing slo-mo bike-flips inna air = bAd MoViE somehow?? YEEESH!!

yur too conservative a film go-er for me comrade; I try not to take my fantastic movies about the impossible THAT seriously........

Too bad her other fetish film what was it Ultraviolet? didn't take off, otherwise they might have just left RE alone.

well, it did spawn an anime series & iirc a single-ish comic.......

As for people not liking sci-fi, thats not true, Avatar was a massive success, the difference is it aims low with its plot and is not a jumble to follow, however if you want to find a deeper meaning its there.

ppl went to go see *that* becuz of the 3d, not becuz of the genre, and alot of those same ppl (or their friends) were the same yahoos who became despondent becuz that planet looked so lush & pretty compared to REAL LIFE (I shit U not, there were some loonies who got depressed cuz they couldnt live in that damned movie).

Prometheus is too grand for its own good and more likely things flew over peoples (casual cinema goers) head, and it doest even do its own QnA very well, I doubt they left thinking ahh yeah that was Space Jesus.

Whats obvious to you is not so obvious to others, we could use our resident alien expert on these boards as an example, you know.... that guy

I wouldnt come anywhere *near* calling this flick "grand" personally, as it wasnt that good, and as for the "expert"........lets leave him outta this for now. PLEASE?!??

Jokes aside that will be too bad if we dont get a sequel, the whole point of Prometheus was to explain all the questions from Alien, I dont feel we got that and they even admit its two movies away from reaching that point, maybe someone will do it in comic/video game from or something.

enhh, I can see yur point, but tbqh if this ends up being *it* storywise.........Im good.




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I know WE look at it as the whole point was to setup Alien, but they have gone out of their way over and over again to paint this as its own thing. I think once Lindeloff got involved, that was when the movie moved further away from its Alien ties than originally planned. I think they are proud at how little it ties into Alien at this point.

I'd believe all that if they didn't essentially give Alien a high five as their lasting impression before you left the cinema, I'm not sure they should be proud that they could possibly be the ones for finally killing off the Alien franchise once and for all, Resurrection is probably laughing in the background.

well, its a good thing I generally dont *do* movie reviews, now aint it?

of course, I'll now *bask* in the glow of Jovovovo-wateverhernameis as shes doing retarded flips in the air & killing zombies all while Im chowing down on my popcorn and thinking "*heh!*, 'ol Frankie boy is missing out on some good cheesy fun......the loon."



so wait: bangable chick in skimpy clothing + shooting zombies while doing slo-mo bike-flips inna air = bAd MoViE somehow?? YEEESH!!

yur too conservative a film go-er for me comrade; I try not to take my fantastic movies about the impossible THAT seriously........

I enjoyed Zombie Strippers way more than any RE movie, I watch a ton of B-movies and enjoy them, I dont class a big blockbuster hollywood movie a B-movie, just like some who say MIB 3 is a cheesy B movie, for its budget thats a silly thing to say.

Plus you missed my point totally, I'm a RE fan so seeing it being bastardrized is not nice at all, the stories from the games are kind of cheesy but they're more fun, CVX story is like a really good fun B-movie.

I dont know what games you like but lets just say I took one and turned it into a movie where Milla is just running about shooting in slow mo, you'd probably dislike it too.

Halo The Movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Halo movie.

Skyrim the movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Skyrim movie.

Street Fighter the movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Street Fighter movie.

The Walking Dead movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great TWD movie.

Some how I think not, if she wants to make a softcore B movie I'm all for it, just dont take a franchise and turn it into something its not.

well, it did spawn an anime series & iirc a single-ish comic.......

I never heard of it tbh, the film reminded of that animation on MTV years ago, which also had a movie made after it, I forgot the name though.

ppl went to go see *that* becuz of the 3d, not becuz of the genre, and alot of those same ppl (or their friends) were the same yahoos who became despondent becuz that planet looked so lush & pretty compared to REAL LIFE (I shit U not, there were some loonies who got depressed cuz they couldnt live in that damned movie).

They went to see it because it was a popular film and had a massive buzz around it, regardless of that the movie is still a sci-fi, the reboot of Star Trek did well from what I remember and that is as hardcore sci-fi as you can get, people like a good movie, if its sci-fi and good people will watch it.

I believe the rest, after all I know a certain poster who would love to live on an alien planet.

[Tazer That Evil, Yellow Bastiche Find all posts View Profile Close Tazer]

Yo.

I enjoyed Zombie Strippers way more than any RE movie, I watch a ton of B-movies and enjoy them, I dont class a big blockbuster hollywood movie a B-movie, just like some who say MIB 3 is a cheesy B movie, for its budget thats a silly thing to say.

hey, maybe those ppl have an over-inflated expectancy of wat a summer movie is supposed to cost? or, maybe MiB3 is just as cheap-lookin' as they accuse it of being? /shrug

Plus you missed my point totally, I'm a RE fan so seeing it being bastardrized is not nice at all, the stories from the games are kind of cheesy but they're more fun, CVX story is like a really good fun B-movie.

no, I got that, but the diff here is simply a matter of personal taste, much like how a good number of ppl here were pissed off on how Bay did TFs; once U get past "theyre not doing *this*, and they aint doing *THAT*......" its perfectly fine to just let go and either enjoy the movie for wat it IS doing (regardless of yur wants/likes) OR leave it alone entirely. in both cases, I choose the former even tho I shared others thoughts of "wat could have been......"

I dont know what games you like but lets just say I took one and turned it into a movie where Milla is just running about shooting in slow mo, you'd probably dislike it too.

Halo The Movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Halo movie.

Skyrim the movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Skyrim movie.

Street Fighter the movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great Street Fighter movie.

The Walking Dead movie; Staring Milla in skimpy clothing shooting in slow motion = great TWD movie.

Some how I think not, if she wants to make a softcore B movie I'm all for it, just dont take a franchise and turn it into something its not.

yea, U'd lose that bet; yur talking to a guy who grew up watching a man run in slo-mo with the implied thought that he was being FOOKIN' AWESOME in super-speed, so if U give me a bangable, somewat cute, psuedo-redhead doing the same........but SHOOTING things? all I can say is:



and no, thats not me being argumentative OR facetious just for the sake of it.

I never heard of it tbh, the film reminded of that animation on MTV years ago, which also had a movie made after it, I forgot the name though.

yea, the anime came out a some time after the movie hit dvd; I think its sales overseas were good or something........

They went to see it because it was a popular film and had a massive buzz around it, regardless of that the movie is still a sci-fi, the reboot of Star Trek did well from what I remember and that is as hardcore sci-fi as you can get, people like a good movie, if its sci-fi and good people will watch it.

I believe the rest, after all I know a certain poster who would love to live on an alien planet.

it BECAME a popular film, becuz it had really good visuals & well-done 3d (which is the reason U now have all of these fucking up-conversions for films now, which only expand the background, but enable theatre houses to charge an extra $6 or so for watch a movie that does less than 1/2 the effort.

same thing happened w/Inception (and the Matrix, for that matter) with its ending: 6 out of 80 ppl leaving the film couldnt figure the shit out, and somehow word spread that causing other to go see it & then questioning reality as they saw it.

the VAST majority didnt go see it cuz it was a good scifi film, but becuz some schmoe had their heads blown away by a concept and a great majority went "I want that TOO!!!" this can also be applied to TDK & Ledger; if that dude *hadnt* accidentally offed himself, do U think the movie wouldve done anywhere near as well?




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no, I got that, but the diff here is simply a matter of personal taste

No its not personal taste, if you're basing a movie off an already existing source, if Bay decides he wants to put Terminators in place of Transformers that would be not be ok, if he wanted to turn Transformers into a a romantic comedy, I doubt that would fly either.

Maybe RE started out with it loosely keeping to its source, but now its totally pass that point.

OR leave it alone entirely

Yeap and that's what I have done, I haven't watched the last two RE movies and have no desire to watch this new one, it will be the same bullshit as the other movies anyway, setting it self up for another shitty sequel in 2 years.

Like I said I'm more interested in World War Z.

and no, thats not me being argumentative OR facetious just for the sake of it.

Hey man your words not mine.

it BECAME a popular film

Finally you agree yes the same reason Inception and the first Matrix became popular because they were good movies, that just happened to be sci-fi.

Avatar did cause the boom in 3D, but the difference is that most of those movies after it are shit with or without 3D or pretty effects, if enough people think the movie sucks, it will bomb.

this can also be applied to TDK & Ledger; if that dude *hadnt* accidentally offed himself, do U think the movie wouldve done anywhere near as well?

Absolutely.

Its a Batman movie done by a some what decent director, the return of the joker character to the big screen, the movie turned out to be great and it became a massive hit.

I doubt if Ryan Reynolds was to pass, that GL would have become a massive hit, because the movie itself is still trash.

We shall see because Ledger aint got nothing to do with TDKR, if that bombs or does shit, then you might be onto something, I dont see that happening though.

Anyway I think we are boring people who just want to read about Prometheus, we will have to agree we disagree about RE.

[Tazer That Evil, Yellow Bastiche Find all posts View Profile Close Tazer]

Yo.

.......and about why Avatar became popular, but thats kewl too.




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