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re: Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus 3 or 4' Will Finally Connect With 'Alien'
Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:45 pm to Stud Bud
Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:45 pm to Stud Bud
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People just shite on it because it didn't live up to Alien. Completely different movie altogether.
Removing the masterpiece Alien from the equation and just watching it based purely on a stand-alone Sci-fi movie, I loved it.
Now I didn't love it or really even like it the first time I watched it, but after a couple of re-watches I grew to love it. Just the total feel of the movie.
And you can catch certain Alien-themed parts in movie. The part when the old man is talking to them in the hologram, they are playing the Alien music in the background.
One thing I said a while back on here was that I think most people who hated it went into it expecting to see Alien 0. And I get why considering that early buzz was that RS was making "an Alien prequel." But IIRC, that was not the case. I went into it with tempered expectations and wanting to see a cool sci-fi thriller-type movie with some sort of tie ins to the Alien universe. And that's exactly what I got. And there were cool scenes along the way.
I was satisfied with it, fairly easily too.
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The fact that you have to assert that you're not joking pretty much says it all.
All it says is that I know my audience, a.k.a. this board. This movie was BLASTED on here by a lot of people, so I included that statement in my post because I didn't want people to think I was trying to troll or that I was kidding, since most people here didn't like it.
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 12:47 pm
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Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:48 pm to Dr RC
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I'm not sitting through 2 more Prometheus flicks just to see one eventually connect to Alien.
The first one already connected to it though. So you're right...you won't have to sit through two more to see that connection; it already happened.
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:01 pm to CocomoLSU
I didn't like it because I thought some of the characters and their actions were absurd. People just did things, not because it made sense, but because it simply moved the plot along. Other than that it was a very pretty movie. The visuals were pretty awesome.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:01 pm to CocomoLSU
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I'll be tuned in for the next Prometheus for sure. The first one was pretty awesome IMO . I know people love to bash on it and cry that it didn't make sense, but it really did make plenty of sense IMO.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:05 pm to CocomoLSU
I didn't like Prometheus at all and I thought it was a pretty god awful movie. Not because of the alien shite. I thought it was a bad movie. Nicely shot, but it fails on so many levels that your left empty.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:29 pm to athenslife101
I guess I have to rewatch Prometheus. I'm almost positive it showed how the Alien came into being. Also showed that Master dude and how that race creates/destroys races.
Details are fuzzy but I thought the movie was pretty good and tied into the Alien series, which I have seen and like but am no expert about.
Now I got to go Wikepedia that movie to refresh my memory, unless some of you experts want to break things down and explain it.
Details are fuzzy but I thought the movie was pretty good and tied into the Alien series, which I have seen and like but am no expert about.
Now I got to go Wikepedia that movie to refresh my memory, unless some of you experts want to break things down and explain it.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:32 pm to Jwodie
What about Prometheus 5?
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:41 pm to Jwodie
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Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus' Will Finally Connect With 'Alien'
FIFY, oh wait...
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Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus' Will be a stand alone film
FIFY, oh wait...
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Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus' Will Sort of, Tangentially Connect with 'Alien'
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Ridley Scott: 'Prometheus' Has Nothing to do with 'Alien'
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Ridley Scott: 'Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
This happened before Prometheus. Looks like he's doing the same here. That's ok, Scott has pretty much earned a pass.
Prometheus was sort of bad, but still fun. And it looks cool. Will watch the next one too, just not be nearly as pumped, nor take this headline to mean that he's doing what he says.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:23 pm to Ace Midnight
What I would have given for that guy from Lost to not have been involved with writing Prometheus. What a mess.
Predator 2 with Danny Glover is what you're looking for.
I'll still go see this since that clown won't be involved and they will probably put something neat together.
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here's little question that Predator and Alien are in the same cinematic universe because of the crossover film.
Predator 2 with Danny Glover is what you're looking for.
I'll still go see this since that clown won't be involved and they will probably put something neat together.
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:33 pm to Freauxzen
quote:To me, that indicated that they were changing things around and couldn't decide what they wanted it to be. The multiple superfluous actors in unnecessary roles might have had something to do with it.
This happened before Prometheus. Looks like he's doing the same here.
Thematically, as I've said before, it's like a bad novel. The writer tries so hard to fill it with meaningful subtext that his story becomes convoluted and pointless.
Yes, it is a pretty film, but that just makes it all the more disappointing.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:34 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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What I would have given for that guy from Lost to not have been involved with writing Prometheus. What a mess.
Freauxzen wants to make out with you right now I bet.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:39 pm to Jwodie
Can a prometheus hater explain why they dont like it? 
I thought it was intense when I saw it in the theater
I thought it was intense when I saw it in the theater Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:40 pm to CocomoLSU
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What I would have given for that guy from Lost to not have been involved with writing Prometheus. What a mess.
Freauxzen wants to make out with you right now I bet.
Only a little.
But yeah Damon Lindelhof isa terrible writer. He has some cool ideas, but he needs smarter people to actually make them work and, you know, write them. See Lost. Cuse's level headed-ness (eventhough he too comes off as pretentious), actually worked in Lindelof's favor to keep most of his ideas muted.
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:41 pm to Jwodie
I think it could be good if Scott would acknowledge the issues of the first film and fix them. There was a lot about Prometheus that I thought was really cool.. but there was also a lot that made me want to bash my head against a wall.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:48 pm to Das Jackal
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but there was also a lot that made me want to bash my head against a wall.
Like this "scientist"...
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:51 pm to blueboy
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To me, that indicated that they were changing things around and couldn't decide what they wanted it to be. The multiple superfluous actors in unnecessary roles might have had something to do with it.
Spot on. The cast was enormous for what should have been a really tight film.
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Thematically, as I've said before, it's like a bad novel. The writer tries so hard to fill it with meaningful subtext that his story becomes convoluted and pointless.
Yes, it is a pretty film, but that just makes it all the more disappointing.
Agreed.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 2:55 pm to Freauxzen
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Like this "scientist"...
Exactly, all the scientist did things that no scientist would actually do. And I know some of the things have been somewhat explained but it still seems off. Now I did find the Engineers very intriguing. I wanted to learn more about them. And I thought that the film was beautifully shot. I had very high expectations, it was my most anticipated movie that year. I didn't hate it, but it left me with a "meh" feeling.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 3:03 pm to SoDakHawk
There is a faux alien like creature at the end but it's point of being in the story is absolute zero. I refuse to believe this is in the same universe of Alien. I also think Ridley Scott is one of the most unlikable directors in Hollywood.
Posted on 9/23/15 at 3:13 pm to wutangfinancial
quote:See above.
Can a prometheus hater explain why they dont like it? I thought it was intense when I saw it in the theater
Posted on 9/23/15 at 3:22 pm to Jwodie
"Ridley Scott Takes One Foot Forward and Three Steps Back."
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 3:24 pm
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