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PROMETHEUS Full Theatrical Trailer (2:32) + International UK trailer (2:47)
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SCULLIBUNDO
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So what are the chances that the distress/warning beacon that the Nostromo homes in on is that left by the crew of the Prometheus?
VistraNorrez
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Have you seen the original Alien trailer?
You mean any drama? What thriller/horror/sci-fi involves benevolent aliens? Also, nothing was set in stone universe-wise before this movie. Whatever ideas Scott may have had about space jockeys before, it was never canon because it was never outlined on film. Therefore nothing has been retconned.
Snap Judgements: The Poster
If the dialogue was any more spliced up in this trailer, we would have only had syllables.
Also, lets condemn a script as terrible based on not only a synopsis, but a rumored synopsis. I would certainly hope that a film could be greater than the sum of it's taglines.
I dunno, man, was it really directed at me?
No, by "cheap drama", I mean "cheap drama".
I didn't say anything about that. What annoys me is that it looks we might just get more eviiiiil aliens instead of a more complex/thoughtful SF story (especially disappointing considering that species can't be considered "wild animals").
After dozens of pages of people creaming their pants over a trailer, "best movie ever!", etc, really? Hahaha!
I didn't "condemn" anything (you snappy you), but like I said, it seems to fit, sadly enough.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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You need to see a doctor.
Paraphrased: "If it's like the synopsis, and I really think it is, then it's pretty terrible".
That's you condemning it as something based on a paragraph of story beats.
There's a big fucking difference between people going:
"OMG MY PANTS ARE GONE THE PRODUCTION VALUES LOOK INSANE"
and you saying:
"The writing is terrible."
Based on a trailer.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
HAHAHAHA
I didn't realize that was her.
I don't know. It makes sense, but they look like rather different planets in terms of geography.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I said left by the crew of the Prometheus, not originating from the Prometheus, because we know the warning signal is coming from the derelict spaceship. So perhaps they leave on on board/around that area.
Even in your paraphrase, there's an "if", see?
What I've heard in the trailer and the viral videos was pretty bad (and sounded a lot like the usual Lindelof dreck).
Yes, I'm commenting on what little I've heard, just like you're commenting on what little you've seen. Cry me a river.
We are all talking qualitatively about aspects of the movie based on 2:30 of footage, but there are some things that give a more complete impression in that condensed amount of time than others.
If you were saying "The use of CGI looks bad" or "I really dislike the production design", then I would completely disagree, but at least I would understand that you have something to base your statements on. The first third of the trailer is cut to get some semblance of a plot into the minds of the audience, but the vast majority of it is spent on establishing the atmosphere and scope of the visuals.
Conversely if this was a trailer for a Quentin Tarantino movie, you would probably have plenty of content with which to base an opinion on the writing.
Your problem is that you are flashing everyone else here your hand by endlessly bringing Lindelof into the conversation, when his contribution to the script is confirmed to be cursory. You have no idea whether any of the "dreck" you've heard in the trailer or viral videos is even his. BUT you've made it clear that you will be predisposed to looking at any of his future work in a negative light thanks to Lost.
If you were saying "The use of CGI looks bad" or "I really dislike the production design", then I would completely disagree, but at least I would understand that you have something to base your statements on. The first third of the trailer is cut to get some semblance of a plot into the minds of the audience, but the vast majority of it is spent on establishing the atmosphere and scope of the visuals.
Conversely if this was a trailer for a Quentin Tarantino movie, you would probably have plenty of content with which to base an opinion on the writing.
Your problem is that you are flashing everyone else here your hand by endlessly bringing Lindelof into the conversation, when his contribution to the script is confirmed to be cursory. You have no idea whether any of the "dreck" you've heard in the trailer or viral videos is even his. BUT you've made it clear that you will be predisposed to looking at any of his future work in a negative light thanks to Lost.
VistraNorrez
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As I've already said, it doesn't. I've pointed out one glaring hole in that synopsis.
bengraven
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MUMMY I WANT THE BAD MAN TO FLY
ReturnOfTheRAT
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The cat is responsible for everything.
Evil incarnate.
Honestly the best cat actor in a Hollywood movie.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
That smug cunt, peeping from a dark hole without lifting as much as a paw to save his masters.
SCULLIBUNDO
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And you, you little shithead. You're staying here.
*cough*
Yep, no snappy judgments at all, there...
Seriously, now...
I might blame him for the dialogues (again, they really sound like the usual Lindelof crap), but the actual story is another matter: I realize he wasn't the first writer on board.
Educated guess (and I believe he said himself he wrote the TED thing, actually?).
Sorry, I missed that.
I noticed some differences as well, but the similarities make me think the thing might still be legit, an earlier draft that is still fairly recognizable (unless those particular details were already known back when the thing was first posted, I imagine).
Sorry, I accidentally left out the "In My Humble Opinion" before that. I never said that every aspect of the film including the writing would be a masterclass, based on such a limited sample.
Only that the footage shown has an intangible quality that I find so gripping, if just what we've seen was stretched to 2 hours long, I would not be disappointed. I think it has the potential to be far more than that, but I was just establishing my baseline.
curious to know if you have read any of the Barsoom novels after enjoying the movie so much.
The cat is responsible for everything.
Evil incarnate.
Well. It is responsible for three of the deaths in Alien. Little fucker.
SCULLIBUNDO
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I read Princess of Mars a couple of years back. That is about it.
I don't know. It makes sense, but they look like rather different planets in terms of geography.
Perhaps it became Gigerized with time?
SCULLIBUNDO
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Or - and this is just a CARAZEH notion, the entire planet doesn't look the same as those couple of square kilometers we've seen.
The UK trailer has far less spoilers than the US one, which when I think about does actually seem to spoil the entire third act of the film, but lacks the 'punch' of the US trailer.
In fact the UK trailer arguably flows better but seems more generic to me. And getting to see more of Fassbender's synthetic is nice too. The blonde hair gives me a really interesting look.
In fact the UK trailer arguably flows better but seems more generic to me. And getting to see more of Fassbender's synthetic is nice too. The blonde hair gives me a really interesting look.
Sickboy007
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Yeah, that's just Cock Valley.
REALLY?? I wouldn't have gone back for a fucking crying infant at that point.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Good eye. Another A.I connection! Fassbender is advanced model of Gigolo Joe confirmed.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Talking about blondes, I think Theron is going to nail the evil (?) suit character. Good vibes.
/Charlize fanboy
MisterNugNug
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You mean that this movie might not follow the single biome sci-fi trope of Dagobah, Hoth, Tatooine, etc.? Shocking. Although it IS still grey rocks. They're just shaped a bit different.
NullPointer
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Only watched some of this because it looked like another one of those trailers that gives away too many surprises as it walks you through the whole damn movie.
Fuck you, trailers.
Fuck you, trailers.
Dude it's sci-fi. We know that means every planet is defined by one type environment; the desert planet, the forest planet, the ice planet. Clearly there's a weird alien Giger-esque planet and a normal rocky one. They can't overlap.
symphonask
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Has this been posted yet?
Director Ridley Scott, Writer Damon Lindelof and Michael Fassbender Talk PROMETHEUS at WonderCon 2012
Just the first part:
Director Ridley Scott, Writer Damon Lindelof and Michael Fassbender Talk PROMETHEUS at WonderCon 2012
Just the first part:
Ether_Snake
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HAHAHAHA
I didn't realize that was her.
I don't know. It makes sense, but they look like rather different planets in terms of geography.
I don't think it's supposed to be the same place. I think it would fit with what the script might be about:
basically, when an advanced alien species reaches the location they were "drawn to" by the master race, they get attacked and either wiped out or at least severely harmed, so what the Nostronomos crew found was just another ship wiped out by the aliens "weapon", not the same one we see in this movie. This whole alien race has been taken out by making the same mistake humans are about to make. It's like a virus that spreads to wherever the species in question has managed to space-travel to.
The 'spine' of the original story for Prometheus was a script called 'Alien Harvest' by a writer named Jon Spaihts who wrote an awesome script called Shadow 19. If you can find a PDF of Shadow 19 online I recommend reading it.
Alien Harvest was leaked onto the Internet years ago and was a 'hard sci-fi' tale that told the story of the space jockeys. IIRC it featured some pretty out there concept including
(apparently) two captured male humans who the Space Jockeys made have sex with each other
Obviously FOX was never going to go for that so Lindelof was brought in to rewrite the story into something more palatable. I wouldn't be surprised if what is on screen in Prometheus is Spaihts original concept but heavily rewritten by Lindelof.
Funky Papa
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Hey, I'm speculating under the asumption that we actually got to see the ship's crash in that trailer.
For the record I hate that stupid single biodome BS that is so prevalent in sci-fi.
For the record I hate that stupid single biodome BS that is so prevalent in sci-fi.
Ether_Snake
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Yeah, it could be that there are multiple ships heading for Earth, and they take them all down in this movie. It does seem to imply that "they are going to Earth", as if there was many of them.
So maybe the space jockeys made a weapon (aliens), but since all the humans force the ships to crash, the weapons basically spills out and takes over and kills everything, including the jockeys, hence Alien 1.
But then that makes you wonder if the jockeys themselves are not a dormant weapon of sorts, waiting to be contacted by other species, to then go and wipe them out.
If so, it would leave the door open to another race behind everything.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
lol i think the reason you guys don't ever like anything is because you always spoil it for yourselves...
i'll be treating this thread like kryptonite and trying to forget everything i saw in the trailer (i was too weak!)
i'll be treating this thread like kryptonite and trying to forget everything i saw in the trailer (i was too weak!)
You said the movie couldn't possibly disappoint, "not in any way that isn't minor quibbles".
If the writing or the story suck, is that a "minor quibble"? And aren't you arguing right now that you can't tell based on a couple of trailers? What gives?
So, if anything, the position you expressed in that post was actually more extreme than mine (I don't know whether or not the story will suck; right now, I'm annoyed that the trailers seem to contain elements of a stupid rumored synopsis).
The US trailer and its Inception-like fade to black annoyed me, but it looks good, sure. Thing is, my main issue with the current state of science fiction in US movies isn't the quality of the special effects...
I'll look for it, thanks.
More palatable -> Lindelof? ^__^;
I'd really like some "hard SF" movies, someday... Well, just something other than evil alien monsters and lasers instead of bullets, really.
What happened to Rama, anyway?
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
That Theron face is something you wouldn't mind seeing
every morning.
under your bed sheets
The problem with hard (space based) sci-fi is that it's expensive to produce and it doesn't tend to attract a larger audience that would be needed to offset the budget etc.
But if Prometheus is a hit it would be a step in the right direction.
I'll be honest, I was expecting to find something horrific under that spoiler.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
If I could've embedded the Prometheus scream noise, I would have.
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