Official "Ridley Scott's Prometheus" Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[CelticPredator]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

LOL.


Ya know, I guess this we need to go back to Transformers movies where everything is spoon fed to you.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

Saw this last night, and now i'm starting to understand some of the more critical reviews i've seen on it: The visuals are amazing, the cinematography is amazing, the acting is amazing, but the plot was one giant cluster____ that does'nt hold up very well if you tthink about it for more than a second.

I won't repeat anymore of what's been said already, but i have a question:

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I'm wondering what happened to that doctor chick with the irish (scottish?) accent, last i saw of her she was prepping shaw for cryo, then after the escape scene she just up and dissapeared. Did she show up again and i missed it or did she go down witht the ship?

She went with Weyland and the crew to meet the Jockey.

I swear, none of you even payed attention to this movie. At all.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Yeah the scientists were 'kill me now, my iq is 4' dumb.

Another thing that bugged me quite a bit: how willingly and quickly Capt was willing to kill himself off the word of the main archaeologist woman. He barely knew her, so I would think it would take more than 20 seconds for a guy to be convinced to blow up his ship with him and rest of crew on it

Because he could clearly see whatever was going to come to earth would be worse then anything we've experienced.

Plus, he said it first, not Shaw. Shaw just said "You said you would. Now do it."

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

It's perfectly reasonable to like a movie but still see faults in some aspects of the storytelling.

Perfectly. But a lot of flaws I read (not all) seem to be people missing things. Like the black goo after the acid, or where characters are. It's almost like no one really paid attention.

 

[Bullseye]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Those I wouldn't be worried about. A couple of viewings can answer those types of questions.

 

[greygoose]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

She went with Weyland and the crew to meet the Jockey.

I swear, none of you even payed attention to this movie. At all.

They were too busy looking out for Ripley and the Alien Queen.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Perfectly. But a lot of flaws I read (not all) seem to be people missing things. Like the black goo after the acid, or where characters are. It's almost like no one really paid attention.

Well, whether I missed something or you are wrong is really up for debate. Really no need to be so condescending, you're not the master of the Alien universe here.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Not really. His face landed in the goo after he got burned. It happened. I saw it. The stuff was everywhere.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!



Everyone thought it was a queen at the end. Why does it always have to be a queen?

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

You'll be glad you got banned from there.

I take it as a compliment now.

whatever, this film sucks. If it was a standalone movie it would be killed, only reason it got people defending it is because its link to alien, yet they explained nothing and only adds contradictions, it's an insult.

It seems like most people bashing it are doing so for it's lack of a link to Alien.

LOL.


Ya know, I guess this we need to go back to Transformers movies where everything is spoon fed to you.

...and this

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Not really. His face landed in the goo after he got burned. It happened. I saw it. The stuff was everywhere.

Whether it happened or not, and you might be right, has nothing really to do with what we were originally talking about, which was whether he was dead or not before he came "back to life". You know that.

 

[greygoose]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

It's perfectly reasonable to like a movie but still see faults in some aspects of the storytelling.

Indeed. I like the film but I can see it's faults too. I've read some posts about people hating the film; characters and plot, and saying they will go and see it again. There's no way I'd pay another £8/10 to see a film I thought was terrible.

 

[BlitzOUT]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

So true. I still can't believe people are expecting this to be ALIEN.

 

[greygoose]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

So true. I still can't believe people are expecting this to be ALIEN.

Even if it was ALIEN on screen it still wouldn't be perfect in 2012.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

Not a lack. THERE IS A SPACE JOCKEY, a DERELICT SHIP (although...not technically a derelict....but that's all I can call it now.), Alien like creatures, Weyland, and the planet is called LV-226, ( i think), in the same system as LV-426....

And not to mention the Alien at the end.

It's not a direct prequel, but to say it has no connection is just not correct.

I'm not even defending the movie here..I just haven't read many legit issues with the movie that can't be proven otherwise.

Sorry, but it's not that confusing of a movie. It's just a little vague. Some people don't like it. But I don't get why they get mad when movies over explain, and then this one doesn't. It leaves it to you.

 

[BlitzOUT]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Spoiler

I wish that instead of Fifield coming back as a mutant, his partner or the 'biologist' was the host for a chest burster. And then that Alien attacked the crew instead of Fifield. That would've been cool. But I have complete and utter faith in Ridley and his decisions

 

[gagaliya]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

It seems like most people bashing it are doing so for it's lack of a link to Alien.

Take away the link to alien and treat it as a standalone movie, what do you have then? A bunch of scientist after discovering cave paintings took a trip to a planet to find their alien creators and get answers. They arrive, after _____k around for a while that adds nothing to the movie, they finally meet the alien, who promptly kills them in 30 sec without saying a word. The end.

 

[Snakey Jones]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

LOL.


Ya know, I guess this we need to go back to Transformers movies where everything is spoon fed to you.

There's a fine line between something being ambiguous or mysterious and flat out not making any sense, i thought the way they kept the intentions of the engineers a secret was great and made them much more interesting.

I'm getting a little sick of coming into this thread, seeing people offer legitimate critiscisms of the film and fanboys going "you just don't get it 'cause you're stupid durr".

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: Official Alien Prequel/Prometheus Discussion Thread

Whether it happened or not, and you might be right, has nothing really to do with what we were originally talking about, which was whether he was dead or not before he came "back to life". You know that.

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He got mutated though. That's all that happened.

Now, would I agree with you that the design and stuff could've been better? Oh yes. A weak point. But I liked the scene, more then the actual mutation thing.

 

[BlitzOUT]

Re: Prometheus SUPER Spoilers!

There are enough ties to the franchise to make it a true prequel, but the intention of the film was too add depth to the series, give it more of a story. And to make a ton of money