Prometheus (Post-release)

[crabra comander]

Even the Guyver movie with Mark Hamill was more thought out and better done than Prometheus.

lol

 

[JD]

Absolutely NO explanation is given as to how humanity has managed, only 80 years from now, to build an interstellar starship that clearly has a Faster Than Light drive capable of propelling the ship at many times the speed of light, as that's the only way we could reach that distant solar system in only 2 years! Hell, the nearest star to us, Alpha Centauri, is 4 Light Years from us, so we'd have to be traveling at twice the speed of light just to reach it in only 2 years, and LV-233 is presumably much farther away from us than that! A simple 10 second-long explanation of how we managed to break the Light Speed Barrier for this expedition would go a long way. Then again, ALIEN doesn't offer any explanation for the Nostromo's FTL drive, either. But it also doesn't tell us WHEN it takes place, whereas Prometheus tells us right on-screen that the ship arrives at LV-233 in 2094 and that the crew were in hypersleep for 2 years.

Why not?

We went from no flight to powered air travel (1903) - to dogfights in WWI, to mass air transit, to space travel to putting and returning a man to the moon in less than 80 years.

 

[Paul Andrew]

Why not?

We went from no flight to powered air travel (1903) - to dogfights in WWI, to mass air transit, to space travel to putting and returning a man to the moon in less than 80 years.

From 120 ft to 238,000 miles in 66 years. Kind of inspiring.

 

[ghostryder]

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I want those pants.

 

[phase pistol]

We also would have accepted "Brewmetheus".

 

[Jack T Chance]

Even the Guyver movie with Mark Hamill was more thought out and better done than Prometheus.

Now, now... Prometheus' main story problem is a simple one: Rather than a stand-alone, complete story, it's painfully clear that it's only the First Act of a larger story. They so obviously wrote it as the first part of a 2-3 film series, rather than as a proper, stand-alone story which also leaves the door open for a sequel. Last movie in the series that they did that with was Alien Resurrection, and, well... we all know how well that decision turned out, don't we? :rolleyes

On another note, it was nice to see the acknowledgment of Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shussett in the credits, but you know... it strikes me now what a truly sad thing it is that after the first movie, they've never been brought back to work on any of the sequels or the prequel, at least, not that I'm aware of. A great many of the problems with the more recent films could have been solved by simply bringing back the writers that created the franchise in the first place! I mean, who BETTER to write the back story than the guys that were truly responsible for creating the Alien Universe in the first place? :confused

But, that's Hollywood for you... forever downplaying the importance of the Writers that make everything else they do possible in the first place! :unsure

 

[Alan Cross]

I know Dan O'Bannon is dead. But I can't remember whether or not Shussett is alive.

 

[Jack T Chance]

I know Dan O'Bannon is dead.

Man, that sucks! I didn't even know that.

 

[Noeland]

Shusett is alive, but he despises the studio system and is mainly producing direct to DVD films now days.

Absolutely NO explanation is given as to how humanity has managed, only 80 years from now

I believe the explanation was "A trillion dollars".

 

[Bryancd]

Good grief, would someone who saw this in the past 24 hours confirm that in the overhead shot, just before they disembark from their vehicles to enter the temple/pyramid, that the face is there and not the skull? I feel like I am in crazy town...

 

[Noeland]

There is an overhead shot of the temple as the vehicles arrive, and it looks more like a face then, and less like a skull, but it's heavily shadowed. I think it's fairly open to interpretation.



There is also a shot from below, and it looks more like a skull than a face.

 

[ghostryder]

Rob's Prometheus FAQ - Topless Robot

 

[Jack T Chance]

Shusett is alive, but he despises the studio system and is mainly producing direct to DVD films now days.

Oh yeah, 'cuz THAT will pay the bills well! :rolleyes

Just looked up more info on Dan O'Bannon, and it turns out I was wrong... he WAS brought back one time... to work on the "Screen Story" for Alien Vs. Predator. While many fans despise those 2 movies in that sub-franchise, I enjoyed them for what they were.

I believe the explanation was "A trillion dollars".

That alone is insufficient as an explanation! Breaking the Light Speed Barrier will be significantly more difficult than figuring out how to get a ship into space in the first place was, seeing as how going faster than light goes against Einsteinian physics!

 

[Noeland]

Oh yeah, 'cuz THAT will pay the bills well! :rolleyes Just looked up more info on Dan O'Bannon, and it turns out I was wrong... he WAS brought back one time... to work on the "Screen Story" for Alien Vs. Predator. While many fans despise those 2 movies in that sub-franchise, I enjoyed them for what they were.

Some times being able to work without getting ulcers is enough for some people. It isn't always about money my friend. :cool

Let me ask you, why is it, do you think, some people can accept AVP for what it is, but seem to hate Prometheus? I think it has to do with facehuggers and xenomorphs. I have argued that Prometheus is superior in every way to AVP, artistically, visually, performances, production design, and storytelling. BUT, AVP has our favorite monsters in it, and Prometheus does not. Does that make all the difference? Does that make any difference?

That alone is insufficient as an explanation! Breaking the Light Speed Barrier will be significantly more difficult than figuring out how to get a ship into space in the first place was, seeing as how going faster than light goes against Einsteinian physics!

I don't think it's insufficient, but I did not need an explanation to begin with. It's a fantasy film set in space, not a documentary on the science channel. Again, not sure why real science (or in this case what you feel real future space travel will be like) needs to be applied to the film for it to be good or bad.

 

[SmilingOtter]

By the time Prometheus launched, FTL drive had been around for almost 30 years. It was first used on April 5, 2063 by Dr. Zephram Cochrane.

 

[ONEYE]

By the time Prometheus launched, FTL drive had been around for almost 30 years. It was first used on April 5, 2063 by Dr. Zephram Cochrane.

 

[neosporing]

Good grief, would someone who saw this in the past 24 hours confirm that in the overhead shot, just before they disembark from their vehicles to enter the temple/pyramid, that the face is there and not the skull? I feel like I am in crazy town...

yep, there is a face at first, then later the silica storm reveals the skull.

just got back from my first IMAX viewing... i had no idea that the letterbox screen cuts off the top and bottom of the picture. I've seen it on two smaller screens now, and was blown away today at how much more there is on the IMAX version. e.g. I could see the texture of the oval ship (in the beginning of the film)as clear as day in the imax version. It was like seeing a different movie as well. The sound in the theater was like a gorilla beating on my chest everytime the subwoofers kicked in...

 

[ONEYE]

Noomi Rapace/Shaw was ok, but she's no Sigourney Weaver/Ripley. The only actor that I felt was very good was Michael Fassbender/David, ironically a "synthetic human". Everyone else was alright, but nothing spectacular.

 

[Noeland]

yep, there is a face at first, then later the silica storm reveals the skull.

just got back from my first IMAX viewing... i had no idea that the letterbox screen cuts off the top and bottom of the picture. I've seen it on two smaller screens now, and was blown away today at how much more there is on the IMAX version. e.g. I could see the texture of the oval ship (in the beginning of the film)as clear as day in the imax version. It was like seeing a different movie as well. The sound in the theater was like a gorilla beating on my chest everytime the subwoofers kicked in...

Yep, that's it. I'm seeing it in Imax.

:love