rodneyfaile
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Ridley is the historian when it comes to Alien.
Ridley Scott Prometheus: NOT the Alien Prequel Details
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Ridley is the historian when it comes to Alien.
messfx
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Actually, I parsed your comments quite fine. Again, there is no reason to think that he will make that distinction within the two films or that he even cares to.
Me too.
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:lol You'll be lucky if we don't get Avatar-style holographic curved displays.
Mine didn't. Damn fine list. :thumbsup
Good-oh! Apologies if I was a bit abrasive there. But this:
really kinda confuses me now; are you saying that Carson's incorrect about the problem not arising, or are you still arguing hypothetically? It seems to read as the former; if you're correct then I do not disagree with the proposition. I just don't like the 'it's all baloney anyway so just live with it' approach very much.
Merry Christmas all, BTW.
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Check out the Nostromo crew roster that's on display behind Ripley during her hearing in ALIENS. Their gender is accompanied by either a (Natural) or (Unnatural). Lambert for instance is an unnatural female, where as Ripley is a natural female. It makes sense.
And according to the Sulaco's crew roster, Hudson doesn't exist.
rodneyfaile
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I dont think Ridley should have to limit anything on Prometheus just because it occurs before Alien chronologically. Alien was made in 1979. If computer controls look a little more modern on a movie made over 30 years later, it is too be expected. Why hold back? It shouldnt ruin anyones enjoyment.
I would rather see the best Ridley can do, than a movie muted just for the sake of chronology. It doesnt have to be perfect to be right.
I would rather see the best Ridley can do, than a movie muted just for the sake of chronology. It doesnt have to be perfect to be right.
GiovanniDekkers
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What if this movie tells the same story but from a different point of view, kind of like a remake but not like something you would normally expect, in this case the xenomorphs are mutated humans, coming in contact with something alien.
In a way it reminds me of the movie "Zardos" a very weird story about The Wizzard of Oz, but told from a very weird point of view.Maybe Prometheus is something like that , a retold version of the first Alien Movie, but in a different way?
In a way it reminds me of the movie "Zardos" a very weird story about The Wizzard of Oz, but told from a very weird point of view.Maybe Prometheus is something like that , a retold version of the first Alien Movie, but in a different way?
Its possible it could be a remake of the Cat from Outer Space, If you think about it there is a cat in Alien and a spaceship and humans in this one, kinda adds up to me. ITs also very similar to The Day of the Trifids and Footloose. It could be a musical, I mean we haven't seen anything that says it isn't an all singing and dancing affair.
My deepest feeling are its actually a book and not a film at all.
My deepest feeling are its actually a book and not a film at all.
Same argument can apply that was given to the uniforms. The nostromo crew were all dirty and tatered, because they were space truckers. Maybe thier computers were truckers too. The crew of Prometheus are not truckers and have nicer duds and equipment.
NEW - teaser trailer out - it left me speechless : :love
Prometheus Movie - Film By Ridley Scott Coming June 2012
You have to see it .... it ROCKS - I hope the movie is as good as the trailer.
Gordon
Prometheus Movie - Film By Ridley Scott Coming June 2012
You have to see it .... it ROCKS - I hope the movie is as good as the trailer.
Gordon
Yeah, that's... The one we've been... Yeah.
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Is it me or do the costumes and hairstyles give off somewhat of a 1950's sci if vibe?
Clutch
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Colin Droidmilk
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Nevertheless, this doesn't guarantee we're gonna be safe from lapses in visual acuity in this movie. In fact, some of the screengrabs already prove this, for me at least. There's a lot of cool-looking stuff, sure, but take the jockey chair - it just reminds me of the kind of simplified off-mark Giger stuff drawn for some Alien comic or somethin'... just lacks the full weight and intensity of vintage Giger...
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
But this is just dull compared to the idea that the thing grew out of the chair. If we have to see jockeys in this film I'd've liked to see Scott go with this idea that they all always just grow out of the machines they operate or something. And that... and that... maybe the machines grow with them, or something. That'd be far more interesting than all this wretched ID4 suit tedium. He could show huge vistas of all these jockey larvae and infants growing out of thousands of weird biomechanical machines, all governed by a mountain-sized head towering over this seething, biomechanoid nursery landscape, a head visible from hundreds of miles away, and similar in appearance to the Necronom pic below, or something. But perhaps the movie will give us that or something like it yet. I hope so.
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rodneyfaile
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Sometimes I think one reason the Star Wars prequels were received so poorly because people had decades to imagine the clone wars and envision their own stories When the movies hit, they just didnt compare to everyones imagination. (That, and Jar-Jar talking, lol.)
Ridley is known for being extremely meticulous and demanding. I am sure this movie will look as good as he can possibly make it. I for one am highly impressed so far. I dont see anything on the horizon that even comes close to it.
Everything isnt going to match up perfectly between a movie made in 1979 and another made in 2011.
Even though it is a prequel, I dont think there is a way to avoid it looking slightly more modern, and I wouldnt want Ridley to hold back ONE OUNCE of his creativity to do so. I want the best he has got!
Ridley is known for being extremely meticulous and demanding. I am sure this movie will look as good as he can possibly make it. I for one am highly impressed so far. I dont see anything on the horizon that even comes close to it.
Everything isnt going to match up perfectly between a movie made in 1979 and another made in 2011.
Even though it is a prequel, I dont think there is a way to avoid it looking slightly more modern, and I wouldnt want Ridley to hold back ONE OUNCE of his creativity to do so. I want the best he has got!
cayman shen
Master Member
Yup, in my imagination, the prequels weren't woodenly acted, painfully scripted, incompetently directed cartoons. And they weren't boring.
Anyway, I've expressed concerns about this movie because Scott's recent films (say Gladiator onward) have been total **** in my opinion. I gotta say the trailer looks amazing and I'm very optimistic at this point, and excited to revisit the franchise with a true artist and not some AVP cash-grabbing hack at the helm (yes, I like the AVPs, but they ain't well made by any rubric!).
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