This week's TARGET flyer had an ad for the release. Has anyone seen any of the missing scenes &/or other special features? This is a movie I had, have a dichotomous opinion of & reaction to. And, like "Star Trek XI", it too has a polarized fan/viewer base, as indicated on many ALIEN/Prometheus (& other sci-fi) message boards. The common element there is Damon Lindelof, but that may just be a coincidence. Either way, Lindelof seems to tow fan/viewer polarization with him with on almost everything he makes &/or is involved with the making of. There are STILL alot of people who haven't seen "Prometheus" yet, so I'll put my opinion of it in spoilers:
That was surprisingly quick, it feels like I only just saw it. It had the potential to be good a good movie and the mind-raping trailers got me hooked, but it was rather underwhelming. Likewise spoilered with my opinions, but no major spoilers:
I really, really liked Prometheus, despite the flaws which make it something of a disappointment. With just a little more je ne sais quoi this could've been one of the all-time greats. Instead, it's a very entertaining might-have-been. I have the Blu-Ray and there are quite a few deleted scenes, including some actual dialog between David and the Engineer. There is nothing that explains the lingering questions raised by the film, however.
I was annoyed at how vague Prometheus was. Not surprisingly, answers (or maybe more questions) may be given with a sequel: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/10/10/prometheus-black-goo/
The black goo not only seemed to cause death, but it also was key in the formation of new life. I suspect there's some kind of "death-as-renewal" symbolism at work here, but I can't quite piece it together.
The black goo was the hugest "fuck you, I'll do whatever the writers want me to do" MacGuffin. True to David Lindelof's style... That was my biggest problem with it--it was a fucking Lost sequel. Also, has anyone else misread Noomi Rapace's name as Noomi Rapeface, or is it just me? (shout out to Nautica)
That one was not bad. However, I do expect a little more from Ridley Scott but that's probably because almost everything he touches is an automatic masterpiece. I don't think he gels very well with the current crop of Lindelofs and Orcis who dominate Hollywood sci fi these days. He's just not very good with subtlety. Exhibit A is BLADE RUNNER, one of those movies I know I should like but don't because it's boring. What surprises me most is how the ALIEN series went from balls-to-the-wall claustrophobic action movie to overly complicated and quite metaphysical. This trend started with IV and PROM goes along happily. IMHO this should be a standalone and not be forced into the ALIEN franchise. Additionally: Why is the sequel even in question? I'm sure there has been a commitment for at least three movies before the cameras even started rolling on this one. I just hope Ridley won't be busy making sequels for the rest of his career - he's not so young any more and I want at least one more historical movie from him.
Saw it last night. Loved it visually. Have no clue WTF was going on most of the time. My wife's reaction: "Can we watch something NOT depressing next week?" I have a Sylvester McCoy Dr. Who on standby.
Well, if you're looking to kickstart a stalled franchise, why would you pick an actor who is walking hand in hand with the Reaper if you might need use of him in the future for any holographic filling in of the gaps later in the series?
This was a movie I looked forward to really eagerly, went and saw it, and found it almost immediately forgettable. Let's face it, it's not Alien or Aliens.
I picked up the Blu-ray yesterday and I'm about to sit down with it now for my second viewing ever. I find it hard to judge Prometheus because it seems that the story is incomplete at the moment. This still may end up being a set up for one of the great sci fi adventures of all time, but I am annoyed that I have to wait for a sequel to really dig into it.
I got the Blu-Ray the other day and watched it Friday night. Meh. Good enough as a stand-alone, except for the mind-bending stupidity of the "scientists" on the crew. Probably the least scientific scientists I've seen outside of "The Day After." But this is set in the 2090s and we have FTL already? Hmmm . . .
It was fun & good to see in the theater, due to the visuals, though I didn't get to see it in 3D But aside from that it's an aggravating movie imo.
I thought it was okay, but I can see why other people dislike it. Not up there with other Ridley Scott classics.
There are many. Maybe Cameron, Nolan, Zemeckis, &/or other directors would take up directing prometheus 2, 3, etc, with Scott just producing, unless he retires. Not even CLOSE! These days almost EVERYTHING has to have a $equel. Yeah, those two things were really stupid. The retardo scientists. And interstellar starships in the 2090s?!?! That's really ABSURD. Why did they have to say WHEN it takes place AT ALL? Makes me want to call the director Sir Diddly Squat. Alot of wasted potential. And like STXI, a polarizer.
This. Bad reviews began immediately for me, as right in the theater, front row, the millisecond after the end credits started, and the lights came up, an old man, looked to be in his 70's, started laughing his ass off with a booming voice.
Actually, if you imagine that strong A.I. (artifical intelligence) like that possessed by David arrives in the first half of this century (say, by 2035 or so), FTL (assuming it's achievable at all) may come about much sooner than one would think. Once you have artificial intelligence that can understand and problem-solve, you can put it to work on any problem you choose. And, since its capability is limited only by computing power (which is huge now and will be many times larger decades hence), it may very well discover and engineer revolutionary technology very, very quickly. That's what some futurists like Kurzweil call the Singularity. When we reach that point--and I think we will, possibly within our lifetimes--the pace of technological change will become tremendously greater and the lives of people will be transformed. It may not be unrealistic to imagine that strong A.I. could figure out the physics of FTL--including power sources--within a decade (by 2045), then another couple of decades to develop the technology (2065), then, after another few decades (2090), the technology is commonplace. Seems mind-numbingly quick, but it's actually on par with how quickly humans went from horseback to jet airplanes.
Just saw this last night. I admit I was very disappointed. I don't mind big questions going unanswered -- particularly when they're questions about existence itself -- but Prometheus showed so much potential and then flushed most of that potential right down the toilet. (My first clue should have been that Damon Lindeloff was one of the writers. Lost had one of the best first seasons in television history and then promptly fucked everything up royally.) Also, why did the Engineer die in the lifepod and not in the control chair aboard his crashed ship? Isn't that a massive continuity error with Alien?
That, it would be AWESOME if this series of events came to pass within the next century. Something else to keep in mind is that AI wouldn't be subject to &/or "enslaved" by all the things humans are, like food, drink, sex, &/or other things not even coming to mind. So being naturally & intrinsically free of all the "distractions" humans have, AIs'd be able to concentrate on these things 24/7/365.
Nope. THIS IS LV-426! LV-123 exploded six months after we lost the Prometheus. The shock shifted the orbit of LV-223. (With apologoies to Khan Noonien Singh)
Finally saw this tonight. Visually stunning and I wanted to like it, but it was missing the atmosphere that Ridley Scott usually brings to his movies. It seemed too clean, too "meh". I'm intrigued with the idea of the engineers and why they want to kill us, and I really don't mind that there will be a sequel to continue the story. But I'm more disappointed in that it didn't give us a sense of wonder. The idea of space travel to another planet, to possibly meet our makers, should have induced more awe in the viewer. It didn't, and it made me wonder how much studio interference Scott had during filming. It felt much more generic than the average Ridley Scott film.
A notable problem with this film is that at various points people, whose names, characters, concerns etc I had absolutely no idea about, died. And, unsurprisingly, I didn't give a shit they were dead.
