It's a bit lame. I still wasn't expecting it to look like it did in Alien though because they(Dallas, I think) mentioned the skeleton appeared to have grown onto the chair. I had a feeling something was up with that... and now we know. Was it the most awesome reasoning? No, and for that reason, I'm a bit disappointed. I'm still giving him a chance though.
Aye, fair enough. To an extent, I'm throwing my toys out of the pram! I'll probably end up watching 'Prometheus' but I'm extremely worried that they'll fuck it up. Us 'Alien' fans have already had to put up with too much bullshit; 'Resurrection', 'AVP' and 'AVP:R'.
On the previous page there's someone mentioning the fucking Predators! I'm sick of it; too often when I'm down the pub, I have the following conversation with someone...
PERSON: "What's your favourite film?"
MYSELF: "Without a doubt it's 'Alien'.
PERSON: "Oh cool, I liked the AVP movies".
... I just want to slap them! I'm not talking about the dumb Predator movies, god damn it! I'm talking about intelligent film; an artform. For fucks sake, there's a difference between 'Alien' and some stupid, pun spewing Schwarzenegger popcorn flick.
If 'Prometheus' is a failure then it's yet another knife wound to the heart. I'm just worried about how this'll turn out.
Predators do not exist within the 'Alien' universe, they only exist within the shitty 'AVP' universe.
That's not what I meant at all. My point is, the Alien franchise has been nothing but monster movies since the first movie. And the only "innovation" it's ever had was to mix it with Predators. Prometheus is something completely different. It's NEW territory. And new is good.
I can understand getting mad at Lucas for revisiting and retconning stuff because he has a reputation. I don't recall Ridley Scott having ever disappointed anybody with anything like that, however. So I'm being optimistic. I just don't see any rational reason to be pessimistic until we actually see it.
And no, I don't think the Space Jockey suit is lame. For all we know that's the way Ridley always envisioned it. We haven't even seen it yet. We have no idea what context it is. It could be anything. It could be awesome and better than we thought, not worse. Bottom line, wait until it's out.
May I remind you that Ridley was only ever involved in the first Alien movie. The rest of them were made by others who took the whole franchise in a direction he probably never intended. I'm not expecting the same old crap, here. You talk about artform, well, Ridley created the first Alien and he's now creating Prometheus. Probably not even taking the rest of the Alien movies into account beyond the first one. That's my guess (and hope).
...I don't think the Space Jockey suit is lame. For all we know that's the way Ridley always envisioned it....
May I remind you that Ridley was only ever involved in the first Alien movie. The rest of them were made by others who took the whole franchise in a direction he probably never intended. I'm not expecting the same old crap, here. You talk about artform, well, Ridley created the first Alien and he's now creating Prometheus.
This is kind of what bothers me. Whilst Ridley Scott did direct the first 'Alien', he didn't conceive of the concept or write the story because he's not a writer. Yet with 'Prometheus', Lindelof has said that the story and concepts belong to Ridley.
How is this any different to when Sigourney Weaver took the role of executive producer for 'Alien 3' and 'Alien Resurrection'? She had an input into the story of those films and certainly with 'Resurrection' it was detrimental to the film. Sigourney is a brilliant actress, that's what she should stick to. Ridley is a brilliant director, that's what he should stick to.
Time will tell with 'Prometheus' but it does concern me that Ridley's in charge of the story. This is the same man who thought it might have been interesting to end 'Alien' with the Xeno ripping off Ripley's head and speaking in her voice and communicating to Earth, telling them "I'm on my way back"!
Don't get me wrong, I have immense respect for Ridley Scott as a director but I don't know whether he should be calling the shots when it comes to story.
I liked Theron's delivery of the line "if you're going down there, you're going to die". We also get a glimpse of Prometheus' escape pod (launced prior to the ship colliding with the derelict) and Shaw and Holloway kissing.
I've waited ever since the trailer came out to say this to you, Davies. It's not a HUMAN. The Space Jockey is a humanoid being that looks like a cross between a Greek god and a Xenomorph.
As far as Noomi Rapace not trying, you and I must have watched trailers for different movies. I love her deliveries, especially on the line "It's not a map. It's an invitation." She looks truly captivated and entranced by the idea of gods and answers to universal questions. And then when she looks up at the face and you see tears come from her eyes- it's a little bit of an unnerving portrayal already.
Earlier today, 15 minutes of 3D footage from Prometheus was screened for the press at the Vue cinema in London's Leicester Square. BleedingCool reports on the experience...
We open on the shot from the trailers that show Elizabeth Shaw, as played by Noomi Rapace, clearing dirt and small stones out of a crack in a cave wall someplace. She’s looking through the crack, right at us.
After we cut outside to a verdant mountainside, a title card announces that we’re in Skye, and that it’s the year 2079.
The remainder of the scene features Shaw uncovering an ancient illustration on the cave wall and showing it to her fellow archaeologist and apparent romantic partner, Charlie Holloway, played by Logan Marshall Green. As well as the now well-known “star chart” element in the image, with a taller figure (representative of the Space Jockey) pointing to the heavens, one of the cave drawings shows a big, deadly looking… something, attacking a group of smaller human figures.
This thing is not humanoid, nor does it look like the standard Alien series xenomorph. It’s pale, too – not coloured in like the Jockey. For now, there’s no telling if this is just a red herring or a little bit of set-up.
A dissolve to deep space, and a new title card introduces the spaceship Prometheus. It’s now 2083, and we’re somewhere in deep space. The last line of the title card is a tease too – the spaceship’s mission is classified as “undisclosed.”
Note the name of the destination planet: it’s LV -226, possibly 223. Not LV-426, as featured in Alien and Aliens.
And neither is it Zeus.
On board Prometheus, the ship’s computer (no reference to Mother, MuThUr, Father or any of the other Alienverse fan-bait computer names) is sounding an alert that they are reaching their destination. David the Android, as played by Michael Fassbender, makes his way to check in on Meredith Vickers, as played by Charlize Theron. She’s the only passenger on board to have woken from hypersleep yet.
And she’s doing her morning exercises, dripping phenomenal amounts of sweat as she does push ups. You’ve seen a close-up of her at work in the trailers. Charlize Theron appears even more statuesque than normal, if that’s possible.
Vickers asks, and with apparent dispassion, if any of the other passengers died during their two and a half year journey. When David confirms that everybody is still alive, he’s sent to wake them all, and so he does.
Freshly awoken and sitting on the side of her hypersleep bed, Elizabeth Shaw does not seem, just yet, to be made of the same tough stuff as Vickers. She’s retching and puking into a little bowl – and like everybody else, absolutely drenched in sweat.
Holloway seems to be rather more composed, drinking what appears to be milk.
Once everybody is up and dressed, they have a little breakfast. The echoes of Alien in this scene are plentiful. Shaw is wearing a grey uniform that positively screams its callback to the original designs, complete with sewn on patches. Even the table looks familiar.
Next up, a briefing. This scene takes place in a room seen in the trailers, with the crew sitting on basic little chairs. Vickers greats the crew, commenting on how she personally hired some herself. But there’s another message for everybody…
Vickers starts the play back of a holographic recording. Half of the room is taken over by the virtual representation of a well-appointed, luxurious room, somewhere back on Earth.
And into this room walks a holographic representation of Peter Weyland, as played by Guy Pearce. But it’s not the young Weyland we’ve seen in the TED talk, this is him many years later, near the end of his life. The message was apparently recorded shortly before the departure of the Prometheus.
Pearce’s makeup was not the most convincing I’ve ever seen, but he’s giving it his all under the rubber. Unfortunately, his costume, bald head and little dog on a leash conjured up images of Dr. Evil. It’s likely to be no more than an accidentally comic coincidence, but I did wonder for a second if Scott was trying to make Weyland look like a villain, perhaps to later confound this.
During his recorded presentation, Weyland refers to the fact that he’ll be dead by “now”, and even cracks a joke about it. At the end, when he cedes the floor to “the scientists”, Holloway makes his own quip about having to follow a ghost.
It’s misdirection: there are other shots of Weyland, at this age, corporeal and very much alive, in one of the earliest trailers.
Holloway calls up the holographic presentation we’ve seen in the trailer, showing the various cave paintings, carvings and ancient archaeological finds that show, again and again, the space jockey figure pointing to the stars. He projects it, somehow, out of a shiny, relatively featureless object that looks like a Rubiks Cube. I had difficulty understanding the functionality of this item – it seemed like it would be nearly impossible to use. Perhaps it’s supposed to be a secure way of storing data, and the complex series of actions that were needed to fire it up, and through touches to a mostly unmarked interface, are some kind of security measure.
The climax of the scene has been seen in the trailers. It’s the moment where Shaw explains her interpretation of the recurring “star chart” images. These aren’t just maps, she believes – they’re invitations.
And then we cut to a minute or so of fast-cut, sizzle footage. Almost all of this seemed to be stuff from the trailers. One sudden image aside, there were no obvious surprises or revelations in this sequence – or, indeed, any new mysteries.
This single, sudden image is hard to explain, and it flashed by so quickly that I’m not sure how accurate my memory of it is, but I want to try and describe the thing I saw.
This thing was clearly some kind of life form, probably alien in origin, though it’s believed that mutated humans will feature in the story too. It looked a bit like a flower crossed with a sphincter and it had sharp claws or teeth or other protrusions of that kind. And it seemed to be reaching up and coming towards the screen. There was undoubtedly a touch of “Facehugger plus” about this thing.
It’s fair to say that the audience were impressed with this morning’s presentation. The appearance of a pale cave painting monster and “Dr. Evil” Weyland aside, there were no great plot revelations in what we saw, but the sequence certainly impressed as well as teased – with it’s pace, it’s mood, with great production design and Dariusz Wolski’s superb lighting."
Cinemart was also present at the screening and reported much of the same information as BleedingCool. Except for this interesting and amusing detail...
We also see Idris Elba’s Captain Janek attempting to spread a little cheer and goodwill on the Prometheus with a Christmas tree, only for Vickers to seem utterly bemused by this action.
Fox are due to release a transcript of the Q&A with Ridley Scott and the film's actors, which took place after the screening, soon.
Earlier today, 15 minutes of 3D footage from Prometheus was screened for the press at the Vue cinema in London's Leicester Square. BleedingCool reports on the experience...
Cinemart was also present at the screening and reported much of the same information as BleedingCool. Except for this interesting and amusing detail...
Fox are due to release a transcript of the Q&A with Ridley Scott and the film's actors, which took place after the screening, soon.
IGN was also at this event, and They had some Intersting Things to say regarding the Q&A
"The director and cast then talked about the making of the movie, with Fassbender discussing the ways in which he prepared to play an android. The actor revealed that he watched Blade Runner, The Servant, Lawrence of Arabia and The Man Who Fell to Earth as part of his research.
He also explained that diver Greg Louganis' walk was the inspiration for the character's movement, and revealed that David will develop a wicked sense of humour over the course of the film.
But it was director Scott who was the most enlightening, explaining that the film's final few minutes will be a direct link to the 1979 original, and there will be Alien Easter eggs hidden throughout the film for the eagle-eyed fan.
He also revealed that Prometheus will feature a scene that's equivalent to John Hurt's legendary chest-burster sequence from the original, but mysteriously intimated that it will take place in private, with no witnesses.
"I can do almost anything that can be asked of me. I can assist your employees. I can make your organization more efficient. I can carry out directives that my human counterparts might find... distressing or unethical."
"David, what makes you sad?"
"War. Poverty. Cruelty. Unnecessary violence. I understand human emotions, although I do not feel them myself."
Mr. Davies seems to be awfully eggcited for this film, so I thought that I would have take a quick gander at the poster. I noticed that the tag line is 'The Search for Our Beginning Could Lead to Our End'.
Now I am pondering as to why eggactly seeking an answer to the age old question of 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' should lead to our end? I suppose that the Great Cock in the Sky does not care to be rubbed the wrong why by us ruffling his mighty feathers in an attempt to reveal his secrets.
Mr. Davies seems to be awfully eggcited for this film, so I thought that I would have take a quick gander at the poster. I noticed that the tag line is 'The Search for Our Beginning Could Lead to Our End'.
Now I am pondering as to why eggactly seeking an answer to the age old question of 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' should lead to our end? I suppose that the Great Cock in the Sky does not care to be rubbed the wrong why by us ruffling his mighty feathers in an attempt to reveal his secrets.
Yay! Cockerel is back! Hey, Mr. Cockerel, I am currently helping to take care of two little chicks. Does that make me a friend of the chicken?
Yay! Cockerel is back! Hey, Mr. Cockerel, I am currently helping to take care of two little chicks. Does that make me a friend of the chicken?
Oh, Mr. Fawful, you've long been a warm recipient to this particular cock. In fact, I don't consider my fine self to have any enemies... well, except for that cad, Mr. Fox, the black-socked fiend!
To truly show you how much I adore your good self, I've sent a friend request your way. I hope that you shall accept my offer, so that I may join your two chicklets under your magnificent wing.
... Well, I say "clip" but the footage has clearly been heavily cut down from its original state for the purposes of this piece of marketing. Check out Captain Janek's (Idris Elba) hat appear on, off and on his head at random! One moment the Prometheus is above the clouds, the next it's about to touch down. Also notice Janek switch seats via his magical ability of teleportation!
I'm relieved to know that the actual sequence in the film will most likely be a tense, drawn out affair; ala 'Alien'.
I've just had the entire plot of 'Prometheus' spoiled for me by a fellow over at AVPGalaxy, who attented a pre-screening yesterday (it's my own fault for reading his posts). This guy is genuine by the way.
It sounds pretty good but my three complaints are...
* Ridley Scott has screwed with the size of the Space Jockey without explanation!
The scene in 'Alien' isn't going to make much sense now. The Space Jockey has been retconned into being shrunk from approximately 19ft tall, dowm to 9ft tall.
* The trailers have revealed far too much, we've already seen every creature. Well, bar one...
(big spoiler ahead, you have been warned)...
*
The ending is a proto-xeno chest bursting from a dead Engineer. It screams at the camera. Cut to black.
That's some real 'AVP' shit right there! Plus, it's a horrible moment of fan-service. It has no relevance to the proceding story! I hate it already.
Everything else sounds good to me but my expectations have now been significantly lowered. 3 days to go...
You just set the bar too high... after completely writing the movie off a while ago. I wasn't expecting it to be fantastic...just better than Resurrection. It still sounds like it will reach my bar.
From the clips released recently and the reviews, it's pretty clear that Michael Fassbender steals the show. That was to be expected though, seeming as Fassbender is awesome personified!
Geez, Ed, quit whining about how awful the movie is gonna be before having seen it.
What are you talking about?!
You obviously missed the parts where I said "pretty good" and "everything else sounds good to me". I was just pointing out the two minor elements of the story (and the spoiler heavy Fox marketing) that I don't like the sound of. Two minor moments within a 2 hour movie hardly constitutes as writing it off as "awful".
I would have gone into more detail about the many elements that I really liked the sound of but that would have involved essentially covering the entire plot! I'll be posting a YouTube review sometime next week, once I've actually seen the film a couple of times.
I'm fully expecting to enjoy the film when I see it tomorrow, I'm just not being blind to the fact that it's not the second coming!
Decided not to watch it on the basis of this thread.
"Buffeted by a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can’t prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien’s poor relation."
Decided not to watch it on the basis of this thread.
"Buffeted by a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can’t prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien’s poor relation."
Yeah not going to watch it.
Hmm, that's just one reviewers opinion. Generally, the reviews have been mostly positive thus far.
I'll be seeing the film for myself in a few hours and will upload my review to YouTube next week. If I love the film and give it a glowing review, would you suddenly want to watch it again? It seems somewhat bizzare to me that one person's opinion could so easily sway your decision to watch a film.
Surely it's best to view it for yourself and come to your own conclusion?
However, if you insist on listening to critics, then here's a couple more review quotes for you...
Characters that are scarcely developed beyond their most superficial attributes... it becomes exceedingly difficult to care about any of their exploits once the novelty of the film's look wears off (which doesn't take long at all, admittedly).
...Just a couple of quotes from the many negative reviews for the film. Oh, hold on! Those are actually quotes from the initial reviews for 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner', respectively. I guess that means that those two film aren't worth a shit either, huh?
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Aye, fair enough. To an extent, I'm throwing my toys out of the pram! I'll probably end up watching 'Prometheus' but I'm extremely worried that they'll fuck it up. Us 'Alien' fans have already had to put up with too much bullshit; 'Resurrection', 'AVP' and 'AVP:R'.
On the previous page there's someone mentioning the fucking Predators! I'm sick of it; too often when I'm down the pub, I have the following conversation with someone...
PERSON: "What's your favourite film?"
MYSELF: "Without a doubt it's 'Alien'.
PERSON: "Oh cool, I liked the AVP movies".
... I just want to slap them! I'm not talking about the dumb Predator movies, god damn it! I'm talking about intelligent film; an artform. For fucks sake, there's a difference between 'Alien' and some stupid, pun spewing Schwarzenegger popcorn flick.
If 'Prometheus' is a failure then it's yet another knife wound to the heart. I'm just worried about how this'll turn out.
That's not what I meant at all. My point is, the Alien franchise has been nothing but monster movies since the first movie. And the only "innovation" it's ever had was to mix it with Predators. Prometheus is something completely different. It's NEW territory. And new is good.
I can understand getting mad at Lucas for revisiting and retconning stuff because he has a reputation. I don't recall Ridley Scott having ever disappointed anybody with anything like that, however. So I'm being optimistic. I just don't see any rational reason to be pessimistic until we actually see it.
And no, I don't think the Space Jockey suit is lame. For all we know that's the way Ridley always envisioned it. We haven't even seen it yet. We have no idea what context it is. It could be anything. It could be awesome and better than we thought, not worse. Bottom line, wait until it's out.
May I remind you that Ridley was only ever involved in the first Alien movie. The rest of them were made by others who took the whole franchise in a direction he probably never intended. I'm not expecting the same old crap, here. You talk about artform, well, Ridley created the first Alien and he's now creating Prometheus. Probably not even taking the rest of the Alien movies into account beyond the first one. That's my guess (and hope).
This is kind of what bothers me. Whilst Ridley Scott did direct the first 'Alien', he didn't conceive of the concept or write the story because he's not a writer. Yet with 'Prometheus', Lindelof has said that the story and concepts belong to Ridley.
How is this any different to when Sigourney Weaver took the role of executive producer for 'Alien 3' and 'Alien Resurrection'? She had an input into the story of those films and certainly with 'Resurrection' it was detrimental to the film. Sigourney is a brilliant actress, that's what she should stick to. Ridley is a brilliant director, that's what he should stick to.
Time will tell with 'Prometheus' but it does concern me that Ridley's in charge of the story. This is the same man who thought it might have been interesting to end 'Alien' with the Xeno ripping off Ripley's head and speaking in her voice and communicating to Earth, telling them "I'm on my way back"!
Don't get me wrong, I have immense respect for Ridley Scott as a director but I don't know whether he should be calling the shots when it comes to story.
The UK trailer.
I liked Theron's delivery of the line "if you're going down there, you're going to die". We also get a glimpse of Prometheus' escape pod (launced prior to the ship colliding with the derelict) and Shaw and Holloway kissing.
As far as Noomi Rapace not trying, you and I must have watched trailers for different movies. I love her deliveries, especially on the line "It's not a map. It's an invitation." She looks truly captivated and entranced by the idea of gods and answers to universal questions. And then when she looks up at the face and you see tears come from her eyes- it's a little bit of an unnerving portrayal already.
Don't talk about my Father like that! He's a fugly wanker, I'll have you know.
Dustin Diamond strikes again!
Cinemart was also present at the screening and reported much of the same information as BleedingCool. Except for this interesting and amusing detail...
Fox are due to release a transcript of the Q&A with Ridley Scott and the film's actors, which took place after the screening, soon.
New images from Prometheus-
IGN was also at this event, and They had some Intersting Things to say regarding the Q&A
"The director and cast then talked about the making of the movie, with Fassbender discussing the ways in which he prepared to play an android. The actor revealed that he watched Blade Runner, The Servant, Lawrence of Arabia and The Man Who Fell to Earth as part of his research.
He also explained that diver Greg Louganis' walk was the inspiration for the character's movement, and revealed that David will develop a wicked sense of humour over the course of the film.
But it was director Scott who was the most enlightening, explaining that the film's final few minutes will be a direct link to the 1979 original, and there will be Alien Easter eggs hidden throughout the film for the eagle-eyed fan.
He also revealed that Prometheus will feature a scene that's equivalent to John Hurt's legendary chest-burster sequence from the original, but mysteriously intimated that it will take place in private, with no witnesses.
Full Article Here:http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1222668p1.html
Creepy eye-worm from the Prometheus trailer.
It makes for a very interesting viewing. There's some great discussion from Ridley and the cast here.
David (the android played by Micheal Fassbender) in an extended Weyland advertisement.
An audio clip of a crew member being attacked by a snake like creature has been released. It sounds wonderfully gruesome!
"Hello Mr. Alien-Snake. Allow me to reach out and touch you. I doubt that doing so will have any adverse consequences..."
Now I am pondering as to why eggactly seeking an answer to the age old question of 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' should lead to our end? I suppose that the Great Cock in the Sky does not care to be rubbed the wrong why by us ruffling his mighty feathers in an attempt to reveal his secrets.
Yay! Cockerel is back! Hey, Mr. Cockerel, I am currently helping to take care of two little chicks. Does that make me a friend of the chicken?
Oh, Mr. Fawful, you've long been a warm recipient to this particular cock. In fact, I don't consider my fine self to have any enemies... well, except for that cad, Mr. Fox, the black-socked fiend!
To truly show you how much I adore your good self, I've sent a friend request your way. I hope that you shall accept my offer, so that I may join your two chicklets under your magnificent wing.
A clip of the ship landing an the Engineer's planet has been released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5DK7CdscI&feature=player_embedded
... Well, I say "clip" but the footage has clearly been heavily cut down from its original state for the purposes of this piece of marketing. Check out Captain Janek's (Idris Elba) hat appear on, off and on his head at random! One moment the Prometheus is above the clouds, the next it's about to touch down. Also notice Janek switch seats via his magical ability of teleportation!
I'm relieved to know that the actual sequence in the film will most likely be a tense, drawn out affair; ala 'Alien'.
A selection of 30 second clips from the 'Prometheus' soundtrack (composed by Marc Streitenfeld) have been released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzUsUlfkYM&feature=player_embedded
... Sounds good to me. The tracks fit very nicely within the 'Alien' universe.
New Spoiler Heavy TV Spot
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8509167/prometheusforum_net_tv_spot_with_new_footage/
A viral video featuring Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) has been released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zwEtldZQNew
This is a track from the 'Prometheus' soundtrack...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0DKzYx-eQw
... Nah, this ain't no 'Alien' prequel! Afterall, it's not like it sounds anything like the soundtrack to 'Alien' (at 0:35)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaT-JX5r8i8
I just came...
It sounds pretty good but my three complaints are...
* Ridley Scott has screwed with the size of the Space Jockey without explanation!
The scene in 'Alien' isn't going to make much sense now. The Space Jockey has been retconned into being shrunk from approximately 19ft tall, dowm to 9ft tall.
* The trailers have revealed far too much, we've already seen every creature. Well, bar one...
(big spoiler ahead, you have been warned)...
*
That's some real 'AVP' shit right there! Plus, it's a horrible moment of fan-service. It has no relevance to the proceding story! I hate it already.
Everything else sounds good to me but my expectations have now been significantly lowered. 3 days to go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4FblPcjbc&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKKB8sLLKo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JpaqSr_20vc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPSPfACPCg&feature=player_embedded
Reviews Start Going Online
http://empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137119
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/30/prometheus-review?INTCMP=SRCH
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/prometheus-1
From the clips released recently and the reviews, it's pretty clear that Michael Fassbender steals the show. That was to be expected though, seeming as Fassbender is awesome personified!
What are you talking about?!
You obviously missed the parts where I said "pretty good" and "everything else sounds good to me". I was just pointing out the two minor elements of the story (and the spoiler heavy Fox marketing) that I don't like the sound of. Two minor moments within a 2 hour movie hardly constitutes as writing it off as "awful".
I would have gone into more detail about the many elements that I really liked the sound of but that would have involved essentially covering the entire plot! I'll be posting a YouTube review sometime next week, once I've actually seen the film a couple of times.
I'm fully expecting to enjoy the film when I see it tomorrow, I'm just not being blind to the fact that it's not the second coming!
"Buffeted by a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can’t prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien’s poor relation."
Yeah not going to watch it.
Hmm, that's just one reviewers opinion. Generally, the reviews have been mostly positive thus far.
I'll be seeing the film for myself in a few hours and will upload my review to YouTube next week. If I love the film and give it a glowing review, would you suddenly want to watch it again? It seems somewhat bizzare to me that one person's opinion could so easily sway your decision to watch a film.
Surely it's best to view it for yourself and come to your own conclusion?
However, if you insist on listening to critics, then here's a couple more review quotes for you...
...Just a couple of quotes from the many negative reviews for the film. Oh, hold on! Those are actually quotes from the initial reviews for 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner', respectively. I guess that means that those two film aren't worth a shit either, huh?