Prometheus (Ridley Scott's new movie) ***SPOILERS***

[Phoenix87x]

Just came across this and found it pretty amusing



I have to admit, that I can't stop thinking about this movie though. Whether that's good or bad I don't know.

[BlackInk]

I have to admit, that I can't stop thinking about this movie though. Whether that's good or bad I don't know.

That is often the trait of a great movie, thinking about it long after having seen it.

[TioJorge]

I was just thinking earlier that despite the few qualms I have with this movie (few, but one or two really bug me), I'm still really interested in the mythos of the story and the lore that could be created; the universe still interests me and Ridley did a fine job of crafting it. That said, I'm even more excited about the sequel and how that universe will expand and what else we'll find out about it. Very cool movie. Just not the ground-breaking, genre-bending blockbuster I thought it'd be.

[wkiml]

sequel


https://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=747649

[Dimitrius]

Where I read that news also said that most likely, Lindeloff will not come back. Which is good news.

[ReaPsTA]

Where I read that news also said that most likely, Lindeloff will not come back. Which is good news.

At the bottom of the quoted article:

Perhaps clued in to the controversy surrounding the incredibly cryptic nature of Prometheus and its many unanswered questions, the producers are talking to new writers, but the Reporter indicates the move is because co-writer Damon Lindelof "might not be available."

If the studio wanted Lindelof and Lindelof wanted to work on the movie, they'd clear each other's schedules.

This is code speak for, "Every time Lindelof does something, people complain they couldn't understand it, which is one of the worst complaints you can have about a Hollywood movie.  So we want to distance ourselves from that."

[The King in Crimson]

Well, to be fair, it's not the cryptic stuff in Prometheus that's a problem, it's the stupid stuff. 

[Scorpion]

Just watched this movie yesterday, and I was surprised at how much I liked it. Sure, there weren't that many twists or anything, but it was an all-around enjoyable experience.

One thing that I didn't understand, though: why did David poison Holloway's drink? Just to get a feel of the effects or is it something more?

[Kotowboy]

I think Weyland wanted to know if the black goo was life giving or life ending. I guess they both found out so Weyland went to see the Engineer instead.




Who was also life ending xD...


I *loved* this film so much I went to see it three times in the cinema

1st time was my first IMAX experience. It was *SO GOOD*

[Scorpion]

I think Weyland wanted to know if the black goo was life giving or life ending. I guess they both found out so Weyland went to see the Engineer instead.

That makes sense.

Thanks!

[bosk1]

It does make sense, but it's not the only option.  And I think the fact that David's motivations for pretty much anything he does are pretty ambiguous was intentional on Scott's part.  I don't think we're supposed to really know what David is up to.

[Kotowboy]

Was watching again on Blu Ray recently and i noticed that when the Engineer's ship falls out of the sky - it " lands "

with the "prong" side first. The "hammerhead" kind of side is still upwards.

yet when it comes to rest on top of Vickers - the prong side is now at the back and it would have had to have spun 180 to get to

that position.

Furthermore - in the trailer for the film - it shows the same shot but with the "prong" side facing the other way.

I wonder why they changed it for the film ?!

[Adami]

You know what else I wonder why they changed about the film? The crazy australian guy killing everyone scene. In the movie it just becomes a generic zombie guy comes and kills everyone. But the alternate scene on the blu ray shows him as more of a human/alien hybrid. This changes a whole lot. It goes to show that he adopted the personality of the aliens themselves and thus also supports the idea that they are weapons.

[Kotowboy]

Don't think he's an aussie.

Pretty sure he's from London with that accent. But anyhoo.

Ridley said the practical effects just looked better on the day.

[Adami]

Don't think he's an aussie.

Pretty sure he's from London with that accent. But anyhoo.

Ridley said the practical effects just looked better on the day.

Whatever he was, him being an alien hybrid made a lot more sense than some zombie thing.

[SeRoX]

[bosk1]

So, sequel in...2015?  20friggin15?  Are Ridley Scott and Tuomas Holopainen related?

[countoftuscany42]

source?

[BlackInk]

source?

[Kotowboy]

?

[bosk1]

https://www.prometheus2-movie.com/

[orcus116]

Oh god no

[Tick]

This movie was boring and pretty much awful. Watched a bit more than an hour and couldn't take it any more.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

This movie was boring and pretty much awful.

[BlackInk]

7.6/10 - Good

Not amazing but not awful at all.

[TioJorge]

Interesting. I didn't think it was bad at all. I mean, my expectations were set a little too high and I bought into the hype since at the time I was severely starved for any type of sci/fi story; but I still really enjoyed the movie and I'm really excited to see where they go in the sequel in terms of the universe, lore, and hopefully explaining things in full. If not...then they'd better explain most of it before adding more questions and finishing it all up in the third film.

[Kotowboy]

Loved Prometheus and don't think it warranted all the hate it got.

Although I am hoping for answers in the second one.

Just not as many as others.

Multiple viewings of the film will answer some of it but some things are *meant* to be a mystery.

[Orbert]

Exactly.  Sometimes the answer is that we don't get an answer.  Or we just have to deal with the fact that our puny human brains cannot comprehend what the answer might be.

[Kotowboy]

The only thing that bugged me is - what was that altar in the Head room with the green stone in it ?

[bosk1]

I'm pretty sure it was an altar with a green stone in it.  But that's just my best guess.

[Kotowboy]

Wow you actually hit "post" with that answer.


Maybe next time you could be less of a dick.

[bosk1]

Wow you actually hit "post" with that answer.

Yeah, I actually said the same thing about your post.

Maybe next time you could be less of a dick.

Maybe.  But while I'm pretty lenient about spam posts that offer little to the discussion, like your first post above, personal attacks are another story.  Knock that off.

[gmillerdrake]

I liked the movie.....I'm hoping the sequel to that prequel is good also. After watching it again the other night my impression was that the large wall had what looked like a queen alien on it... kind of in the Jesus on the cross pose. The large human head was all decorated or 'scarred' maybe like a sacrifice or something like that. I don't know...just guessing.

And, it looked like to me when they woke the engineer up he didn't get ticked off until after he watched them beat the crap out of the main chic ( forgot her name) when she kept shouting questions. The henchman punched her in he gut a couple times and then the engineer went psycho on them after seeing that.
  Could it be they were coming back to earth to 'fix' or destroy us because maybe they failed at removing violence from their/our DNA? Or are we just a planet full of worthy sacrifices?

  I'm looking forward to the next movie...bummer it's so far off. 

[Kotowboy]

 spam posts that offer little to the discussion

 

Because wondering about a part of a film is adding nothing to the discussion which is primarily about unanswered mysteries.

Have fun with that,

[orcus116]

Like LOST, I could never tell whether the unanswered mysteries are actually really thought up by the writers or just people being way too anal and looking for something out of nothing. Gut feeling, it's almost always the latter.