Prometheus - Part 5

[Boom]

Why else would it be rated R?

They aren't going to rate a movie R just because it is a serious movie....the R raiting is because there are elements in a movie that kids under 17 shouldn't see without parental supervision etc....you could make a perfectly intense, adult movie without using any elements that are required of an R raiting

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark had little-to-no gore, cursing, and nudity, and was still given an R rating because it was deemed "too intense."

 

[Snikt]

I would be highly surprised if a bloodless Alien ended up being R in todays rating. Same with Aliens. In fact, even more so fo Aliens. That movie was much more an action scifi, and had less of the foreboding tone.

ALIENS would most definitely be R-Rated by today's standards. There's a total of 25 F-bombs...18 of them spoken by Hudson

 

[marvelman2006]

^^
Space Jokey ship's cargo hold with the "eggs" I say.

I can see that unless it ends up being a room that is just trippie. I really hope they give the actors time to really explore the ship and not just do a quick once over like in the original where they didnt spend alot of time there. I cant help but keep thinking that if its aliens eggs that it wont be facehuggers but rather the early stages of mankind or something mindblowing like that.

I keep thinking:

Spoiler

They somehow travel back into time by accident while in space and they find the engineers as there setting up mankinds early beginnings. Hence davids line in the trailers.

 

[The Morningstar]

I think the first Alien certainly would still be R. Just from the atmosphere and tone, plus it has an alien that "face rapes" people, impregnating them, then the little bugger eats its way out of the victims chest. Even if none of that was shown, just the concept of that is strictly adult material.

 

[superkong 500]

I think the first Alien certainly would still be R. Just from the atmosphere and tone, plus it has an alien that "face rapes" people, impregnating them, then the little bugger eats its way out of the victims chest. Even if none of that was shown, just the concept of that is strictly adult material.

not necessarily because of that, avp 1 had facehugger scenes and a foreboding atmosphere and it was still pg-13. The very graphic chest burster scene along with the quick shots of the aliens second set of jaws breaking through skulls is what gave alien its R rating and would still today.

 

[The Morningstar]

Fair point. I also think the scene with Ash "malfunctioning" was pretty shocking. Spewing up all that white liquid, then getting decapitated but still fighting back.

 

[superkong 500]

I wonder how the space jockey will attack his victims seeing as it looks like doesn't have any hand weapons or spiky appendages . Is he going to just grab them and choke them? maybe he does have some hidden appendage that makes him look more "alien".

 

[chamber-music]

Guy Pearce Is on the BBC's The One Show Today he briefly talked about Prometheus saying it works as a standalone movie

 

[xmangambit]

Looks like David(?) is holding a egg like case with an alien in it...

lol thats his helmet dude, look carefully its not on his head anymore

 

[superkong 500]

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[Viscal]

Harry Gregson-William Supplements Prometheus Score
Prolific English composer Harry Gregson-William divulged on his Facebook page that he has worked on supplementing the Prometheus score of lead composer Marc Streitenfeld.
http://www.prometheusnews.net/movie/harry-gregson-william

 

[Bruce Banner]

I'm glad Ridley has finally tackled what, to me, is the toughest issue humanity will face on the whole first contact issue....namely, the impact the existence of aliens will have on organized religion. The only other movie I can recall that kinda sorta flirted with the concept was Contact, the film based on Michael Crichton's novel; but it wasn't a major part of the movie. In Prometheus, it's the central issue.

The mere existence of aliens would create profound questions for long-established dogma of religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Where do aliens fit in the Bible, or the Koran? Do they believe in God/Allah/Brahma? Do they have a religion of their own?

My main reason for getting hyped for this. I'm sure that it's something that I would have to watch without my heavily religious family(I'm not). But, I don't care, it's an interesting idea and I'm glad Ridley is tackling the subject.

 

[Matt Mortem]

My main reason for getting hyped for this. I'm sure that it's something that I would have to watch without my heavily religious family(I'm not). But, I don't care, it's an interesting idea and I'm glad Ridley is tackling the subject.

That's what's drawing me to the film as well. I love it when Sci-Fi tackles questions and ideas that could be taboo or really force you to examine and think.

 

[Bruce Banner]

That's what's drawing me to the film as well. I love it when Sci-Fi tackles questions and ideas that could be taboo or really force you to examine and think.

Definitely, I found the taboo subject matters to be the ones that I'm drawn to the most. I'm all for tackling the unknown and the mystery with questions.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Definitely, I found the taboo subject matters to be the ones that I'm drawn to the most. I'm all for tackling the unknown and the mystery with questions.

Oh me too. I was always of the mind that it was our (humanities) purpose to ask questions and dig deeper. Why else would be possess the ability to reason at such a high level compared to every other species on the earth? I do like that Prometheus (both the movie and the mythological tale) caution us in our search for knowledge. It's an interesting dichotomy.

 

[Infinity9999x]

ALIENS would most definitely be R-Rated by today's standards. There's a total of 25 F-bombs...18 of them spoken by Hudson

Okay, yeah I forgot about that haha. You'd have to take out the F-bombs obviously.

 

[Schlosser85]

I find Ancient Aliens interesting when it speculates about aliens helping ancient civilizations, so it's part of the interest to me that Prometheus is working off this premise.

That, and I love Alien and Aliens, and I like Ridley Scott, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I like the show, but sometimes the contributors go alittle over-the-top. The best parts of the show definitely revolve around the ancient astronauts lending a helping hand to the early civilizations.

Feats that scream out 'extraterrestrial' would undoubtedly have to be brain surgery and cities constructed of massive stones.

 

[KRIM]

That show is such a guilty pleasure of mine. The skeptic and logical part of me is embarrassed at the amount of speculative insight some of those supposed experts give. Conversely, the sci-fi nerd and fantasy seeking kid part of me is in awe of the possibilities these theories give. If only for their creative prospects which hopefully will come to pass in full glory with Prometheus.

 

[Slushy]

Too bad the trailer spoiled the movie for me. I was wanting to find out

Spoiler

that its infact the Alien prequel

when I actually watched it. Ugh!

 

[redhawk23]

someone should animate some layers of fog and turn this into a cinemagraph.

 

[Sentinel X]

She uses her hair to hurt the guy eyes, that is why.

...if thats true then I love how he grabs his nose right after.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

...if thats true then I love how he grabs his nose right after.

Then look better

 

[dude stannis]

Still, the way he falls back in pain is ridiculous and overdone. I guess part of my complaining is the fact that I can't take Scarjo seriously as a tough girl.

Even funnier, is that scene was written and directed by one of the people responsible for decline of the Alien series. What gets me the most is that of all the films to rip off, surely Whedon could find one less recent than Killer Elite.

 

[The Morningstar]

The Avengers script was written and production started long before Killer Elite came out.

And the best part of Resurrection was Michael Wincott's (coolest voice ever btw) team. The characters were cool, the plot? Not so much.