Prometheus - Part 6

[Matt Mortem]

That clip didn't show much of anything. Still cool though.

 

[Brem]

I'm having a bit of trouble here.

I had a look on the Odeon site, and I can't see any 2D version of this film. I can't view films in 3D at all.

Someone please tell me they're actually going to have 2D showings, otherwise I'm getting the bad feeling I won't be able to see this film in the cinema.

 

[MrWayne]

But we've already seen a shot of the xenomorph mural in the room with the head.

Why would that be there if they are not yet created? Unless that shot is from the end of the movie; the part that connects Prometheus to Alien. I'm guessing there is an earlier stage in the development cycle of the xenomorph and we haven't seen it until this movie. What ever form we see in this movie comes before the eggs they find in the first Alien.

I'm just shooting in the dark and making random guesses at things.

I tried not to see many of the footage thats out so far to not spoil anything so I may have missed some scenes showing hints. But I havent really been on any discussion boards where ppl are speculating anything.

When news hit that Prometheus would be a prequel to Alien and from some of the things I heard Ridley discuss concerning origins, the space jockey and the original alien dna, it got me thinking. Ridley has said that there will definetly be no xenomorphs to appear in this film (but the Alien DNA is?). Aside from his own reasons why not to include xenomorphs, I wondered to myself, maybe they don't exist yet in the timeline. Maybe the xenomorphs are a creation of human and alien dna combined?

Perhaps one of the woman from Prometheus somehow is directly connected to the Queen in the original Alien movie?

Maybe they used Human DNA or Humans period as a womb to "perfect" the xenomorphs, or maybe not.


(I think) Whatever happens in this movie leads to the events that caused the derelict ship to be grounded on LV-426. Were the Alien eggs already on board? We know that in the original movie an Alien had burst out of the space jockey, maybe this is what made it’s ship crash and that particular Alien became the Queen that laid all the eggs Ripley and her team find.

 

[Doctor Jones]

So I hear they're giving a lot of stuff away. Good thing I'm distancing myself from this.

 

[corby]

I'm having a bit of trouble here.

I had a look on the Odeon site, and I can't see any 2D version of this film. I can't view films in 3D at all.

Someone please tell me they're actually going to have 2D showings, otherwise I'm getting the bad feeling I won't be able to see this film in the cinema.

If no theater is playing it in 2D near you then these are what you need:

2-D Glasses

My best friend gets head aches from 3D so I got her a pair as a present and she says they work great, just like watching it in 2D.

 

[Viscal]

Soundtrack is now up on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/prometheus-original-motion/id527304464

 

[Solidus]

Yep I just bought it, can't wait to listen.

 

[craigdbfan]

Looks like Harry Gregson-Williams wrote/composed two tracks.

 

[Solidus]

So far so good, very atmospheric, some very creepy parts. For 11.99 it was worth buying the whole thing.

 

[craigdbfan]

I'd say the track titles are semi spoilerish so for those who want to remain pristine I'd advise from taking a look at them.

 

[craigdbfan]

So far so good, very atmospheric, some very creepy parts. For 11.99 it was worth buying the whole thing.

Says $20.99 for me.

 

[Solidus]

Ya I really am not looking at them lol, just listening, I figured some would be lol.

 

[Solidus]

Says $20.99 for me.

When you go to the actual Itunes store it says 11.99

 

[Liam_H]

Track titles are spoilerish, seeing some of them certain images or clips from trailers etc. will jump out at you.

 

[Mike_D202]

Here's my theory of how the xenomorph turns up:

Spoiler

Since we know that the android on board gets "infected" somehow and he starts turning organic, I think those "barrels" around that huge face get turned organic which leads us to the eggs (the phalic worm things that pop out of one in the trailer even look like tiny face huggers). The human start turning into creatures from getting infected themselves, they mate resulting in the xenomorph.

 

[Viscal]

LOTS of new scenes in the new TV Spot
http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/comment/38143#Comment_38143

 

[Roose Bolton]

Here's my theory of how the xenomorph turns up:

Spoiler

Since we know that the android on board gets "infected" somehow and he starts turning organic, I think those "barrels" around that huge face get turned organic which leads us to the eggs (the phalic worm things that pop out of one in the trailer even look like tiny face huggers). The human start turning into creatures from getting infected themselves, they mate resulting in the xenomorph.

So you think

Spoiler

all those eggs from the original Alien are the result of one huge mutant orgy?

I remember a supposed leaked script had something similiar, so I could definitely buy that theory.

 

[Mike_D202]

LOTS of new scenes in the new TV Spot
http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/comment/38143#Comment_38143

 

[Eggyman]

Don't just stare ate it, eat it.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Don't just stare ate it, eat it.

You don't get that from the picture, but in the movie the alien talks about Huey Lewis and the News while that's happening.

 

[Mike_D202]

You don't get that from the picture, but in the movie the alien talks about Huey Lewis and the News while that's happening.

"The Power of Love" plays during that scene?

 

[chamber-music]

Ridley doesn't hold back on the whole rape analogy does he

I was reading Sci-Fi Now Magazine and these are the things that derailed the Alien franchise to them.

Prometheus looks set to restore the reputation of this fictional universe - so where did it all go wrong?

Crossover Nonsense
As soon as you have to crossover a film franchise its integrity dies. Alien v Predator was a terrific idea for a throwaway Predator 2 gag, a trashy comic-book or a conceptually cool videogame, but it was a poor match for a film that sucked the credibility of both franchises away.

Wasting Sigourney Weaver
They knew she was the human face of Alien, so they kept using her, even when Ripley's place in the story made little sense, such as in Alien Resurrection where she's cloned back to life. Ripley went from empowering icon to a tick box on a marketing checklist.

Failing To Understand Aliens
Aliens is a delicately constructed action movie where every beat is crucial. In Alien Resurrection and both AVP movies, the directors failed to understand that making an action movie is itself an art form - it's not how big the pieces are, its how they're used.

Xenomorph Overexposure
The titular alien just stopped being scary, didn't it? Perhaps it was the dog 'runner' creature in Alien 3, or the bad lighting in Alien Resurrection, but the alien lost its lustre. As Ridley Scott recently mentioned, you cam even see a Xenomorph at Disneyland now.

The Wrong Creators
The Predalien marked a nadir in manipulating HR Giger's original work, and indicated that the filmmakers had passion for the iconography of the Alien universe, but lacked the same feel for atmosphere and the storytelling. Will Prometheus get things back on track?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^I'd say that explains what went wrong.

I didn't hate Alien 3 but do to behind the scenes non sense the movie suffered tremendously. Bringing it back to horror wasn't the problem, the problem was that messy and bad script and some questionable direction.

 

[terry78]

That Prometheus "squee" has become the new "bwong."

 

[CConn]

I refuse to watch it, as I don't want anything to sully the awesome duology that is Alien for me, but Alien 3 very much seems like a movie that should be remade. Properly.

Don't kill off Hicks and Newt immediately, leave in more of the political and societal subtext that was present in the original scripts, leave in the horror... And you'd have a pretty awesome movie.