Prometheus - Ridley Scott's 'Alien Prequel' (or not)...
Discussion
Finally watched this last night and I have to admit to being....disappointed. As others have said the premise is very promising
Who are we?
Where do we come from?
Why are we here?
Who\what is a space jockey?
Will Ridley be able to rekindle the Alien magic?
So you have the standard setup, scientists discover ancient artifacts which point to the origins for mankind being beyond earth, cue a rich eccentric bank rolling a trip to the stars to get some answers and off we go. All standard Sci-Fi fare until now, pretty cliched but the initial 15 minute setup is handled pretty well, it's Ridley Scott so anticipation is set pretty high for what is to follow.
Unfortunately what follows is probably one of the biggest movie disappointments since The Phantom Menace was hoisted on us. It never delivers and rapidly deteriorates into a film with more plot holes, leaps of faith and 1D characters than you can shake a large stick at and the last half an hour gets even worse, devolving into the worst kind of modern slasher\horror.
OK you could argue that the original Alien was also just a slasher horror set in space but the difference in quality is like comparing Psycho with Scream 3, the original Alien is taut, full of tension, superb characters, acting and dialogue and Prometheus err...isn't.
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
I'd expect a film of this quality from a hack like Paul W. S Anderson (he of AvP fame) not a master like Ridley Scott!
Shame on you Ridley, you've pandered to the lowest common idiot by making this film and insulted my intelligence while doing it.
RIP Aliens I reckon, 2 very good films followed by about half a dozen crap ones, including AvP and this and I think it's time to put this franchise to bed as it seems no-one not even the original director can do it justice anymore.
Who are we?
Where do we come from?
Why are we here?
Who\what is a space jockey?
Will Ridley be able to rekindle the Alien magic?
So you have the standard setup, scientists discover ancient artifacts which point to the origins for mankind being beyond earth, cue a rich eccentric bank rolling a trip to the stars to get some answers and off we go. All standard Sci-Fi fare until now, pretty cliched but the initial 15 minute setup is handled pretty well, it's Ridley Scott so anticipation is set pretty high for what is to follow.
Unfortunately what follows is probably one of the biggest movie disappointments since The Phantom Menace was hoisted on us. It never delivers and rapidly deteriorates into a film with more plot holes, leaps of faith and 1D characters than you can shake a large stick at and the last half an hour gets even worse, devolving into the worst kind of modern slasher\horror.
OK you could argue that the original Alien was also just a slasher horror set in space but the difference in quality is like comparing Psycho with Scream 3, the original Alien is taut, full of tension, superb characters, acting and dialogue and Prometheus err...isn't.
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
I'd expect a film of this quality from a hack like Paul W. S Anderson (he of AvP fame) not a master like Ridley Scott!
Shame on you Ridley, you've pandered to the lowest common idiot by making this film and insulted my intelligence while doing it.
RIP Aliens I reckon, 2 very good films followed by about half a dozen crap ones, including AvP and this and I think it's time to put this franchise to bed as it seems no-one not even the original director can do it justice anymore.
Guvernator said:
I'd expect a film of this quality from a hack like Paul W. S Anderson (he of AvP fame) not a master like Ridley Scott!
Exactly what I thought while watching it. It has his "style" all over it, and copies some fairly major elements of AVP (ancient alien visitations, team of f
kwits on an expedition, Weyland corp head honcho seeking something, bad guy alien lying in wait in stasis, etc.).Guvernator said:
Finally watched this last night and I have to admit to being....disappointed. As others have said the premise is very promising
Who are we?
Where do we come from?
Why are we here?
Who\what is a space jockey?
Will Ridley be able to rekindle the Alien magic?
So you have the standard setup, scientists discover ancient artifacts which point to the origins for mankind being beyond earth, cue a rich eccentric bank rolling a trip to the stars to get some answers and off we go. All standard Sci-Fi fare until now, pretty cliched but the initial 15 minute setup is handled pretty well, it's Ridley Scott so anticipation is set pretty high for what is to follow.
Unfortunately what follows is probably one of the biggest movie disappointments since The Phantom Menace was hoisted on us. It never delivers and rapidly deteriorates into a film with more plot holes, leaps of faith and 1D characters than you can shake a large stick at and the last half an hour gets even worse, devolving into the worst kind of modern slasher\horror.
OK you could argue that the original Alien was also just a slasher horror set in space but the difference in quality is like comparing Psycho with Scream 3, the original Alien is taut, full of tension, superb characters, acting and dialogue and Prometheus err...isn't.
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
I'd expect a film of this quality from a hack like Paul W. S Anderson (he of AvP fame) not a master like Ridley Scott!
Shame on you Ridley, you've pandered to the lowest common idiot by making this film and insulted my intelligence while doing it.
RIP Aliens I reckon, 2 very good films followed by about half a dozen crap ones, including AvP and this and I think it's time to put this franchise to bed as it seems no-one not even the original director can do it justice anymore.
Agree with everything other than I thought Alien 3 and AvP were better movies than Prometheus.Who are we?
Where do we come from?
Why are we here?
Who\what is a space jockey?
Will Ridley be able to rekindle the Alien magic?
So you have the standard setup, scientists discover ancient artifacts which point to the origins for mankind being beyond earth, cue a rich eccentric bank rolling a trip to the stars to get some answers and off we go. All standard Sci-Fi fare until now, pretty cliched but the initial 15 minute setup is handled pretty well, it's Ridley Scott so anticipation is set pretty high for what is to follow.
Unfortunately what follows is probably one of the biggest movie disappointments since The Phantom Menace was hoisted on us. It never delivers and rapidly deteriorates into a film with more plot holes, leaps of faith and 1D characters than you can shake a large stick at and the last half an hour gets even worse, devolving into the worst kind of modern slasher\horror.
OK you could argue that the original Alien was also just a slasher horror set in space but the difference in quality is like comparing Psycho with Scream 3, the original Alien is taut, full of tension, superb characters, acting and dialogue and Prometheus err...isn't.
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
I'd expect a film of this quality from a hack like Paul W. S Anderson (he of AvP fame) not a master like Ridley Scott!
Shame on you Ridley, you've pandered to the lowest common idiot by making this film and insulted my intelligence while doing it.
RIP Aliens I reckon, 2 very good films followed by about half a dozen crap ones, including AvP and this and I think it's time to put this franchise to bed as it seems no-one not even the original director can do it justice anymore.
Guvernator said:
Unfortunately what follows is probably one of the biggest movie disappointments since The Phantom Menace was hoisted on us.
Harsh, but I would not disagree. 
Guvernator said:
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
Exactly how I felt about the two Matrix sequels too. 
Deleted scenes here
http://www.sockshare.com/file/B0B569A1F19AF2DB
The alternative Fifield attack scene is much better, I can't understand why they went with the zombie version.
http://www.sockshare.com/file/B0B569A1F19AF2DB
The alternative Fifield attack scene is much better, I can't understand why they went with the zombie version.
SWoll said:
Bill Carr said:
SWoll said:
Agree with everything other than I thought Alien 3 and AvP were better movies than Prometheus.
I even prefer Alien Resurrection to Prometheus. Prometheus is just toilet.
JonRB said:
Guvernator said:
All the exciting questions asked at the beginning of this film are either ignored completely or answered in such a stupid and irrelevant way that they might as well not have bothered.
Exactly how I felt about the two Matrix sequels too. Bill Carr said:
SWoll said:
Bill Carr said:
SWoll said:
Agree with everything other than I thought Alien 3 and AvP were better movies than Prometheus.
I even prefer Alien Resurrection to Prometheus. Prometheus is just toilet.
Skii said:
Deleted scenes here
http://www.sockshare.com/file/B0B569A1F19AF2DB
The alternative Fifield attack scene is much better, I can't understand why they went with the zombie version.
By the way, that link left me with pop-unders with NSFW images and pages requiring an "OK" click of a dialog box to dismiss them - the kind of thing that smells of malware to me.http://www.sockshare.com/file/B0B569A1F19AF2DB
The alternative Fifield attack scene is much better, I can't understand why they went with the zombie version.
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