Prometheus - Ridley Scott's 'Alien Prequel' (or not)...

[The Beaver King]

The script is being written by Michael Green this time round; whose previous works include a fair amount of superhero TV series and Green Lantern. Make of that what you will...

On the plus side, Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are signed up to return which implies we are getting a continuation to the first film. Maybe we'll get some of those unanswered questions tied up.

[JonRB]

The Beaver King said:

Maybe we'll get some of those unanswered questions tied up.

You mean questions like "WTF??", "Why would anyone DO that???", "But... wait... why... who... huh?" and "Why do these 'scientists' have no concept of the Scientific Method?".

[Bullett]

i thought everyone was dead. Maybe that was just wishful thinking.

[Asterix]

Raify said:

SWoll said:

DamienB said:

Prometheus made enough money to warrant a sequel? Really? REALLY? Jesus christ!

$403,000,000 worldwide according to Box Office Mojo

TBH, that's actually not that great a return if you think about it, Avatar for example made almost $3,000,000,000. I can only assume word of mouth affected ticket sales.

Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 13th May 19:30

Even bad films make money, Mark Kermode wrote about it in a book (can't remember the title). Cleopatra eventually broke even in the 80's, Waterworld broke even after a year or two.

Slightly OT - A mate of the Wife's is a Bollywood director - the 'Producers' are usually extremely happy if the films break even - Bollywood is run by the Bombay Mafia and it's their number one way of cleaning money.

[rhinochopig]

JonRB said:

The Beaver King said:

Maybe we'll get some of those unanswered questions tied up.

You mean questions like "WTF??", "Why would anyone DO that???", "But... wait... why... who... huh?" and "Why do these 'scientists' have no concept of the Scientific Method?".

Someone needs to ban you from this thread for your own good. You're a like a post-op labrador who just can't help but keep licking at where his testicles used to be. It would be a kindness - like a virtual vet's lampshade doohicky that dogs wear around their neck after an operation.

[Pesty]

JonRB said:

You mean questions like "WTF??", "Why would anyone DO that???", "But... wait... why... who... huh?" and "Why do these 'scientists' have no concept of the Scientific Method?".

[JonRB]

rhinochopig said:

Someone needs to ban you from this thread for your own good. You're a like a post-op labrador who just can't help but keep licking at where his testicles used to be. It would be a kindness - like a virtual vet's lampshade doohicky that dogs wear around their neck after an operation.

Well, at least Pesty found it funny even if you didn't.

[Aphex]

JonRB said:

Well, at least Pesty found it funny even if you didn't.

It gets incredibly tiresome matey, just vary your insults a bit

[JonRB]

Aphex said:

It gets incredibly tiresome matey, just vary your insults a bit

Um... they weren't insults.

It was just a flippant humorous reply.

[Aphex]

JonRB said:

Um... they weren't insults.

It was just a flippant humorous reply.

After the tenth time they aren't so humorous anymore my friend

[JonRB]

Fair enough. I'll leave you all to it then.

[Aphex]

Stick around, you might like the next one

[chris watton]

Aphex said:

Stick around, you might like the next one

Yep, but not at the cinema this time, will wait until it's available to rent.

[nick heppinstall]

I'm with JonRB :-) Where this pile of crock is concerned you can never say its crap too many times !

[castex]

Me too, I lolled. Buuuurt, the scientific Methord!1

[Pesty]

nick heppinstall said:

I'm with JonRB :-) Where this pile of crock is concerned you can never say its crap too many times !

^^^

It's a crock of st where the characters are idiots nothing that happens is logical. Biggest pile of st.


Looked good though.

[Aphex]

Yes, weve had many pages of people saying the same thing over and over. Just gets tedious

[Pesty]

Aphex said:

Yes, weve had many pages of people saying the same thing over and over. Just gets tedious

You keep repeating yourself. I suppose that's not tedious?


Perhaps if you accept the points that are being made which frankly cannot be argued against the conversation could move on?

Aphex said:

After the tenth time they aren't so humorous anymore my friend

[Aphex]

you can argue with yourself mate. I'm here because I'm excited at the prospect of the new film, I'll ignore any funny comments from the regulars

[Guvernator]

Prometheus was sh*t

Prometheus was sh*t

Prometheus was sh*t

Prometheus was sh*t

You get the idea

I am ever the optimist but unless they manage to perform a miracle, I have very little hope in them retrieving anything from the mess that was Prometheus.