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Ridley Scott confirms Prometheus 2 is his next film
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JigglesBunny
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Ugh, please no.
I wish this was cancelled outright for Alien 5 (new Alien 3?) to be focused on, Prometheus is a mess everywhere other than aesthetically and composition wise. I have small hope that maybe Scott will make a better film this time but Prometheus didn't inspire much confidence.
I wish this was cancelled outright for Alien 5 (new Alien 3?) to be focused on, Prometheus is a mess everywhere other than aesthetically and composition wise. I have small hope that maybe Scott will make a better film this time but Prometheus didn't inspire much confidence.
TheChewyWaffles
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Awful, awful movie.
I'm lukewarm on Prometheus but am still kind of looking forward to the sequel.
However, Ridley said last year that P2 was unlikely to contain xenomorphs. I have no idea what might have changed since then, if anything at all. Nonetheless I'm half-curious to see where the sequel to the movie that was obviously a prequel despite the writer and director insisting it wasn't a prequel will go.
However, Ridley said last year that P2 was unlikely to contain xenomorphs. I have no idea what might have changed since then, if anything at all. Nonetheless I'm half-curious to see where the sequel to the movie that was obviously a prequel despite the writer and director insisting it wasn't a prequel will go.
Technosteve
Banned
So awful i would watch the sequel
This thread is depressing.
Guess it just demonstrates what a fool's errand it is to make a prequel. People will kill you for it no matter what.
Star Wars Prequels and Hobbit were excruciating, and people justifiably hate them.
Prometheus was amazing compared to those films, but people here still seem to despise it.
Guess it just demonstrates what a fool's errand it is to make a prequel. People will kill you for it no matter what.
Star Wars Prequels and Hobbit were excruciating, and people justifiably hate them.
Prometheus was amazing compared to those films, but people here still seem to despise it.
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Deleted member 17706
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I really enjoyed Prometheus even after being taught by the Internet about how logically inconsistent it was. I'm a sucker for any kind of "precursor" tale, so I hope that gets explored more in the next movie.
Yes. Have loved Alien for years. Never cared much for Cameron's action packed space marine take on the universe.
I do think it is likely that people who prefer Aliens won't enjoy Prometheus as much as those who prefer Alien.
I enjoyed it and I've seen all the Alien films.
Helps that the series has never had a fantastic story anyway so my expectations were low in that regard and I enjoyed it for what it was, a beautiful sci-fi film with some epic set pieces. Unlike the Hobbit for example.
Gnome Scat
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Hope it turns out better than the last.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I wouldn't say I loved Prometheus, but I enjoyed it more them most people here seem to. But yes, I'd seen Alien/Aliens beforehand.
Monocle
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I understand. I know the story didn't live up to its potential. I really, really enjoy all the things Prometheus did well, though. Come to think of it, I've always been able to appreciate movies, shows, music, and other media in a compartmentalized way, where I hone in on the elements I find appealing and tune out the rest.
Prometheus hit a lot of the right buttons for me. It created this fascinating, absorbing world pervaded by a sense of cosmic horror. With the exception of David, the characters and their silly choices are almost incidental to my personal impression of Prometheus. If it fails as a cohesive film (and I'm not fully convinced it does), it succeeds as a sort of mood piece. I realize that's not enough to satisfy most people. I hope Prometheus 2 will meet the expectations of Alien fans as a full-fledged extension of that universe.
RustyNails
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I didn't really hate Prometheus. I was just disappointed at all the wrong turns (pun intended) the movie took. It could really have been the Alien of our time, but as soon as we found out that it was going to get PG-13 rating I knew we were gonna be in for a shaky ride. And then, stupid shit that just didn't make sense as far as the plot was concerned. We were led to believe the engineers were this sage-like fore-bearers of human civilization. When we finally encounter one of them, surprise they're nothing but Generic Movie Monster # 3507857345. Black goo stuff is classic lindelofian mcguffins. They serve no purpose other than to move plot despite tantalizing us as something important to the internal logic. We won't know what the smoke monster in Lost is smoke or why black goo is black goo. It's just there. I was disappointed because of so much wasted opportunity.
Gaffercake
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Awesome. Hope it ties up the cluster of loose threads from the first one or at least makes some attempt to clear up confusion left by that messy script.
Really wish they'd stuck to the original plan and had Prometheus serve as a direct prequel to Alien rather than a standalone narrative that loosely shared the same universe.
Really wish they'd stuck to the original plan and had Prometheus serve as a direct prequel to Alien rather than a standalone narrative that loosely shared the same universe.
Of all the scientist and researchers in our planet they put the dumbest one's on that fucking ship.
Yeah, 'The internet' hates it :/
breadtruck
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I enjoyed the movie, so Im down.
That said, it did have its problems. I overlook them.
That said, it did have its problems. I overlook them.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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The first movie is an idiotic, dumbest possible action-driven, poorly-acted, derivative mess that virtually nobody would defend if Scott's name weren't attached. I'd genuinely call it one of the worst films I've ever seen, with virtually no value on any level, and it boggles my mind that anybody would or even could look forward to a sequel.
RustyNails
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Come the fuck on...seriously the worst movie you've ever seen? Worse than MK: Annihilation?
brisk tacos
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MK A isn't that bad. Not even close to being the worst game adaptation. It's not good, and it's definitely nowhere near MK, but it's not that bad.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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MK is significantly shorter, has no pretense whatsoever, and might at least be arguable as an entertainingly bad movie. Prometheus is dull, dumb, derivative, overly long, stuffed with cliches, pretentious (and not in a good way, like a Last Year at Marienbad or Persona), nonsensically scripted, has no atmosphere, no memorable performances or characters, bad-looking CG characters, and art design that is like an art student's notebook in comparison to the total mastery on display in Alien and Blade Runner, the movies for which Scott will be remembered. It's just an abysmal, infuriating watch.
Discotheque
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i think it's safe to call this one of the worst movies i've seen for sure. it was just a memorably awful theater experience for me.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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I think the thing about Prometheus is it's an insulting movie. Not only is it bad, it rubs the bad parts in your face by compounding them with deplorable attempts at depth.
Bleh, Prometheus was terrible and I even went in with very low expectations thanks to reviews. I've had more fun watching the newer SyFy original films than Prometheus. Such an awful cast full of the dumbest geniuses I've ever seen. If they were supposed to represent the brightest scientific minds, we would be so screwed.
Give me the Alien movie.
Give me the Alien movie.
RetrospectiveLamb
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I hope the second movie doesn't have a scene where a lady gets a C-section and immediately afterwards starts moving and running like its the Olympics.
I didn't hate the first film, but it had a lot of idiotic moments.
I didn't hate the first film, but it had a lot of idiotic moments.
Extra Sauce
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For all of its problems Prometheus is much better than Blomkamp's last two movies.
I'm excited about Prometheus 2 and terrified at the idea of Blomkamp's Alien film. Not the good kind of terrified either.
brisk tacos
Banned
Neo-Alien 3 sounds stupid and weird. Considering how old Weaver and Biehn are. And the last thing the Alien series needs is more Ripley. The actual Alien 3 shouldn't have had Ripley. Or 4. Or a new sequel to Aliens.
Yes, and I love both of them. Alien is much more an 'experience' for me while Aliens feels like Terminator 2 in space. I like them for different reasons, though Alien is a top 3 (my number 2 GOAT) while Aliens is more a top 20ish.
I thought Prometheus was awesome. Story was eh but I didn't really care. The setting was amazing. The music was amazing. The special effects were amazing. The acting was fine with Fasbeender going above and beyond. I watch science-fiction movies to be taken to another world, to experience something, that because I was born 1,000 years too early, I'll never partake in myself. So when I get a science fiction movie that hits on all cylinders BUT story, I'm still very happy w/ the finished product. But that's me, Sci-Fi is my holy grail, I'm easily pleased.
Yes, I love those movies more than Prometheus but Prometheus is way way better than Alien 3 and Ressurection
starchild excalibur
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I don't "love" Prometheus, but yes. I love Alien and like Aliens a lot. I wouldn't put Prometheus above either, but I genuinely found its world to be interesting and the Engineers to be interesting characters that I wanted to find out more about. The origin of Man is an interesting idea I'm looking forward to exploring more in Prometheus 2 hopefully.
All of the main issues with Prometheus for me came in terms of lazy plot devices. If these are fixed in P2 then I think it'll be solid.
Ninja Scooter
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a sequel to the 2nd best science fiction movie of the last 20 years? I'll take it.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Fuck, if that were true, I'd start a Change.org site to petition Obama to punch his codes into the nuclear football and end it all.
The religious allegory is obviously there but I doubt that the space Jesus explanation will be the actual reason why the engineers decided to destroy humanity. That interview laid out a scenario where it can be viewed in a certain light but I think it's more likely that the engineers that seeded life at the beginning of the film were a different sect of engineers from the biomechanical ones we saw in the installation perhaps indicating a schism within their beliefs.
It was rated R, it had a good bit of gore.
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Loved Prometheus, must have watched it 4 times by now. Also a great fan of Alien/Aliens. All the other Alien shit was garbage.
why not? I could use another good comedy!
Bobby Roberts
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Because for the first few months of the film's existence he ate almost the entirety of the shit being shoveled back at the movie.
It wasn't until the blu-ray came out that people began to realize Ridley Scott way more at fault for why the movie played the way it did.
But by then it didn't really matter.
Basically - the money isn't good enough to go diving headfirst under that bus again.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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I remember that. Typical fanboy shit, take blame off the obviously responsible party (in this case, the film's director, one with a pretty spotty record of quality tbh) and try to shift it onto an easy scapegoat.
Freeza Under The Shower
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nice tag, bobby.
Bobby Roberts
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To be fair - there's a reason he's an easy scapegoat. And he did fuck that script up from Spaihts draft. But then again, that's what he was hired to do: Translate Ridley's bad ideas into script form, and blend them with Spaihts' mostly solid ideas for a direct ALIEN prequel.
But I do understand why people see his name and immediately get sketched out at the prospect of the film's quality. It's just that on Prometheus - he wasn't the real problem.
Didn't even have to leave my armchair!
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Lindelof sucks, but people should have enough perspective to realize that Scott isn't some first-time director being pressured into anything by clueless studio big-wigs. He's a veteran director with a lot of successes and a LOT of pull, and if something made it to the final film, it's because he wanted it there, plain and simple.
MrCunningham
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The first one has great directing and some really fantastic cinematography. But it also has a terrible script as well.
Warm Machine
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You know Ridley and Terry Rawlings drank martinis while editing the original Alien. I don't think enjoying liquor during the creative process is a new thing with Ridley Scott.
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