Prometheus: Ridley Scott returns to Sci-Fi
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I don't think 2001 is the movie you think it is.
Are we talking about Stanley Kubrick's 2001: ASpace Odyssey? Yeah, other than space travel, I don't see the correlation between that, Prometheus and the original Alien film.
I agree the new suits are a bit sleeker than I would like them, but this is also clearly a more advanced research ship we're talking about, where the Nostromo was just a grungy ore mining vessel.
It kinda makes sense that the mining suits would be a lot more heavy duty. Plus a mining company probably wouldn't want to splurge on the fancier, more expensive suits anyway.
I take issue more with the color scheme than the design. This is a movie using a very dark palette, and the use of a suit like that seems more fitting to AVATAR than ALIEN. I'll wait and see though because I know production stills can be deceptive and they'll likely touch everything up in post.
Because, of course, Ridley Scott has no control over the scripts of the movies he makes. Maybe after he's racked up a few more years in the business...
The colours could appear more muted in the final film. I think I read somewhere that they have to more lighting (and maybe brighter colours), because they are filming in 3D. The dark atmosphere associated with "Alien" will then be achieved in post-production
Yep - the 3d cameras require a lot of light.
Yeah I guess they do look kind of... colorful and Star Trekky for the Alien universe. But they seemed to fit perfectly well into that moody trailer (as did the sets and other things people are complaining about), so I don't think it'll be an issue.
But you know better?
Dial it back, please. If you don't, You'll be crossing the line into trolling territory.
So long as this film washes away the stink left by AvP: Requiem I'll be happy.
It'll take some industrial strength Fabreeze to kill off that smell.
But you know better?
This is what gets me. The film isn't out and yet it's condemned and buried by the best film maker on the planet who hasn't quite made a film yet.
Edit: I didn't see Neroon's post when I posted this.
But you know better?
That's dang near the same design... Wow! At any rate, the entire look of the Prometheus ship interiors, granted what we have seen is limited, seems more in-line with the numerous space sci-fi films of the 90's. Lost In Space springs to mind. While not a huge deal, it does seem at odds with the world of Alien. Sure, you can chalk it up to science-clinical vs. trucker-gritty. I think this is really more indicative of a fundamental lack of understanding of what made Alien work so well and stand the passing of time well. Aside from the blatantly 70's hair style and the robot hands of Ash after he loses his head, the movie could have been made anytime.
Sure the styling tastes are gonna change. Sure film-making asthetics is gonna change. An example of this is how almost no one will make a movie now without running it through some kind of filter to make it ALL GREY or what have you. I think this is such a huge shift from the original that it makes it difficult to reconcile the two. But as we all know, execution trumps everything. The story could be them sitting around reading out of a dictionary, as long as it is well acted and directed it will be fine.
