Prometheus: Ridley Scott returns to Sci-Fi

[Silent_Bob]

I don't care about spoilers - if a story isn't good enough to stand a second viewing, it probably wasn't worth investing my time watching it the first time.

But, yes, avoid that site if you hate spoilers. However, I don't think what I've read there spoils the ending.

Spoiler: Ending of Prometheus

According to the site's sources, and various other "confirmations", Noomi and Charlize are the only two survivors and they get confronted by a huge, and I mean huge, Xenomorph that also looks half-human. And then the movie ends abruptly.

I was under the impression that

Spoiler: Promethus Ending

the abrupt ending reported was due to the last 11 minutes or so of the film not being shown to press or anyone else prior to the films premiere.

 

[Samurai8472]

A gif of the alien


http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c6drFCFS1qackkdo1_500.gif

More wiggling

 

[Trubinator]

The more I see of this movie, the more I'm convinced that organic Space Jockey fluid leads to the creation of the Xenomorphs. It would be interesting if that gunk got mixed with a human being ... eventually culminating in one of the buggers. This would also possibly explain how the derelict ended up on LV-426 with the egg chamber. It was all an accident!

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Here's a nice 1 hour and 4 minute interview withDamon Lindelof. It's mostly about Prometheus but a large segment in the middle discusses the tv series, Lost.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The Grauniad has a nice article on Prometheus, anchored by a conversation with Lindelof in which he discusses the philosophical underpinnings of the film.

The idea is that 60 years from now, two brilliant scientists will unearth evidence of an ancient alien visitation, including signs on the Isle of Skye that seem to invite humanity out to a distant star system. "Somehow," says Lindelof, "they convince others that this is a worthwhile adventure, so they go out there to find answers to the most fundamental questions we've had since we've had cognitive thought. Like, who am I? Who made me? What is the purpose of my life? That is the jumping-off point. And in all great science fiction and even myth, characters who try to cross a line that should not be crossed often pay very harsh consequences."

 

[JD]

For the last couple of weeks I've been finding my enthusiasm for this waning. I think it still looks like it could be good, I'm just starting to find myself more interested in some of the other stuff coming out, like Snow White and The Amazing Spider-Man.

 

[RoJoHen]

For the last couple of weeks I've been finding my enthusiasm for this waning.

Same here. I think I've been over-saturated by previews at this point. It just needs to be released already!

 

[yenny]

I'm kind of glad that they did a movie about the aliens that own that ship that the Nostromo crew had boarded on Alien. Every sense I have seen Alien. I always wanted to know about the Aliens that own that ship. Now the movie Prometheus explain it all about those aliens. If I remember? Those aliens are giants.

 

[Saga]

For the last couple of weeks I've been finding my enthusiasm for this waning. I think it still looks like it could be good, I'm just starting to find myself more interested in some of the other stuff coming out, like Snow White and The Amazing Spider-Man.

i'm kinda the opposite. i've tried to stay away from spoilers and detailed discussions so when i see the trailer or tv spot i get more excited.

 

[Warped9]

I still really want to see this film.

I also had something of a reversal of feeling for another film, though. Initially I had zero interest in The Amazing Spider-Man, but after seeing a recent trailer before the screening of Men In Black 3 I find myself getting interested in the Spidey film.

 

[Aldo]

I'm trying to stay extremely spoiler free. Which is why I barely post in this thread, and the only time I did post was asking about "naked push-ups." I don't want to know anything else, I really want to see this film, and think it's going to be the highlight of the summer movie season.

 

[trekkiebaggio]

Think I'm gonna be checking out the midnight showing on Thursday night

 

[Kosh Naranek]

I am pretty pumped by this film.

But I do own that I huddle up in the chair in the fetal position. Movies like this scare the pants off me. I thought I was going to have a heart attack watching Alien.

No food or beverage or the local headlines will read "Local nerd chokes to death in packed theater."

 

[Avalon]

But I do own that I huddle up in the chair in the fetal position. Movies like this scare the pants off me. I thought I was going to have a heart attack watching Alien.

No food or beverage or the local headlines will read "Local nerd chokes to death in packed theater."

*chuckle* Yeah, I'm the same way. I love a good science fiction movie, so I'm excited for this, but I dislike horror, so I'm not looking forward to that aspect. (I've still never actually watched Alien, but I've seen the rest of the movies.) I find it helps me to know the spoilers for the worst of it before going in, though.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

sound for Prometheus

a good article on the sound design of the film Prometheus.
lot's of detail on sound design and sound mixing for this film.
THE ALIEN SOUNDS OF 'PROMETHEUS'
05/22/2012

Spoiler: minor plot spoiler

[we listened to] the voice processing of the android character in Alien and re-created that sound very closely

Spoiler: minor plot spoiler

we experimented with gear that could help emulate a late-1970s sound where we could use it.

also

Mixing in the 7.1 format allowed us to really take advantage of the environment,

Although Prometheus will be released in 3D, Stoeckinger says that sound editorial and mixing team “never saw the film in 3D until about 80 percent of the way through the final mix. We could reasonably guess what sound imaging was going to be in the forefront — and Doug Hemphill mixed it that way. As various visual effects came towards completion, we were able to pick out key elements to pull even further back into the room to be complimentary with how they would play in 3D — but which are still interesting and effective in the 2D world.

Very cool stuff. I liked reading about the ADR audio they made sound like the production dialogue in the suits.


sound related:
Composer : Marc Streitenfeld
Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album was released on iTunes on May 15, 2012, and will be released on CD on June 12, 2012.(USA) It features 23 tracks by Streitenfeld, plus 2 tracks by composer Harry Gregson-Williams

25 tracks
The following track listing contains some possible mild spoilers, so read at your own risk.
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/soundtrack/prometheus/

 

[Roshi]

A few more hours to go!

EDIT: btw, should we start a grading thread? Who would do the honors? (I'm not that skilled regarding polls)

 

[Roshi]

Ooooooh! Movie begins!

 

[Roshi]

Ok, I got one thing to say:

WHERE'S THE FUCKING SEQUEL???

 

[davejames]

Some early reactions:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...cott_n_1555436.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

 

[jefferiestubes8]

deleted scenes & Blu-ray

Prometheus director Ridley Scott has revealed (in this interview with Collider) that a good 20-30 minutes of footage was cut from the film for its theatrical release and that he intends to restore it for a longer DVD and Blu-ray cut - something he's done for many of his Fox films in recent years.

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That's a lot of deleted scenes. Why would he restore it for the Blu-ray coming out in less than 6 months later? Is it a cheap marketing ploy or since it was an "R" rated release were there many things the producer's didn't want in the theatrical cut?
I haven't seen it yet and am posting based on speculation and not with spoilers.

I'm sure the audio commentary would say why.