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31508 No. 31508
>Prometheus

a.k.a. OH GOD WHAT: THE MOVIE

Speculation? Anticipation? Concerns about disappointment/false hype? Bring 'em in, fellas.

>Also inbefore Xenomorph, get out Xenomorph, you are drunk.
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>> No. 31512
Is this seriously an Alien prequel with Space Jockeys?
>> No. 31586
>>31512
It's not exactly a prequel. It's kind of it's own thing that takes place in the same continuity.
I think the basic plot is about the Space Jockeys actually being like, the Progenitors of life in the universe, and the shit that ensues from these astronauts finding them.
>> No. 31588
It will either be one of the most incredible films since the 2000s began, or one of the biggest disappointments since the 2000s began.
>> No. 31596
>watch trailer
Gee, that's the first time a trailer actually lowered my excitement
>> No. 31614
Oh, and so much about using as little CGI as possible.
>> No. 31634
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>>31614

I dunno, most of the sets seem legit. Only the extremely actiony/deliberately "panoramic" shots had an excess of CGI.

Still, I really hope Scott stuck to his guns and we get an animatronic Jockey fighting miserable puny humans.
>> No. 31637
>>31634
You mean everything that takes place "outside".
Gee, I just noticed Charlize Theron stars in this.
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>>31634
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http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/
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>>32041
>> No. 32189
>>32041
That speech was over-wrought, egotistical, and empty of any actual content.

The movie better intend for me to be irritated by this character, because I am.
>> No. 32191
>>32189

You mean the poised, stuffy, birtish guy claiming we're GODS in what is obviously a horror movie isn't obviously some kind of antagonist and possibly going to wind up working with whatever monstrous horrors that lurk in space?

Nah. I think the film's gonna play him as a pretty chill bro.
>> No. 32195
>>32191
It's obvious he's a villain. What I meant was he seems like a pompous, empty, crappy villain. That's what I was irritated by.

I wouldn't normally care, because the monstrous space horrors are the real villains, but this is the first look at extended footage we've gotten. It just didn't get me pumped up to see the movie.
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>>32195
>>32191

If anything he's fodder for being transformed into a horrific entity of some kind. Keep your panties on, gents.
>> No. 32203
>>32189

Honestly? I've seen TED talks that were much more egotistical and scientifically empty than that one. And they cost a shit ton of money to produce. At least this one is fictional. Besides, what better platform for human arrogance to be knocked off of in the film? I doubt Weyland himself will be involved in the expedition to find the jockeys anyhow. He's probably too important.

No, it's the scientists that will suffer, like Curie suffered, and Einstein with what was done to his discovery. And I like that, in a way that's fitting.

The speech is a bit lofty, I guess. But modest compared to current CEOs.
>> No. 32271
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUU--

Prometheus - Official Full HD …youtube thumb
>> No. 32273
>>32271
>Trailer does that BWAAAAAAAaaa....BWAAAAAAAAaaa...BWAAAAAaaa... thing.
Will I be glad when they stop doing that.
>> No. 32274
>>32273
The trailer for the original Alien used that exact same sound effect, and it was awesome.

Alien Trailer (1979)youtube thumb
>> No. 32275
>>32273
The trailer for the original Alien used that exact same sound effect, and it was awesome.

Alien Trailer (1979)youtube thumb
>> No. 32285
So... who's betting on the monsters being alien parasites?
>> No. 32286
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>>32285

Probably more like really invasive, vicious "conversion" entities. A little like the Flood, but more rape-ey and mechanical, perhaps?
>> No. 32289
>>32275
Not the sound effect I'm talking about.
That's more of a Breeeewrew.

I'm talking about the blaring trumpets they put at the intro of every fantasy/sci-fi action film sense the Dark Knight.
>> No. 32290
>>32289
*intro of every fantasy/sci-fi action trailer
>> No. 32293
OHH! You mean the Inception Blare.

Yeah, I think everyone hates that now. But studios will keep using it for like 5 more years, because Hollywood.
>> No. 32301
>>32289
>>32293

Between this and everyone seeing the trailer whining that it's ripping off Dead Space, a significant buzz is getting killed for Prometheus.

I wouldn't be surprised if the turnout drops just because a bunch of idiots started bitching that a sci-fi epic is ripping off their favorite video game.
>> No. 32368
>>32301
Someone should tell those idiots by that logic Dead Space is a ripoff of Alien.
>> No. 32384
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>>32368

"What's Alien lol" or "Was that by the guy who made Avatar" would be your most likely responses.
>> No. 32385
>>32289
>>32275

>police sirens outside my house
>suddenly they alternate just right, producing this exact sound
>nearly jump out of my chair

Jesus fucking Christ, so that's how they did it
>> No. 32549
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those are some swanky space exploration outfits

i hope space viking kicks some ass or does a really cool techno dance at least in the film
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>>32549
I bet this was just an exuse to put Charlize Theron into a tight outfit. Doesn't fit at all with the other Alien movies, especially since this takes place before them.
>> No. 32554
>>32385
I wouldn't be surprised if they used a theramin, but I can see a police siren making the same sorts of sounds.
>> No. 32562
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so, look like Prometheus will answer the age old question of what came first: the egg or the queen?

turns out it's snot
>> No. 32564
>>32562
I shall never blow my nose the same way again.
>> No. 32574
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>>32553

It's implied that the Prometheus has funding out the ass from Weyland on this mission, whereas the Nostromo was provided with shitty mining and maintenance gear.

>>32562

That's not snot, it's semen. What, you thought Giger was just going to drop his rape obsession suddenly after all these years?
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>>32574
I still prefer the old-school suits from Alien, they have a retro-future feel to them, like Blade Runner.

Giger made damn sure Alien was one of the most sexually suggestive movies of all time.
-The eggs = opening vagina
-Face huggers = autoerotica asphyxiation, blowjob rape, involuntary insemenation
-Aliens = Phallic head, double mouth, created through involuntary incest, want to capture you for facehugger rape
-Etc, etc.
>> No. 32587
>>32574
nostromo was just a tug, wasn't it? this is a fully funded research vessel
>> No. 32588
>>32587
>The commercial towing spaceship Nostromo is on a return trip from Thedus to Earth, hauling a refinery and twenty million tons of mineral ore, and carrying its seven-member crew in stasis.
>> No. 32591
>>32574
>>32587
>>32588
Wasn't it later revealed that the android onboard knew of the true purpose of the mission? Been a while, can't really remember.
>> No. 32593
>>32384
> "What's Alien lol"

Shocking as it may appear at first, one has to remember that Alien is a 33 year old movie. There are people who have not watched it, or even barely heard of it.

Shit, I know a couple of kids who have no watched any of the Star Wars films.
>> No. 32594
>>32593
>Alien
>33 years

I feel old :(
>> No. 32598
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>*GASP!*ALIEN IS RACIST AND SO IS THE WHOLE FRANCHISE! GIGER IS A NAZI!
>People fall for it hook line and sinker

Really /tv/, Really?
>> No. 32599
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>>32598
Also the original costume did not hold up well.
>> No. 32600
>>32598
well to be fair jar jar binks' mocap guy was black, too

still fuck /tv/
>> No. 32603
>>32598
That's because "Aliens" are about illegal immigrants.
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>> No. 32610
>>32599
Still looks scary as fuck to me.
>> No. 32611
>>32599
Still looks scary as fuck to me.
>> No. 32615
>>32598
>>32599

>human eye sockets in the Alien head-tube

How did I never notice this?

>>32603

That's District 9 you're thinking of, buddy.
>> No. 32618
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>>32615
Every Alien is a hybrid of the Species it "Mates" with I think. I just noticed it when the Revoltech toy came out.
>> No. 32620
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>>32618
Thats why the toyline and videogame have thing like the Rhino-Alien.
Space zoo for the win.
>> No. 32622
Happy Birthday David (NEW Prometheus Viral!)youtube thumb
>> No. 32623
>>32620
dont forget predealiens and the fucking crocidalien
>> No. 32629
>>32620
CGR Toys - Killer Crab Alien, …youtube thumb
>> No. 32634
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>>32629
>> No. 32639
>>32634
I has
-Gorilla Alien, with squirting head!
-Scorpion Alien, with exploding chest!
-Flying Queen Alien, with awesome flapping wing action!
-Bishop, who does nothings...

Yay for me! I bought them when I was 8 or so...
>> No. 32640
>Toys for children from an R rated Scifi Horror film.
Okay.
Fine.
>> No. 32641
>>32640
THERE IS THE KIND OF SHIT THAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYTHING NOW.

MY GOD, it's so fucking sad when Kids have to try so much harder to have a FUCKING LIFE NOW because of this kinda shit.

Kids don't want garbage boring Star Wars prequels with Jar jar binks.

THEY WANT TO SEE ALIENS AND MONSTERS AND SPACE SHIPS, they want fascinating stories in space or the future.

It used to be that it was perfectly acceptable to take your children to R rated movies and buy toys from those movies.

Fucking cultural backsliding.
>> No. 32642
>>32640

I thought the rating hasn't been finalized yet?
>> No. 32643
>>32641
>perfectly acceptable to take your children to R rated movies

>Watched Aliens at 6-7ish
>Ripley's chestburster dream sequence
>Slept under my blanket for days
Maybe it's not such a good idea to traumatize kids.
>> No. 32644
>>32642
I don't see why they bother rating stuff. Nowadays kids know how to download x-rated porn, while their parents go "what is a pirated torrent?".
>> No. 32645
>>32643
HA HA! Don't try that shit on me.

I watched it at 5.

>>32644
Thank God for that.
>> No. 32646
>>32644
MPAA ratings are really just demographic guidelines these days, since studios won't hesitate to cut/rewrite stuff to avoid certain ratings
>> No. 32647
>>32645
Meanwhile, I couldn't watch The Iron Giant all the way to the end. Your personal experiences aren't some kind of universal standard that everyone else should be held to. Especially because you're... you know... The Sneaky Tiki.
>> No. 32648
>>32647
Yeah I know, t'was fucking around at that point.
>> No. 32652
>>32645
Access to porn/violence has never been this easy for kids since the days of Ancient Rome. I wonder if this very early exposure has any psychological/social effects?

-The internet took full swing around the mid 1990's.
-Roneryfags, NEETs, and school shootings arose around the 2000's.
-By 2010, kids who grew up with the internet had an unemployment rate of over 10%, one of the highest rates in recent history.
-Despite the economy recovering, the number of NEETs continues to rise.
-The average male middle-class white guy spends 10 hours a week playin vidyas, and the amount is increasing.
-They additionally spend an extra +10 hours on the internets, also increasing.
-The overall birthrate in industrialized countries is dangerously low.
>> No. 32655
>>32652
And the number of patients admitted to hospitals gets higher when there is a full moon.

Wait, what were we talking about 'cuz it's sure as hell not the same thing.
>> No. 32658
>>32652
>The overall birthrate in industrialized countries is dangerously low.
Good. Overpopulation problem solved without some horrible genocide or disaster.
>> No. 32659
>>32652
>>32655
To ignore that kind of question completely is a disservice, Tiki.

It's an interesting speculation. The demographic information supports it, as do certain aspects of culture overall. Scientific studies are still being conducted as to the effects of the internet on the human mind and brain. And indeed, I feel like a lot of public culture is just now coming into contact with the undercurrent that is the career netizens. It is no longer the sole realm of the lone and wealthy, it is nearly ubiquitous to everyday life, even if that's only in a passive sense like asking your phone for directions.

It's offtopic, of course, but it is a curious wonderment.
>> No. 32661
>>32658
Except that overpopulation isn't about raw numbers, it's about resource usage. Developed countries are better able to make resources stretch than less developed ones, so overpopulation is actually less of a big deal in developed countries than underdeveloped or developing ones ones.

Also, low birth rates are bad because they lead to aging populations, and could cause a country to collapse if too large a fraction of its population is unable to work--i.e. if the number of retirees gets so large the working population can't support them. Which is getting to be a very real possibility in Japan, and what with the Baby Boomers getting to retirement age, even the United States is going to suffer a pretty big hit.
>> No. 33340
T -2 DAY BUMP
>> No. 33342
>>33340
Already showing in Britain, by the way. Saw it in the IMAX, it looked fucking gorgeous.

The film itself? Eh, it's all right I guess. Very good script but the plot's portentous and silly.
>> No. 33393
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Just saw the premier. My gawd, it was quite literally full of stars. Creatures were delightful, SFX were used wisely, and we got some legitimately disturbing scenes in there as well. Very difficult considering today's audience. I think the film as a whole will age well.

Literally the only part of the movie that bombed was the scene where the biologist touches the vagina snake. Why, why, why? Those 30 seconds were the worst part of the entire film.

Also, did the ending scene in the lifeboat remind anyone else of pic related? Like, a lot? Dem vibes, man. Dat chandelier.
>> No. 33396
Really good movie. David broke new grounds in the realm of cinematic A-holes.
>> No. 33397
moar like Noomi Tentacle-Rape-Face
>> No. 33400
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So... Where... Um...
>> No. 33402
>>33396
And yet he still gonna tap that ass.
>> No. 33404
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>>33400

Shut up 80's, we don't want you here.
>> No. 33408
>>33402
... Not sure what you're implying there. But I don't like it.
>> No. 33412
>>33404
YO, FUCK THAT

80'S PLEASE COME BACK, OUR MUSIC IS FUCKING TERRIBLE!
>> No. 33416
Saw Prometheus last night. It was pretty bad.

Shaw is a fucking trooper walking around with just staples keeping her stomach closed. Also, Fassbender is REALLY great at playing a creepy, sinister, yet charming, android.
>> No. 33419
>>33412

>OUR MUSIC IS FUCKING TERRIBLE!

Sorry bro. I'd take 50 Ke$has over a single Chicago any day of the week.
>> No. 33425
>>33408
Space travel can get awful long and lonely. I'm sure pearl polishing is among David's skillset. And if not, well it's not like he's got any competition left.
>> No. 33426
Reading spoiler-filled Prometheus threads is like wading through an SCP article.
>> No. 33429
>>33416
> It was pretty bad.

I meant rad. Prometheus was pretty rad.

Also, Shaw was pretty hardcore. She was running around with surgical staples, gets smacked in her staples buy a gun, and then jumps onto the moving platform, and slams her staples AGAIN, but she keeps on going.
>> No. 33434
Call me a retard, but the movie completely lost me towards the end, and not in a good way (like in 2001). I think I will give Ridley the benefit of doubt and rewatch it so parhaps it will make more sense.
>> No. 33435
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>>33434

It won't. About 30 minutes had to be cut to fit it into theaters (citation needed, I keep hearing this but can't find the source.)

That said, the current shitstorms on the crapchan are hilarious. Literally no one seems to know what to think, so they've devolved into capslock fights in an attempt to convince one another of various things.

So, preemptively, let's have calm and reasonable discussion about how space drugs are bad, mmmkay?
>> No. 33436
>>33419
>Chicago
You're listening to the wrong Chicago. Chicago 25 Or 6 To 4youtube thumb

Anyways, PROMETHEUS was great. A few too many plot holes and dangling threads, but, quite an experience. Also, my god that cinematography was amazing.
>> No. 33439
So I just got back from seeing this.

Visually, this film is phenomenal. I don't think there's going to be a better looking movie for the rest of the year. And there's a few neat scenes like the would-be chestbursting. I also quite liked Elba and Fassbender in this, and didn't find anyone else putting on a show.

That said, I think it's a movie that will get worse every time you see it, because it has so, SO many problems in the script. Most of them stemming from the fact that these are the WORST fucking scientists ever and literally everything that happens hinges on them being total fucking morons.
>> No. 33441
Oh hey, for those that stayed until the end of the credits: What do you think is going to happen on 10/11/12?
>> No. 33442
>>33441

Oh hey, look what I found!

http://www.whatis101112.com/
>> No. 33462
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for this movie all i really heard about it, as far as casting goes, was that Charlize Theron was in it and she is only like a supporting actress lol. so, i was presently surprised when Noomi Rapace and Idris Elba's name came up on the big screen. more so for the former since she's mai waifu

>>33397
lulz

>>33439
seriously, worst fucking scientist ever. although they were pretty spot on with geologists being assholes. fucking rock doctors
>> No. 33464
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What's up with all the people I am seeing on the interabutt saying that Jesus Christ clearly was an Engineer? Perhaps I blinked at the wrong moment durimg the movie, but I seriously have no idea where does that come from.

Also, wouldn't people from that era notice that there was something funny about an impossibly tall, muscular, hairless albino guy?
>> No. 33465
>>33464
People are saying it because it was Ridley Scott's original plan, he cut it from the script for being "too on the nose."
>> No. 33474
>>33462
>>33439
i think nearly all scientists from the alien-verse classify as worst scientists ever
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>> No. 33482
Oh man, saw this yesterday, so much better than what I'd been hearing.
The entire medi-pod scene was the tensest film moment I've seen in years.
>> No. 33484
>>33474
This movie goes BEYOND any of the idiocy seen before though. ...Except maybe that one kissy face scene in Resurrection.

For me this movie was something where I walked out of the theater having enjoyed it, but the longer I let it sink in the worse I think of it, and even while I was in there I was questioning a lot of the nonsense things like Charlize's pod being programmed for men or Dipshits 1 and 2 getting lost despite being the ones with the map and being watched by another guy with the map.

Damn if it didn't look cool though.
>> No. 33485
>>33484
I'm pretty sure the medical pod being programmed for men was meant to be blatant foreshadowing for Weyland being alive and on board. He is on the verge of death, after all.
>> No. 33486
> Weyland Corporation
> in AVP, the founder of the company is Charles Weyland
> in Prometheus, the founder is Peter Weyland

Does that mean Prometheus casts AvP off the canon?
>> No. 33494
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not only were the scientists retarded, but so was the Captain. first, having sex with Vickers doesn't mean shes not an android. she's not, but it's not like they aren't anatomically correct. they're androids after all. then before the film's climax he's all like, "i'll do whatever it takes to keep any biohazard from reaching Earth!" not 15 minutes later "okay, that alien ship full of biohazard is taking off. we might as well too and head back home." shaw,"no captain, you have to stop it from getting to earth! because it's full of biohazard!" captain,"well, i'll do whatever it takes to stop that from happening". was that redundancy really necessary? no

>>33485
>>33484
the first thought i had was SHE'S A MAN BABY!
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