Bishop54 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'm not comforted in the choice of the writer. Yes I know he was just one of the many writers of Green Lantern but that script was a mess. So I take it it'll be a reduced budget since it'll be just Shaw and David going to find "Paradise"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 A More Alien-y 'Prometheus' Sequel Probably Isn't A Good Thing LOL the fact that they weren't planning on a sequel just shows what a cluster fuck the first movie was. It left so many unanswered questions without any intention on answering them in the future, fuck this movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Mover and Shaker Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) I think the problem with Prometheus (and, similarly, Alien 3 & 4) is that the potential for a completely riveting tale is there, including huge questions like where did we come from, what's out there, how do we relate to it, etc. Wonderful human questions, appropraitely wrapped up in a horror atmosphere, as that is definitely one possibility. Few things frustrate us more than awesome potential only half-ass realized, and I thnk that aptly sums up the Alien franchise as a whole. ...and this applies very well specifically to Prometheus. What a cool, cool idea, at times executed brilliantly, but ultimately fumbled enough to piss us off. I am very much looking forward to Prometheus 2. Yet I'm sure I'll be overwhelmed with cool possibilities that fall short in execution. Edited March 25, 2014 by Prime Mover and Shaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I think the problem with Prometheus (and, similarly, Alien 3 & 4) is that the potential for a completely riveting tale is there, including huge questions like where did we come from, what's out there, how do we relate to it, etc. Wonderful human questions, appropraitely wrapped up in a horror atmosphere, as that is definitely one possibility. Kubrick has the good taste to keep it ambiguous in 2001. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Kubrick has the good taste to keep it ambiguous in 2001. Ambiguous? He even didn't try to answer that question in 2001. I've seen that film two times and I hate the pretentious 'This answers where did we come from' statement. The only think he suggests is that the evolution is always linked to violence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Kubrick has the good taste to keep it ambiguous in 2001. Not so much ambiguous but Kubrick showed us things but didn't spell them out. So you interpret what you see but Kubrick's vision was clear as crystal and the whole movie illustrates and drives home that point: Mankind's evolution steps are painfully driven by an alien superior force and the unquenchable quest to understand its origin lead us beyond the borders of our conscience. Edited March 25, 2014 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not so much ambiguous but Kubrick showed us things but didn't spell them out. So you interpret what you see but Kubrick's vision was clear as crystal and the whole movie illustrates and drives home that point: Mankind's evolution steps are painfully driven by an alien superior force and the unquenchable quest to understand its origin lead us beyond the borders of our conscience. Well, the movie did put us int that self-reflective inward journey of the mind. You cannot help to ponder about the whole Creation ideas even though the movie does not address it directly or explicitly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 You cannot help to ponder about the whole Creation ideas even though the movie does not address it directly or explicitly. Nah, you can. You really can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 why do people even hate on prometheus? it has a good box office and score on rotten tomatoes.. i personally liked it and i'm pretty sure most people did too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 why do people even hate on prometheus? it has a good box office and score on rotten tomatoes.. i personally liked it and i'm pretty sure most people did tooPlus a decent IMDB score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 why do people even hate on prometheus? Because it's not a good movie. The script is terrible. Character development is non-existent. It's one of those movies that doesn't answer anything because it assumes we'll automatically we'll see the sequel. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 FOX probably did a sequal also because DVD sales were strong.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/alien-prequel-prometheus-tops-official-video-chart-1645/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 FOX probably did a sequal also because DVD sales were strong.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/alien-prequel-prometheus-tops-official-video-chart-1645/ Lol, I thought that was going to be a link to its lifetime sales, not news that it entered the charts at number 1 on its first week... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I just want to know if characters will run aside from falling debris and not try to pet suspicious vagina snakes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I just want to know if characters will run aside from falling debris and not try to pet suspicious vagina snakes As long as Ridley Scott is dictating, I'm sure we'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 why do people even hate on prometheus? it has a good box office and score on rotten tomatoes.. i personally liked it and i'm pretty sure most people did too Because it's not a good movie. The script is terrible. Character development is non-existent. It's one of those movies that doesn't answer anything because it assumes we'll automatically we'll see the sequel. This. The character motivations never make any sense. And they're poorly conceived: we're supposed to be following a scientific mission, but nothing in the setup or the actions makes that seem at all plausible. They might be the stupidest scientists shown on film... and considering there was a movie where Denise Richards played a nuclear physicist, that's saying something. Plus the pacing is incredibly bad. It might not be the worst of any film I've seen, but it's close. There are multiple times when it's apparent that they suddenly remembered that "oh, yeah! this is supposed to be a sci-fi horror film" and then up and kill a bunch of characters. There were only two scenes in the entire film that were remotely scary. One was the abortion. The other was the two guys in the relic with the worm thingy. (And that was predicated on them being monumentally stupid.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Screw the haters. I had fun and I'm looking forward to the sequel. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 it seems like only a handful of really vocal online l0sers hate it.. and while we're comparing to alien (which i loved) prometheus answered more questions so 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Screw the haters. I had fun and I'm looking forward to the sequel. Yeah, that should be funnier than Anchorman 2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 yeah even though Prometheus had a lot of problems for some reason I still enjoyed it. I'll be in line for the sequel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
