Prometheus over 3 hours long!

That would be so awesome. Or maybe that is before editing? But that would be cool!

Sounds good to me! Lindelof said Prometheus "is definitely epic in its scope. One of the filmmakers that we ended up talking about to a fair degree of redundancy was David Lean, who directed ‘Lawrence of Arabia'" and that movie was 216 minutes long.

its not new but is nice to hear it again :p

Three hours is really too long. They should be able to wrap this up nicely in 90 minutes. /sarc

90 minutes???? I don't even think I would see it if it was only an hour and a half

no im hoping for at least two hours + the longer the better 90 mins is no where near enough time to develop a rappor with the characters, i love an epic and epic suggests long and detailed.

190min version destined for BluRay release or uncut European version. US gets the PG13 + 160min version.

i cant remember the last time mr scott made a 90 min film its not his style especially in this genre 90 mins is fine for a tv pilot or a run of the mill popcorn flick but this is special.

Lol.. thats really good to hear! 3 hours of intense sci-fi! Fantastic. You know, adding the style of ‘Lawrence of Arabia'" to Prometheus would include the flashbacks.. As I recall the beginng of LoA is a funeral, then the story of his adventures, then back to the funeral. Not only that, but the comments that Ridley made about the crew in large places is also something else in LoA. The desert, the rooms, shrines.. etc...

I really don't get the studio here: on the one hand they're breaking Ridley's balls about this PG-13 bullcrap, and yet on the other hand, they wanna "squeeze 2 prequels" into a single film. I mean, hello! if you want to make some money, break it into 2 epic films and keep it rated R. That being said, I will piously watch through all 3 hours without a piss break.

Haha, I think some people misconstrued my comment about a 90-minute film. There was a /sarcasm tag there. :) There's no way you could pull this film off in 90 minutes.

yeah i'm thinking of getting a catapher and colostomy fitted for my screening

The longer the better. On average every Alien film before was roughly 2 hours. So if they want to carry the tradition onward and have enough time to build a quality story it NEEDS to be AT LEAST 2 hours if not longer.

Alien was rated R due to it's violent content and it was necessary for powerful, shocking results and it endures the test of time. I'm hoping for cosistency where Prometheus will uphold this tradition. I really can't imagine a PG-13 rating, which should be released on Blue-Ray as an after thought instead. And the G rated version as an FLV file format.

Most Ridley's large scale films run in excess of 150 minutes: Gladiator 170min uncut Kingdom of Heaven 189 min uncut Robin Hood 155 min uncut 1492 154 min I think the studios have no problem granting him a long cut of the movie judging from his track record.

Most Ridley's large scale films run in excess of 150 minutes: Gladiator 170min uncut Kingdom of Heaven 189 min uncut Robin Hood 155 min uncut 1492 154 min I think the studios have no problem granting him a long cut of the movie judging from his track record.

I imagined this coming in around the 2 hour mark. 2 and a half absolute tops.

@jones U really want thia movie be around 90 mins only? I know that quantity is unequal quality, but an epic movie should be around 150 mins, if not even longer, if there Is enough plot to be told.

@CBT, Haha, if you look at my first post, there's a /sarc (as in sarcasm) at the end. And then I made a second post stating that I was being sarcastic. It would be a disservice if this film is not at least 2.5 hours long.

@jones Haha, sorry, i was scrolling fast as i am online with my phone. yeah. A 2,5hour Prometheus cinematic release would be great. A 3 hour directors cut for dvd and blu-ray Please :)