do you think this will find a mainstream audience

OK, that makes sense Shane...so...I guess the it depends on how you define a "FLOP'. If you mean it will not be a commercial success I think that's just flat out impossible...just out of a love for this franchise and of movies of this nature people will FLOCK to it. If you mean the avg movie fan will NOT like it but YOU like it why would you even care...let's say 50 million see it in the first week and noone likes it...but the critics love it...does that make it a flop? My Point is there is NO WAY ON EARTH...THIS FILM WILL EVER BE CLASSIFIED AS A FLOP...EVER! IF THERE WERE EVEN A CHANCE OF THIS FOX WOULD HAVE PUT A STOP TO IT A LONG TIME AGO AND RIDLEY WOULD HAVE STOPPED IT EVEN BEFORE THEY DID! just my lowly 2 cents... stop worrying! Have Faith !That means knowing in your heart it cannot fail...No Chance !

I live in Ga. I expect to hear a lot of moaning from the Bible beaters. Always thought it was funny how people with such strong beliefs get threatened by movies, etc. I guess it's easier to believe in a magic baby, when you never have to think.

I don't have a lot of faith in a world-viewership that made the 2 most successful movies of all time: 1. Avatard 2. Titanic While I did find the following to be entertaining: The robotic motions of the 3D shipmates during the XLS's in 2. and the over-the-top VFX in 1... Prometheus will need a solid, deep, and thought-provoking story to capture an audience that is already saturated (and frankly spoiled) by outrageous special effects and insipid stories. I'm also worried about the release of other fantasy/adventure/sci-fi films before the release of Prometheus, like John Carter, Clash of the Titans, The Immortals (on DVD), etc... overwhelming said public and watering down it's reception. Bottom line... no one ever sets out to make a bad film (well, maybe Corman). It's just factors like the extremely rare convergence of the planets that allows it to happen right. It is a rare thing indeed.

what lucas did with the prequels was this..he thought the fans would eat them up just like the origional films so what he did was fill the movies with as many toys as possible..he literally made so many ships and so many stupid characters because his goal was to sell millions of toys millions of pieces of merchandise related to the prequels like he did with the original trilogy...but george lucas is an idiot his prequels did well at the box office but were nowhere near as populaur as the origonal trilogies...george lucas is an idiot howard the duck? red tails? speilberg is the reason indiana jones was cool george lucas is a moron

John Carter, Clash of the Titans, The Immortals Just FYI all of these will have little significance because of this... THE HUNGER GAMES !!! BELIEVE ME...THOSE FILMS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE...BUT THIS ONE IS !!!

might be good for all of us old timers ,,no line ups and noisy teenagers bugging us ( like the one i got) , then after the first week out ,,,,,ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AT THE BOX OFFICE ,,,it can not fail.

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