119 minutes is TO SHORT

Not happy, still two mins longer then Alien.... though i want to see the 136 min version...

Slightly sad, but in a way It couldn´t be otherwise, PG-13 was obvious since the moment Ridley said He was shooting both versions, so the rate it´s not my concern, but the lenght... come on, Avatar was so long and it was for newborns, so why this PG-13 piece can´t be longer?? only hope is that when they release the director´s cut they will give the missing 30 minutes :P hoping hoping... by the way is this official? I mean the 119 min length? anyone?

The running time of Ridley Scott's original "Alien" was 117 minutes. Ridley Scott's Director's cut was even shorter, at approx. 116 minutes. The running time of Cameron's "Aliens" was 137 minutes, only 17 minutes more than the alleged running time of "Prometheus." Looking at Cameron's track record, it's no surprise that "Aliens" was longer. I think we're in good hands.

119 minutes is to short what?

Ridley states he's a business man and needs to consider the largest audience for prometheus in terms of the rating, well ridley a good business man should know to listen to your customers requirements when selling an item, or idea, or anything else for that matter. The core audience for this wants an r rating and a as promised epic film in length, and scope. When a director tells his audience he wants to make something really nasty ! the fan base for this particular franchise are not thinking pg 13 i would wager.

Blade Runner is around that length and he packed a ton into it. Have some faith people. Jesus.

My faith has been shattered way to many times for blind faith shane i'm airing my concerns because of the Betrayal's already evident. Judas.

@Shane.. Yep.. yesterday it was "this" is all wrong.... the day before that it was "that" is all wrong, now, the "whine" du jour is the "runtime"! Geeebus H. Murphy !... Bladerunner was only 117 m. folks. If Ridley Scott says his theatrical cut with the BEST PACING runs 119 minutes... then the proper length for this movie is 119 minutes. END OF STORY. Tommorrow the moaning will probably be about "Why aren't Randy Newman & Elton John doing the title track"

Why is every one griping? It's not this or that, the film has yet to come out, wait til after the film to gripe or get over 200 million and make the film yourself. Give Scott a chance here, the man has been making movies for quiet sometime....I think he knows what he is doing....

Ridley Scott has made 2 scifi movies. Both are in the top 15 best scifi movies ever made. That is enough for me to have faith in it being a good movie. But I am one of the people happy it won't have a facehugger, xeno, chest burster, or hopefully LV426. I'm good with all these things. In fact, I prefer it.

Quality not Quantity (hopefully)

LOL what betrayal? 119mins is plenty long enough here's why - Jaws RT 124mins, Star Wars 121mins, Reserviour dogs 99mins, now I could go on but why? A films running time reflects the stories output and there's plenty in those 3 films without being the length of LOTR or The Godfather.

All - more serious issues here... EG: Why aren't Randy Newman & Elton John doing the title track?! PML at CanadaPhil (even if he is Canadian...)

Well i'm thinking kingdom of heaven where the opposite of that proved to be the case in terms of length. I'm optimistic about this film but cynical as it gets when putting my faith in studio decisions. Give me an Example of a really nasty film thats both epic and pg 13 ?

Yeah but KOH is crap lol, and so is Black Hawk Down. But RS and Sci-fi is a match made in heaven so should keep the faith.

KOH the directors cut was a lot better than the theatrical release and lotr is not a good example that's not my idea of a good film either. Star wars ? are you kidding me . i didn't like it in 77 when i was 12

Well well i think that like all the things one love you always hope that they never end ... so its normal that we will more happy if Ridley said " its a 3 hours movie ..." They will be able to pack more "situations of what we saw in the trailers ? I start a bit to doubt that ...

Most movie run too long anyway. I endured The 3 transformers movie 2 days ago because I'm stupid. that movie could have had an hour on the editing room floor with ease. Instead, it was way to fucking long. Quality not quantity. If the story is 119 minute long, don't fuck with it just to appeal to fans.

Well it's hardly surprising is it frantz with all this talk of epic scale and comparisons in the media to lawrence of arabia, and david lean movie's one expected a lot more than a basic 2 hour film the lost pilot was only half an hour shorter lol. Yes shane but the crux of what i'm saying is this the directors opinion or a studios ? more often than not its the studios which fincher, ridley, and cameron, have testified to this being the case and in all those cases they were wrong (their words not mine ) thats all i'm saying.

He said in scope, not length. Something doesn't have to be long to be epic. Or to fully tell a story. We just all think epic = long.