I am increasingly worried that this film will be disappointing

"Alien looked out at an unknowable universe. Prometheus brings is right back down to Earth. Boring." I cry total BS on whiney threads like this....I have no problem with nervousness that 'Prometheus' will not deliver...I have no issue with the expression of that either...I get that and I have some reservations my self.....But don't tell me you know anything...none of us does...... I am so entirely sick and tired of this 'IT WILL SUCK BECAUSE OF THIS OR THAT' nonsense or 'EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MYSELF...IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE GOOD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET MY STRICT EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT I THINK THE JOCKEY SHOULD TURN OUT TO BE OR LOOK LIKE OR THIS OR THAT OR BECAUSE OF MY VAIN SELF IMPORTANCE TO THINK I KNOW HOW IT SHOULD UNFOLD." oh wah wah wah....so things may not be what you expected them to be.. We, including you @chthon, have seen NOTHING. Stop it with the temper tantrums about a film none of us can say anything definitive about either way. "Come on! It's shite. A missed opportunity for greatness." Who are you chthon....Nostra-FRAKKING-damus? You know what...you may be right...I can admit that once I've had the chance to see the material and judge it on its merits, giving my opinion on the result, rather than beforehand, having seen only glimpses.... "I prefer to lower my expectations now, then I'll love this film if it's good." Now I appreciate this much about how you feel.....I'm just sick of this notion that any of us is certain of anything....we sound like childish fools when we act like our S@#T don't stink and every little idea we fart out about what this movie should be is gospel....and I'm as guilty as the next person, but come on.....see the damn thing, then tear it apart or praise it...whatever you want...until then, leave it be.....

Tell that to my pet "THE REAL SPACE JOCKEY" [img]http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/bipolarestancia/tapir_01.jpg[/img]

Another COMPLETELY original thread dedicating to whining about the dude being blue. I haven't seen one of these in what, 24 hours?

WHAT?! They're blue? Film ruined. And not just this film, all film, now and forever!

in fact I like the idea of the blue man. which brings me doubt is the design of his suit (nothing more)

Hate the blue. Love the Predator.

Give me space tapirs any day. Alien looked out at an unknowable universe. Prometheus brings is right back down to Earth. Boring. Prometheus could be so bad that the high-priest geek devotee Alien purists may declare it 'non canon'.

I....don't even know what do say to that.

Let me put it this way, without seeing it I already know it is at least better then Alien Resurrection, AvP, or AvP:R. Alien Resurrection is in my top 50 shittiest movies I have ever seen list. AvP:R is the worst film i have seen. That and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Ridley Scott has made exactly 2 scifi movies, both of which are in most critics top 10-15 great scifi movies of all time list. Have some fucking faith it won't be shit.

Judging by the trailer, the film looks more teal than blue. ;)

@Shane I believe that Prometheus is a great movie but I also think it's normal to feel some nervousness, after all we've waited this movie for long.

THEY'RE TEAL?!?!?!!!111!!1 Even worse.

It's pretty much impossible to replicate the power films have when your aged 9-14. So everyone who sneakily saw Alien when they were a kid and are hoping to be similarly blown away - I can't see it. I prefer to lower my expectations now, then I'll love this film if it's good.

@chthon LOL reminds me of the issue of "high Priests Purists" of Star Trek, in the beginning they did not trust the work of JJ Abrams and @juston I like your avatar

Sorry double post

I think that if you hype up a movie as much as we have on this site there is bound to be some kind of disappointment. It's just natural. It's not going to be what everyone wants. I was super hyped to see the Dark Knight and was really disappointed (Not that it was a bad movie but I expected it to be THE movie). I don't care that they're blue, just hope they kick some ass.

Thanks Shambhala. As soon as I saw the David 8 video I knew I had to make the flower scene my avatar. Too funny.

I am going because it is Ridley Scott doing scifi. I am also excited for it because of that, not because it is relation to Alien. The only Alien movie I like is the first one. That movie, upon re-release in Canada was AA. In the states that would equal PG-13 but you have to be 14 to see it without an adult.

It is better than little blue men, right? Little blue men are only scary when the anal probes get whipped out. I think I've already seen the big blue men's member. It looked a little silly, but I am sure it means business. Oh, and there will be some probing going on. It is a trademark of Alien, the DNA so to speak.

Ill make a lot of enemies here, but i even dare to say i will probably like Prometheus a lot more than Alien, whatever colour the engineers have. i just don't know what to think of them, i just read on the latest news art of the planet. The big head is part of their culture, the planet is biomec. But the few images i saw make me think of old/ruined. dead (dormant?) civilisation, like when they discovered those sites in south america.

Large blue Borg, pink snake and squid harass some space explorers. Minimal space tapirs Perhaps Prometheus 2 will be set in alternative universe in which they don't stop the SJ ship. They arrive at Earth and David 8 utters those immortal words: "Population approximately nine billion... all Borg."

Judge the film on its own merits and don't compare it to whats gone before. For sure Alien is one of the greatest sci fi/horror films ever made, there's no question of that but Prometheus in my opinion is offering us something new and not just another instalment in an already overdone series. The trailers look astonishing. I haven't been so excited about a movie release for years and if it's a disappointment when I actually get to view it then that's life. I'll still hold judgement until I've seen the actual thing

I still don't think RS will end 30 years of speculation on who the SJ was by putting him in the trailer. Still. You will be disappointed with this movie if You expect it to take place in any shape or form on lv426 You think it will directly lead to the events in alien You expect to see a xeno You think it will will explain everything from the alien movie

I do think it will explain Alien(movie) and more, but will end with questions (sequel possibility) that will have nothing to do with Xeno anymore. or something completely else, no matter what, i'll probably love it

There is a clear and distinct chance that this movie will disappoint, I believe this because.... 1. The massive and unprecedented levels of expectation from the fans 2. Scotts propensity for sometimes directing really crap movies 3. The involvement of Damon Lindelof (who is a complete douchebag) 4. The appearance of The Blue Guys There is however, I believe a greater chance that the movie will be a success, because! 1. Scott when in form can produce works of genius 2. The prop and costume design alone are a success already 3. The watertight secrecy suggests something amazing will unfold and surprise us 4. Fassbender, Raprace, Theron - all the best Hollywood has to offer at the moment. I say 80/20 chance of success and am taking bets!

My only concern is wether Shaw's "British" accent sounds natural or not. Since I'm also from Sweden, can somebody please tell me if she is convincing. Please

We keep saying the guy is Blue.... but is he really that Blue? Ridley had hinted all along the Space Jockey was maybe a Suit.... Some may have prefered that it was some large creature like the Trolls from LOR but with the head of that creature in the image above ;) I guess the biggest gripe is why are they so Human Looking...... Well i guess as Ridley decided to throw in a Ancient Astronaught/Creation plot to the Story and in those Ancient Civilisations the creators created us in their image and was depicted as Human like just double our height or more, Ridley decided to have the guys in the suits look Human.

Its hard to know at the moment, I think she'll do it justice, Ridley wouldnt stand for anything less. Fassbenders accent is excellent.

I've always had an image of a tall blue anthropomorphic Alien with red eyes as a cinematic device ever since I read Campbell's "Who Goes There?" I love the tall blue image...it makes my blood run cold!

As a Star Trek purist, i don't really accept jjs version. It looks and tastes a bit like star trek, but it's not Star Trek, Visually yes, it looks great, but plotwise it a mess, ST fans like a bit of inteligence in their sci-fi.... Kirks rise to rank of Captain within a conversation not due to his hardworking, neither does the concept of time travel. Trying to make something "more popular" quite often diminishes it. The film wasn't made for star trek fans. On the other hand, it's quite obvious Prometheus has been made with fans of the original alien in mind, we know next to nothing about the plot. So I think it's unfair to have a pop at the blue meanies, Did the xeno appear in the original trailer for alien? I think not. Ridley will be saving the big shocks for the cinema.

I agree on the Star Trek motion - I think the JJ Abrams movie was appalling, a pure bubblegum teenage block buster produced to appeal to a wider audience. ST is not meant to appeal to a wider audience, it's for geeks. As soon as you stop doing that you lose the essence of the show. What Ridley is trying to do, is to appeal to a wider audience by using the themes that made Alien successful but not necessarily using the content that made Alien successful.

I see Alien written all over this film.....it gushes with Alien imagery and plot lines. If it were any more Alien it would be Alien 5, The Next Generation!

Well, my plan is to take advantage of the fact that the film comes out earlier in other countries before it opens in the US. I will definitely be downloading a shitty camrip of this before it opens here so I can see if it is worth shelling out money to see in the theater. If the downloaded camrip is leads me to believe that the movie is awesome, I will line up to go see it twice - once in 2D and once in 3D. If I am disappointed, then they don't get any money from me.

Anyone posting on this site who downloads a camrip of Prometheus should be shot. Why would you ruin a film you're so obviously interested in? Also @ Craigmore - take a chill pill

Well, this movie will definitely dissapoint scientists. RS has decided that all that science says about the evolution of life on earth for 4 billion years before humans appeared is "nonsense" and that he offers us his own theory in this movie. In the current Dark Age of Scientific Creationism, Global Warming denial and unsustainable, greedy exploitation of the earth, this likely powerful movie will be one more lost opportunity to offer something more to people other than entertainement.

@craigamore I believe there is a great deal of value in what you say here. Your indignation seems appropriate, to me. @Darwin What do you mean? If you are correct, then Ridley Scott will have made those decisions because he is producing a pure Fiction, not a Documentary - on anything. I would hope most Scientists will have the sense to recognise the difference and I'm a little surprised and concerned that you, (in, evidently, your capacity as International Spokesperson for the Scientific Community), are publicly suggesting, here, that they do not. It seems to me, that Ridley Scott actually has no direct responsibility to present [i]your[/i] interpretation of the, "truth", of the issues you mention, and therefore no more accountability for not expressing those issues to your satisfaction, than anyone else who has set out to make a pure Fantasy film? After that, everything you have said seems misplaced - and I'm struggling to see what it is that you actually want from this man? Can you please clarify?