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[Suairyu]

Doesn't really feel like an Alien film, but it does look good

Why would it feel like an Alien film?

 

[AniHawk]

my most anticipated film of the year. i really hope this delivers.

 

[Senoculum]

Great googly moogly.

brb sharing with my drunk friends.

 

[∀ Narayan]

from the teaser earlier today

so it's definitely something that happens outside

Oh god... WHAT THE FUCK?

 

[strafer]

Thank you based Ridley Scott.

dat Charlize

 

[G-Fex]

interesting......

 

[derFeef]

THis movie is going to be amazing. I am so glad there is good SCIFI out there again.

 

[Daft_Cat]

Doesn't really feel like an Alien film, but it does look good

Really? I definitely get Alien vibes. First film only, though.

Why would it feel like an Alien film?

I'm not sure if these posts are entirely serious. Alien and Prometheus are both by the same director, share the same genre, and feature the same universe and continuity. That doesn't mean the two films should be overly similar in terms of aesthetics or whatever, but for that poster to compare the two certainly isn't bizarre or anything.

All in all an amazing trailer. I thought it would be impossible for them to pull something together more incredibly tantalizing than that teaser, but they sure as hell managed it.

 

[Zeliard]

Scary looking.

http://i.imgur.com/EL4Vj.jpg

Animated gif of this from other thread, courtesy of Anteater:

http://www.abload.de/img/sj02tck7y.gif

I'm linking to it in case people want to avoid it. But it looks neat as hell.

 

[shadyspace]

Animated gif of this from other thread, courtesy of Anteater:

http://www.abload.de/img/sj02tck7y.gif

I'm linking to it in case people want to avoid it. But it looks neat as hell.

I don't understand why Scott is going around playing down the Alien connection. There's a fucking

Spoiler

Space Jockey

in your trailer, dude.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Really? I definitely get Alien vibes. First film only, though.

From the trailer it doesn't look scary enough, needs more Giger abominations lurking from the shadows

 

[JGS]

Great trailer. I get the impression they are giving me too much information but, like most good trailers, they probably aren't.

 

[Esiquio]

Damn, that is some of the best-looking sci-fi I've ever seen. I mean, what else comes close to looking that good, cinematography and production value-wise.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

OH MY GOD

 

[Zeliard]

I don't understand why Scott is going around playing down the Alien connection. There's a fucking

Spoiler

Space Jockey

in your trailer, dude.

Even more blatantly, there's this, screen-capped by MYE earlier in the thread:

http://i.imgur.com/MJqck.png

 

[shadyspace]

I hope this doesn't end up like Sunshine where the only antagonist is some mutated dude.

 

[K444WSR]

The trailer is amazing and it looks like Ridley Scott is once again doing what he does best..amazing sci-fi. Going on blackout now.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Looks good.

 

[Jimothy]

I can kind of pick up the 3D depth in some of the shots in trailer, especially all of the corridors.

 

[StudioTan]

this pleases me.

 

[lazybones18]

I can kind of pick up the 3D depth in some of the shots in trailer, especially all of the corridors.

This was shot in 3D?

 

[Nappuccino]

Atmosphere/weather is all wrong for that.

doesn't mean that can't change by the end of the movie.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

PG 13

Hmm, I thought Ridley was shooting for a R rating.

Even more blatantly, there's this, screen-capped by MYE earlier in the thread:

http://i.imgur.com/MJqck.png

Damn, that kind of seals the deal for me. Even if it doesn't have bearings on the Alien movies themselves, it has to be in the same universe.

 

[Jimothy]

This was shot in 3D?

Yup.

 

[Zeliard]

This was shot in 3D?

Yep. Unfortunately it won't be 48 (or 60) FPS though. Gonna have to wait for The Hobbit to see that sort of really fluid 3D.

However I trust Ridley's visual eye much more than most other directors.

 

[Jburton]

download link?

 

[lazybones18]

Yup.

Good, can't wait to see how good the 3D will be

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Can't believe I still have to wait until June.

One thing I love about Ridley Scott is that he would rather film the actual thing than rely completely on CGI:
which I always found has much better results (Avatar always seemed a little off to me despite the impressive tech):

The art direction especially, the score, the cast, the director- all of that is why people should be excited (unless you don't like sci-fi, then I can't help you).

Why do people always get stupid about Avatar when they see great practical sets like the ones in Prometheus? Tell me, genius: which part of Avatar that wasn't shot practically would you have thought could be done practically.

 

[Recon]

Due to this trailer blowing my mind and being my #2 hyped movie of the summer(right behind Batman), I am watching Alien for the first time. I have seen Aliens, all the predator films, and both wretched AvP movies. But for some reason I never got around to seeing Alien. Is the directors cut the version to watch? Because that is what I am watching right now.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Great trailer. I get the impression they are giving me too much information but, like most good trailers, they probably aren't.

probably did anyway, but oh well.

 

[Jimothy]

Due to this trailer blowing my mind and being my #2 hyped movie of the summer(right behind Batman), I am watching Alien for the first time. I have seen Aliens, all the predator films, and both wretched AvP movies. But for some reason I never got around to seeing Alien. Is the directors cut the version to watch? Because that is what I am watching right now.

Definitely watch the theatrical cut. The Director's Cut was just something Fox made Scott do for one of the DVD releases. The theatrical cut is the real director's cut.

 

[Pollux]

day fucking 1

 

[Alucard]

Looks a zillion times better than Avatar.

 

[DiscoPower]

Now THAT, is what I call a Trailer.

 

[Clockwork]

Atmosphere/weather is all wrong for that.

Terraforming can do crazy things.

 

[TheDiabolical]

that's how to restart a franchise

Joss Whedon
Ridley Scott
Chris Nolan

will own 2012

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Just watched it for the 2nd time.HOLY SHIT.

 

[Snaku]

Definitely watch the theatrical cut. The Director's Cut was just something Fox made Scott do for one of the DVD releases. The theatrical cut is the real director's cut.

Yup, this!

 

[Recon]

Definitely watch the theatrical cut. The Director's Cut was just something Fox made Scott do for one of the DVD releases. The theatrical cut is the real director's cut.

Yup, this!

Ughh I am about 30 minutes into the Directors Cut. Is the difference significant enough to stop watching and watch the theatrical cut?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

that's how to restart a franchise

Joss Whedon
Ridley Scott
Chris Nolan

will own 2012

I lol'd hard.

 

[DMczaf]

that's how to restart a franchise

Joss Whedon
Ridley Scott
Chris Nolan

will own 2012

 

[Nappuccino]

Ughh I am about 30 minutes into the Directors Cut. Is the difference significant enough to stop watching and watch the theatrical cut?

there are some pacing differences, i believe. and ridley doesn't remove the one really horrible cut in the film.

Even ridley says the theatrical cut is his director's cut.

 

[Clockwork]

I am still hedging me bets (contrary to what has been communicated) that this is pretty much a direct prequel to Alien.

Spoiler

I'd go as far as to say my guess is that planet is LV-426 and the space jockey and the ship are the same ones we see in Alien. I think the events in Prometheus are covered up by Weyland Corp which is why by time Alien hits (what 50 years later) nobody really knows what occurred. However, I think Weyland-Yutani does, hence the reason for Ash's orders to tranport/contain the specimen.

http://youtu.be/bEVY_lonKf4

:52 It's the same ship, unless they have a fleet of these that all look the same

 

[MrToughPants]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcHYisZFLU

 

[Jimothy]

Ughh I am about 30 minutes into the Directors Cut. Is the difference significant enough to stop watching and watch the theatrical cut?

I'm not gonna spoil anything, but there's a completely unnecessary scene near the end that throws off the pacing of the climax. It doesn't ruin the movie or anything, but the scene was rightly cut out of the theatrical version. If the DC is your only option, then don't really worry about. It's an incredible film either way.

 

[Kak.efes]

Ughh I am about 30 minutes into the Directors Cut. Is the difference significant enough to stop watching and watch the theatrical cut?

Only negligibly. I really wouldn't worry about it. The experience is the same.

 

[shadyspace]

I'm not gonna spoil anything, but there's a completely unnecessary scene near the end that throws off the pacing of the climax. It doesn't ruin the movie or anything, but the scene was rightly cut out of the theatrical version.

what scene? spoiler it for the other poster's sake, obviously.

 

[Recon]

Alright, cool, I will just keep watching. I will probably watch the film again closer to Prometheus release and will watch the theatrical cut instead.

 

[nitewulf]

good trailer, and definitely will be a good film, but the trailer pretty much gives everything away, no?

Spoiler

1) crew member gets infected and turns into a hybrid
2) gets into space jockey exoskeleton at some point
3) starts up alien ship to destroy earth
4) Prometheus crew/Idris Elba(android?) rams alien ship, sacrificing self
5) alien hybrid attacks human crew, perhaps trying to take over the human ship or a shuttle to complete its mission to go to earth
6) the human crew obviously sacrifice themselves and stop it

i am genuinely hoping i am wrong.

also, it looks too clean, wish it looked darker and grittier.

 

[Jimothy]

what scene? spoiler it for the other poster's sake, obviously.

Spoiler

Ripley finds Dallas cocooned and he begs her to kill him.