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[TheKaeptain]

oh god oh god, watching this in imax, hopefully there's no 3d version there, I don't want no toned down color filter glasses screwing up this masterpiece.

Wasn't it filmed in 3D?

 

[bengraven]

Roomi looks and acts amazing in this. I think this might get her a lot more attention in Hollywood. The sweating, "praying" scene alone is hypnotising...and not just because she's incredibly hot...

 

[Sleepy]

Spoiler

the space jockey(s) are humans, transformed. I also have a feeling that when they die they become fossilized maybe, over a small period of time?

From the trailer it seems like a suit.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Avatar ripped off the first 2 ALIEN movies so you can't call Prometheus a ripoff

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

''From The Director of Blade Runner''

Oh god yessssss

 

[Alligatorjandro]

If the theater I go to doesn't have the sound up to the edge of comfort and "too fucking loud" I'll be leaving and demanding a refund.

This MUST be experienced properly.

Just say "Turn that shit up".

 

[Funky Papa]

I think the best part was when she(?) was in the pod squirming.

new fetish

 

[bengraven]

From the trailer it seems like a suit.

Right, I'm thinking they go into the suit and it fossilizes.




Also, 1:38 on the US trailer. Is that what I THINK it is?

 

[Sleepy]

Also, 1:36 on the US trailer. Is that what I THINK it is?

The dialogue? Can't hear it fully.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Is it just me or this new trailer is very dark. I had a hard time seeing all the details that were shown in the previous one.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

People still don't know this? It's an iconic sound effect.

I shake my head at those people. Sad.

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Regarding what the US trailer is telling us, I get a sense that they go wherever that map leads them (assuming it's LV-426), they find the alien ship, it launches, they try to stop it.

Are they providing too much story in the trailer by also showing the alien ship crashing back into the planet (LV-426)?

 

[bengraven]

The dialogue? Can't hear it fully.

No, what they show.

And I actually mean 1:38. My YT was delayed.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Avatar ripped off the first 2 ALIEN movies so you can't call Prometheus a ripoff

I don't know who in their right mind would.

 

[Salvadora]

The international trailer is far better.

 

[Anteater]

different color tentacle!

 

[bengraven]

Yeah, definitely a Xenomorph.

Edit: not the thing above, but @1:36 mark on the wall.

 

[Sleepy]

No, what they show.

And I actually mean 2:38. My YT was delayed.

Okay, I am completely missing it-- the credits?

 

[The_Squirrel_Menace]

Epic is epic.

 

[GhaleonEB]

much better trailer and with much less spoilers.

Yeah, I actually prefer the international one. Less intense, but also far less spoilery. Both simply superb, though.

I really hope the patience found in Alien is here, and Scott really takes his time with the story. No huge rush to the planet and the find and the action; a slow burn through to the midpoint before all hell starts breaking lose.

Interesting that they cite Scott's Blade Runner and Gladiator credentials, without referencing Alien. They clearly don't want to tether Prometheus to the expectations that are now associated with that film.

 

[G-Fex]

I think the best part was when she(?) was in the pod squirming.

you pervert

 

[Hot Coldman]

Watched UK trailer. Is it possible to be sold on something twice?

 

[anonymous_abc]

The international trailer is far better.

Just rewatched it, very generic, and no comparison IMHO.

 

[jtb]

Avatar ripped off the first 2 ALIEN movies so you can't call Prometheus a ripoff

Yeah, but Aliens...

Anyways, art is endlessly (and perhaps even inherently) derivative and referential. I've never understood why that is a bad/good thing. If it's enjoyable, then I'll like it. If it's shit, no matter how "original" it is, I'm not going to like it.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, definitely a Xenomorph.

Edit: not the thing above, but @1:36 mark on the wall.

Yeah I posted a screen a few pages back:

 

[bengraven]

Yeah I posted a screen a few pages back:

Sorry, didn't see that. I missed the middle few pages.

And here I was just screencapping it for him.

 

[TheKaeptain]

No, what they show.

And I actually mean 1:38. My YT was delayed.

We've already talked about it.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

http://i.imgur.com/xQwC1.png

So good! Youtube quality is really bad though. Wish they'd give us a real 1080p version already.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, I actually prefer the international one. Less intense, but also far less spoilery. Both simply superb, though.

I really hope the patience found in Alien is here, and Scott really takes his time with the story. No huge rush to the planet and the find and the action; a slow burn through to the midpoint before all hell starts breaking lose.

Interesting that they cite Scott's Blade Runner and Gladiator credentials, without referencing Alien. They clearly don't want to tether Prometheus to the expectations that are now associated with that film.

What I like most about the international trailer is that you can really see how well directed the scenes are without the trailer style cutting. Compare the opening scenes of the international trailer with the same scenes in the US trailer, and there's just so much more room for the characters to breath in the complete scenes.

That's very, very promising news for the actual film itself.

 

[bengraven]

We've already talked about it.

Yeah, like I said, I missed the middle parts of the conversation. I just got back into the thread when I saw the UK trailer was posted.

 

[F!ReW!Re]

So this:

Is a shot from the underside of that:

 

[GhaleonEB]

What I like most about the international trailer is that you can really see how well directed the scenes are without the trailer style cutting. Compare the opening scenes of the international trailer with the same scenes in the US trailer, and there's just so much more room for the characters to breath in the complete scenes.

That's very, very promising news for the actual film itself.

Yeah, the tone is very different and we get a sense of the feel of the scenes themselves. The US trailer is in a hurry to telegraph the plot, while the international one takes time to show the premise. It got me much more excited than the initial one.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, like I said, I missed the middle parts of the conversation. I just got back into the thread when I saw the UK trailer was posted.

Don't worry about it. Points get brought up over and over and discussed again in threads like this anyway. It's too fast moving to keep track of all the time.

 

[nero2082]

trailer 1 - epicly BERRRRM epic
trailer 2 - atmospheric
summary : sweet mother of NNNNNGH

 

[SpacedCadette]

What I like most about the international trailer is that you can really see how well directed the scenes are without the trailer style cutting. Compare the opening scenes of the international trailer with the same scenes in the US trailer, and there's just so much more room for the characters to breath in the complete scenes.

That's very, very promising news for the actual film itself.

Plus, the shift in tone between the curiosity/wonderment on Earth and the regret/terror on the alien planet is much more palpable.

 

[filler]

This all seems too good to me true, we're actually going to get an amazing scifi movie in 2012 and it's not going to pointless action scenes. I feel like I'm going to wake up and Prometheus will just be some dream I had.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The international trailer is far better.

Hell no.

 

[bengraven]

You have no idea how excited I am for this. Next to Star Wars/Trek, this is my big third tier sci-fi franchise. This movie made me realize at an early age that I preferred more realistic sci-fi - I loved feeling like you could go down on a lower deck and there's oil stains on the ground or dust on guages. The guys wore baseball caps and were essentially "truckers in space". I wanted more though, I wanted to see more types of creatures on other planets...Pitch Dark/Butcher Bay picked up that thread for me until Chronicles of Riddick came out and made that franchise more space opera-like.


Speaking of which, to this day Xenomorphs are the most terrifying fucking creature in film, period. I have nightmares almost 30 years later at least once every month or two about xenomorphs. haha

Don't worry about it. Points get brought up over and over and discussed again in threads like this anyway. It's too fast moving to keep track of all the time.

Just like the ME3 threads I guess.

 

[bearythebear]

Please tell me this is Imax

 

[StuBurns]

Please tell me this is Imax

I'm not sure what being 'imax' means exactly, but it will be shown at imax cinemas.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

2012 is off to such a great start. This might just already be MOTY though.

Please tell me this is Imax

IMAX and IMAX 3D.

 

[G-Fex]

This movie man

 

[Moaradin]

Oh god yessssss

Not sure why he chose Gladiator over Alien though. Weird choice.

 

[Funky Papa]

Not sure why he chose Gladiator over Alien though. Weird choice.

They are playing coy.

I actually chuckled when I saw that.

 

[F!ReW!Re]

Not sure why he chose Gladiator over Alien though. Weird choice.

They don't want to promote this as a direct prequel to Alien, that's probably why they want to keep this out of the trailer/promotional material

 

[Big Chungus]

Is this an Alien prequel or not?

I remember reading a few months ago that it was originally supposed to be an Alien prequel but then they changed it...

 

[Funky Papa]

Is this an Alien prequel or not?

I remember reading a few months ago that it was originally supposed to be an Alien prequel but then they changed it...

Prequel of a prequel, so they say. In any case, it is set in the same universe.

 

[duckroll]

I'm not surprised that they deliberated avoid saying Alien anywhere. It's not that they want to avoid the connect, but rather they feel the connection is obvious and well known enough to resonate without being stated out loud. That is true homage.

 

[Hot Coldman]

They want to avoid mentioning Alien because FOX ruined the Alien property with the two AVP films and they know it. Also what duckroll said.

 

[bearythebear]

I'm not sure what being 'imax' means exactly, but it will be shown at imax cinemas.

Great, so does that imply parts of it are shot with imax cameras (like MI4 and TDK)?

 

[3N16MA]

International trailer is amazing.