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So is Noomi confirmed to be main character in the film?
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Seemed to be the case from all of the advertising, plus knowing the series it makes sense.
Gonna be so good. Heroines are still in low supply since the last time Ridley did it big.
Her and Fassbender seem like the main two and she definitely seems to be getting billed as the lead in most promotional material I think.
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Indeed
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This is the part where we have the argument about which film really turned Ripley into a heroine. In Alien she was a survivor, nothing more. Aliens is what gave Ripley her heroine status.
And since then we've had Sarah Connor and Beatrix Kiddo.
It would appear so. I don't like how they just stick her front & center in the ads, and say she's the new Ripley. Ripley as a character was just another member of the crew, did her job, and was kind of in the background until her stand-off with Dallas over Kane. Noomi's all over the trailers, discovered the Jockey's message, is the leader of the expedition, etc. It feels forced.
Damn, three great female characters right there. Don't know if anyone comes close. Can't really think of any others in that tier...
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That really is the AAA tier. The tier below is headlined by Trinity.
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Black Widow
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Daredevil's Elektra, Halle Berry Catwoman
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Ferreal though, Natalie Portman as The Scientist in Thor gives Lorna Riggs a run for her money.
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The Social Network's Erica Albright.
But seriously
Top tier - Ripley, Sarah Connor, The Bride
Second tier - Neytiri, Trinity
Third tier - Lorna, Hanna, Lisbeth
Fourth tier - Dejah Thoris
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Forreal? nah Natalie Portman's scientist was busy whining about her equipment and sent goldilocks to go fetch it. Lorna would straight up roundhouse kick those SHIELD agents.
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Not sure about Sarah Conner. Both Terminator movies the focus is more on the T800, Kyle Reese, John Connor and the T1000. Just saying cause Ripley and The Bride are clearly the focus in their respective films. Sarah Conner should be Seconds tier.
It's funny, Avatar looks a lot more 'cartoony' on bluray than it did in 3D at the cinema. It felt kind of grimy, and I saw it multiple times, so it wasn't just a specific projection. The slightly less saturated, less precision look was certainly nicer I think.
Even with the trailers for this film, I'm almost suspecting the same thing to happen. There are many shots which look very crisp, that almost too perfect look. No doubt they consciously didn't want the 'space grunge' Ridley talked about, but the big external CG work in the trailers already look notably clearer than the internal stuff.
It's going to be interesting down the line when all the technologies have settled down. If 3D is a consistent in major releases, if high framerates catch on. Avatar will always been seen as the start of the 3D renaissance, but I wonder if the movement to higher framerates will leave these 'early' 3D films considered best viewed in 2D.
Personally, I won't be really considering a 3D TV for quite a few years, there's virtually nothing I care about available in 3D right now, despite being a big fan of the technology, and a believer of it's future potential. There's something disappointing to knowing 3D might make a significant move forward with the Hobbit this year, and we'll be left with Avatar and Prometheus feeling notably different.
I'm loving the aesthetic of everything. I like how with Alien space was dirty and gritty, for maybe the first time, whereas here there's a space exploration optimism going on with the costumes and general design , then obviously everything's going to turn to shit and it starts to resemble Alien more. It looks and sounds like a prequel to Alien more than I could have hoped. Also, the trailers are wonderfully edited too to reinforce the link. I'm slightly worried about the script and the dialogue, not entirely sure why. The whole it's an invitation thing and looking at ruins reminds me of AVP, which isn't a good thing.
But, regardless of how the story plays out I think I'll love this film because it's how I want sci-fi to look, if that makes sense. Plus it's the return of underwear in spaceships. That combination just works. Love the title and what it implies too.
Scott should do as much sci-fi as possible for the rest of his career to make up for lost time.
But, regardless of how the story plays out I think I'll love this film because it's how I want sci-fi to look, if that makes sense. Plus it's the return of underwear in spaceships. That combination just works. Love the title and what it implies too.
Scott should do as much sci-fi as possible for the rest of his career to make up for lost time.
People concerned about the script based on Lindelof's influence are being a little harsh I think. Even if you hated Lost, that was over five hours of TV he had to write a year, along with directing the writing of the other fifteen episodes every year.
Two years on a single script that already existed to some degree is going to be completely unlike anything about his work on Lost. And it's not as if he's untethered either. Lost was his show, Prometheus is not his film.
It's a little early to get excited, but I have high hopes for 1952, I think he's capable of great work, and being given ground up freedom to craft a film, I think he'll come thru with something special.
EDIT: In saying that, the average West Wing script is better than most of Sorkin's film scripts.
Two years on a single script that already existed to some degree is going to be completely unlike anything about his work on Lost. And it's not as if he's untethered either. Lost was his show, Prometheus is not his film.
It's a little early to get excited, but I have high hopes for 1952, I think he's capable of great work, and being given ground up freedom to craft a film, I think he'll come thru with something special.
EDIT: In saying that, the average West Wing script is better than most of Sorkin's film scripts.
It was the beauty of Alien. There never was a main character up until the end.
OriginalThinking
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I've been thinking about this and if it is LV426 and the company knows about it decades prior to Alien (where they only become aware due to the radio beacon) then I'm assuming that the knowledge of the radio signal/mission is classified as top, top secret. It looks as if from the trailer only the 2 scientists plus Theron and maybe David/Guy Pearce's character know the real reason for the mission. Thus were it to go pear shaped and they don't return to earth all knowledge and evidence of the mission is destroyed with them. It would make sense since speculation
I believe the gray man we see at the start of the US trailer is Pearce's character who using knowledge found on the planet is somehow regenerating/transforming. I believe strongly that he becomes the Space Jockey and intends to return to Earth having stolen this technology from the gods, to reign once again. However in his transformed state he is not just a man anymore and intends to spread this genetic 'discovery' back on earth, destroying life on earth as we know it
VistraNorrez
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That's good though. I don't want a remake of Alien. The more ways it can differentiate itself the better.
D.Lo
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Absolutely wrong. Ripley was the voice of reason in Alien, and the only one smart/strong enough to survive. If they'd done what she said at several points they would have remained safe (the biggest example is her enforcing the quarantine procedure that even the captain wants to override and ash does override). There's a very obvious reading of the film that the woman who is strong enough to handle male agression is the only one equipped to handle 'super-male' (the alien, which can impregnate a male) agression.
I've written before about the fairly overt feminist subtext to Alien. I'm wondering how the uterus/fallopian tube shaped spaceship (full of eggs!) fits in with the subtext of this film.
It seems the more I look at the trailers the more spoilers there appear to be. In fact I may have spotted quite a major spoiler in the trailer....., I think.
Is it just me or.......
If I'm not seeing things (and it's possible at this point) that could be a huge spoiler.
Is it just me or.......
...., does the part in the trailer where we see a close up of the 'space jockey' lying in the alien ship's control seat actually look like a member of the Prometheus crew (the chest of the space suit seems visible) wearing the 'space jockey helmet'?
If I'm not seeing things (and it's possible at this point) that could be a huge spoiler.
You mention characters from movies like Hanna and John Carter but ignore one of the original blockbuster badass female characters Princess Leia???
Come on, her grabbing the gun and being a far better shot than Luke or Han and taking charge of the Death Star escape was a far bigger deal for genre movies than 90% of your list there.
VistraNorrez
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A lot of people feel that the last season and especially the finale destroyed any good the show may have done. It's more recent so they look to that more than those episodes you mentioned.
I don't agree. The fact that he wrote those episodes shows he has greatness in him, those were masterful examples of storytelling. And, no matter what, he and Cuse wrote the series they wanted and I admire that.
Ultimately this is Ridley Scott's film though, and his passion has given me hope and excitement more than anything else.
The ending of Lost (which I liked) was a question of design more than anything. It had to reflect so many aspects of the show until that point. I hear lots of complaints, but not a single suggestion which is an improvement.
This film is a standalone entity, it doesn't have to appease expectations from a series which had already a hundred and twenty episodes.
This film is a standalone entity, it doesn't have to appease expectations from a series which had already a hundred and twenty episodes.
Please.
Salvor.Hardin
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It's not the viewer's job to suggest a different ending. The onus lies on the writers, and if they can't script a coherent ending, one that doesn't force us to neglect a variety of loose ends from the earlier seasons, then they will be ridiculed.
Besides, the show was fucked well before the ending, really.
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such an amazing trailer
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I believe it was 'coherent'. It's unbelievably reductive to require every single loose end of a story to be completely resolved.
VistraNorrez
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The writer's gave us their ending. If the viewer criticizes it, it is up to them to suggest what should be done differently
This is out in June before Batman?
So close, I'm surprised by how little info has come out. I'm totally on this wagon. Just watched Alien for the first time last year and was blown away. Love this stuff.
edit: OT but based on this trailer's timing can we expect a DKR trailer in a month or so?
So close, I'm surprised by how little info has come out. I'm totally on this wagon. Just watched Alien for the first time last year and was blown away. Love this stuff.
edit: OT but based on this trailer's timing can we expect a DKR trailer in a month or so?
She was pretty heroic in the first, she even went back for the damn cat!
The best part was that it was never implied she was going to be the only survivor, which made her really stand out as a character, in Aliens you know already she's the protagonist, you never even wonder if she is in any danger, she was simply not going to die.
It sucks that in these days they have to have "the protagonist", movies can't have low key characters any more, it would be great if Prometheus throws a curve ball and Noomi doesn't end up being the most important character but I'm not holding my breath.
She wasn't heroic at all in Alien, she was willing to let Kane and Dallas(her captain, even) die from suffocation because of a protocol violation. She was actually kind of a bitch.
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Thank god she let Kane back on the ship!
I had forgotten about that I need to rewatch Alien again! its been years!
But if anything that only proves she was a character with an actual progression, unlike the cartoonish characters of... *ducks* Aliens.
But yeah... PROMETHEUS.. so hyped.
symphonask
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difference between UK trailer and theatrical trailer:
please be rated R :'(
please be rated R :'(
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