Noooooo. Not at all. New film, new ideas, merely set in the Alien universe.>> ^artician:

I don't get it. Isn't Prometheus (the film) just another "reboot" film?

>> ^direpickle:

There's a bit.ly link shown briefly in the background. Can anyone make it out? To me it looked like bit.ly/lgwQvj or bit.ly/lgwOvj
Edit: Nevermind, it's http://bit.ly/tgwQvj, and it just likes to apple.com Boooring.


Wait, what? I'm not sure that's exactly boring if you think about it. Wayland Yutani is pretty notorious for being downright evil as far as a corporation, to somehow link it to Apple is some pretty ugly commentary about how Apple has won over the world's consumers with it's beautiful white, shiny, smooth and slightly rounded products while at the same time breaking down doors gestapo style, working people to death, and ultimately being somewhat reminiscent of the opposite of what they try to portray themselves as...

I'm just tired of naysayers.
>> ^jqpublick:

... congratulations?
>> ^gwiz665:
Well, I thought it rocked my balls off.

>> ^therealblankman:

>> ^ChaosEngine:
I look forward to floating robot camera men in 11 years time

Haven't you been paying attention? We already have those- they're just not really quiet enough for indoor use.
The military's been using them since the turn of the century, you might know them as "Drones", such as the Predator and the Global Hawk. Civilian versions are almost equally sophisticated, except they aren't used to also kill people. Here's some footage shot with a "Floating Robot Camera Man" from one of the recent "Occupy" festivals.
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http://videosift.com/video/Occucopter-Watching-the-Watchers


Fair point, I guess they could be similar to a parrot drone. For some reason, I assumed they were supposed to be "anti-gravity" or some such nonsense

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>> ^ChaosEngine:

I look forward to floating robot camera men in 11 years time


Haven't you been paying attention? We already have those- they're just not really quiet enough for indoor use.

The military's been using them since the turn of the century, you might know them as "Drones", such as the Predator and the Global Hawk. Civilian versions are almost equally sophisticated, except they aren't used to also kill people. Here's some footage shot with a "Floating Robot Camera Man" from one of the recent "Occupy" festivals.

>> ^NaMeCaF:

>> ^quantumushroom:
He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.

Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.


Dems is all robots? Aww, hell no!

>> ^quantumushroom:

He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.


Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.

... congratulations?

>> ^gwiz665:

Well, I thought it rocked my balls off.

Cheers dude!
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*quality

My color/pseudo-genre comparison of Alien movies:

Alien: silver and gold / haunted house
Aliens: grey blue and green / vietnam
Alien 3: yellow (piss-soaked) / prison
Alien Resurrection: cyan and maroon (brown) / French farce

I might watch the trailer a couple more times, but aside from that I'm not watching any more footage of this movie before it comes out. These movies are my favourite. I'm thrilled to see Ridley swoop back in to elevate it after the drudging it's gone through over the past 20 years.

I wonder if pasting Gwiz' comment from the Alien trailer will work?

>> ^gwiz665:

James Cameron's Aliens: http://www.videosift.com/video/Aliens-Trailer
David Fincher's Alien 3: http://www.videosift.com/video/Alien-3-trailer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection: http://www.videosift.com/video/Alien-Resurrection-trailer
Color observations of the alien franchise
Alien - gray (black/white)
Aliens - blue
Alien 3 - brown
Alien Resurrection - green.
Will the new prequel by Ridley Scott be red, perhaps?

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The alien mythos has already been thoroughly trampled by things like AVP.>> ^Ferazel:

>> ^dag:
Very, very excited. It's not going to suck - Ridley Scott doesn't make bad movies.

However, he has made a string of very mediocre movies lately. He has definitely become more mainstream as he has matured as a director. He certainly isn't as bold as he was earlier in his career with Alien and Blade Runner. Regardless, Ridley Scott even considering sci-fi again is really all I need to keep living. I still am looking forward to this movie very much regardless of how much it tramples all over the Alien "mythos".

>> ^dag:

Very, very excited. It's not going to suck - Ridley Scott doesn't make bad movies.


However, he has made a string of very mediocre movies lately. He has definitely become more mainstream as he has matured as a director. He certainly isn't as bold as he was earlier in his career with Alien and Blade Runner. Regardless, Ridley Scott even considering sci-fi again is really all I need to keep living. I still am looking forward to this movie very much regardless of how much it tramples all over the Alien "mythos".

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Very, very excited. It's not going to suck - Ridley Scott doesn't make bad movies.

POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING BLAH

when i first started reading about prometheus and how ridley scott always wondered about the space jockey and wanted to explore that, i was so excited.. but then HE GOES OFF THE FUCKING DEEP END with the plot!! i'm hoping it really, REALLY doesn't matter...