Ridley Scotts "Prometheus" (2012)

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If you see pretty close you can see the white liquid they use to startup the machine. Anyways I rather a nexus-6, which is not a bot but a 'human' (from the same director) I dont exactly know why he choose the 'hardware' line. I think Theron is a bot too.

anyways if he did choose for a hardware bot I would go for something like this

Years ahead of its time. Still now looks impressive. That was what I call a teaser, not this emo-so-2000-late teasers...

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Some shots remind me slightly to 2001: Space Oddisey.

If course I know this will be not as cerebral and interesting as 2001, but I like the aesthetic decissions that have been made for Prometheus.

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Some shots remind me slightly to 2001: Space Oddisey.

If course I know this will be not as cerebral and interesting as 2001, but I like the aesthetic decissions that have been made for Prometheus.

Me too. The alien ship definitely looks monolithic like it was carved from a large block of stone. I'm glad you liked the trailer though. I think it's the best one yet. I'm really looking forward to the movie so I'd hate to be disappointed. I expect it to have a decent amount of action and suspense with answers to such questions like "Where did humanity come from?" and "What is our destiny?"

Check out these sites:

https://www.weylandindustries.com/

http://www.projectprometheus.com/

It seems like the technology in Prometheus is noticeably more advanced than what we saw in Alien (or even the other Alien movies). It's been awhile since I last saw them but don't remember seeing any holograms like this:

prometheus-movie-image-starmap-2.jpg

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It seems like the technology in Prometheus is noticeably more advanced than what we saw in Alien (or even the other Alien movies). It's been awhile since I last saw them but don't remember seeing any holograms like this:

prometheus-movie-image-starmap-2.jpg

Yea, that's an issue I always had with this being a prequel; It looks more futuristic than the Alien films.

Though I guess you could argue that the characters in the Alien films are running much older & much cheaper ships and tech than the crew in prometheus.

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It seems like the technology in Prometheus is noticeably more advanced than what we saw in Alien (or even the other Alien movies). It's been awhile since I last saw them but don't remember seeing any holograms like this:

Both Alien and Aliens had interstellar spacecraft and a sentient AI android, so the technology is there.

Why those movies might look less technological is because everything had to be made without CG back then.

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Since I was just writing about this -- music used in the trailers is really great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_KPO8UOuI

Fan edit with the screeching sirens:

Btw, did anyone else realize the screeching sounds are from the original trailer for Alien? I saw that trailer the other day and realized how nice of a tribute it actually made.

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We've Seen the Start of Prometheus!

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- "The footage was taken from the start of the film, kicking off with a brief prologue - set in 2089 - in which scientist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) uncovers mysterious cave paintings during an archaeological dig on the Isle of Sky in Scotland."

Alien took place 2122, Aliens 2179. No year is given in the Alien movie, but it is deducted from Aliens (2179 minus 57 years which Ripley where gone).

- "Proceedings then flash-forward to December 2091, with spacecraft Prometheus winging its way to the planet LV-233 (the early action in the original Alien took place on LV-426)."

That makes you wonder how they will connect it to Alien. Either the space jockey ship take off but crashes on LV-426, or the planet is renamed for reasons unknown.

- "He also revealed that Prometheus will feature a scene that's equivalent to John Hurt's legendary chest-burster sequence from the original, but mysteriously intimated that it will take place in private, with no witnesses."

Easy to guess that it is the space jockey, because he was found with his chest burst open in Alien.

- "New footage from Ridley Scott's Prometheus screened in London this morning, with director Ridley Scott and the rest of his cast also participating in a brief Q&A to discuss the secrets therein and the DNA that links the film to 1979's Alien."

I wonder what it means that Ridley Scott talks about the DNA that links to Alien, I've seen it before. Speculating; In the full Prometheus trailer you can see humanoids and humans changing or changed in several scenes. Is it possible that the Aliens are evolved from mutated humans during the Prometheus movie? What speaks against it is that nothing of such was mentioned in the Alien movies, as they do research on the Aliens in several of them.

@ Syanide: Great movie music indeed, thanks for the links.

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Btw, did anyone else realize the screeching sounds are from the original trailer for Alien? I saw that trailer the other day and realized how nice of a tribute it actually made.

Now that I saw the first Alien trailer now I understand more than ever how Scott it's really trying to recapture the firsm film feeling. Now I really want to watch Prometheus.

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Last night went to watch Cabin in the Wood ( Awesome movie btw ) and they had the trailer for this before it. Looked insane. It seemed like it was about an alien ship, that is covered with some sort of bacteria goo. And it is about our world being destroyed by this ship.... Was very interesting and thrilling, for a trailer.

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Btw, did anyone else realize the screeching sounds are from the original trailer for Alien? I saw that trailer the other day and realized how nice of a tribute it actually made.

See why the original movie still rock?. Even the trailer is better. 33 years old movie and still solid.

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See why the original movie still rock?. Even the trailer is better. 33 years old movie and still solid.

Agreed, I liked the original trailer more and the first movie was simply a masterpiece. However I now think Prometheus it's gonna be, at least, interesing.

I love Fassbender as the lead.

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It seems like the technology in Prometheus is noticeably more advanced than what we saw in Alien (or even the other Alien movies). It's been awhile since I last saw them but don't remember seeing any holograms like this:

In the first movie they are on a mining cargo. You can't expect a mining cargo to have all the last tech. A lot of companies run old servers with old OS. On a mining cargo you want something that will last and works. Doesn't need to be more complicated than what we see in the movie. Only the screens doesn't really work cause for my own experience LCD flatsecreens tend to last forever so they are perfectly acceptable even on a cargo. But on a mining cargo you definately don't want to run unstable graphical UI unless you have to. An OS like windows is stable enough for home but not for a spacecraft.

In the 2nd movie they are on a military ship and a terraforming base. The military ship should have been more advanced probably. As for the base don't know again flast screens would have been logical for the rest can't expect a company like the purina to invest a lot for their workers comfort ;)

In this new movie they are on a reserch spacecraft. It's perfectly logical for this spacecraft to have more bells and whistles that the previous 2.

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In the first movie they are on a mining cargo. You can't expect a mining cargo to have all the last tech. A lot of companies run old servers with old OS.

haha, you just saw the Neowin news too right? :p

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Better? It has a typo, LOL! "Twenieth Century" Fox should be "Twentieth Century Fox" :p

Great eye! hahaha, hope they catched it before the printing.

Still, I like the design a lot more.

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Btw, did anyone else realize the screeching sounds are from the original trailer for Alien? I saw that trailer the other day and realized how nice of a tribute it actually made.

I never noticed that before. Pretty cool homage. It makes sense since Scott's known for his attention to detail.

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