Dr. DVD

Found a midnight showing!! Going to take that in tonight and IMAX tomorrow with my $10 certificate. If it sucks, I'll just get an alcohol buzz before IMAX.

Supermallet

I'm sure some enterprising filmmaker will find a way to resurrect the Alien franchise.

Dr. DVD

^ There was a comic series of Alien vs. Predator vs. Terminator . Fox just needs to buy the rights.

Supermallet

Zack Snyder can include them in the new Superman film.

Solid Snake

but that's WB.

Supermallet

It was a joke. There was a Superman vs. Aliens comic a while back.

Dr. DVD

At the risk of being flamed:

-I think Zack Snyder's style might benefit these franchises at this point.

Supermallet

Really? I think it would look a lot like the first AvP movie. There's very little difference between Snyder and WS Anderson.

Solid Snake

I was being sarcastic.

Supermallet

Don't you dare lie to me!

Dr. DVD

FWIW, the TV ads are now playing up the Alien connection. Figured it was only a matter of time...

Supermallet

Examples?

Supermallet

I'm watching it a second time for work. It's even worse. The characters make the dumbest decisions. They all deserve their horrible fates.

Cardiff Giant11

I saw one on ESPN during the NBA eastern conference finals. It started out like "before Alien...there was PROMETHEUS" and then it showed David making some comment about
though it may be a line that's out of context or not in the movie.

Supermallet

Jason Bailey agrees with me: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/56460/prometheus-3d/

So does Jamie S. Rich: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/56423/prometheus/

Tyler Foster, on the other hand, loved it: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/56462...theus-imax-3d/

Dr. DVD

Saw it. Right now I'm tired and my impression is 50% WOW!!! and 50% WTF?!? Guess that averages to about three stars. More later.

Patman

I'm still digesting it, but I thought it was a weird film, with great production design, and direction was solid, but the script is a head-scratcher, and my main gripe is that David's (Michael Fassbender) motivations are an enigma, but the script basically used him to push the plot along in the last 2/3 of the film.

For now, I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.

Lt Ripley

I see a directors cut coming. Some parts were so rushed it was head scratching.

Supermallet

There's definitely a director's cut in the works. I'll watch it to see what Fassbender and Theron stuff gets added back in.

anomynous

Supermallet

Labor

Movie was good, not quite Alien/Aliens good, but still good.

Fantastic visuals and use of 3D, script needed less Lindelof.

Paul_SD

Hitler was disappointed as well (spoilers warning)

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Matthew Chmiel

I'm still mixed on it after getting out of the midnight IMAX screening.

One one hand, it's not Alien or Aliens. On the other hand, it's not Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection. I didn't really give a flying fuck about any of the characters, but it's a far more beautiful looking film than the past entries in the franchise.

Also, based upon the trailers, I thought Ridley Scott shot this in 2.40:1? However, the IMAX presentation was 1.78:1. Is that the original aspect ratio or did Fox open up the mattes a la Sony Underworld: Evolution or did Fox crop it?

WeylandYutani

Caught a packed midnight show last night, in standard 2D. Will let it digest before delving into it fully later today. There is a hell of a lot in the film to discuss, I foresee at least a half dozen pages devoted to theories on the true nature of the "black goo" alone. Some random initial thoughts to throw out there for now: Overall I liked the movie and may see it again in 3D sometime this weekend. That said, the flaws here are impossible to ignore and I totally understand and get those who don't buy it at all.

Ridley Scott once again proves that he is one of the all-time best visualists in the business and is a master at set-pieces, but the man cannot tell a good screenplay from a bad one to save his life.

The characters in this movie have to be some of the stupidest scientists I've seen in a modern sci-fi film. For all the talk about "intelligent science fiction" in the days leading up to this, the movie seemed really dumbed down in spots. Many questions and character motΝvations are brought forth and left unanswered, which I liked. But then you'll occasionally get the extremely odd scene of expository dialogue that seems like it was filmed and inserted only after a disastrous test screening.

The score is completely unnecessary and mostly consists of this "scientific exploration" refrain that's repeated every fifteen minutes and during scenes it has no business being in. Complete silence would have preferable.

Did I mention I liked the movie? Will write more later.