Contrary to what we’ve heard so far, in an interview with the BBC, Ridley Scott admits that cuts were made to Prometheus. Though it’s implied the cuts were for violence and gore rather than new scenes.
“The film is violent and tense but Sir Ridley – who has been an outspoken critic of the current rules of film ratings – insists he “cut as much he could to open the film to a wider audience.”‘
“It has to be about the movie, so I’ve made concessions. There’s a moment where you don’t want to harm the movie.”
“But he acknowledges its a case of simple economics and getting an 18 certificate “could be the difference of $80m or more””.
Thanks to GreatKnower for the news.
The final scene with the 'xeno' was probably forced in by Fox.
George Lucas cannot do everyone's job, but is rich enough to believe he can, and to surround himself with people who let him think so.
Cameron can write very good scripts. Some of the best stuff for 'Aliens' wasn't even in dialogue (although, a lot was); it was in the narrated stage direction. Things like specifying the backdrop of space is like God's love; distant and cold. That has an immediate impact on the reader's imagination.
I'm not saying he doesn't have his silly moments, but by and large, his volume of work has been far superior to the stuff Lucas has generated.
No, you were right first time, Cameron can't write dialogue. Add Lucas into this mix too please.
Worse? That would be one hell of an achievement. Up until now i always thought that Cameron wrote awful dialogue, but in comparison to what we heard in Prometheus, Cameron's dialogue is positively Shakespearean.
Decisions about the Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises (from the development point of view), are thus totally different..
In fairness, we still don't know what the original script he worked on was like. It could have been worse.
Having said that, I feel that a Director's Cut should involve removing segments too, specifically those of unnecessary exposition and also chopping out as much of the awful dialogue as is possible without remiving anything that's really necessary.
Damon Lindelof should be ashamed of himself for his awful contributions to this film.
I'd like to see some of the music removed too, or replaced with something much better - most of it is so bland and generic and is played during scenes that would be better with no music at all.
Deleted scenes are one thing, I think most people here are wondering where the rest of the movie is.
Pieces of the film were cut out? SAY WHAT? How unusual. This has never been done before.
Seriously, what did you guys expect?
What I seen, now, forgive me if this was form a different user, you posted the full name of the rip you downloaded. Now, all I would have to do is google that and I could find it. That's what I meant. But, you do whatever you want. This thread is about Ridley lying to us about cuts.
That bastard.
Listen, dude, I'm just trying to help you not get banned. That is one of the more enforced rules here.
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Also ll the beginning of the film seems have shots missing. The opening sequence i feel was too short, and has a very quick pace to it. And it reminded me of Star trek together with the music
He said nothing about scenes.
You gotta be kidding me! If they were gonna edit shit like that, why didn't they just cut a little more and make it a PG-13? That's stupid.
we were suckered
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The violence in particular seemed edited down to its bare minimum. If the MPAA gave the movie an R, then they may as well have went full bore with what ever they shot. Much like Del Toro did with Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, when the MPAA refused to pass it as a PG-13. He put stuff back in (and I think they even shot new footage) that at least took advantage of its R rating.
The only thing's that struck me as brutal were some of the sound effects. Fifield punching the mechanic through the helmet etc.
Not that I'm saying extra gore or violence makes for a better film, but if you get an R rating, then f@ck it, you may as well go for it.
Again, this is one surely for the Director's Cut - which has been tantalised at by Scott in his BBC interview.
I think ALL of the death's were edited heavily, even Shaw's final clash with the Engineer. The whole movie needs another 30min of character development and less soundtrack. More stillness before the storm.
I'm sure we'll get some nice Ridleygrams of this scene.
What of course was meant by the "not one scene will be cut" statement from Rothman was presumably that "not one scene will be cut" from the final print that Ridley offered Fox .......... which had perhaps already been cut substantially to please Fox (shorter running time = more theatrical screenings per day).
Well you can take this for certain, if the BluRay isnt a lenghty 3 hour directors cut i wont be buying.
will we see a directors cut dvd?
If the theatre cut of Dawn of the Dead was "R", then Prometheus would be an "R" as well.
It's all about budget to rating to audience ratio.
*inflation wise alien cost roughly 31 million to make in comparison to the 120 million minimum we see being tossed around for prometheus. Maybe he should have tightened his belt, got more completely unknown actors[actors are meaningless] and forced himself to do it for 40-50 million. It might not look as pretty, but f**k pretty.
Bring it on. Bladerunner wasn't perfect on original release - infact it bombed. Prometheus needs time I think - after watching the 2D print yesterday, I'm already warming more to it.
Fifield, Milburn, Weyland and Dickie definitely suffer from cuts. Blu-Ray it is then.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=43898.0
""It isn't real - I have monsters. Like the monsters in Lord of the Rings, for kids they were pretty scary but they got a PG-13 because their blood was black, that's rubbish"."
Yes, he did mention getting a 18 certificate could be less numbers but sounds like he did NOT necessarily cut Prometheus or its gore whatever.
Actually it's the reporter's words that he cut the film, not from Ridley's "direct" quote.
Not necessarily. He really might be happy with it.
For all we know, any deleted footage might actually make it worse or more confusing. Heck, there's a certain scene right at the end which I wish had either been completely or partially cut.