In a recent interview with MTV.com, Tom Rothman, CEO of Fox has stated that “Not one frame of Prometheus will be cut“. He goes further and says “If that means it’s an R rating, so be it“. Good news indeed. You can watch the full interview below:
In a recent interview with MTV.com, Tom Rothman, CEO of Fox has stated that “Not one frame of Prometheus will be cut“. He goes further and says “If that means it’s an R rating, so be it“. Good news indeed. You can watch the full interview below:
Yup, there can be great scene, which destroys the pacing of the movie.. But after you saw the movie million times, it can be "icing on the cake" for you.
Like the chip switch scene in the Terminator 2
Every movie has deleted scenes. And some scene's are just better left out so it doesn't really worry me tbh.
UK will get it in October and US will get it in November. US version....who knows.
It also strikes me as a little odd that a random DVD company from France is the only one releasing this information.
It's highly likely that somebody that works for 'DVD en français' is a Prometheus fan absorbing false information OR a Prometheus fan contacted them with this "exclusive" information.
A lot of people are under the impression Ridley Scott mentioned 20 minutes being cut from Prometheus. He was referring to 17 minutes from another film.
To me, this is a case of broken telephone.
Thanks very much for the link, Greatknower.
And this is for France, which means it doesnt even include what the MPAA wanted changed(if anything)
Have I missed something? You wouldn't happen to have a link with this information?
Well, see, it's word games. Not one frame was cut... Whole scenes were.
And let's not forget, as far as the first AvP film, an attempt at actual lighting...so we can at least see what the f**k is going on.
AvPR ... Oh forget it. This stuff doesn't belong here.
R does not equal good and the mass reaction to AvPR is proof of that.
What ??!!
Youre kidding right ?
No doubt, even if it is R/18, they'll be a stronger edit down the line just to cash in. It's happened before. 'Too strong for cinema' etc. In the era of DVD and Blu-Ray it's almost a given that an alternate take will appear, probably overseen by Ridley but not necessarily endorsed by him (if he gets the edit he wants now).
Typical weasel; using a lot of words to say a lot of f**k all.
We can't but I bet he does, and that's the gag isn't it. We won't know til the Blu Ray version comes out, so for him there's no need to really answer the question, because he knows the answer is which ever version he decides, thereby staying true to his word.
.....man, by showing us potentially R rated material then talking about the film possibly being a PG-13, you're compromising it already. What a w***er this guy really is!!!
In my opinion, AvP is much worse than AvP:R.
It won't be at all like AvP:R. Mostly because nothing can be as bad, film wise, as AvP:R. Worst movie ever made IMO.
I hope next week they confirm the rating.
The four Alien films was rated 18 what is equal R, all the Prometheus trailer was rated 16, what is equal to PG-13.
I know, the trailer is not show too brutal violence (just the melting head, and other small things), and don't contain harsh language, but these things may in the eventual movie.
I think, Ridley Scott's name is enough, that we get an awsome movie, he is a very precise director, he is making his movies quite attention, so i think, the Prometheus will be R or will be PG-13, but it will be a huge success.
Who cares... it's just semantics...
No question it will be rated 15/16 in Europe.
Because they don't want it to be an R-rating....
Anyone who believes in a man who described AVP2 as "a great movie", needs therapy.
There'll be 2 edits hopefully. It's the school holidays in a month (less in Scotland). Fox want a piece of that pie the Avengers is currently gobbling up.
The only thing that has made me even slightly think it might be an R film is the de-scrambled audio puzzle. But when you think about the way the visuals could be shot/edited, it would be easy to keep that scene PG-13, even if the audio alone sounds disturbing.
It's like star trek in my mind. the original series leads into Next Generation, and they have some crossover but it is not the same thing. Not a direct pequel.
A direct prequel would suck. After 30 years of people building up anticipation there is no way it could meet the fan base expectations. "Chinese Democracy" anyone?
How do you mean?
I don't think he is doing a favor to the fans. I just think that the movie will be more profitable this way.
Rothman really comes across like a lying politician when addressing the ratings thing. I hope it's an 18s anyway. But if he's unsure then who knows what the hell they are submitting.
It's a hard copy but I'll see what I can do.
Strangely enough, Aeon Flux did really well on DVD as opposed to how it performed in the box office. It actually made its production and marketing budget back but this wasn't enough to convince the studios to release the original cut which, in my opinion, would have been far superior.
Just some of the changes in Aeon Flux:
- Scenes with Aeon's sister were cut and dialogue and reactions between the 2 were cut. When her sister gets murdered in the film, we don't feel anything because in the theatrical release, there's not much implied history between the 2 of them for us to care.
- In the original cut, when Aeon discovers her sister has been murdered there's a shot of her digging her nails into her skin and drawing blood while in shock.
- Sexual imagery. There were more shots in the original cut which acted as metaphors to creation and reproduction.
- A darker opening sequence with a moody tone. In this sequence we see a series of dark traditional paintings setting up the world with a voice-over explaining the events leading to what we see in the film.
- Certain scenes in the film (especially in the first half) are re-ordered in the theatrical release and were quite heavily cut.
- A lot of the action was cut down. In the original cut there were wider takes and longer takes of the action - you could actually see everything happening. You could see all the hits and kicks and stunts. In the theatrical release, everything was so hyper that you often couldn't tell what was going on.
- The original cut overall was more elegant, had more of a "samurai-epic" feel to it, it was darker in tone and relationships between all the characters were more complex.
- Aeon has a moment towards the end of the film where she has a vision that she may be pregnant which adds far more depth to the choices she makes at the end.
- The entire sequence with the Relical crashing to the ground doesn't exist in the original cut. After leaving the Relical, the film ends with more emotional weight. The big finale action piece was always meant to be the shootout in the courtyard, which was quite heavily cut down and where it was difficult to tell what was going on half the time. After that scene, the ending was to explore the revelations and what this could possibly mean for all the characters. It was intended to leave the audience with questions and it wasn't going to be a happily-ever-after ending either.
- Characters that suffered the most with all the cuts (aside from Aeon obviously) were Oren Goodchild, Giroux (who was in a homosexual relationship with a Monican and this caused a lot of conflict in the group of leaders) and Freya (Trevor's bodyguard).
- The original cut explored more of the world and the environments. There were a few moments of quiet inbetween as we see shots of the world with just sounds from the city which created a beautiful pace.
I've also been lucky enough to read the original shooting draft for Aeon Flux (and no, it's not fan fiction - it's the real deal) and I can safely say the original cut would have been a far superior cut. It just goes to show how much studio interference and the MPAA can affect what can be a potentially great film.
I did like Downfall, mind, which I believe was Hirschbiegel, correct me if I'm wrong.