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Posted by Gash
 - Sep 27, 2012, 05:25:38 PM
Quote from: Ash 937 on Sep 27, 2012, 05:17:23 PM
Seriously, everything that was taken out of this film should be put back in because Prometheus needs all of the help it can get.  I know that the art of making a well-paced film has much to do with editing but there just seems to be too much here that was taken out that would make the film better.  Again, what was Ridley thinking?!?


It certainly doesn't need this scene. Good choice to drop it, I'm even dreading its appearance as an extra. Prometheus doesn't need much to elevate it, it just needs to feel less like a short-hand version of itself from the two thirds through mark.
Posted by Space Sweeper
 - Sep 27, 2012, 05:22:46 PM
Those are still Engineers. Wouldn't make any sense vice-versa, especially considering the planet isn't even necessarily Earth.
Posted by Ash 937
 - Sep 27, 2012, 05:17:23 PM
Seriously, everything that was taken out of this film should be put back in because Prometheus needs all of the help it can get.  I know that the art of making a well-paced film has much to do with editing but there just seems to be too much here that was taken out that would make the film better.  Again, what was Ridley thinking?!?

Alien3 was improved greatly when nearly everything that was deleted from the Work Print was subesquently re-insterted for the Special Edition.  Sure, the film still wasn't a masterpiece but it was better.  And sure, Fincher still hates it but that has more to do with the process of the whole thing that has left a bad taste in his mouth.  Ridley can re-insert everything and blame the theatrical version on FOX wanting a shorter film so they could rotate it more in theaters and make more money.  That is something most of the fans would believe even though it might not be necessarily true this time.

Just like Blade Runner, this is exactly what I would tell fans if I was Ridley and wanted to release a Director's Cut within five years from now.
Posted by Promethée
 - Sep 27, 2012, 05:00:31 PM
He certainly looks odd...

I like way better the other elder.
Posted by acrediblesource
 - Sep 27, 2012, 04:02:13 PM
I'd like to see what exactly they do in the scene. still kind of mind jarring. I remember seeing the storyboards that actually differ slightly. There were human Aboriginal peoples instead of elders unless thats what they were and they handed that goo to the one engineer to drink.
Posted by Space Sweeper
 - Sep 27, 2012, 02:22:20 PM
I agree. The cut gap didn't seem strange either. Didn't even occur to me that there might be something missing.

Eager to see it nonetheless.
Posted by Blacklabel
 - Sep 27, 2012, 02:09:02 PM
yeah. this is definitely one scene that i didnt mind seeing cut. :P
Posted by samoht
 - Sep 27, 2012, 02:08:42 PM
I'd rather this stay out. It makes the Engineers somewhat less godlike
Posted by Space Sweeper
 - Sep 27, 2012, 01:35:50 PM
To me it doesn't even seem to make sense to have faces torn by age. I recall little to no wrinkles on the last Engineer's face, so what was he a child or a fan of Olay skin care? He looked oddly smooth and without any wear of age, which gave him a godlike appearance. This also implies that old age effects them just the same as us which, again, just makes them seem less special. Somehow that just crossed my mind now and not when we saw the first elder Engineer.
Posted by zuzuki
 - Sep 27, 2012, 01:15:37 PM
They filmed it. with dialogue. and they didn't liked after that how the engineers speak. it robbed them of their mistery. so they cut the scene. if it was a quiet, it's possible the scene would have made the cut
Posted by whiterabbit
 - Sep 27, 2012, 11:32:32 AM
Quote from: Jango1201 on Sep 27, 2012, 06:43:23 AM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Sep 27, 2012, 04:50:14 AM
Cutting out these scenes was a good choice imo. Mr. Marble held his own just fine.  :)



Nice to have support  :D
Quote from: Jango1201 on Sep 26, 2012, 07:46:18 PM
Glad they did away with this opening. These guys belong in Attack of the Clones not the alien universe.
Oh snap, I totally missed your comment about it. However that was the first thing that came to my mind as well.  :laugh:

And it's the truth.

Of course I would like to see the actual scene first. If it was indeed filmed. :)
Posted by OmegaZilla
 - Sep 27, 2012, 11:24:50 AM
Posted by Xan21
 - Sep 27, 2012, 10:18:25 AM
You guys have not even seen this particular scene, he looks better than the clean one in the original, it looks so plastic-y
Posted by Master
 - Sep 27, 2012, 07:41:13 AM
I like how he looks. I`d prefere to put it back. It would have more ritual feel to it.
Posted by Jango1201
 - Sep 27, 2012, 06:43:23 AM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Sep 27, 2012, 04:50:14 AM
Cutting out these scenes was a good choice imo. Mr. Marble held his own just fine.  :)



Nice to have support  :D
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