Started by Corporal Hicks, May 24, 2019, 02:58:03 PM
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2019, 05:33:24 PMYeah, could've been a sci-fi classic, sitting alongside 2001, Alien and The Thing. It had that potential. The Prometheus we got is embarrassing.
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2019, 05:43:25 PMPrometheus didn't just miss the mark, it missed every mark. Regardless of having everything for a home run in place, apart from a clear idea of the film's objective and a well-written script.A perfect home run, whilst forgetting to pick up the ball.Resurrection was always going to be trite, brining back Ripley through cloning- are you serious? The best you could hope for is stylish trite, which is exactly what we got.
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2019, 11:07:58 AMIt's absolutely a reasonable goal, but you need a central idea to focus them around.SpoilerJust like Prometheus applying to the Alien Universe or Prometheus in general, the writing is the key element that either means it works or it doesn't work. Prometheus didn't work because of the writing, Alien worked in major part because of the writing, all the other aspects are important yes, but if the writing doesn't work- everything else is for nothing. As such is Prometheus' case.Going on a mission funded by an eccentric multi-billionaire Capitalist to find God, but finding an/several old God(s) instead/Mountains of Madness in the Alien universe. With a Pathogen that generates new horrors based upon circumstances of infection. + Philosophical pondering on the meaning of life in the face of such abject horror.It's a superb idea, wasted.[close]
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2019, 05:23:12 PMNah, Prometheus is trash.
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2019, 11:42:06 PMNo. By no measure of quality anyway.