Quote from: Fire Marshall Bill on Dec 29, 2016, 12:43:21 AM
Looked on IMDb for their reactions or feelings towards the trailer....let's just say it's hard to find anything better good on there. I ask to myself, what do these people want from an alien film? The answer is everyone wants different things. Which means you can't satisfy everyone. I get the trailer wasn't perfect but in all honesty, I liked it a lot and I cannot understand the anger from a lot of these people. The folks who hated Prometheus find something wrong with it. The people who wanted to continue with Prometheus themes and distance itself away from alien are upset as well. The majority everywhere else I go seems to have loved the trailer. So is it just that website, or what is it? I'm curious to what people think these people really wanted from this movie and why the 2 minutes plus they saw of a trailer makes them hate the movie already. I honestly think it looks way better than any alien film other than the first two.
Different expectations, some people wanted more of a slow burn trailer. Myself, I hate the inclusion of the shower scene. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it will work in the context of the movie, but in the trailer it added an overall cheapness to it. It basically said "HEY WE ARE A SLASHER MOVIE WITH TITS! YOU LIKE BLOOD AND TITS RIGHT?!"
That insults me, as I try to think of this series, or at least Scott and Cameron's contributions being a touch above that level. Someone at Fox approved that way of thinking, and that shows exactly what they think of the fanbase for these movies; gore hounds that like boobs. Don't get me wrong my movie collection has it's fair share of boobs and blood in it, just they all happen to be crappy movies I love by directors who on paper, are way below Scott's pay grade.
What I wanted was a few things. I wanted a combination of prometheus and alien. I wanted the story that takes place between Prometheus and this movie. I didn't want David to become the focus, I liked his character but I think by the end of this I will be tired of him in the role of the villain. I guess I wanted more Prometheus with Alien elements, not another Alien film. I can see why Ridley said the big guy was tired during Prometheus, because when I saw it this time around I rolled my eye the way people roll their eyes at Jason. A character that was kinda interesting that has been ruined by people going to the well over and over again.
There is also the let down when comparing it to the first Prometheus trailers. This looks far more typical in comparison.