Quote from: OmegaZilla on May 06, 2012, 06:01:59 PM
I love how some people say 'this movie is using fresh takes and ideas' when a lot of things shown so far suggest (and may or may not confirmed in the actual product) the use of some of the oldest sci-fi tropes. This is another one -- humans turning into monsters? Sounds anywhere near familiar?
Maybe that is the point -- Scott's take on some old archetypes (something Roland Emmerich knows about).
I'm a huge fan of Scott's work... and I think Prometheus will be a real great sci-fi flick...
But many things I've seen so far don't seem that groundbreaking and new as people say... especially when they're saying how original this take on von Däniken's theories are... or the cliché of the hardened "suit - person"...
Doon't get me wrong, I still have very high hope for this movie and since it's Ridley, I'm sure we'll get an amazing movie... but to see things like "...30 years in the making" and stuff like that just makes it seem so blown out of proportion...
Quote from: BioMechanical on May 06, 2012, 06:10:09 PM
Well there is a zombie craze going around. Nothing like one if your mates ripping you apart and chomping on you, in this case space zombies.. Give the people what the want. Lol.
that's another thing worrying me... so many current trends can be spotted in the movie... it's not bad per se, but since it's Ridley's first sci-fi movie in a long time, I want to see some fresh stuff... something that could rejuvenate sci-fi...fine: show us zombies, show us terraforming gods, show us facehugging creatures, show us acid, show us aliens coming out of humans... but please show me something that is as memorable as the chestburster was in 1979 as well...